How Budget Strangulation in Independent Cinema can Create Orgasmic Returns
Introduction
Independent film, for generations, has been built at the crossroads of financial limitation and innovation. One could argue that somewhere in the interdependence of this relationship is found the mysterious alchemy that good art makes. This assumes that financial limitation creates innovation, in the way that erecting walls around a prison drives the creative thoughts of convicts. At the very least, financial limitation is one factor that can lead to innovation, and innovation can lead to great art. I have been party to their manifestation enough times to believe in these principles, but more importantly curious enough to ask the question, “Why do these principles exist, and how can we embrace them to independently create moving pictures that are truly moving?”
Of course, financial limitation can