Filmio's articles How the Established Film Industry’s Inclusiveness Problem Is Worse Than You Think Without a doubt, this year’s Oscar ceremony was a good one for the inclusion of minorities, one of the most pressing issues in the film industry. The 93rd Academy Awards saw Chloé Zhao, the second woman, first woman of color and first Asian woman ever to win Best Director (Nomadland), and the first two black […] February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked How Today’s Technology Brings Movie Budgets Down to Earth Do you know the average film budget for a conventional studio feature? It’s $65 million, not even taking into account the usual $35 million more for advertising and promotion. There is no doubt that such numbers stand to dissuade many promising filmmakers from even getting started. However, no matter how you judge a film—its viewability, […] December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The Best Movie Never Made Deep inside an oil refinery, a serial killer gets ready to pounce on a police detective risking her life to entrap him. You see everything from the killer’s perspective, with the full creative power of Alfred Hitchcock inspired by avant-garde Italian cinema techniques. And so goes a pivotal scene in Hitchcock’s film Kaleidoscope. There’s only […] November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked How Much Is A Fan Worth? It’s common for movie industry hotshots to thank fans on awards nights and tell them that they wouldn’t be able to do what they do without them. What’s much less common—in fact, nearly nonexistent—is when fans get to share financially in the industry they bankroll as well as call the shots themselves. Assessing the Value […] October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Fostering Inclusion in the Film Industry To say that Hollywood is behind with inclusiveness isn’t just becoming more commonly evident—it’s a mathematical certainty. While NPR reports that half of the US population identify as female and nearly 40% of Americans identify as being part of an underrepresented racial or ethnic group, the representation of them on-screen doesn’t match. According to the […] October 4, 2021October 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How the Established Film Industry’s Inclusiveness Problem Is Worse Than You Think Without a doubt, this year’s Oscar ceremony was a good one for the inclusion of minorities, one of the most pressing issues in the film industry. The 93rd Academy Awards saw Chloé Zhao, the second woman, first woman of color and first Asian woman ever to win Best Director (Nomadland), and the first two black […] February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How Today’s Technology Brings Movie Budgets Down to Earth Do you know the average film budget for a conventional studio feature? It’s $65 million, not even taking into account the usual $35 million more for advertising and promotion. There is no doubt that such numbers stand to dissuade many promising filmmakers from even getting started. However, no matter how you judge a film—its viewability, […] December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Best Movie Never Made Deep inside an oil refinery, a serial killer gets ready to pounce on a police detective risking her life to entrap him. You see everything from the killer’s perspective, with the full creative power of Alfred Hitchcock inspired by avant-garde Italian cinema techniques. And so goes a pivotal scene in Hitchcock’s film Kaleidoscope. There’s only […] November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How Much Is A Fan Worth? It’s common for movie industry hotshots to thank fans on awards nights and tell them that they wouldn’t be able to do what they do without them. What’s much less common—in fact, nearly nonexistent—is when fans get to share financially in the industry they bankroll as well as call the shots themselves. Assessing the Value […] October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Fostering Inclusion in the Film Industry To say that Hollywood is behind with inclusiveness isn’t just becoming more commonly evident—it’s a mathematical certainty. While NPR reports that half of the US population identify as female and nearly 40% of Americans identify as being part of an underrepresented racial or ethnic group, the representation of them on-screen doesn’t match. According to the […] October 4, 2021October 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked