SCRN20011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Art Film, Independent Film
8 Jun 2018
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Lecture 9: indiewood
Art cinema
• Ambiguous spatial relations
• Open ended, ending unclear or ambiguous
• Ambiguous spatial relations, discontinuity editing etc
• Tap into youth market
• Controversial topics
Independent film and hollywood
• Taps into sectors of the market that the mainstream hollywood industry avoids
• Experimental, political
• Alternative type of spectatorship and involvement
• Independent as a style of film marketed to a specific audience
• Niche audience and topics -> broader audiences for arthouse -> arthouse lite
• Prestige but also accessible -> artists, writers, period dramas + perceived commercial elements
such as stars, romance etc
Rise of semi-independent
• Production of film independent company but taken up by majors for distribution and exhibition
• Aims to be commercially successful
• International film festivals as testing grounds for these films
The 'smart' films
• Not quite art film, not quite hollywood, not fully independent
• Share an aura of intelligence that distinguishes them from the perceived dress
• Reembraced classical strategies + irony and disengaged tone as means to critique mainstream
taste and culture
• 'quirky' sensibility
• Dysfunctional families with offbeat sensibility
• Families shared resignation to their imperfect scenario keep them together
Quirky films
• Ironic humor, deadpan flatness
• Emotional tone ca differ
• (liberal) family and happy ending
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Document Summary
Art cinema: ambiguous spatial relations, open ended, ending unclear or ambiguous, ambiguous spatial relations, discontinuity editing etc, tap into youth market, controversial topics. Independent as a style of film marketed to a specific audience such as stars, romance etc. Rise of semi-independent: production of film independent company but taken up by majors for distribution and exhibition, aims to be commercially successful. International film festivals as testing grounds for these films. The "smart" films: not quite art film, not quite hollywood, not fully independent, reembraced classical strategies + irony and disengaged tone as means to critique mainstream. Share an aura of intelligence that distinguishes them from the perceived dress taste and culture. "quirky" sensibility: dysfunctional families with offbeat sensibility. Families shared resignation to their imperfect scenario keep them together.
