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FCPX cutting a hundred million dollar feature right this minute.
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[Gary Huff] “Given that production is my day job, I can’t be interested in niche so much.”
Nor should you. And despite the glut of digital media by micro-budget guys with cheap equipment and marginal skills, I don’t think your job is going away anytime soon. There will always be a need for professional production.
Little upstart guys like me and The Blue Mountain guy will never crack that nut.
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[Clint Wardlow] “Well somebody is making money off that niche. Both Troll 2 and the documentary about that film did quite well a few years ago. “
The producers and distributors are making money, the cast and crew? Not so much. A few of my friends have worked on films for production companies that specialize in direct-to-video horribleness and it’s pretty much a meat grinder. You work on two or three as a young buck to pad your resume and then hopefully find a a gig that pays real money.
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[Andrew Kimery] “The producers and distributors are making money, the cast and crew? Not so much. A few of my friends have worked on films for production companies that specialize in direct-to-video horribleness and it’s pretty much a meat grinder. You work on two or three as a young buck to pad your resume and then hopefully find a a gig that pays real money.”
You are right about Troll 2. It was shot in Utah in the 1990s with Italian money. I have some friends that crewed on that puppy. They got paid their meager rate and went onto better things (some inside and some outside the film industry).
Troll 2 really doesn’t count in what Gary and I were discussing. It was shot with a professional crew that did get paid. I’m sure the crew and actors of the Blue Mountain movie probably didn’t see a dime. I guess it was sort of disingenuous of me to site it.
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Mariachi
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[Clint Wardlow] “Troll 2 really doesn’t count in what Gary and I were discussing. It was shot with a professional crew that did get paid. I’m sure the crew and actors of the Blue Mountain movie probably didn’t see a dime. I guess it was sort of disingenuous of me to site it.”
Even if the Troll 2 mention was a little out of bounds I think my previous statement of distributors (and possibly producers depending on the situation) making profits is still accurate. Most likely a distributor will buy the movie by offering a revenue sharing plan (no money up front), toss it into a bundle of genre films that it will offloaded at a bargain basement rate to cable/sat VOD and streaming services. It’s reward w/o risk for the distributor.
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From the foolish people working to produce anything coming out of hollywood. Jesus, what is entertainment?
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[shawn Bockoven] “Jesus, what is entertainment?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HThWC5dDUoY
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They’ll quickly learn it doesn’t work, if WB is indeed trying it out.
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[james Lackleter] “They’ll quickly learn it doesn’t work, if WB is indeed trying it out.”
Perhaps they should have called you first, you could have shared your valuable experiences
Steve Connor
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