What makes an Independant/Mainstream Indie Movie?

What is an Independent film?

Words that associate with this: Production, originality, Low budget, Oscar based films, appear in film festivals etc.

Facts about Indie Films

1. Indie films always stick to their more raw and traditional themes/ideas and base it centred around the theme and life.

2. Low budget

3. Not particularly advertised/marketed

4. Characterised around limited release

5.  Produced outside main production companies

http://www.indiewire.com/c/film/

http://www.kamera.co.uk/

How are independent films different from mainstream films?

Independent Films are Subsidiaries of major film studios and are produced mostly/completely outside the main film studios. Typically, Mainstream movies are released in cinemas for a short period of time and are commercialized to attract customers and are then released for home use and sold in usually popular stores. Compared to Independent films as they are described as films that are produced outside a major film studio. They are distinguished by the style and the artistic way the director chooses to show them. Independent films have a considerably lower budget than Mainstream films. Independent films tend to have a limited release and are heard of by word of mouth usually and reach out to specific audiences,unlike mainstream which is more promoted.

Top 50 Indie films:http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/06/indie-movies-to-see-before-you-die/bottle-rocket


List of Mainstream Indie Movies: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls070684898/