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The New Era of Digital Creativity: Opportunities & Challenges World Going Digital October 27, 2008 Scott Kirsner http://cinematech.blogspot.com kirsner@pobox.com. Sundance Submissions… 2000: 973 feature films 2004: 2024 feature films 2008: 3624 feature films. Overview.
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The New Era of Digital Creativity: Opportunities & Challenges World Going Digital October 27, 2008 Scott Kirsner http://cinematech.blogspot.com kirsner@pobox.com
Sundance Submissions… 2000: 973 feature films 2004: 2024 feature films 2008: 3624 feature films
Overview This is the best time ever to be a storyteller. > 5 Opportunities > 5 Challenges > Discussion “…Cinema is escaping being controlled by the financier, and that’s a wonderful thing. You don’t have to go hat-in-hand to some film distributor and say, ‘Please, will you let me make a movie?’” – Francis Ford Coppola, Inventing the Movies
New tools and technologies are allowing filmmakers to “do pretty much anything. If you can see it, you can do it. You can use those tools to make the same films over and over again, [as the studios are doing,] or you can use them to make films that illuminate life, and discover the human soul. That’s what the cinema is for.” – Francis Ford Coppola, Inventing the Movies
Discussion • Thank you for being here! • Scott Kirsner / kirsner@pobox.com / http://cinematech.blogspot.com • My new book is Inventing the Movies: Hollywood’s Epic Battle Between Innovation and the Status Quo, from Thomas Edison to Steve Jobs http://www.scottkirsner.com/inventing • Please send me your ideas for my next book, The New Digital Audience. I’m looking for examples of filmmakers, musicians, writers, animators, and other artists who have figured out how to build a fan base online – and support themselves financially: kirsner@pobox.com.