Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Must Filmmakers be Businessmen?

One of the ideas that drives me to marry entrepreneurism with my creative interests is the observation that studios are becoming so risk adverse, that the rewards of producing original content will soon be exclusively in the hands of individuals with the vision and the cajones to take the risk on themselves.
According to this article in the Hollywood Reporter, the same is becoming true in the distribution market - even for wide releases!
This process will only continue, as shareholders drive the studios into more and more conservative investments and social media changes the marketing landscape. What we're seeing now is only the beginning.
Posted by Tennyson E. Stead at 9:30 AM
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  1. Seems like all artists (especially filmmakers) are awakening to the reality that yes, we must all be businessmen, because until we're global celebrities, no one is just going to GIVE us money and distribute our work for us. I just learned today that Felicia Day, an actress with over 1.7 million followers on Twitter, still has to audition for parts and market her work herself and so on. While it's getting easier to become famous, it's getting harder to become rich and famous.
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