alt Hacker NewsDirectors and editors using Seedance can fire the film studio.
This is a fundamental shift in how storytelling is funded and made, not in who does the driving.
Same as is happening with code.
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Forgeties79 • yesterday at 9:38 PM
>funded and made
I’m curious (admittedly skeptical) what you mean by this. Are you talking about a world where director’s just like…don’t actually make movies and create AI media?
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sph • yesterday at 11:14 PM
Dude you have been salivating at the thought of seeing developers fired, now film studios, for months now. Give it a rest, this is unhealthy.
Do you even know how films are made?
THe shift in story telling happened a while ago, its moved to youtube and shortform places.
Add to that the lack of 10-70 mill movies, as all that talent and money has shifted to TV series.
But, the kicker is, a lot of indy movies are not funded directly by the studios, they are picked up by the distribution arm.
Anyway, the point about movies is that there are Three types:
1) big name procedurals (as in existing IP, marvel etc. Brand names that'll be ok)
2) Big name actors doing acting (your hanks, cruises, jolies, etc) its either self indulgent wank, challenging, or innovative
3) A strong story that has actual appeal.
The issue is, the way funding works is that they spend a lot of time re-drafting scripts to give it "mass appeal" because its not art, its a money maker.
With the killing of the DVD market, theres no such thing as a cult classic anymore. its theatre release, streaming release, and then death.