Only mostly. Obviously there are a shitton of productions studios prioritizing profit over all else, so they will always gravitate toward “safe” options like reboots and sequels and ripoffs.
But then occasionally you get a movie like Obsession, which was made for less than $1 million, and is actually reasonably unique. Or Flow, which was made for €3.5 million using open source graphics software, and is also unique.
Just because Hollywood mostly runs on regurgitated slop, doesn’t mean there aren’t successful movies which are more art than commercial.
For anyone wanting to get into screenwriting and filmmaking, this is this is the key. An excellent story made cheaply is the way to get new IP to market. Hollywood is much more willing to take a risk when it doesn’t cost them much.
Only mostly. Obviously there are a shitton of productions studios prioritizing profit over all else, so they will always gravitate toward “safe” options like reboots and sequels and ripoffs.
But then occasionally you get a movie like Obsession, which was made for less than $1 million, and is actually reasonably unique. Or Flow, which was made for €3.5 million using open source graphics software, and is also unique.
Just because Hollywood mostly runs on regurgitated slop, doesn’t mean there aren’t successful movies which are more art than commercial.
For anyone wanting to get into screenwriting and filmmaking, this is this is the key. An excellent story made cheaply is the way to get new IP to market. Hollywood is much more willing to take a risk when it doesn’t cost them much.