I know many of you recognize that the writing is on the wall. Filmmakers have to stop planning first and foremost to bring their work to market at film festivals or elsewhere. The entire industry needs to get off of the single product focus and justify greater value in cinema in general. Release patterns need to change. We need to think of story worlds and long term relationships. The end of the era of feature film dominance is inevitable. The list goes on. And on. And on.
I certainly have done my share of list making, be it Best Practices for today, or what is currently wrong with the film biz. I think such lists can save us — provided we are willing to not just behave passively but heed the call to action. And I am not alone standing on my soap box. But if things are clearly broken why is change within the film biz not more evident?
Allow me to start with a list of what once where ten factors, and continues to grow…
