The Traditional Film Industrys Collapse Is Right on Schedule Opinion

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News Summary

  • The collapse of the film industry isn’t happening to you.
  • It’s happening right on time.
  • Waiting is the most expensive thing a producer can do in a time like this.
  • There were plenty of signs leading up to this point.
  • The math stopped working around 2005 and twenty years later we’re even worse off than we were then.
  • We have to be demand-first in our approach to developing, financing, producing, and distributing indie films, and ensure that the market justifies the budget we want to spend on each project.
Editors note This is the thirteenth chapter of A Producers Path, an ongoing column for IndieWires Future of Filmmaking from independent producer Daren Smith. Read previous chapters here.

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