This Is Why A Movie Doesn't Make Business Sense - Houston Howard

[@tumertansu]

Another industry with a similar situation but in a much worse way is the music industry. An average of 60.000 tracks are released daily and 22 million per year on Spotify, good luck on reaching any audience! It's a sad state of affairs being an artist and trying to make a living with the 0.004$ per stream you make... That being said, thank you Film Courage for being an inspiration not only for filmmakers but also artists from different walks of life. Your previous Houston Howard interviews have been eye opening for me in a way that I recently got into filmmaking and already completed 2 music videos to be released in future! It was nice to see him again, he makes a lot of business sense :)

[@Ughwhatevs]

Great point! Another part of that is, while the cost of making movies has gone down with the advent of new technology, the cost of making music has gone down exponentially more so. The result is that anyone with a computer can make a song now (you don’t even need instruments anymore-you can program the instrument sounds from within the software). After that, upload to SoundCloud in about 60 seconds and you’re done. And the result of that? A LOT OF TERRIBLE MUSIC! Like, a ton. So if you’re actually good (which it seems everyone thinks they are but very few actually are), your music is lost in the giant garbage pile.

[@tumertansu]

@@Ughwhatevs Absolutely! Could be a fitting analogy; hoping to be a needle in a giant garbage pile while people pass by, in contrast to being a needle in a needle stack. That's what music has become in today's society: easily disposable...

[@chrisshern5084]

That's why you sell merch and play shows. It's actually easier to get music out without a label, but start being more creative besides streaming your music, and stand out. All you need is 75 to 100 real fans and they will help pay your bills.

[@brasaenviesado8764]

Music was already facing that in the 90s when anyone could release an album on a CD. It flooded the market. Only bands on MTV and P&A would find an audience. It only got worse every year since then. Movies will follow it.

[@commandercaptain4664]

@@Ughwhatevs This is the natural evolution of art in a digital age, and also follows suit with Sturgeon's Law. Artists now have to be savvy to get their works known.

[@heatherheadley1704]

So I started to fund my own work in short films. I asked for financing for the long version.The film was also going to have historical, cultural and marketing of a product built into it. I got no response, although I showed how money could be made for return on investment. So I changed my business model. I did a series of shorts of the feature film over time and funded it myself. I paid all of the actors, costume makers, and crew. I then did my own marketing in a unique way. I had already set my sights and focussed agenda on a specific market and earned money 💰. Independent women who can make ends meet in everyday life, find a way. Prayer 🙏, faith and action 🎬.

[@ComicPower]

This is a gold mine of information. They should be showing this in film school so the next generation of film makers wont think they can make their genius Vision with an unlimited budget.

[@waynesanders1406]

THis guy, Shane Stanely and Jeff Deverett are MVP's of Film Courage. They deserve an Oscar

[@wheresmymoneyat2482]

this dude Howard out here spittin gems. so the question now is.... what's the end game? where is the film industry going next???

[@Zegeebwah]

Eventually theaters will only show mega budget blockbusters. Anything that's not a 100 million plus budget mega tentpole movie will have no inherent value anymore. Those films will be dumped on streaming services and leveraged to keep people hooked for the streaming wars. Eventually some of the big players will die out and there will be like 2-3 big streaming services left that will have a monopoly over all content

[@1995yuda]

@@Zegeebwah Maybe it's time to Invest in Netflix lmfao. I bet the Mega Budget blockbusters will get worse and worse, while the TV Shows will get better and better. I'm setting my mind to write the best TV Shows the world has ever seen, that's the future.

[@ImaginaryShadows1]

The only few studios that can make originals is A24.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

I’m subscribed to Tried and Refused Productions, an Indian channel that never just focuses on Bollywood Entertainment, it also focuses on Tollywood and South Korean Entertainment. Tried and Refused Productions is run by Indian film reviewer Jammy.

[@meritorioustechnate9455]

HH, T- Rev and Brad are great teachers and understand phenomenology. I consider you guys the three wise men. The Super Story Podcast and YT channel has helped me greatly. Now I’m writing everyday and creating story worlds. The knowledge is much appreciated.

