In my research I gathered information about independent films. It was said that "independent films will break the rules of traditional narrative and experiment with new or different ways of telling stories to create meaning in non-realist way." From this I understand that the narrative have an auteur style, this is what makes a film independent as typical conventions have been challenged by the director. One of the first film makers to move away from realist film was French director Jean-Luc Godard. He wanted to "expose the constructed nature of cinema and challenge his audience in order to make them reflect on their own lives as they watched."
Although independent films have been commercial advertised as much as mainstream films, this is what has made a few independent films successful. One of the most famous is The Blair Witch Project. It has the independent factors like unknown characters, handheld camerawork, direct address to camera, and lack of resolution.
Compared to mainstream films the narrative is used differently in an independent film, these include :-
- Action may be explicitly broken into chapters, as a novel.
- Narrative sequence is disjointed in some way.
- The narrative is not resolved.
- Well-known actors are not used.
- Audience cannot empathise with characters.
- Close-ups are not used often.
- Characters move 'outside the frame'.
Overall my teaser trailer may have aspects of both mainstream and independent films. The narrative (storyline) is mainly mainstream, this is due to the fact that the characters are represented stereotypically. However the way in which the narrative is put together has aspects of independent films, such as the flash backs, and the whole idea of it being a "dream", which leaves the narrative unresolved.
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