Saturday, May 30, 2015

How To Enjoy Indie Movies Online

By Ericka Marsh


To be strict, any movie made in the United States but not by a bid studio can be categorized as an independent movie. To speak practically, it reflects a broad family, including almost any film that was made without the funding and connections enjoyed by mainstream Hollywood movies. Films in this family have an uphill climb facing them when it comes to distribution, even in New York or Los Angeles. People looking to enjoy these films should learn how to enjoy indie movies online.

If one values quality, one should learn to appreciate it when it appears. The average indie film isn't looking to be just another knockoff of mainstream movies, but looks at approaches and subjects Hollywood generally doesn't yet touch. It can be liberating not needing to make $100 million on the first weekend. It permits the cultivation of a small audience of elite taste and knowledge.

The work horses of the independent movie is the small band of independent film makers, increasingly sporting their Masters of Fine Arts in film. There is also an army of untutored enthusiasts with cameras. These directors and producers are part of the same field, with the un-degreed, "wildcat" moviemakers perhaps more drawn toward action-packed genres like horror.

There are whole genres of motion picture that have almost no chance to make big box office just because of their nature. Documentary film is an obvious example. The documentary is a flourishing segment of the independent film community, important not just because of its unique power to address subjects Hollywood doesn't touch, but subjects that one rarely sees on the evening news.

Documentaries have been used as an instrument of social resistance, deployed by the world's most powerless. Often, documentaries are the best way a Westerner can come to understand the plight of those eking out an existence in those obscure corners of the world, such as Serbia and Indonesia. Within the West, documentaries peer into the unattended corners still with us, often on the underbelly of our gleaming cities. One camera can undercut the messaging of dictatorial regimes and uncaring corporations.

Because independent filmmaking is so close to the film school, the websites where bone can find it often are great sources for the various streams from which filmmakers learn their craft. One of these is foreign film, which is well-represented and in as much national diversity as possible. Another of these is silent film, a grand tradition today's impatient public can no longer tolerate.

Among the wonderful things indie films can do is make movies that help minorities see their lives reflected on the screen. The films can actually become a vital aspect of such groups' lifestyle, a pocket universe of media within the mass market. The LGBT community, eager to find screen romances that break the heterosexual mold, takes full advantage of indie movies' ability to give voice and image to smaller audiences.

Another group is the evangelical community, which effectively includes Mormons. Both groups raise the objection that Hollywood has ignored their socially conservative values, and have begun making their own films. More and more people have come to value independent film, and increasingly, the best place to find them is online.




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