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Most such films are made on very low budgets, self-financed or financed through small grants, with a minimal crew or, often a crew of only one person, the filmmaker.

Some critics have argued that much experimental film is no longer in fact " experimental " but has in fact become a mainstream film genre.

Many of its more typical features -- such as a non-narrative, impressionistic, or poetic approaches to the film's construction -- define what is generally understood to be " experimental ".