Independent and Mainstream Film

Independent

• Makes you think
• Makes you ask questions
• Made by not as well known production companies e.g Moonlight by A24 Films
• Limited distribution
• Barely shown at cinemas (have to look for it)
• Tends to have lower production values
• Realist genres
• Intended to challenge, provoke, inform and educate
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Mainstream

• Makes you laugh
• Makes you cry
• Made by well-known production companies e.g. Captain America by Marvel
• Attracts mass audience
• Has higher production values