Graduation Year
Fall 2010
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Reader 1
James Morrison
Abstract
This thesis investigates the recent developments that have occurred in the independent film market after the major Hollywood studios created their own specialty divisions to produce and distribute independent films. Due to the involvement of the major studios, independent films became more mainstream while their various costs were also driven up due to the increased amount of independent films that were released by the studios. The financial crisis of 2008 forced the major studios to contract their production of independent films and this contraction allowed the prices of independent films to return to more stable levels.
Recommended Citation
Landay, David A., "Profits, Prestige, and a Little Bit of Sunshine: American Independent Cinema Enters the Mainstream" (2010). CMC Senior Theses. 19.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/19
