How will Scarlet impact film/video in 2010?

[Chamber005]

Scarlets aren't going to make Indy films "look" any better. In 5 years, there will be 1,000,000 Scarlet movies that will still have shit lighting, bad sound, poor writing, shitty acting, and lame editing. Owning a scarlet will make no one a professional overnight and you can't paint crap gold and call it bullion.

Nothing has changed. You still have to be talented to succeed.

LOL... I just found this funny -- that talent has anything to do with success.

Talent has everything to do with making great art; it has nothing to do with monetary gain. Some of the greatest artists the world has ever known died flat broke.

Heck -- even the Three Stooges died broke!

 

[Chamber005]

Lets not forget how much more Festivals will be clogged with even more crappy films...

As it stands, submitting to any festival without being "kissed" means a total waste of your submission $.

Case in point, in 1998, Sundance programmers were complaining they couldnt watch all the new films submitted... they were overwhelmed... and that was around 800 submissions!

Now its about 10X that number and rising every year.

With 100 staffers watching 4 films a day, 7 days a week (not likely) that would leave 4 weeks to watch all the films...(they have about 15 to 20 staffers) then sorting those 8000 down to the best 150 to 200... another couple months of screenings...for all the decision maker to watch them (and FYI 14 of 16 competitions films are now slotted for distribs) leaving maybe 2 films for them to choose out of 8000 that were submitted.

Depressed yet?

Then there is Sundance this year, where basically nothing was bought... and now those films have the lovely stigma of "soooo, you got into Sundance and didn't sell? hmmmm"

Really, one is better off renting a Camera and investing that $ in a bankable actor (or three)... IMHO.

MUST READ for all Indie filmmakers: Down and Dirty Pictures, the Rise of Independent film... by Peter Biskind.

Doesn't mean someone won't make a gem, but if I see one more Craigslist ad stating"
"Seeking cast and crew (no pay) for film to be submitted to Sundance", im going to flag it for a scam.

Are festivales even really going to be relevant in ten years, though? If I was going to submit to 20 festivals, I'd instead pay someone to create a website and a mass-market campaign for my film. Festivals are fine, but I think that's like sending your film to critics -- who the hell cares? The key is to make your movie non-date-specific so that if it takes 5 years to build up steam, the audience will be able to enjoy the story regardless of when it was produced.

 

[Emiel Labree]

Are festivals even really going to be relevant in ten years, though?

Sure, because people also like to get out of their houses and experience the atmosphere of a festival. Festival will mostly likely become broader and do more then just show films.

Festivals are fine, but I think that's like sending your film to critics -- who the hell cares?

You can get picked up by other festivals by scouts and some producers mostly check out films while visiting festivals. They might be interested in your work and future plans. And unless you're making easy digestable formula films, you will most likely find your core audience at festivals.

 

[Lawrence Bansbach]

LOL... I just found this funny -- that talent has anything to do with success.

Talent has everything to do with making great art; it has nothing to do with monetary gain. Some of the greatest artists the world has ever known died flat broke.

And some of the least-talented have been very successful. Two words: Uwe Boll.

On a related note, Boll reportedly wants to do an updated remake of Chinatown, mentioning actors that he might like to see in the following parts (the character names supposedly may change): Jean-Claude Van Damme as J. J. Gittes, Jennifer Lopez as Evelyn Mulwray, Max von Sydow as Noah Cross, and Steven Seagal as Lt. Lou Escobar.

 

[shashbugu]

i think the films that really suck now whether on DV, HD, Film will suck more but at a different resolution and format. Just different suckiness:w00t:

i WHOLEY AGREE WITH KILLFILM

 

[ETCFILMS]

And some of the least-talented have been very successful. Two words: Uwe Boll.

On a related note, Boll reportedly wants to do an updated remake of Chinatown, mentioning actors that he might like to see in the following parts (the character names supposedly may change): Jean-Claude Van Damme as J. J. Gittes, Jennifer Lopez as Evelyn Mulwray, Max von Sydow as Noah Cross, and Steven Seagal as Lt. Lou Escobar.

Wow judging my this list - this is gonna be a Lloyd Kaufman film that cost $17 to make