Pen Densham explores the forces behind the studio system – a need for financial security in sequels but also the unavoidable fact that audiences want films that are new, exciting and different. I first came to Hollywood as a young Oscar-nominated moviemaker from Toronto. I was very lucky; Norman Jewison mentored me here, and the Read MoreRead More
Terry explains the methods of placement for absorption panels in this informational video from Auralex Acoustics.Read More
Architect and acoustician John Storyk has designed and provided construction supervision services for the professional audio and video recording community since the 1969 completion of Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland Studios in New York City. In this video profile for SoundWorks Collection, Storyk discusses the new challenges and changes that he is faced with today while Read MoreRead More
Ryan E Walters offers up a detailed break down of how he turned his garage into a working studio. I’ll be the first to admit nothing replaces a professionally built sound stage or studio. I’ve had the opportunity to shoot on a wide variety of stages and I appreciate what they bring to a production. Read MoreRead More
Genevieve Jolliffe outlines some of terms a writer or director would expect when working on a Hollywood Studio film. If you are hired to write (whether this is your own idea or someone else’s) you will get paid your writing fee in steps. THE TYPICAL DEAL is two drafts and a polish (three steps). Each Read MoreRead More
Adam Davidson takes a look at the strange industry that is the Hollywood Studio and how their business model works.Read More
Peter Jackson gives us a tour of Stone Street Studio where he’s been shooting in Miramar, New Zealand.Read More
In Script Notes, John August and Craig Mason talk about how the money flows in a Hollywood Studio and how a theoretical movie studio can make money even if the last 20 pictures it releases looses money.
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As people cut back on their expenditures, Paramount Pictures is thinking in terms of small budget films (technically not “indies”). Will this venture result in failure as so many other “small budget” wings of major studios? …Fresh off the stunning success of “Paranormal Activity” — a $15,000 thriller that has grossed more than $107 million Read MoreRead More
In an attempt to reclaim plummeting DVD sales, Studios may be adopting a buy-only option for newly released DVDs. …Under the plan, new DVD releases would be available on a purchase-only basis for a few weeks, after which time companies such as Blockbuster Inc. and Netflix Inc. would be allowed to rent the DVDs to Read MoreRead More
Francis Ford Coppola throws in his two cents about the current studio environment. …“It’s a period of incredible change,” says the director of “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now.” “We used to think of six, seven big film companies. Every one of them is under great stress now. Probably two or three will go out of Read MoreRead More
It’s not just armchair fawning over the good old days… studios are closing down the “prestige” divisions which could lead to 40% fewer films released during the ever important “award season”. …Film-releases.com, which tracks openings, has announced that American distributors are scheduled to release 40 percent fewer films from now until December — the time Read MoreRead More