[@AaronReactivated]

And this is why i no longer even consider the idea of being a “low budget filmmaker”no thanks. This industry is the antithesis of fiscal responsibility

[@commandercaptain4664]

You can be an indie filmer without resorting to the studios. And depending on your festival networking, you could get studios to bid for your movie at Sundance so they can use your work as Oscar bait, cuz we know they don't make those anymore.

[@chrisshern5084]

That's why they call it film courage, cause you need a lot of it to make it in this business, but this video was discouraging cause it comes off like well this is hard so don't do it cause there's too much shit out there and too much competition. Well I say stand out and someone will see you. If you do it for the love, the other shit will follow, and im going to stick with that model.

[@alancranford3398]

Lots of people are making money off movies. The catering companies and their kraft tables get paid. Those providing camera gear and film or recording media get paid. The studio collects rent. Location shoots pay. The set builders get paid. Extras get paid. Some actors get a cut of the gross, but they also get money up-front. The cast and crew and contractors all cash their checks. Advertising seems to be a great big piggy bank.

[@AaronReactivated]

100% there’s no way studios are losing money, they just want to guarantee/expedite their return

[@commandercaptain4664]

@@AaronReactivated Studios aren't losing money because they're part of larger communication conglomerates now (except Disneyfilm, bless their broke lack of hearts).

[@AlanDoveKarting]

You don't make money making movies, you make money by selling cameras. That's the market shift.

[@AaronReactivated]

No way. Arri isnt marketing 100k cameras to Brokefilmakers. Half the gear is rente. They make money from the movies IP and the long term holding of the art

[@BDLabs2]

Cameras are dying out due to smartphones. Until they put more computational power into their gear, no one will buy.

[@commandercaptain4664]

Is the iPhone 13 better than RED cameras? This needs to be sorted.

[@MRKYootube]

What the hell is "PNA" and why does he repeat it 50 times without explanation as if we're in the business already? EDIT: "Prints & advertising", thanks Film Courage! Some phenomenal industry insight on display here.

[@dextergarner1286]

Marketing. I just learned this a day ago when William Eubank mentioned it in an interview. It’s an old term but really it’s just distribution and marketing. Back in the day you had actual reels sent to theaters and advertisement was posters, tv spots etc etc

[@filmcourage]

P&A or prints and advertising. Here is an article from 2017 which goes into more detail on the topic - stephenfollows.com/prints-and-advertising

[@MRKYootube]

@@filmcourage Thank you! Amazing interview btw. Probably the most important conversation in filmmaking right now besides the survival of movie theaters.

[@Steve-sz4bh]

I haven’t heard this specific term before but it was clear he was referring to marketing. Anyone with an ounce of common sense could pick up on the context clues.

[@MRKYootube]

@@Steve-sz4bh "Who cares what the acronym actually stands for? I basically know what it means from context clues!" Thanks but that's not good enough for me personally 🙂

[@James_Bowie]

Good luck with trying to scale ticket prices to production costs!

[@cjandersen]

Kinda wish I could see a pie chart or some graphical representation of the stuff he's talking about that's led to the death of the 20 million dollar movie.

[@toddkonrad2407]

Not a bad idea at all, it’d be a great way to explain how the math works today and who it favors vs doesn’t favor. Just like the current IATSE situation. Studios with bigger budgets forcing crews to work incredibly long hours without sufficient rest or breaking for meals. Why? The food penalty rates apparently haven’t been updated since the 80s, so it’s cheaper now to pay them and keep them working than not.

[@commandercaptain4664]

This looks like a job for Kurzgesagt! But it did sound like he used a bullshuyte excuse to justify why Hollywood forsake low budget movies. Those should focus on niche audiences instead of spending hundreds of millions to squeeze every single dollar it can, which is when the law of diminishing returns kicks in. Dollar squeezing is why twitter whining is considered "market research".

[@commandercaptain4664]

@@toddkonrad2407 It falls upon the age old question: What dat profit margin do tho?

[@reginayfavors]

Yeah, you got to take into account visual learners. I need to see the same too.

[@filmcourage]

What was going through your mind as you watched this video?

