The New Wave of Cinema

We're at a strange stage of cinema evolution at the moment. With the internet/piracy and the digital era we're smack in the middle of, the big question is where is this transition leading us?

We've got the traditional Hollywood system and traditionalist directors/producers that will still continue to fight this change, trying to fight piracy (which seems to be a never ending battle).

Then we've got the newer generation indy/amateur who grew up on the internet and using digital cameras.

There will obviously be a big change, even if gradual. The big question is the money.

I know a lot of people that will dl a song, or a few, before deciding to buy a CD. The same goes for movies. They DL it first and then decide if they want to see it on a big screen again. Perhaps this will be the only way to truly attract people. To come out with quality content and give them a taste, or the entire release online for free, then hope they view them in theaters.

We're already seeing this. Some movies will release a scene or two of a movie online.

It's like going to a concert. You may have their CD or all their songs, but you'll still pay that 40+ cost for tickets to see them live, for the big experience.

But this won't make nearly as much money, and it's a problem for those indy/amateur filmmakers.

Perhaps we'll see an increase in theaters (with more variety, even some nights for indy features), and a decrease in the amount of big studios.

It's all theoretical. But something will happen. For all we know, big studios will all go under, and A list actors will go bankrupt because no one will pay them big bucks to be in their movies.
 
rawfa - cameron ("If you're not pushing the limits and trying to do something that's never been done before then what's the point?"). but not too many others.

Hollywood will always stay ahead of the game. The talk about the death of movie theatres is foolish. People said that 50 years ago when they came out with TV. Film evolved. Found a way to give more. People said it would die when they came out with big-screen TV, then video. It withstood all those attacks. It will find a way to withstand this. That's why they're pushing 3-D so hard, because they know a home system cannot equal that experience. In my mind they'll fail with that as 3-D has and always will be a novelty. But they'll come up with something, maybe by adding screens on the left and right walls so you're more immersed in the experience or just making the screens overwhelmingly big (just think how much stadium seating has improved the experience - remember when you had to sit behind someone who blocked half the screen?). They'll figure it out.

Independent cinema, on the other hand, is another story. There are lots of ways this can go. But I still think taking a date or going with your friends to the latest "hot" indepedent film is something pepole want to do. People want to get out of the house. That's not going to change.
 
It's pretty different screaming at some big shot producers (Cameron) than being knee deep sunk in mud for years spending all your personal money into something something nobody believes in and then making one of the best movies ever.
 
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