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The Battery
2012 · Film · 101 min
Directed by Jeremy Gardner
In rural Connecticut, baseball players Ben and Mickey are trying to survive a zombie plague. They are forced to form a battery: a catcher and a pitcher who work together to outwit the batter, the one who hits the ball. And the batter in this case just happens to be a zombie. Tough Ben and gentle Mickey frequently disagree on the best way to go about the situation. Then they suddenly hear a human voice through their walkie-talkies. Is salvation nearby, like Mickey thinks, or is Ben’s suspicion justified?
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> Democratized? It’s more centralized than ever.
Camera technology is so ubiquitous now that an unknown can create content on a shoestring budget. It's now more about gumption and talent instead of gumption, talent, and having enough money to rent professional equipment.
I can remember an indie film shot on a digital SLR camera with a $6,000 budget picking up festival awards a decade ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battery_(2012_film)
Of course, everyone having access doesn't make everyone's content good, but Spielberg got started with a Super 8 camera in his teens.