Importance of Independent Cinema

If there is a cultural product of significant importance today, that is independent cinema. When we talk about this concept, we are referring to a way of making cinematic visual art that in many ways escapes the canons established by Hollywood or by the industry of massive and popular cinema.

What aspects make up this artistic expression?

In order to understand what independent cinema really represents, we must move away from the way of thinking that tells us that all cinema must be entertainment or fun. This is a very common view today that despises any form of cinema that does not involve strong emotions or high-impact effects. On the contrary, independent cinema is considered an art form since it seeks to put into images, scenes and situations that represent our daily life and that can be enriched by creativity of those who create them.

The type of cinema to which we refer has a main distinction with respect to mass cinema (and that is what ultimately gives it its name): the budget that exists when carrying out the production and the absence of sponsors, investors, sponsors or entertainment chains that pay to direct the piece. In independent cinema we generally find artists (directors or actors and actresses) who make personal and own works, in which the objective is not to generate colossal profits.

Why does this type of cinema exist?

Independent cinema has always existed because this is where cinema as an art form starts from. He himself has always escaped the parameters of production, work and company that govern the film industry, such as the numbers that are handled in terms of production and payment to the stars, the use of very expensive special and digital effects, etc.

Thus, independent cinema appears in the world of the seventh art as a necessity since it seeks to express another type of content, more elaborate and profound complexities, of harsh realities, exacerbating the senses and the most nullified emotions in mass cinema and technological. Independent cinema is not usually made in large studios nor does it count on their contribution, but rather used to recording in natural settings, with little or low budget, with actors and artists in growth etc

These great differences make independent cinema an interesting product for those who do not want to be guided by the interests or by the style of the great cinematographic productions, which are usually considered pretentious, superficial or even empty of meaning. content.

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