Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Smoke on Mac update

On Nov 14, 2009, at 12:00 PM, David Dodson wrote:

>
> If the best storytellers in the world can't make a living doing it
> then they won't do it. And do you really see a culture without that?

Best conference I've gone to all year was Distribution U last saturday
at UCLA (although organized by Scott Kirsner and Peter Broderick).

Great storytellers are making money from their work, just not the way
it used to be made. I put forward the example, from the conference, of
One Six Right, where some money came from "the usual" distribution
(self sales of DVD, some licensing to Discovery) but the bulk of the
income was form non-traditional sources. Turns out Brian Terwilliger
is as talented at marketing as he is at documentary filmmaking.

http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2009/11/10/what-did-i-learn-about-distribution-at-distribution-u/
and Scott Kirsner's wrap
http://cinematech.blogspot.com/2009/11/distribution-u-wrap-up.html

> But color me naive, human beings are at their core story telling and
> story receiving vessels. Those amongst us who are the best at it
> and can connect to large groups of people will always be valued.
> And somehow they will be rewarded for that. I don't pretend to know
> what it will look like but I do know that there will always be a
> place for that in a healthy culture (Where the U.S. stands in that
> regard is a subject for a whole 'nother discussion).

It's the "somehow they'll be rewarded" part of the equation that's
changing, and changing far faster than anyone really wants it to
(unless they're the majority locked out of the current paths to making
money).

Philip

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