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Technologies of Storytelling: New models for movies Henry H. Perritt, Jr.
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Technology’s wake-up calls Faster processors Increased storage capacity Expanding network bandwidth
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Relative disabilities Recorded music – Same wake-up calls – Reduced capital costs – Marginal cost, and therefore, price approaching zero – Studios’ heads in the sand Movies – Same wake-up calls – Much higher capital costs for human capital – Large sunk costs still likely – Innovative efforts to explore new channels: Hulu, Netflix
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A new three-legged stool Digital exhibition in movie theaters Internet browsers—fixed and mobile-- as a TV sets Videogames as platforms for narrative movies
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New tables for indies New opportunitiesLegal issues Collaboration through crowd-sourcing and Open Source code Who owns what? Serialization to reduce the capital costsCopyright and trademark protection for characters and long-phase story lines Getting the money to the tableMitigating transaction costs of offering investment opportunities
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Is the tail wagging the dog?
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Too much on – Narrative principles? – Stages of production? – “Facts” in consumption section Enough on – New possibilities? – New opportunities for revenue? IP discussion at the end, as now, or as part of serialization section?
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