[@jasonwaterfalls9615]

That my ambitions to make movies may not be in my best interest, and the current Hollywood trend of rehashing older successful films is their unimaginative solution to an outdated business model

[@dextergarner1286]

That I did NOT need to hear this. 🤣 Odds are stacked in making a film alone. Making a financially successful film. Oh my.

[@paulcrowder]

I quit.

[@thefutureapocalypse]

Excitement.

[@ve4mm]

Go to Winnipeg to Shoot and do post-production. 25 cents on the USD. Hallmark are here all the time. Reeves and Penn are always here. Smart Money goes to Canada.

[@schreckpmc]

Sooooo…what this guy is saying is that I should finish my Bronze Age caveman super genius screenplay but that I should not count on it ever making it’s way onto film…fantastic. Not a problem. Keep the delusion alive is what I say.

[@southlondon86]

He says there are a tonne of places you can sell a 1 hour drama to... where exactly? I’ve researched and am yet to find anywhere that doesn’t have staff writers that do that. And being a staff writer is not a desire.

[@df1phantom]

This is an excellent and informational video I didn't even think about that I know about the damage to the music industry but didn't even think about the damage to the film industry with the expansion of the business model

[@workaholick]

looks like selling illegal drugs is less of a gamble, a better business model than movies. no need to promote your product, people who want it know it, and you put in less money for return of investment and a actual profit....

[@Thenoobestgirl]

Lol

[@brothaprophettv1162]

I’ve been thinking about taking that route

[@Historyprops]

Do antiques.... Good too but less trouble ;)

[@joshuacollins7470]

Filmmakers must start their own movie theater chains.

[@commandercaptain4664]

Or their own distribution channels to negotiate with theater chains.

[@MatthewKanwisher]

How about streaming services ? If you produce a movie for Netflix or HBO, how much marketing do you really need? Wouldn’t that lower the cost significantly ?

[@choreomaniac]

It would at least lower the risk. And also even if a movie doesn’t do well in the first two weekends it can still make money back on streaming or Redbox.

[@JERSEYBOYPLAY2HARD]

@@choreomaniac not making money because it’s a one time payment and if not advertised you’re going to get lost in the shuffle.

[@Thenoobestgirl]

@@JERSEYBOYPLAY2HARD Netflix makes billions of dollars every year. I think they're good on the investing in on great content front and can spare a few millions if one or two of their movies/series flop...

[@kingkunta7633]

What is pna?

[@filmcourage]

P&A or prints and advertising. Here is an article from 2017 which goes into more detail on the topic - stephenfollows.com/prints-and-advertising

[@gohome71]

What got me thinking as those who tried to get in the entertainment industry, we have all the availability to promote ourselves. Sadly not many people would get to that certain for those who are independent. Independent entertainers are going to have more difficult times than Hollywood promoters. I don't have a real solution for this but I believe maybe it starts working from local online support and spread it out in the web once ready and go.

[@tedereTSSK]

Thank you. Keep repeat button on. Real good stuff.

[@Sams.Videos]

15:04 Oversaturation of anything isn't a good thing. It is usually an alarm bell for a collapse of something huge to come.

[@1995yuda]

You have to look at other markets and see how they deal with saturation. They've been doing it for years.

[@commandercaptain4664]

Oversaturation is both inevitable and a point of view for those who haven't figured out what they like.

[@thegray5730]

Variable pricing for tickets makes so much sense. Gabriel Iglesias tickets in Chicago are between $240 to $90 for the same show, where as in Mobile AL it's $70 any seat, and lesser known's are around $40.

[@dextergarner1286]

Creative quality film content would have to set a high bar for what has become formulaic genre films when people can wait for video/stream or uploaded on a server out there and have so many choices in media to devote their attention to. I don’t think you can convince people to pay a higher ticket price without some sort of guarantee or give the buyers something of intrinsic value.

[@mr.b6789]

@A dudes thoughts I think it's a bit of both: the costs have to go down instead of up and also the market is changing fast..

[@ozymandias5449]

Hell no. That will drive up piracy

[@mr.b6789]

@@ozymandias5449 I don't think there is a real correlation between piracy and price elasticity of demand.. Of course it must be popular to be pirated, but I think you can see that amount as a certain percentage instead of a variable depending on popularity.

