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Changing Creative Landscape

younghollywood — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:39:14 +0000

Everyone should keep an eye out for this documentary PRESS PAUSE PLAY. The subject is fascinating and undeniably true.

Here is a brief description from the website:
A new generation of global creators and artists are emerging, equipped with other points of reference and other tools. The teachers arenʼt certiﬁed schools anymore – itʼs web sites, discussion forums and a “learn by doing”-mentality. We see the children of a digital age, unspoiled or uneducated depending on who you ask. Collaboration over hierarchy, digital over analog – a change in the way we produce, distribute and consume creative works.

PressPausePlay is the ﬁrst ﬁlm to capture this new ecosystem. We meet the creatives at the frontier of production, the technical enablers of collaboration and distribution, the artists, the pop stars, the film makers, the business men, the visionaries and the ones left behind. Itʼs a story from the smallest molecule to the largest corporation. Itʼs a snapshot of today, but at the same time predictions of a near future.

Check out the link: PRESS PAUSE PLAY Website

Movie star quotes have been abolished!

younghollywood — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:54:05 +0000

Around the time Jim Carrey was paid $20 million to star in the CABLE GUY birthed the era of quotes. From then on actors were able to set the bar very high in terms of how much they got per movie. Recently with the decline in revenue studios no longer can keep signing the big checks. Higher production costs have led to a shrinkage in profit margins. Also fewer movies are being greenlit which leads to a decrease in available jobs. Now actors essentially have to take what they can get or leave it.

A recent LA Times article brings up some great examples of this recent trend. Check it out: Hollywood Gets Tightfisted in Deals

Hollywood Apprenticeship

younghollywood — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:15:48 +0000

This is an old article from Harvard Business School but still VERY relevant and very dead on when it comes to analyzing the traits of the business. If your breaking into the business you might want to consider these 10 observations that they point out.

check it out: Hollywood Aprrenticeship