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Crazy timing. Could be a first step towards the things mentioned in http://ycombinator.com/rfs9.html
Amazon Studios has been out for at least 4 months previous to the writing.
Still, I can see them needing more time to ramp up before making any strategic changes angled at displacing the studios.
> What is a test movie?
> An Amazon Studios test movie should be an inexpensive, full-length movie
> that tells the whole story of the script in a compelling way, with very
> good acting and sound.
I'm not a filmmaker, but from what I understand, it is much more convenient to send out a script than it is to produce and edit a movie, and then send that out. Going by what's presented in Jordan Mechner's "The Making of Prince of Persia" [1], sending out a script sounds very easy, and very common, and it sounds like the people who receive scripts will actually read them to determine if they're good. It sounds like there is a lot of professional feedback.
I don't see how Amazon Studios is going to improve on that, or even match it. Getting feedback from professionals is very different from getting feedback from Youtube junkies.
Crazy timing. Could be a first step towards the things mentioned in http://ycombinator.com/rfs9.html
The goal of Amazon Studios is to work with Hollywood
to turn the best projects into major feature films.Crazy timing. Could be a first step towards the things mentioned in http://ycombinator.com/rfs9.html
Could be, but for now their official stand is: The goal of Amazon Studios is to work with Hollywood to turn the best projects into major feature films.
Crazy timing. Could be a first step towards the things mentioned in http://ycombinator.com/rfs9.html
Could be, but for now their official stand is: The goal of Amazon Studios is to work with Hollywood to turn the best projects into major feature films.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Could be, but for now their official stand is: The goal of Amazon Studios is to work with Hollywood to turn the best projects into major feature films.
"Some of the best ideas may initially look like they're serving the movie and TV industries. Microsoft seemed like a technology supplier to IBM before eating their lunch, and Google did the same thing to Yahoo."
It sounds like a cool concept, but sounds like a very lousy deal. Or am I missing something?
Crazy timing. Could be a first step towards the things mentioned in http://ycombinator.com/rfs9.html
Could be, but for now their official stand is: The goal of Amazon Studios is to work with Hollywood to turn the best projects into major feature films.