Njengokunye okuthe kratya xa kuthelekiswa nomdlalo bhanyabhanya wezentengiso onokuthi siqhele ukuwufumana kwiibhodi zezaziso zaso nasiphi na isixeko, sifumana leyo ibizwa ngokuba cinema yobugcisa, enophawu oluphambili lokubeka umxholo okanye imixholo umphathi afuna ukuyibamba ngaphambi kokwenza iifomula zempumelelo kwangoko. Kungenxa yesi sizathu sokuba i-cinema yobugcisa ithambekele ekuchukumiseni izihloko ezingaqhelekanga kakhulu kwi-cinema eqhelekileyo, ekhokelela kumatyala amaninzi anzima ngakumbi ukuqonda ukuba ngaba ingqwalaselo eyimfuneko ayithathiwanga.
I-cinema yobugcisa ithanda ukugxininisa kwinto ejongwe ngumlawuli ngokusekwe kumbandela afuna ukusibonisa wona endaweni yokusinika iqaqobana lobuso obudumileyo obugqibela ngokugcina imveliso, mhlawumbi ukhetha iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokubalisa iminyhadala enjeya Inokuba kukuphindaphindeka okanye ukuvavanywa ukuze ube nakho ukukhupha iimvakalelo ngendlela engaphakathi ngakumbi kumbukeli. Ngokubanzi, ihlala inxulunyaniswa nesinema esizimeleyo kuba kunqabile ukuba ifumane uncedo okanye inkxaso-mali kwizitudiyo ezinkulu zefilimu, isisiqhelo ukwahlukana ukuba kusetyenziswa abadlali abadumileyo okanye abasandula ukungena kwikhondo lomsebenzi.
I-cinema yobugcisa inokwahlulahlulwa ngokweendidi ezininzi ezinje umbhali cinema, le ibhekisa kuhlobo lweefilimu ezenziwe ngumlawuli othile, eziphawula isitayile sakhe.
Kuya kufuneka kwakhona sikhankanye Iimuvi ze-indie, eveliswa ngaphandle kwenkxaso mali kwizitudiyo ezinkulu zefilimu.
Kufuneka sikhankanye i- cinema yokulinga, ikwabizwa ngokuba yi-cinema entsha.
Ekugqibeleni masiqaqambise cinema yokwenene, ikwabizwa ngokuba yi-cinema vérité, egxininisa imifanekiso yokwenyani.