| Studio Moviemaking |
Micro Budget Filmmaking |
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| "Titanic" | "Clerks" | |||
| Budgets rising | Budgets falling | |||
| New technologies enable better special effects | New technologies enable films to be made in new ways |
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| Corporate finiancing essential | Self/family financing crucial | |||
| Stars essential | Stars irrelevant | |||
| Financier usually has creative control | Filmmaker normally has creative control | |||
| Formulaic filmmaking rewarded | Unique filmmaking rewarded | |||
| Crew-large/paid/uncommitted | Crew-tiny/unpaid/committed | |||
| Continuing careers | Launching careers | |||
| Dependent filmmaking - people have to keep saying yes throughout process | Independent filmmaking- you can make a film without other people's permission or cash | |||