Annotated Bibliography

Carmelline Matriano Annotated Bibliography

Szabo, C. (2010). Independent, mainstream and in between: How and why indie films have become their own genre. Honors College Theses. Paper 96. Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/

The paper presents that the term “indie” in film was originally argued to describe a movies finance or if a studio is involved in making it. However, currently, the indie film genre has a certain distinction that does not involve the finance used into making it. The paper mentions that indie films are those that break away from what mainstream movies present and this deviation is what defines the genre. The deviations are said to be on the mechanical style, the narrative, and how the audience reacts. The

The list points out how risks should be taken and clichés avoided in mainstream films. The source also pointed out how mainstream films are afraid of leaving what works due to the possibility of losing money. The source also expressed the diversity of indie films and how mainstream cinema can incorporate this. Though the source is not strictly talking about the Philippine film industry, it clearly points out how mainstream studios are afraid of losing money which in turn makes their films repetitive and copies of films that were already

B. (2012). Against Hollywood: American independent film as a critical cultural movement. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 2, 2, 1-21. Retrieved from http://www.haujournal.org/

The journal article presents interviews and quotes from independent film directors and how they look at indie and mainstream films. The article talks of how many independent film makers make indie films for themselves, as a form of expressing themselves. The indie directors expressed how they do not make the films for the money or the audience. The source also points out how mainstream is an escape from reality, while indie films will tell you the truth of the world. This article shows a clear idea on how independent film makers see their genre, but the article is one sided and biased.

Gutierrez, J. C. III. (2011). For the youth: Pursuing sustainability in Filipino indie filmmaking. Plaridel: A Philippine Journal of Communication, Media, and Society, 8(2), 53-70. Retrieved from