Independent Films are usually a low-budget film that is produced by a small movie studio. Additionally, the term is used to describe less commercially-driven art films which differ markedly from the norms of plot-driven. These films are often produced by subsidiaries of larger studios, as long as less than half of its budget comes from a major movie studio. Independent films are often distinguishable by their content or style. The writer or director's originalauthorial intent or personal creative vision is usually maintained in the final film.
Tribu, an independent film that was produced by Cinemalaya in the Cultutal Center of the Philippines was a good one. It shows the life of the teenagers in Tondo. It gives the viewers the idea of how our poor economy affect teens, especially those who are out of school youth. Poverty gave them the idea of rebelion in a way of builing such gangs and fraternities which they can rely on at times of trouble. It gives them power to be in control of their society. But this peer groups also give them their own trouble. With their fights and rebels against the government and other groups, several incidents happen in them and life is the price of this different struggles they face.
As compared to the Lumiere films, this particular particular independent film Tribu has more life. Many camera angles and shots were used to make the film. The different colors that we see literaly helps us to define the real color of the things in the film. As for the real story itself, Tribu opened our eyes to the idea that of the status of the life of teenagers in Tondo, which we doesn't see because of our selfishness. We are blinded by the words of other people that Tondo is a place of killers, criminals, and goons, but in reality they are just fighting for their right and justice which they cannot have/ achieve because of the dominance and selfishness of the authority.
In the Lumiere films which I find boring because of its dullness due to the single shot and camera angle used, there are only black and white colors which doesn't give the audience the real color of the things in the film. I cannot blame it because I know that they are only on the experimental stage. I know that they are not that advanced as compare to our technology today. The stories of their films are just the common thimgs that is happenning in their early living and it doesn't give the deep emotions that audience were looking for..
BYE... =p
