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Title: independent movies


1
independent movies
  • alternatives
  • to the
  • blockbuster

2
compare, contrast
  • Pretty Woman, Working Girls
  • Born in East LA, El Norte

3
mainstream movies
  • overseas market favors action, high tech
    blockbusters
  • high costs
  • merchandising links
  • caution, marketing

4
definitions indies
  • outside the studios
  • limited budgets
  • funding
  • commercial quotient low
  • content
  • distribution
  • quality

5
distribution
  • studio-owned companies
  • alternative routes
  • get shown, reviewed
  • film festivals
  • Internet

6
Internet and the movies
  • alternative to Hollywood
  • growth
  • digitization
  • ease, potential
  • web ideal for short films
  • exposure
  • video sales

7
some indie sites
  • www.alwaysif.com
  • www.Ifilm.com
  • www.Ifilmpro.com
  • www.Atomfilms.com

8
web and movie publicity
  • Blair Witch Project

9
limitations of web movies
  • download times
  • image quality
  • computer screen
  • financial concerns
  • are festivals better?
  • web flooded

10
finding indies
  • reviews
  • TV
  • film festivals
  • web
  • identify directors

11
John Sayles
  • Return of the Secaucus 7
  • Matewan
  • Eight Men Out
  • Passion Fish
  • Lone Star
  • Men With Guns
  • Limbo

12
Kevin Smith
  • Clerks
  • Mallrats
  • Chasing Amy
  • Dogma

13
Spike Lee
  • Shes Gotta Have It
  • School Daze
  • Jungle Fever
  • Get on the Bus
  • Bamboozled

14
Wayne Wang
  • Chan is Missing
  • Dim Sum
  • Slam Dance
  • Joy Luck Club
  • Smoke
  • Chinese Box

15
Dash, Nava
  • Dash Daughters of the Dust
  • Nava
  • El Norte, My Family, Selena
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