[@dextergarner1286]

@@mr.b6789 fair point.

[@1995yuda]

Film Courage and Houston providing the Secret Sauce AGAIN --- Thank you!

[@YM-ow1jx]

Stranger Things didn't have a lot of PNA. Didn't have hardly any advertising. The actor David who played Sheriff Harper admitted this in a recent interview/article. And look what became of Stranger Things. The Matrix was a sleeper hit. Little to no advertising. It just appeared in theaters. Advertising or no, if people want to see your movie they will.

[@FirstnameLastname-yc2mt]

Stranger things is on a paid platform and is promoted in house, they already have a subscriber base and media outlets talking about it is free advertising. Doesn't really count The Matrix is anecdotal. Some movies have good word of mouth in addition to the fact that it was a really good movie, again, free advertising. The $20 million movie is going to need a lot of advertising, because, as he said, the market is over saturated. There may be movies that you could sit through and like, would pay money to see and enjoy, but may not be critically acclaimed, have cult potential or considered a must see movie. Advertising exists for a reason.

[@commandercaptain4664]

@@FirstnameLastname-yc2mt But it depends on what type of advertising is used. Social media is still the cheapest and most wide-reaching, but Hollywood egos want to squeeze every dollar they can, so they use more ancient venues like talk shows and inundating ad space (especially Superbowl) to appeal to those who've already seen the ad and decided "nupe" the first time, as if the billionth time will help. That's when marketing becomes expensive.

[@heatherheadley1704]

Thanks Film Courage for your guidance and these wonderful tips.

[@filmcourage]

Cheers Heather! Follow up to this segment going up on the channel on Monday at 5pm PST. Houston gives his thoughts on the new business model for creators.

[@heatherheadley1704]

@@filmcourage thanks 😊. I will.

[@heatherheadley1704]

@@filmcourage I saw Houston's commentary.

[@filmcourage]

@@heatherheadley1704 Hope you got more value out of it!

[@heatherheadley1704]

@@filmcourage I really did. Thanks again.

[@Klay_Dubya]

The flare of attention for the potential Robin William's biopic is a clear example of how people's demand may be able to still drive certain productions. I think the only way to stay away from being a needle in a needle stack is to genuinely make something that isnt influenced by producers and insane amounts of money. That being said word of mouth is the most powerful thing available. Look at squid game.

[@Wired4Life2]

But can you reintroduce that to an industry that has become dependent on opening weekends for over two decades now?

[@varsityathlete9927]

As soon as I watched Squid Game it reminded me of two films. Cube and Battle Royale. Here is the interesting thing, possibly part of the calculation Netflix made, Cube - humans stuck in a deadly game there has been a bunch of films roughly like that come out in the last year or two. Battle Royale, its the most popular style of online gaming, PUBG esp is a direct reference to Battle Royale, fortnite less directly but it is there. So Squid Game is not absolutely a random cool thing the produced, there has been a trend towards that type of content for a while.

[@pinchebruha405]

This is the phenomenon affecting everything its always the money guys that dictate everything, they take great ideas and drive them into the ground or change them so much they dont work and wonder why?

[@Thenoobestgirl]

True. If you can make memes out of it then it will boom.

[@Thenoobestgirl]

@@varsityathlete9927 watch The Hunger Games. Also Cube gave me nightmares when I was young and I'm still afraid of watching it again now that I'm 27 but I kinda wanna see if it held up lol

[@aritrabha]

Someone needed to spell out these hard truths. Expertise and technology is becoming so widely accessible that doing business using them is becoming less and less profitable as more and more creators are competing with each other for the same consumer pool. Even consumers need to realise that the high they used to get from those occasional out of the box projects once in a while is getting lost due to flooding of the market with numerous out of the box contents thanks to over democratisation of technology. The music industry has already suffered heavily, now it seems that the movies are next.

[@commandercaptain4664]

We're all headed to a niche market nowadays, and it's glorious. Reject popularity and embrace the niche.

