Filming on this day was to capture the head-to-head exchange fire between the Japanese extreme rightist group Million Men Patriots and Korean Special Forces of KP (Korea Police). Murakami (KIM Su-ro), the head of MMP and Fango (LIM Won-hee) as well as his partner Gabdu (SUH Tae-hwa)’s exchange fire was filmed by actually clearing the 1 km stretch in front of the Jun-joo City Hall. To add to the action the crew filmed a bus explosion scene.

The crew had prepared to film this scene for six months. They worked closely with the Jun-joo Film Association for proper approvals needed to film the scene. The most difficult task was to clear the road that stretched 1 km right in front of the Jun-joo City Hall where it’s most crowded all day. The special effects team obviously had most weight put on their shoulders that day. During this process they had to make sure that the flame from the rifles and guns would be clearly visible even if it had rained which is what took twice the time it normally requires for a scene of such scale. The crew also prepared two ambulances and four fire trucks to prevent fire or any serious injuries. Between the 19th and the 20th, with over 2000 ammos fired, and a bus exploded, the budget for this scene itself ran up some where near two hundred thousand dollars.

A Funny Movie’s production cost was nearly 3 hundred thousand dollars in total which is substantially high in the Korean film industry. In short, it would be a mistake to simply put aside parody as a low budget, low quality film. In fact, it costs more, since redoing the famous scenes from other films mean that the money that would be spent otherwise is being invested into a single movie. A Funny Movie will break the stereotype of parodies as a low-budget feature and instead start a new beginning of high-level movie parody.