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Book Synopsis Netflix and its competitors like Disney+, Amazon Prime and Hulu have brought unprecedented levels of entertainment to consumers everywhere, providing the richest, most abundant aggregate of motion pictures and cinematic television the world has ever seen. Behind the facade, however, things are not as pleasant. A very costly paradigm shift is underway, altering not only conventional business and finance models, but also threatening long-established avenues of entertainment such as movie theaters, traditional television, and home video, and wreaking havoc on independent filmmakers and veteran producers alike.
This book attempts to make sense of ongoing economic and creative shifts of infrastructure and intellectual property, to understand where the industry is headed, and to distinguish which business models should be maintained and which ones should be left behind. Featuring exclusive interviews with some of the industry''s most prolific filmmakers and executives, it dive
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments vii
- Foreword 1
- Preface 5
- Introduction 9
- In the Eye of the Storm 9
- The Sparks That Lit the Fire 10
- The Here and the Now 12
- New Strategies 13
- The Endurance of Entertainment 14
- Part One
- 1. Understanding Hollywood 16
- The Birth of an Icon 16
- It's a Business 17
- A Word of Caution 18
- It's Technology 19
- The Same for Television 22
- Tools of the Trade 24
- It's Communication 25
- It's Entertainment 27
- The Quintessential Quaternity 29
- 2. The Traditional Paradigm 30
- Keep Your Eye on the Prize 30
- VOD: Show Me the Money 31
- Business as Usual 33
- Lasting Financial Practices 34
- The Realities of Risk 35
- The Best Offense Is a Good Defense 37
- 3. Risk Management 40
- Fiscal Safety Nets 40
- A Tale of Tomb Raiders 49
- 4. The Tides of Change 52
- The Power of Innovation 52
- Out with the Old 53
- The Collective Conscience 55
- Follow the Leader 57
- Seeing Triple 57
- Movies 61
- Television 62
- Piece of the Pie 62
- 5. The Blame Game 64
- Who Takes the Credit? 64
- Too Small for the Big Screen? 65
- Timing and Fleeting Trends 67
- A Perfect Example: COVID-19 67
- Understanding Timing and Audience Response 68
- When Opportunity Knocks 72
- Taking Charge 72
- Real-World Consequences 75
- 6. New Realities 78
- A New Way of Doing Business 78
- Transparency 80
- An Existential Battle 80
- Never-Ending Storms 81
- The Keys to the Kingdom 82
- When Business Means War 83
- Industry Response and Counterstrike 85
- A Perpetual Campaign of Attrition 86
- Redefining Entertainment Media 87
- Short-Form Content 88
- The New World of Media Distinction 89
- New Phrases and Language 91
- 7. Moving Forward 95
- The Human Element 95
- There Are Only Two Kinds of Stories 96
- Breaking in Today 97
- Think Outside the Box 99
- Final Words 100
- Part Two
- 8. Interviews with the Industry Pros 104
- Val Hill 106
- Nicholas Tabarrok 110
- David Rimawi 114
- Dominique Telson 121
- Joel Soisson 127
- Larry Kasanoff 133
- Leigh Scott 139
- Dete Meserve 142
- Brad Wyman 150
- Tiffany Boyle 156
- David Michael Latt 160
- James Dudelson 166
- Morris Ruskin 169
- Patrick Lussier 174
- Pen Densham 178
- Appendix: The Hollywood Business Paradigms 195
- Bibliography 199
- Index 207
