Film Response

Film Response

Examine two of the films listed in this module. One must be a foreign film from the M6 Foreign Films Selections (18 films) and the other an independent film from the M6 New Independent Cinema Selections (20 films). You will find many options if you scroll down each page, or you could select movies that you have cleared with the instructor in advance. Write a short (1000 words) essay focused on the following question: What are the characteristics of independent film with particular regard to performance beyond the basic definition? In other words, how do your films EXPAND the basic definition? The presentation and readings will help you understand the basic definition. You must do more than merely show how each of your movies meet the basic criteria as an independent film. The movies in this section are easily identified as meeting the basic definition, but you need to go further in your analysis for your essay. Please avoid extensively summarizing the plot at the expense of analyzing the actor’s performance.

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Ideally, films, like music are of different genres or styles. Each film styles have different features that make it unique from the rest. One of these styles is independent films. In essence, the term independent film has been existence for the longest time possible. It has existed ever since the film industry began.  However, for film analyst and critics, it has been a difficult task to define the term independent film unanimously.  Historically, the defining quality of an independent film was based on its place of production. For over time, an independent film has been used to denote films that have been produced outside the traditional systems of production, i.e., the outside the major film studio systems.  Over the past few decades, theorists have it is evident that independent films should not only be defined by a film’s point of production but should incorporate the financial situation, aesthetic…
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