Tuesday, February 21, 2006

The death of the screenplay?


Confessions of a Bedroom Filmmaker - How I learned to love making movies on my computer. By Bidisha Banerjee

Very interesting article on Machinima. The ability for people to make their own movies at home is not going to impact the mainstream movies for a long time, but as more people get their entertainment online, there is certainly a market for this.

The more interesting impact on the movie business will likely be the way screenplays are pitched and optioned. Think of the number of people taking countless screenwriting classes. Imagine them all not just writing screenplays, but animating them. It makes movie making more like the music business with directors and screenwriters trying to get the attention of Movie A&R. Imagine a huge indie business being built up around these movie demos or pilots, each building a cult following before even being made into a mainstream picture.

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