The aesthetic of Third Cinema is influenced by its low budget and amateur film makers, leading to a style of film not reliant on special effects and action set pieces, but rather on real life events and subtle stories. This deviation from the traditional Western film structure can be seen today reflected in both documentary and feature films. In the age of digital filmmaking, it’s become easier than ever to produce a film without technical training or access to expensive equipment. Some notable examples of this are guerilla documentaries (See: The Gurilla Filmmakers Handbook). Robert Greenwalt’s timely films released through grass-roots organizations, “Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War” and “Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism” were shot in historical Hollywood places where movies like “Gone with the Wind” were originally filmed. “Outfoxed” was one of his secretive films about the distortion of information by Fox News (Boynton, 2004).
