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Poll: Indies for Dummies

A poll by ElMaruecan82
You want to make it as a film-maker, but you've got no A-lister to cast (not even B or C), no transcendent Kaufmanesque screenplay, no major studio contract, no particular skills as far as editing and directing goes, to put it simply: you're no Tarantino. But you have a vague idea of what your story should be... and you want to make an impact.

So, if you had to pick one, which of these (overused?) little tricks would you use to make your film debut more memorable?

After voting, you may discuss the list here

Results of 278 votes:

  1. 1.

    Guy Pearce stars as Leonard

     
    NO PLOT? A beginning, a middle and an ending, but not in that order... Or the Rashomon (1950) principle: to make a mind-bending and puzzling story out of a simple storyline, just remember: you have to…
  2. 2.

    Heather Donahue in The Blair Witch Project (1999)

     
    NO MONEY? Absence of means as a mean by itself ... You don't have much space for shooting? Take your small group of people and put them in a confined space, and you'll have a claustrophobic masterpiec…
  3. 3.

    James Duval, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Jena Malone in Donnie Darko (2001)

     
    NO POINT? Make them scratch their heads or drop their jaws ... More commonly known as the WTF principle, it consists on concluding the film with more questions than answers, for that, either you shock…
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