“The normal Hollywood approach is to have a super-charged production company and then go to the studios for distribution and marketing.” CompanyNormalApproachHollywoodMarketingProductionsStudiosDistribution Author:Robert Simonds
“The business model of Linux distribution is broken; it's like the business model of the dotcoms. Running your company on Linux is like running your company on Napster.” RunningCompanyBrokenModelsDistributionLinuxBusiness ModelsNapster Author:Darl McBride
“What guided Chaplin was the proper protection of self-interest (or craziness). So Chapling, Douglas Fairbanks, and Mark Pickford, with DW Griffith and William S Hart, made an alliance, called United Artists, whereby they would own a distribution company that would market their pictures, allowing them a greater return than if they leased the movies to some outside distributor.” IfsMadeSelfFilmArtistInterestUnitedCompanyGreaterReturnHollywoodMarkProtectionAllowingDistributionSelf InterestAlliancesCrazinessDistributorsHartChaplin Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“Fans decide what pop culture is. We can define ourselves. Music and the presentation of art nowadays is totally in our control, with the Internet specifically. You no longer need record labels. You no longer need movie distribution companies. You can just make it and put it online, and it will distribute itself to millions of people. The borders and everything have been broken down. It really is in the hands of the people.” PeopleNeedsHas BeensArtHandsCultureCompanyMillionsRecordsFansBrokenInternetPopsLabelsBordersOnlineDistributionPop CulturePresentationRecord LabelsBroken Down Author:Laura Jane Grace
“The value of content seems to get higher as the number of distribution pipes increases. The more distribution companies that want to be the top choice of consumers, the more they will pay for the content.” WantSeemsValuesChoicesNumbersPayCompanyHigherIncreaseConsumersDistributionPipeGetting High Author:Wyc Grousbeck
“Most of the female-directed films, if they got distribution, would have fewer dollars to support the film and play in fewer theaters than the men. Because the female-directed films go to smaller companies. So the gap starts widening.” IfsMenPlayFilmCompanySupportHe ManFemaleTheaterDollarsGapsFewerDistribution Author:Catherine Hardwicke
“Contrastingly to the new model of distribution, we shot Hand of God using the traditional format of film. I myself use very few apps and tend not to engage in social media. I do use Instagram under my production company's name, but that's it.” UseHandsFilmNamesSocialCompanyMediaModelsShotsProductionsSocial MediaTraditionalDistributionInstagramFormatAppsHands Of God Author:Marc Forster