• JBonLemmy@lemmy.world
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    Crowdfunding has been great for small indie video games and products and historically awful for film. Remember the Veronica Mars movie on Kickstarter? They raised a shitload of money from fans and then sold it to WB. We haven’t seen a high profile film crowdfunded since. WeFundr exists, but isn’t particularly killing it.

    To make a real movie with wide theatrical potential, you need people willing to put six and seven figures in. Investors in movies want equity and access. They want a piece of the potential profit, they want to visit sets, meet movie stars and directors, and come to premieres and festivals. They want to have a cameo in the movie or give their kid a job on set. They want to see their names on a screen. They want to give notes. They want to tell their friends they made a movie. They want to be a part of the show. It’s my job to facilitate these investments while protecting my filmmakers from interference.

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        Stop watching the high budget movies then. Higher budgets creates higher risks, thus prioritizing methods to getting a return on their investment rather than just what would make the movie better.

        Or better yet, just watch the movies that you think look cool and stop worrying about the underlying political mind games of the film industry.

          • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            Feels like reddit in here.

            I think its a fair assumption. Statements like “movies suck now” are big indicators of the types of movies the person making the statement are watching. There are tonnes of excelent films out there, they just dont get the backing and advertisement that big budget films get. You have to go out and find them. There are resources all over the internet for finding good movies (big or small budget) but you have to make the effort to look and find something good. Thats just what happens when big industries get their fingers in the pie.

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              1 year ago

              No I don’t need to go find them. The fact is we are talking about movie theaters. The types of movies people don’t have to fuckin Google.

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                Low budget films play in movie theatres too.

                If you are watching a trailer and deciding based on that alone if you want to see a film thats fine. But dont be mad when you walk out feeling like they missold the quality of the film.

                Some of the best films ive seen have looked bad or uninteresting in trailers.

                Refardless my point was there is no reason that you should be offended by the assumption that you only watch mainstream films especially when you basically admit that when arguing back.

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                  1 year ago

                  Bruh, stay off the ego juice and realize that your logic isn’t everyone else’s. Which is why people aren’t going to the movies at these prices. The big budget films are what we see in NORMAL theaters and they are stale/boring/bad.

                  • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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                    1 year ago

                    You should apply what you just said to yourself. Ego has nothing to do with me agreeing with someone who innocuously assumed your taste in films. My taste in films isnt necessarily better that yours or anyones. You are the one who seems to be getting offended when someone claims you are only watching mainstream films.

                    I love loads of mainstream films! Why would that be embarrassing? You are missing the point and falsely accusing me of being big headed.

                    Go back to reddit please.