Although technologies in the 1950s made independent movie-making feasible for ordinary people, the technology available today allows everyone to be filmmakers. Cameras have become so cheap, but retain amazing quality, and young filmmakers have caught on. We're in the midst of a new kind of film making. From YouTube to film shorts to full-length films, the style and mise-en-scene of independent films is changing. The following short film is a good example of this, and it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year.
Films with this style of lightly scripted acting, and documentary feel are becoming increasingly popular and are finding their way into mainstream media. Shows, for instance, like "Workaholics" and "Broad City" are evidence of this shift. More evidence of this can be found on YouTube where ordinary people are finding themselves becoming famous. YouTube stars include:
Justin Bieber
Jessica Rose
Stuart Edge
Grumpy Cat
With it being so easy now to create good-quality films, and with free platforms for viewing these films, I predict that not too far in the future we will begin to see a dramatic rise in movies released solely online and large Hollywood studios trying to tap into that market.
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