Red State

Although the Big Six dominate the film industry, other independent films exist. To make a film, you need to be financed some how and the people who finance you want to be sure they will make their money back. It is also difficult to distribute independent films because the cinema are film of films from the Big Six. To distribute an independent film, you could try and sell your film to one of the Big Six or take it to a film festival and hope that a company there is interested. An example of a successful independent film is Red State directed by Kevin Smith. He chose not to sell his film but to try and make his money back in his own creative ways. He decided to show his film exclusively and the do a Q and A afterwards so the tickets would be more expensive but it would be worth it for his fans. He also built up the audience for his film through a podcast that he did that became very popular.