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TheFrenchun
Officially Mrs saspro
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:55 pm Posts: 4955 Location: on the naughty step
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I'm currently reading THE MACHINE, i think that would make an awesome movie 
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Wed May 09, 2012 5:53 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Wed May 09, 2012 10:16 pm |
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm Posts: 12251
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You think? All I see now is an endless succession of Avengers type movies with fewer new ideas being developed and certainly more risky ventures being sidelined. Avengers Assemble is very bad news for cinema.
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Wed May 09, 2012 11:03 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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Thing is though, titles like Avengers allows some of the more risky titles through. You do the safe picture, then you do the art picture.
It's a bit like cars. For every hand crafted Morgan, there's thousands of Vauxhalls.
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Wed May 09, 2012 11:12 pm |
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am Posts: 11039 Location: London
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Do they do the art pictures though? Most low budget Indie films are produced by Independents surely?
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Thu May 10, 2012 10:11 am |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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Yes, but a lot of the studios have 'indie' arms that are funded by, but insulated from, their mainstream parents. Fox Searchlight Pictures, The Weinstein Company - more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_film_studio#The_.22mini-majors.22If you've somehow made your own independent feature, how are you going to distribute and screen it? If you're talking about really small, independently self-funded, charged to a dozen credit card type of movies, where are they going to get the distribution and returns from? And to be frank, a lot of these films aren't going to be very good. Charming, perhaps, but in comparison to the highly polished stuff that is churned out by Hollywood I think the cracks start to show. Unless, like a time like this where suddenly everybody in the industry is having to readjust their rates, you find yourself in the happy position where technicians and artists are suddenly at a loose end and will take a cheap job just to keep working.
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Thu May 10, 2012 12:07 pm |
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am Posts: 11039 Location: London
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Yeah maybe they do need the big studios for distribution. I don't agree. I don't think the 'highly polished' movies are good. I prefer the movies with no special effects and a good story line and well rounded characters. That's just my opinion though.
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Thu May 10, 2012 12:41 pm |
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timark_uk
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm Posts: 12144 Location: Belfast
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Don't fall in to the trap of thinking highly-polished = special effects. I reckon a lot of the indie films you are thinking of are highly polished. Mark
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Thu May 10, 2012 5:09 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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I'm talking about everything from cinematography to performance, direction, make up, sfx, audio. Polish can be applied to every aspect of a production; it's about craftsmanship. Sadly, a lot of that comes with a price tag, so for the small producer praying his crew doesn't walk before he's secured the finance it does tend to mean you'll cut your cloth to suit the budget. Admittedly, these days it's never been easier to capture and edit superb footage - look at Monsters. Please don't think I'm down on indie films. I'm really not. I do, however, think it's an economic reality that the big films allow the little ones to get made - from providing training for the crew, to recycling what you can, be that props, costumes or even sets.
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Thu May 10, 2012 6:06 pm |
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am Posts: 2967 Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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I absolutely agree with all you've said, I just resent the loss of good main stream movies, I generally don't want to watch small indie stuff, I just want to watch original mainstream stuff.
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Thu May 10, 2012 7:55 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Thu May 10, 2012 10:46 pm |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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LEAVE MY CHILDHOOD ALONE YOU BASTARDS!
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Thu May 10, 2012 11:01 pm |
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm Posts: 10022
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+1. PAddington bear for me was mainly the books with a few episodes of a tv show with a stop-animation type thing.
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Thu May 10, 2012 11:14 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm Posts: 8767 Location: behind the sofa
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I had a Paddington audio tape which I listened to so many times it became stretched and mangled...
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am Posts: 11039 Location: London
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Another movie for them to f*** up. Garfield was rubbish and I caught a bit of Yogi Bear the other day. No thanks.
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