They were small, low-budget films, shot on location.

这些都是小规模、低成本、本地摄制的电影。

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Thanks to cheap digital technology, South Korea and India now knock out the sort of low-budget films that compete with standard American fare.

正是由于廉价的数码科技，韩国、印度现在才能在低成本电影方面与美国一争高下。

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A number of low-budget independent films brought new directors and actors to the fore.

许多低预算的独立电影使一些新的导演和演员们崭露头角。

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"Because the studios are no longer making many character dramas, these actors have to find their creativity in smaller, often low-budget indie films, " he explains.

BBC: Entertainment & Arts

It was given an X-rating and was included in a group of "video nasties" - a term used to describe extremely violent and disturbing, low-budget horror films from the US and Italy.

BBC: Jane Levy in a scene from Evil Dead

The arrival of Hollywood Down Under has been a boon for Australian crews, but it has left the makers of low-budget domestic films complaining that they are being pushed aside in the rush.

ECONOMIST: Australia as a film location