[@Sams.Videos]

18:17 The only sollution is to slow everything down, beconing less greedy, and more sober in all the aspects of the human life. This to start to reapriciate the smaller things in life in order to make the cinematic experience something special again. Back in the days I went to the theater like religious people went to the church. Today people go the theater like going to McDonalds. The sacredness of cinema has died. The saying goes: "I think therefore I am." Not "I consume therefore I am." Filmmaking is a way of life, not a business model. It's living a rich life without the need of being wealthy.

[@1995yuda]

Nothing is "sacred" about cinema. Things are not sacred, only G-d is.

[@Sams.Videos]

@@1995yuda Cinema becomes a sacred and Divine experience when it elevates the human spirit in a cinematographical way.

[@1995yuda]

@@Sams.Videos Not in my bible it ain't! Only G-d is Sacred, by the very definition...Not to mention Divine! Cinema is Art, sure. It can be profound at times. Sacred is reserved only to the one true G-d of this reality.

[@Sams.Videos]

@@1995yuda Why are you spelling God as G-d? Which God are you referring to? Yehovah, Yahweh, Allah, Xenu, Raël ?

[@1995yuda]

@@Sams.Videos The only G-d that exists, the living G-d, that is beyond reality, the only true One.

[@INWMI]

nice talk

[@Amelia_PC]

Yeah. There are a lot of things being pushed into the system. Yes, there are many SIMILAR things in the system. Things I DON'T want to consume (I'm sick of supernatural stuff or fantasy lands). The system is oversaturated... For the mainstream. I'd pay twice as much for something that I really want to watch or consume. He IS right. Movies don't make business sense at all. Movies were commoditized. Everything he said is true. It forces us to do two things: shove more familiar and comfy stuff to a larger audience or dare to be different and small. Now we have to decide what to do with this information.

[@commandercaptain4664]

It's all about branding. You have to start small, as in "first hit's for free" small. Build an audience the cheapest way possible. Then when the audience is sizable, you hit them with the good stuff that they pay through the nose to get. But no one wants to do that groundwork. They want to be TikTok famous in a heartbeat.

[@Amelia_PC]

@@commandercaptain4664 "They want to be TikTok famous in a heartbeat." True. Even starting small is insanely hard today. I've tried the "give free" small start and it was a catastrophe. That's the reason I found myself a company to help me with distribution and ad campaigns. But I only got it because I'm a veteran in my industry (comics). I think successful people in social media have their merit. It's a unique skill and not everybody can be good at everything. So I had no choice and paid the cut. If I was in the same position as those skilled social media people, I'd do the same. Less work, more results. Unfortunately, I need an army, even for a small start XDD

[@Damacles9]

Great interview!!

[@Thenoobestgirl]

Shouldn't have the democratization of technology lowered production costs?

[@FirstnameLastname-yc2mt]

No, it doesn't matter that technology has improved because competition has increased so the cost of ads will increase

[@commandercaptain4664]

@@FirstnameLastname-yc2mt Ad costs increase only due to the venues those ads are shown. Social media is still the free-est ad space there is. And democratization has lowered production costs, but Hollywood egos are still at an all time high, so we'll keep hearing about $600M budget movies.

[@PVProduktion]

Very informative and eye opening thanks!

[@filmcourage]

Thanks for watching! Keep an eye for our next video with Houston going up this Monday at 5pm PST.

[@southlondon86]

Yet again another excellent video inspiring a lot of thought. 👍 🔥

[@user-microburst]

But can’t distribution just be made via internet to the exhibitors? All they’d have to do is pay and download the movie. I never understood the distributor part, but in 2021 it seems pretty superfluous

[@BDLabs2]

When a film is streamed, it’s very prone to get pirated and leaked on the internet. Film studios are scared of the internet as much as record labels are because of that. They want as much control as they can to make sure the films don’t get bootlegged into oblivion. They’re set in their ways of theatrical distribution, so that’s the only realm they like to work in. It will change, but slowly.

[@user-microburst]

@@BDLabs2 I see, but I mean why don’t the producers directly distribute to the exhibitors? There is no more need of film reels, is there? They can deal with all exhibitors via email and just offer the movies.

