Idependant & International Films

Independent and International Films

 

An Independent or Indie films is feature film that are produced mostly outside of a major studio. Independent films are often produced and/or distributed by subsidiaries of major studios. In pairs research and see if you can find the main mini major studios. Some mini major studios like: Sony Pictures Classic, Focus Feature and Mirimax Films produce/distribute Independant films. An film which is an independent film would only be seen that way if less then half the films finances can come from a major studio. Independent films can be funded anyway, producers, distributers and even yourself.

 

In an independant movie there is always the "one hollywood star" that is casted in the movie. This is to help with securing distribution. If there is somebody in the film that the audiences know then there is more chance of making money off the movie. If an independent film wins at film festivals like Sundance there is more chance they will be approached by one distribution company wanting the rights to all three areas.

One good thing out of this is that there is more chance of getting a larger payment from the distributer however this is mainly from the mini major studios. The downfall to this is what ever the payment you get for distribution is all the amount that they'll give you, you don’t have the opportunity to go out and get additional sales to make additional money.

 

International Co-Productions

 

In filmmaking you might sometimes get an Internation Co-Production which is a film made by production companies from different countries. Many films made outside the United States are international co-productions. An International Co-Production open new markets for films and TV programmes that can increase the output of high quality productions through the sharing of investment. The official co-productions are made possible by agreements between countries.

 

Co-Production agreements seek to acheive economic, cultral and diplomatic goals. The key attraction of a treaty co-production is taht it qualifies as a national production in each of the partner 's nations and can access benifits that are avalible to the local film and television industry in each country. Developing countries within cinema is referred to as the Third Cinema, with First Cinema being "Hollywood Movies" & Second Cinema as being "European Art House". Third cinema is mainly concentrating on films from Africa, Asia and Latin America.

 

Nigeria’s film industry has grown over the last couple of decades to become the second largest film industry. The rise of affordable digital filming and editing technologies has stimulated the country’s video film industry. Each film is produced in less then a fortnight for $15,000. But unlike Hollywood and Bollywood, Nollywood films are mainly sold on videocassetts and not in cinemas.