The Wall Street Journal looks at new 3D projection technology at the movie theatre and a group of Independent theatres efforts to keep up with the $50K to $70K investment that is required
The Cinema Buying Group LLC, which represents 643 small-theater owners in the U.S. and Canada with some 8,000 screens, said it planned to [...]
Category Archives: Economics
3D In The Movie Theatres
05-Sep-08No Room In The Multiplex
03-Sep-08The Wall Street Journal looks at the impact the amount of cash Hollywood has made in recent years has had on film distribution
Last year, more than 600 feature films — mostly independent movies not produced at a major studio — were released theatrically in the U.S., up from 466 in 2002, according to the Motion [...]
Movie Videos By The Numbers
23-Aug-08eWeek.com, a magazine for the technology industry, has an interesting slideshow that looks at some of the numbers associated with video technology. Here are 2 of the 10 items offered:
3. 129,600 - the number of video frames in a 90 minute movie
6. 25MB - space occupied by 1 second of [...]
From the Wall Street Journal
Shot entirely in front of a green screen, “Division” stars actress Rosario Dawson (”Sin City”) as a vice cop who becomes involved with the mysterious titular organization after she discovers her perfect boyfriend is actually an artificial life form known as a SIM. Consisting of 50 “webisodes,” which average around three [...]
“Metropolitan” Debuts On Hulu
16-Aug-08I’m a kid of the 70’s so when I read about indie films from the 80’s that I’m not familiar with, I have to pay attention. That’s what happened when I read this
Alongside “Slacker,” “Roger & Me,” “Poison,” “Sex Lies and Videotape,” and “Paris Is Burning,” nearly twenty years ago Whit Stillman’s “Metropolitan” marked [...]
The Wall Street Journal checks in with an update on the state of the industry:
Hollywood Seems to Show Vulnerability to Recession
By LAUREN A.E. SCHUKER
August 7, 2008; Page B8
The film industry may not be as recession-proof as Hollywood likes to boast, according to a new study by Interpret LLC, a global media- and market-research firm based [...]
The Moxie Is Moving
04-Aug-08From the weekly Moxie email newsletter:
In other news, we have dates set for our move! Our last day at our current location will be September 2nd, and we anticipate reopening at our new place on Friday, September 19th, which is the weekend of our third anniversary. For more information about our move, check out the [...]
SnagFilms.com
17-Jul-08Lot’s of news to share with you on SnagFilms, a new company founded by Ted Leonsis and backed by Steve Case and Miles Gilburne. Let’s start here:
SnagFilms Offers Free Instant Streaming And Viral Sharing Of Hundreds Of Documentary Films. Ad Revenue Shared With Filmmakers, Viewers Connected To Causes
Washington, D.C., July 17, 2008 – [...]
Christian Gaines Joins Withoutabox
15-Jul-08Gaines Bolsters Withoutabox as B-Side Prepares Rival Online Fest Submission Site
by Eric Kohn (July 14, 2008)
Last week, Christian Gaines officially left his post at the American Film Institute, paving the way for his new job as Director of Festivals for Withoutabox, marking the latest example of the digitally-oriented film community reaching into the professional grab [...]
Hollywood Update
10-Jul-08A pair of stories from the Wall Street Journal
Actors Union Approves Pact With Producers
By LAUREN A.E. SCHUKER, July 9, 2008; Page B8
Members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists approved their new contract with a 62.4% majority. In recent weeks, the Aftra vote became something of a referendum on the actors’ desire [...]