[@aetikesproductions8926]

He is dropping major jewels

[@HoneyO]

why pay the actors so much?

[@AaronReactivated]

Bc it’s the best marketing tool you have for a movie

[@albertabramson3157]

Tragic that so many in the art-music-film industry don't understand: Technology increases both supply and variety, drawing more people in to see what's available. The flea markets and food courts brought in 2-5 times as much business per table and justified the concentration of business in one area. Increased supply and variety gradually increase demand, resulting in more buyers and more opportunities.

[@yorkipudd1728]

Thus the lowering of quality.

[@commandercaptain4664]

@@yorkipudd1728 Quality is subjective.

[@Evangelionism]

There's nothing more attractive than a man who so thoroughly has an understanding of economics and principal drivers of social progression. Edit: And I'm not even gay.

[@BoomerZ.artist]

This is just not a film problem, it is happening up and down the entertainment industry. Look at Amazon publishing for books. Literally anyone can publish now. But thousands of books get put on Amazon daily so it just becomes noise. Same with comics. As things becomes easier to do, the trash won't be separated from the gold. Try to find something to watch on youtube at random. Good luck. Its too much background noise.

[@commandercaptain4664]

That's what word of mouth and critics are for, to sort out the morass and bring awareness to the breadth of content. This is only natural digital evolution.

[@ShogunOrta]

What's P and A?

[@filmcourage]

P&A or prints and advertising. Here is an article from 2017 which goes into more detail on the topic - stephenfollows.com/prints-and-advertising

[@toddkonrad2407]

Prints and Advertising. Traditionally, it was the cost of actually creating exhibition film prints (which was expensive as hell) and marketing costs (advertising, PR, etc.). No one really makes prints anymore but they still use the term as the overall distribution costs.

[@ShogunOrta]

@@filmcourage Oh, thanks alot! These videos are great!

[@filmcourage]

We appreciate it. We love this interview with Houston and are excited to share more.

[@commandercaptain4664]

It's like T and A, but far less sexy and more like D in an A.

[@computerjantje]

I have to re watch this video but something tells me that his story about the business is too simple thinking in excising absolutes and throwing with figures and comparisons as if they were true. There is a lot more to it then this simplification is my first thought.

[@commandercaptain4664]

Agreed. Marketing doesn't precisely cost that much and reap exactly so little in return. It's that way of thinking that keeps showbiz so stagnant (and online opinions of the subject so insoluble).

[@UCHPodcast]

Houston Howard aka Mr. Film Brain 🧠

[@dice268926]

Corporate greed destroyed USA'S heart ❤ Film, Music, Housing and Auto

[@samykingson5427]

about studios making more big budget movies as more safe bet , that is like what record labels doing by investing millions in just few singers .

[@FirstnameLastname-yc2mt]

I read or watched somewhere that the music industry loses money on 90% of their artists so they need the other 10% to make money to make up for the losses. Mainstream artists like Taylor swift and whoever will complain about not owning masters, but when the label is putting up millions to promote you they need to recoup somehow. Also, that and despite her complaining is mega wealthy being worth around $300 mil I believe..

[@josepablolunasanchez1283]

Quality of movies and PR have gone down. Customers do not pay for costs, they pay for quality. Rise prices and you will see very few people buying. Insult customer in social media and then blame them for movie failure and that will not bring any money back. It seems Hollywood will need to go bankrupt.

[@David5201]

lol 50$ per tickets for movies like ww84 lmao people will drive the ratings down even further if a movie is bad and this will drive movies down even further... Most people I know who watch movies have attitudes like, w/e if it bad its 15$ bucks... but most people wait for the cheap night 7.50CAD

[@Thenoobestgirl]

Right??? Maybe if they *lower* the prices people would actually go back to the theaters...

[@Sams.Videos]

What filmmaking has become today reminds me of what coocking has become for Marco Pierre White : A Michelin Cheff cooking with Knorr stock pots.

[@samhippensteel]

Love Marco

[@Brian_J_Dickson]

That’s a hilarious and niche observation but I know exactly what you’re talking about

[@soft8460]

oh my God, I am sad.

