In this research, the authors focus on how an Independent film shows competitiveness on mainstream films. Furthermore, this research will examine the perceptions of some selected students on Independent films and what genre do people watch the most on independent films. Moreover, the authors will show the characteristics of an independent film that is similar to mainstream films.
The purpose of this research is to further increase the information about Independent and Mainstream Films. More knowledge on this topic could prove why Independent and Mainstream Films compete. And lastly, to identify the perceptions of the students regarding on the competitiveness of Independent films to mainstream films. Additionally, by delving into this topic more information would be made available and will allow the future researchers to find more on how Independent Films compete on mainstream films, also to the student researchers who are interested on this field to gain more information about Independent Films and Mainstream Films.
In the past few years, the movies produce in Philippines is getting fewer and fewer resulting of the gradually death of the industry of the Filipino movies. But because to the creativeness and efficiently of the Filipinos and the emergence of some inexpensive camcorders, the Filipinos made a way to save the industry of the Philippine movies namely the Independent Films- The film produced by creative individuals with experience or none in making a movies instead in big production companies.
Meanwhile the independent films are neglected by a large crowd in Philippines thus the categories of these independent films has become the interest of other country as an independent films gain a many international applause.
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The independent films have brought into focus new themes not generally tackled by mainstream movies, and introduced new perspectives in life. These have enabled audiences to learn more about Filipino culture.
According to Jones (2005), “As an independent filmmaker you are reliant on those you bring on board to help you. You must recognize of their time and the time you spend preparing. The less prepared you are, the less time those around you will be willing to give you.” Independent directors should hire a team who are dependent to help and the directors should be conscious on time because in making an independent films time is very important because the more time wasted on preparing in the movie the less the people will be interested to the project.
Works Cited
Bordwell (2000) Mon-alon (2011) Jones (2005)
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Introduction It should be noted that the way a film is planned, designed and the environment and culture in which the film is acted are very important in understanding the theme, message and the purpose of a movie. A poorly planned movie or film, for example, may not pass the right message. Using the movie entitled Boys N the Hood, this paper will exemplify why planning, design, environment, culture and society are crucial towards understanding the general message, theme and purpose of the movie. The analysis will be based on thesis statement that the movie entitled Boys N the Hood is a high quality movie because it is well-planned, designed, contextualized and should at least express one cultural or societal issue. The key areas that shall be analyzed include the setting, the friends, the language, the title, and the environment.
Friedman, L., Desser, D., Kozloff, S., Nichimson, M., & Prince, S. (2014). An introduction to film genres. New York, London: W.W. Norton & Company.
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