Visual Culture- Essay Question Research

For the end of our visual culture journal we need to include an essay on a given question, there was a list of options for which question you'd like to answer and we chose the best one that interested us the most. The question I chose was "Identify and discuss the creative similarities and differences as you perceive them between studio and independently made films. You may use historical and/or contemporary references as examples." This question stood out to me the most because I felt like it linked to the production and creation of films more than any of the others. I liked the idea of researching both these areas and finding out and understanding the difficulties an independent film would have that a studio wouldn't and vice versa. The essay question requires quite a lot of research and the majority of it needs to be from books so I decided to research and find some books that may be able to help me when I start writing the essay and I'll be able to find them easy.

Independent Film Producing: How to Produce a Low-Budget Feature Film- Paul Battista

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Independent-Film-Producing-Produce-Low-Budget/dp/162153264X/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420483455&sr=1-3&keywords=independent+film

The Insiders Guide to Independent Film Distribution- Stacey Parks

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Insiders-Guide-Independent-Film-Distribution/dp/0240817559/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420483455&sr=1-6&keywords=independent+film 

Contemporary American Independent Film: From the Margins to the Mainstream- Christine Holmlund and Justin Wyatt

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Contemporary-American-Independent-Film-Mainstream/dp/0415254876/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420483455&sr=1-11&keywords=independent+film

These are a few books I've found that while help me answer the essay question and will be good to either look at or purchase to have a better understanding of independent film making, I also need to start looking for books about the studio method of film making so I can make comparisons and see the differences.