How has technology changed the independent film world?

How has technology changed the independent film world?

Ben Lyons (Producer) gives expert video advice on: Which independent filmmakers have changed the genre?; Where are most independent films made?; What are some different techniques in making an independent film? and more...

For independent film, there's technology that's great. Especially with camera technology. You can shoot stuff on digital video, on high definition, that is much cheaper than shooting on film and it looks amazing. And it can also fit the medium of the independent film and really fit the technology that an independent film has to sometimes compromise, like shooting on DV or shooting on high-def. It can actually help play to the story a little bit. The Blair Witch Project, one of the most successful independent films of all times, shot on little DV home cameras was completely groundbreaking. It was right when reality television was starting and it really added to the feel of the movie. If that independent film had been shot on traditional film, it wouldn't have been the same movie-going experience. And so for a independent film like that, to use the sort of new advances in technology to its advantage, made it what it became.