The Difference Between Mainstream and Independent Films

There is one main difference between mainstream and independent films and that is the title's at the very beginning. whenever you look at large, mainstream films, they always have a lot of titles at the beginning. This differs from independent films because there aren't as many people working on the film. This means that when you are viewing an independent film the title sequences at the beginning are a lot less.

Another way that you would be able to tell an independent film from a mainstream film is the production companies logo's at the beginning. Nearly all big, mainstream companies would have moving, animated logo's, making them stand out. A good example of this is the Universal logo, it would have cost a lot of money to animate the planet spinning as the camera is panning round to show the logo. This is completely different for independent films because they cant afford to create these. Instead you would normally see a still image on the screen as their logo.

This will help us when we create our own film as we can then create our logo specifically for what type of institution we are. As we are a mainstream company we are going to have an animated logo. This will help us when it comes to making our own films because it means that we can make our own logo look professional. This means that then our overall piece would look a little more professional which hopefully would make our piece stand out.