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Kevin Smith          Kevin Smith is a prime example of the kind of person in my industry that I aspire to be like. His humor is intelligent, but he walks the fine line between funny and outright offensive. I admire him for his ability to tell a story utilize people, instead of effects and a huge budget.     Kevins first image, Clerks, had a budget of around $27,000 (Kevin Smith). The entire guide was black and white, and the only effect that had on the picture show was to further highlight how obscenely drab these QuikStop clerks daily lives were. Despite the tiny budget, Kevin showed off his sense of humor and told an involving story using barely anything but the characters. This movie was the birthplace of Jay and his hetero-life-mate Silent Bob, who are now well known after their appearances in several of Kevins other movies. This film ended up getting into the Sundance video Festival, and tickets for it sold out be fore the festival started. There were people outside scalping tickets. This was the cast and crews first inkling that the movie might just make it. (Brian OHolloran) The film was bought by Gramercy after the festival.     Mallrats was Smiths second film, they went back to Gramercy for this one, and were offered a budget of 6 million dollars. Kevin actually fought against this size budget because he saw no motif for that much, "Why? Its just a little picture ...