Editing Scream 3 (section)

=== Development ===
''Scream 3'' was released just over two years after ''[[Scream 2]]'', [[greenlit]] with a budget of $40{{nbsp}}million, a significant increase over the budgets of ''[[Scream (1996 film)|Scream]]'' at $15{{nbsp}}million<ref name="screambudget" /> and ''Scream 2'' at $24{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="scream2budget" /> Williamson's involvement had been contracted while selling his ''Scream'' script, to which he had attached two five-page outlines for potential sequels, which would become ''Scream 2'' and ''Scream 3'', hoping to entice buyers with the prospect of purchasing a franchise rather than a single script. Craven too had been contracted for two potential sequels following a successful [[test screening]] of ''Scream'' and he returned to direct the third installment.<ref name="fangoria160" /> Shortly before production began on the film, [[Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold]] killed 12 students, a teacher, and themselves at their school, in what became known as the [[Columbine High School massacre]]. In the aftermath of the incident, many parties began looking for rationales for their actions and this led to an increased scrutiny on the role of the media in society, including [[video game]]s and film, and the influence it could have on an audience. With the production of ''Scream 3'' not yet underway, there were considerations about whether the film should be made at that time, aware of the potential for negative attention but the studio decided to press forward, albeit with changes.<ref name="ETrueHollywoodStory" /> The studio remained however much more apprehensive concerning violence and gore in ''Scream 3'' than with previous installments, pressing for a greater emphasis on the series' satiric humor while scaling back on the violence. At one point in the production, the studio went as far as demanding that the film feature no blood or on-screen violence at all, a drastic departure for the series, but Craven directly intervened. According to Kruger, "[Craven ...] said 'Be serious, guys. Either we make a ''Scream'' movie or we make a movie and call it something else. But if it's a ''Scream'' movie, it's going to have certain standards.'"<ref name="fangoria190" />