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Pt 4: the necessary concepts & conditions for a non-dependent film ecosystem

Streaking across the sky, it’s a…. new non-dependent film ecosystem!

I gave you another break, but now we have to sew this baby up. We were already cooking with gas, but I also suspected you might be a wee bit restless; we want the better thing to arrive instantaneously, and would prefer to just ahead to “go”. That’s not going to happen, is it?

Granted, we now know eighteen steps that will bring us closer to where we want to be in building our runway to the new non-dependent film ecosystem. Here are my last six — at least for the time being. I take it you’ve done your homework and studied parts one, two, and three. I mean, there is a test coming, so be prepared!

Like any good list, this one too shall evolve. It’s a map, but yeah: half the fun is getting lost — so don’t forget to wander off. But of course beware of the gingerbread houses; that’s where we all got eaten up the last time. Those back-end buyouts hid a bitter pill when compared to the success-bonuses one once might have received. The promise of immediate access to everything was just a mirage. We know the fairytale is now a nightmare.

I don’t know about you, but I like to know both what to avoid as well as where I am headed. I see clear roads ahead this time. Ha! Sure, some bumps too. Many. Maybe even a crash or seven, but we are going to get there and bring others to follow. We will build bridges and four leaf clovers. Eventually we will gain speed and this runway will take us right on to the launchpad, and I know everyone carries their own rocket fuel. Why don’t they teach this stuff at school? Why don’t our film schools try to create changemakers instead of rule followers?

As a refresher here’s the initial 18 steps we previously discussed:

18 of 24 necessary concepts & conditions for a non-dependent film ecosystem

1. End anti-competitive practices of GSPs (government regulation)

2. Sustainability is the primary goal;

3. Deepen appreciation & comfort in the feeling for and expression of “art”

4. Artists Bill of Rights

5. Avoid binary “either/or” thinking; it’s “both/and”.

6. Aim for both excellence and the spirit of the perpetually “amateur”;

7. Embrace aesthetic & narrative risk taking

8. Embrace innovation & encourage experimentation in adoption of new platforms;

9. Leaders lead and communities empower.

10. Execute the operational improvements that have been neglected.

11. Think beyond one film at a time.

12. Encourage all film investment to be 1/3 production, 1/3 marketing, 1/3 ecosystem operational improvement.

13. Think/work holistically

14. Shift to a single title revenue-driven model

15. Secure & share institutional knowledge (Best Practices)

16. Collective alliances

17. International alliances

18. Establish & Maintain First Principles & Tenets

And let’s look at the final six – at least until we add on some more onto the list, that is!

Final 6 of 24 necessary concepts & conditions for the new non-dependent film ecosystem (the list goes on!)