Sentences with phrase «budget indie as»

Shot entirely in black and white, the film looks about as close to a low budget indie as you're bound to find, but Whedon and Shakespeare are such a great fit (both celebrated for their sharp and witty dialogue) that it's a wonder the latter didn't attempt an adaptation of the Bard's classic any sooner.

Not exact matches

Penot had been busy creating big - budget blockbusters during a six - year stint as a perfume developer at Armani Fragrances, and Le Labo was his chance to make the indie label of his dreams.

The low - budget indie picture reprised, in many ways, characters Stanton had inhabited, as he plays a prickly loner in a small desert town.

There's a certain class of low - budget indie filmmaking that's become almost its own recognizable style — full of ordinary people just trying to find happiness in unorthodox ways, hand - held close - up shots, montages of locations (easily recognized if you live in the area where they're shot, but not particularly tied to the story, which could take place anywhere) with light music underneath, a tendency to shift focus amateurishly (though I think often on purpose as part of the style), a lot of contemplative pauses and awkward conversations.

As is true for any low - budget indie, well - made or not, the experimental approach carries with it a significant risk of failure.

When the action does hit it is as clean and fun as any film with a $ 175 million budget and the Marvel brand slapped on it can expect to be, and is all the more impressive coming from a director who had only made small indie dramas (see Wattsâ $ ™ Cop Car if you havenâ $ ™ t).

After working on a few more independent films, including «Reckless» (1984), «Old Enough» (1984) and «Heartbreakers» (1984), he made another important personal and professional connection when Martin Scorsese hired him to shoot a low - budget indie - style film that he was working on as a way of collecting his bearings after a string of increasingly complex and complicated productions, the dark comedy «After Hours» (1985).

That its visuals are its outstanding feature is even more noteworthy when it is known to have been made as a low budget indie.

It also supports the enhanced hardware of the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, which is something that is hard to find for a game that aims for an indie budget published as EA Originals.

As in years past our favorites came mostly from the indie sector, where imagination and heart made up for meager budgets and fewer f / x.

As Naomi, the penniless New York City tour guide with whom Arthur falls in love, indie - film darling Greta Gerwig is sweet but tame, the fierce edges she showed in last year's «Greenberg» smoothed and smothered by big - budget blandness.

Even as his budgets have expanded and his industry clout has increased, the indie director has continued to shine a light on marginalized Americans, the people living and working on the fringes of our culture.

In 1991, he and James Schamus launched Good Machine, which quickly became a major player shepherding the early careers of filmmakers like Ang Lee («Wedding Banquet»), Todd Haynes («Safe»), Todd Solondz («Happiness»)-- both Todds being produced by Vachon as well — while the breakout success of Ed Burns» $ 28,000 «The Brother McMullen» became the poster child for every low budget filmmaker looking to cash in on the indie gold rush.

I'm into all types of movies — I'm trying to make a horror film (next), and there's some indie movies that'd cost about $ 5 to make that I'd like to do — but this was a chance for someone to write a check for a big - budget comedy, and to be able to do something as balls - out as this one... y ’ know, I'm gonna take advantage of that!»

We know him as the director behind indie nuggets such as L.I.E., hotel room splendor of 12 and Holding and more recently, Roadie, so after a mostly low - budget indie filmography Michael Cuesta cross over into bigger budget big leagues is due to a successful stint on Homeland.

Creep proves that found footage, the indie world's no - budget genre solution, still has life, as long as you have a performer like Duplass willing to go all the way.

Bright was then better known as the writer of «Gun Crazy,» a low - budget indie starring Drew Barrymore and James LeGros.

It also continues Amazon's conscious move away from niche, indie - style projects (as well as its public pilot system) to develop big - budget hits that can garner more mainstream success.

Winstead, repped by Anonymous Content, WME and lawyer Karl Austen, has been straddling the indie and mainstream feature worlds with roles in indies like 2012's Smashed, which landed her an Indie Spirit nomination, and in such big - budget movies as A Good Day To Die Hard and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Huindie and mainstream feature worlds with roles in indies like 2012's Smashed, which landed her an Indie Spirit nomination, and in such big - budget movies as A Good Day To Die Hard and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire HuIndie Spirit nomination, and in such big - budget movies as A Good Day To Die Hard and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

SURPRISE: «Ex Machina» for Best Visual Effects Up against such high - budget powerhouses as «Star Wars: The Force Awakens,» «The Revenant,» «The Martian» and «Mad Max: Fury Road,» it was A24's indie sci - fi pic that took home the prize.

