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  • Independent Filmmaking

    Filmmaking has been around since the late 1800’s and now there are so many that no one can keep track of. However, people have become more selective about what they are willing to pay for or spend their free time on. One of those being independent or ‘indie’ films. They are different than regular blockbuster films and are sometimes only subject to limited released, so what makes them so different and better at times? After this paper, you may have a different idea to what independent filmmaking is and may have a better standard of films today.

    Independent filmmaking is usually regarded as ‘indie’ films and are only limited released and made by ‘hipsters,’ as some say. There are many renowned films that are independent and are given a lot of praise. For instance, Halloween (1978) is an independent film and is regarded as a horror classic and almost everyone knows the film today.

     

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  • Is “Citizen Kane” the Best Film Ever Made?

    Orson Welles directs and stars in a stunning film that came out in 1941 and is regarded as a ‘masterpiece’ and many critics claim it to be the ‘greatest film of all time.’ Let’s look at why it’s claimed as such and if I agree with this.

    Orson Welles Citizen Kane (1941) is about a newspaper tycoon named Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, who dies in the first 3 minutes of the film and whispers the word ‘rosebud.’ The whole film is a flashback, within flashbacks, on other characters point of views on Kane. A reporter trying to figure out who and why his last word was ‘rosebud.’ A look into Kane’s life as a publishing newspaper tycoon and how no one really knows what he wanted in life.

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  • David Lynch and His Films

    David Lynch is a well-known director for his films Blue Velvet,Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, and his show Twin Peaks. He has directed and written other films, but these are his most well-known. His films are works of art in surrealism and are visually stunning and provokes thought into the viewer. Lynch’s style of filmmaking is one to talk about.

    David Lynch was born January 20, 1946 in Missoula, Montana. He moved around a lot because his father’s work as a scientist. He studied art in Boston, Philadelphia, and Europe. He studied art before his went into filmmaking through short films first (Biography).

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