The future of film distribution... The extinction of the studio.

That show with Kevin Spacey looks pretty interesting, Netflix is trying to expand their company and making their own tv shows, they are thinking about doing the same thing with My Name is Earl.
 
I like Netflix for TV shows its so hard to keep up with all of them, plus there is always a show that I want to watch that is on the same day as another show. As for movies they need to get more newer movies, I still prefer DVDS over all this internet streaming.
 
I dont watch telly at all - just make it :)

Seriously I dont have a prefered medium right now, no broadcast TV in my house/office

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is that show released(what's the name of the show again)? i have seen the blog about it before(Netflix blog), they are tying to produce a few exclusive titles(not sure about the production quality compared to other cable and network shows) with big name actors and probably writers and directors to improve their tv show image with new titles instead of last place to watch a show. i think they tried that with tv shows before if i recall correctly(maybe miniseries or web-episodes of popular titles on tv), but it does not work for independent or third party titles, the deals they make for older seasons of television is so low and i doubt they would increase it by much for indies if not set it even lower(for newer exclusive titles), that no indie production company would consider it. just the fact that they do not have a unified structure like itunes or the app store for example, coupled with the one price eat all you can system, means it's not equal opportunity for the indies.

i think deals on very popular titles(with a few seasons of episodes) with huge fan base were like (700,000) per episode, that might not cover salaries for just the main/recurring cast at that point in time. it's not a realistic solution for independent productions to try to make a deal for Netflix exclusive titles. barring in mind tv shows use more main cast (on average 7 for hospital and police procedural or 10+ for soaps) and recurring cast and guest stars(3(if more main cast)-7 hospital on police procedural 10-15+ for soaps(american daytime probably use more)) and run-time (45-55 MinPerEpisode or 540-750(for serials) MinPerSeason (1000+ for episodic network shows)) and locations, ...etc, than any movie production.

the deals are not bad for end of life product, but not so great for new titles. Netflix is not really known for indie support, they started to offer some documentaries and some direct-to-video titles, but i doubt the deals were anything to write home about, it's probably just for exposures for the indies and they would not recoup production costs sadly. the exposure is great tho. it's a long term investment for newer movie productions, but does not currently work for indie tv shows and i doubt it would work for the next 3-5 years or so.
 
@fobers95 thank you.

something happened to the format of the text, if you start he line with spaces, the spaces are removed(it ignores multiple spaces), and copy past from notepad removes new lines and pasts everything on the same line

sorry, some information were provided in the link.
Title:.............House of Cards
Director:.........David Finsher
Release Date:..late 2012 (is it released yet?)
Starring:.........Kevin Spacey
Genre:...........Drama/Political Drama

deal for 26 episodes(number only divides by itself or 2, so maybe 2 seasons, cable shows usually go for 12 as in a real season with one week break between seasons which is an even number that spans an actual season and is appropriate for blu-ray adn dvd distribution)

edit: did not catch this first time in the article. Based on book and BBC mini-series.
 
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I went 100% digital with music a couple of years ago and am currently in the process of ripping all my DVDs and Blu Rays to go 100% digital with movies as well. The files are perfectly reliable, perfectly streamable, perfectly watchable on all my devices and take up less space than 5 stacked DVD or Blu Ray cases.

Time and place shifting will only continue to gain traction. It is the ultimate in mass personalization. It is the long tail where everything has a market, even if only in the smallest of small niches.

As for web series and people like Freddiew, keep in mind that they built the audience first. Freddiew didn't "just launch VGHS and it went viral." He posted 100s of videos on YT over the past 6 years to build the audience that funded VGHS. He created the platform and then used that platform to fund VGHS. You see the same model in a number of different genres like blogging. It's not even really a new model. It's what photographers and other service-oriented businesses have done for years. It's the same model that most professional (My definition = one who makes money) filmmakers on this site use on a daily basis. Deliver. Deliver. Deliver. Deliver. Eventually you hit a "lucky" break. Deliver. Deliver. Deliver.
 
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As for web series and people like Freddiew, keep in mind that they built the audience first. Freddiew didn't "just launch VGHS and it went viral." He posted 100s of videos on YT over the past 6 years to build the audience that funded VGHS. He created the platform and then used that platform to fund VGHS. You see the same model in a number of different genres like blogging. It's not even really a new model. It's what photographers and other service-oriented businesses have done for years. It's the same model that most professional (My definition = one who makes money) filmmakers on this site use on a daily basis. Deliver. Deliver. Deliver. Deliver. Eventually you hit a "lucky" break. Deliver. Deliver. Deliver.
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I think this is spot on. I always laugh when people think they're just gonna get their project funded like that "Freddiew guy", or like Koo w/ his manchild project. These guys have been laboring for YEARS in their respective online communities- creating and distributing content of one kind or another, building up their base to the point where they can finally, and deservedly benefit from it.

The kind of projects that seem to get funded despite no built-in base or audience for a given creator, are socially relevant or interesting films. The Japanese Jew who grew up in an American Ghetto battling aids. The boy who was raised a girl and then got a sex change only to be imprisoned inside of a male correctional facility later in life, where he survived rape and other abuses. "social" films seem to have a pretty high success rate. The average guy wanting to make a cool sci fi narrative, is gonna have one helleva time trying to get it funded.
 
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