I am frankly very tired of the whole mediasphere, all of it is loud, in your face, and with the advent of AI, any kind of shared experiences or commonality are going to be nearly extinct. It feels like all of it is existing for its own sake, where any viewership is just a transitory phenomenon that needs to be captured and used up as quickly as possible before it leaves, like a school of fish.
Sadly, the delivery of such mass content and individualised experiences will see a decline in general level of storytelling and quality of that media. It might take some time for the independent production to get to quality, but the overall media literacy of society as a whole is dropping and these changes won't improve it, but will thrive on the ignorance of the virwer by subjecting them to more slop, whoch will be AI generated. We will end up eventually with Skinner box experiences, where there will be no substance whatsoever, but flashing images every 3 seconds.
Yeah Matthew I'm with you here. I think Disney has really dropped the ball the last 5 years or so. Marvel, Star Wars, their live action remakes, and even their animated films which used to be guaranteed hits all seem to be super stale. They are in a big pickle and they have to make some changes. Disney is a big part of the industry and I want them to succeed. I grew up on Disney movies, and now I feel like everything is just a soulless cash grab. I've subscribed!
The research I did originally said 107 were produced and 71 distributed in 2023 but a closer look at that chart may indicate all 107 were distributed in 2023. Thanks for the double check!
I’ve definitely seen that trend too. The issue traditional media has is its become an incredibly unforgivable and unprofitable business. See all the recent layoffs. Its getting massively decentralized
I am frankly very tired of the whole mediasphere, all of it is loud, in your face, and with the advent of AI, any kind of shared experiences or commonality are going to be nearly extinct. It feels like all of it is existing for its own sake, where any viewership is just a transitory phenomenon that needs to be captured and used up as quickly as possible before it leaves, like a school of fish.
Sadly, the delivery of such mass content and individualised experiences will see a decline in general level of storytelling and quality of that media. It might take some time for the independent production to get to quality, but the overall media literacy of society as a whole is dropping and these changes won't improve it, but will thrive on the ignorance of the virwer by subjecting them to more slop, whoch will be AI generated. We will end up eventually with Skinner box experiences, where there will be no substance whatsoever, but flashing images every 3 seconds.
Or maybe I'm just highly sceptical.
These are all great points Tom. And I agree with you on aggregate. But I also think you can opt out of the "flashing light" system.
I deleted Instagram not long ago for this reason.
The people who want to create and engage with real art still will
Very interesting indeed. Thinking that I trained to shoot films in 35mm or 16mm... The exact opposite of where it's all heading haha
Still might be a market for that though. The true cinefiles who want to watch their movies in 35mm
Yeah Matthew I'm with you here. I think Disney has really dropped the ball the last 5 years or so. Marvel, Star Wars, their live action remakes, and even their animated films which used to be guaranteed hits all seem to be super stale. They are in a big pickle and they have to make some changes. Disney is a big part of the industry and I want them to succeed. I grew up on Disney movies, and now I feel like everything is just a soulless cash grab. I've subscribed!
Awesome great to have you Thomas! I agree, I want everyone to succeed on their merits
I grew up with an abiding love of Pixar and even their movies are not the slam dunks of old
The industry is in a tough place and I hope they can figure it out
I think you mean 71 were released in 2022
The research I did originally said 107 were produced and 71 distributed in 2023 but a closer look at that chart may indicate all 107 were distributed in 2023. Thanks for the double check!
I’ve definitely seen that trend too. The issue traditional media has is its become an incredibly unforgivable and unprofitable business. See all the recent layoffs. Its getting massively decentralized