Independentes: um documentário artesanal sobre o audiovisual independente em Uberlândia

Abstract

This dissertation aims to present the production process of the documentary Independentes, together with the reflections established between the processes presented by the film and the reflections on what it means to be independent. The short film Independentes was produced by hand and addresses the independent audiovisual production processes in the city of Uberlândia, highlighting the difficulties faced in making a film and the strategies used by local producers to overcome these problems. The film is the result of interviews conducted with three local producers, a researcher in cinema and a visual artist with audiovisual productions in Uberlândia. The interviews were conducted through open questions that sought to understand how these producers' projects are produced, from the idea, through fundraising to distribution and dissemination. The objective of this work is to report the production process of the documentary Independentes, which was born from the questioning of the term “Cinema Independente”, which is addressed by Anita Simis in her article “Cinema Independente’ no Brasil”. In this article, the author questions whether it exists, and what is independent cinema today in Brazil and the film seeks to bring this same issue to audiovisual in Uberlândia. Was he really independent? In terms of visual language and aesthetics, the classifications of the types of documentaries described by Bill Nichols in “Introduction to Documentary”, 2010, are used as a parameter to identify with which of these classifications the film produced in this research fits. In conclusion, he assesses that production processes directly influence the aesthetics and form of an artistic work. And that the conditions of production available to the artist are always related to the reality in which he finds himself, a reality that arises from political relations. Finally, it makes a brief assessment of the independent audiovisual production scenario in Uberlândia, based on the interviews carried out.