independent film
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Lesson Objective: To understand the characteristics of the independent film industry
Independent Film
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Indie films share mechanical and narrative attributes, which differ from Hollywood’s.
Hollywood:
• Adheres to continuity editing, the films of the indie genre
• Films need medium close shots and shot/reverse shots to keep the film together
• Big Budget/famous actors
Hollywood vs Independent Film
Independent:• makes use of techniques that conflict
the basic purpose of Hollywood editing e.g. handheld camera
• Make use of other types of shots more so than Hollywood does.
• Refusal to use epic establishing shots
• Small budget/less well known actors
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“In a scene where Juno (Ellen Page) and Leah (Olivia Thirlby) are at the mall, there is no establishing shot. The narrative opens directly into a conversation between Juno and Leah at a new setting the audience has not seen before. A mall is something many audience members can recognize, so they eventually understand where they are, but with no exterior long shot, it takes a few moments. This is the opposite of what continuity editing tries to maintain. Here viewers are unsure and not kept totally clear on what is happening inside the film”
(King)
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Juno• Lack of establishing shot (Thompson 2007)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fERhVMc30JU
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Indie filmmakers use other techniques beside the distance of the shot to make their films stand apart from Hollywood’s. One unique method is using a mismatch of sound and image(Tzioumakis)
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Narrative structureHollywood:
• Linear
• Beginning, middle, end
• Equilibrium (Todorov)
• Chronological
Independent:
• non-linear
• Explorative
• Not necessarily in chronological order
• Unstructured
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“some independent features are marked by their lack of strong, forward moving narrative drive, opting instead for more relaxed or de-centred structures…” (King)
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CharactersHollywood:
“Hollywood protagonists tend to be active, to seek out goals and pursue them rather than having goals simply thrust upon them”
(Thompson)
Independent:
The characters are generally “goal-oriented, psychologically motivated”
(Tzioumakis)
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