Best known as one of the pioneers of the indie mumblecore movement, Andrew Bujalski (Funny Ha Ha, Computer Chess) attempts to cross over to the commercial world with Results, a romantic comedy featuring professional actors with a budget that appears larger than all of his previous work combined.

As his big - budget / big expectations Warcraft hits the screens worldwide, director Duncan Jones plans a return to his indie...

Coming up through the «mumblecore» film movement as a director and screenwriter, Andrew Bujalski made the leap to the higher - budgeted indie scene with Results.

Instead, over the next two years, Dano cropped up as the lead in a series of low - budget indie films and even an off - Broadway play, drawn to characters wracked with inner conflict and turmoil — be they a suicidal young man or a cross-dressing writer.

It's a strange backdrop for an even stranger movie, which was shot in a low - budget location, yet could afford top - shelf character actors and indie all - stars — including Toby Jones, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Michelle Yeoh as various creators and caretakers.

It's the latest in a trend that's become increasingly prevalent over the last decade or so, as studios have become more and more willing to give over their tentpoles to relatively untested directors from the indie world with only one or two low - budget features behind them.

Trank made a stir with «Chronicle,» his low - budget superhero deconstruction, and matching indie talent with big studio fare, as «The Dark Knight» trilogy did with Christopher Nolan, historically reaps dividends.

The actress, who, prior to Bone, was already known in industry circles for her gritty portrayals of troubled youths in such independent films as Poker House and The Burning Plain seamlessly made the transition to big - budget studio fare playing a young «Mystique» in X-Men: First Class while still sticking to her indie roots with key roles in films like The Beaver, Like Crazy, and the forthcoming House at the End of the Street.

That being said, while the film is easily classified as sci - fi, it has a low - budget, almost indie feel to it that makes it come across in a more organic fashion than your average sci - fi pic.

Reblogged this on Dale Furse and commented: As indie authors, we need to market our books, but we don't have the big budgets Traditional publishers do.

Budget constraints are a reality for indie publishers as well, but rather than releasing a bad book, the indie publisher may shelve the book project until sufficient money is raised.

I would never sign with another publisher unless they offered either a huge advance or something I wouldn't have access to as an indie, such as a promotional budget or shelf space in big bookstores, translation deal or a film deal, etc (I know film isn't handled via the publisher, but that's the kind of thing I mean — something I can't do on my own).

One of the more frustrating truths about self - publishing and libraries is that indie authors have had a hard time getting their books into their own local libraries, as budgets are small and the risk of insult when the book is of poor quality is high.

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One of the best things about being an indie author is that you have the power to decide what you want to do, so take the time to figure it out as you develop your budget.

I find it rather dismaying that my career can be seen as an impediment to lending a helping hand to Indie authors, who operate on a shoestring budget.

But as indie authors, we're on a tight budget.

As an indie author, you could expect Green's budget to not quite stretch to banner ads and billboards, and I think this is a smart strategy to create something memorable within an indie space.

Earlier this month, The New York Times ran an article with the headline, «As Studios Cut Their Budgets, Indie Filmmakers Go Do - It - Yourself.»

The difference, though, is that indie authors also set their prices and budgets, where as traditional authors can do nothing to grow or shrink the publisher's marketing budget and profit margin.

Last week I talked about networking as an Indie author, and creating a barter system that would help those with no budget, but time, get off and running.

As indie game developers with zero marketing budget on our hands, we always hoped to get exposure through such Let's Players.

For example I would very much like to see indie games as well as «bigger» 1st and / or 3rd party games, big budget titles, etc..

Indie developers are attempting to capture the attention of a niche market or a small segment of the overall gaming market with a first release, and to break - even as many first time indies are working with very tiny budgets to begin with.

There is no online functionality which is certainly forgivable given an indie developer's budget for a debut game, although it would have been nice to see the inclusion of local and online leaderboards which could have focused on the fastest times in which each jigsaw puzzle were completed by every player in single player or co-operatively throughout each puzzle size and group of options such as hints, puzzle piece rotation and background image.

We keep these fees as low as possible for indie developers with limited budgets.

As a small indie team, we had a very limited marketing budget.

These introductions are just the start of further world building that will take place throughout the game as you are given snippets of lore in a volume unexpected in what is a budget indie title that gives Earth War a surprising level of depth that really makes it feel like it's alive.

Today there's a resurgence of the «indie» game, as people look to get away from the AAA big - budget titles and get back to just having fun.

Notable successful indie titles such as Braid and Limbo show how it is possible for small studios with limited budgets to develop compelling games.