Wouldn't it be FABULOUS if the strike forced all of the awards show producers to realize that outside of redcarpet and finding out who wins, few care about the rest and that subsequently all award show coverage was red carpet, press conference, parties.
Well, there are people who work in the industry who might appreciate the acknowledgment of their work. IJS.
Last month, David Milch did a thing at the Writers Guild: "The Idea of the Writer, a two day discussion focused on creating a new, participatory business model for writers."
If anyone's interested, you can watch it online now.
Will be interesting to see if Lionsgate and such do similar deals. I've no idea if they're owned or part owned by the big players.
Even if they're not, the little indie studios will need to sell the finished products of anything they buy to one of the big guys for distribution. I really don't see how making these kinds of deals helps the WGA out in the long run.
(And seriously, UA? Nice name brand, but what have they done lately?)
UA have done a bunch of films lately. Well, two. That flopped.
Maybe they'll be able to hire better writers now.
Distribution dollars are nothing like what you get for an in house product. These deals make the studio execs look over their shoulders to see who is going to cave next. It creates chaos for the execs. They are competitors first.
It is all good.
Well, there are people who work in the industry who might appreciate the acknowledgment of their work. IJS.
I think the point is that we'll still get the public acknowledgement of the winners in the announcement format, but without the 20 minute montages of (e.g.) Cowboys On Film.