[@TheGingerburger]

£50 dollars for a movie ticket??😂😂 you're fucking crazy,I wouldn't pay that for an 8K blu ray disc that I can watch over and over and over and over again.

[@commandercaptain4664]

Change £ to $ and I still wouldn't pay that.

[@timothystoneman5860]

This is probably why I might never get into the film industry with my writing. Just goes to show how bleak the industry has became. Better off just writing a book or short story.

[@FirstnameLastname-yc2mt]

Write a short story once a week or every other week to start and release a book at the end of the year. Let the short stories be your mixtape and the book your album. People love series. Start the first book as a series, every 2-3 years. Sooner the better if you don't get the writers block

[@danteamodeo1061]

You can do it

[@MrArakhon]

More, more, more and more BS. 95% of movies and games are BS, because of the commoditization. (way more than 95%).

[@theglanconer6463]

Variable prices. Would be an interesting concept. At least if small budget movies would get cheaper. Usually with these things everything will get more expensive. But if it would work it would be brilliant. It would be the end of big budget movies though. It would be extremely expensive for a family with let's say 2 children. And stop paying all these actors obscenely amounts of money while giving the rest a pittance (and the audience another mediocre but very expensive movie)

[@commandercaptain4664]

That all sounds great to me. Death to blockbusters.

[@Zegeebwah]

I'm wayyyy ahead of this guy I gave up a long time ago 😎

[@Thenoobestgirl]

Lol

[@FirstnameLastname-yc2mt]

Survival of the fittest. You just eliminated yourself.

[@Historyprops]

There is so much stuff thrown on the market, that's all the same shit. Let's see if it works, when it is different ;)

[@mjl1966y]

Too much content - too hard to find the good stuff.

[@tekannon7803]

Without even listening for a full 7 minutes, this videocast of Houston Howard tells us that our economic system is broken beyond repair. The film industry shows us very clearly that capitalism is not meant for getting a lot of people to be able to realize their dreams. Every capable film maker should be able to make his or her film. Period. We've got to get another system in place that backs everyone and not just a few lucky people.

[@tekannon7803]

@@ithurtsbecauseitstrue GREAT to hear from you. What is obvious is how hard it is for all of us to break through the stone wall of the existence we've made for ourselves. You see, I don't ever get mad at anyone in our system, because the smart ones, the clever ones, the dishonest ones used it to get where they had to go. The people that don't get it end up struggling to get by. This is an exciting time in history, things don't change unless it comes from the bottom up. We're destined to invent a way to live where everyone gets to do what they want to do in life. Capitalism has been there for all these centuries, and now it's time for something new--but not the other systems we know of, I mean something new.

[@tekannon7803]

GRRRRRRRRRREAT to hear from you. What we need is another economic system, and I have invented one that will be published in a month or two. I am not an economist, but I have an idea of how an economy would work better---again, in the opinion of a lay person. It will be published on Austin Macauley Publishers.

[@KOTSATL]

@@ithurtsbecauseitstrue "progressivism" is still capitalism. The workers don't own the means of productions, the studios do. That's capitalism. Corporatism has nothing to do with socialism. You don't know what these words mean.

[@KOTSATL]

​@@ithurtsbecauseitstrue No, I'm focused on the actual definition of these things and you are focused on feelings. I have no feelings towards one system or another, I'm just pointing out that you don't know the difference and clearly don't know what you're talking about.

[@KOTSATL]

@@ithurtsbecauseitstrue don't know and don't care. Again you are arguing with emotion rather than fact. All you're describing here is authoritarianism, which can occur under a number of political and economic structures.

[@Krwler]

Very sobering….

[@sauali5065]

👌🏿👌🏿

[@mythologic]

All pragmatic people who try to create some piece of cinema that makes sense to them and popular people fail. They need to see this.

[@AaronReactivated]

I literally only joined the film industry bc i realized being pragmatic doesn’t matter i this business. What’s pragmatic about crashing cars and blowing up city blocks just so you can get a cool shot

[@JERSEYBOYPLAY2HARD]

@@AaronReactivated it’s the name of the property that sales. You can make a regular big budget action movie but most likely might Bomb if it’s not a name like marvel, transformers or John wick for example.