Let's not confuse wanting to tell a story in a motion picture format with what Hollywood does. The motion picture industry is a closed system. Any innovations in equipment, software, systems are developed on the outside, then they are squeezed into the Hollywood filmmaking "system"... a kind of retrofitting to force these new technologies to work with a system defined nearly a hundred years ago.
But now, tools and technologies are enabling people with ideas and talent to actually create content that rivals the product put out by the Hollywood systems. However, the biggest obstacle in our way seems to be an impulse to try and emulate the Hollywood system.... to try and mimic their workflow and go into debt trying to purchase all the equipment and tools that a real production needs.
I feel that there should be an alternate system..... one that is suited to this spinoff industry.... one with new paradigms, new standards, and a new delivery system to our potential audiences. A system where actors do not get paid, they are partners. Where all the money spent is devoted to the minimum amount necessary to acquire the desired image. A system where we can share assets and materials simply to help each other get better. And most importantly, a system that has a no-cost, no-barrier-to-entry delivery system so that large numbers of people can view the end result of our endeavors.
This system needs to be built - but it needs to be built outside of Hollywood, outside their system... an open system.
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Isn't RED trying to do this?
Isn't RED trying to do this?
RED is forcing some really nice shifts in the biz model from the hardware standpoint - A really cool thing... What I am referring to is a distribution and viewing system that is not owned by individuals.
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Although RED has captured a lot of "potential filmmakers" interests, The old guard of Hollywood continues to drive RED's initiatives. The majority of RED's userbase are professionals trained from the same old system...or they are newcomers trying to learn the same old system. Granted they are adopting some fancy new technology, but their methods are entrenched in an antiquated system. It is really about 2 end results... products and artistic expression. Hollywood makes products... everyone else is going for expression, where profits are kind of just a hopeful afterthought.
Thanks for this; it's a real confidence boost.
As a 17-year-old filmmaker, I've been thinking about the same things and worrying about how I have to "change" to become "professional", even though i get closer and closer to a commercially presentable product with every attempt.
-Kashif
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Yes.. I feel that there is PLENTY of room for content creation outside the normal commercial systems. We are at the beginning of an innovation push... the people trying new things and tinkering, and most importantly, sharing their successes and failures, are the ones that will be leading this new push. Imagine every business with its own TV station - and how much content would be needed to fulfill that space?
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