The genre has had an especially tough time adjusting to an era where the TV channel is just one media pathway among many. Who needs a late-night chat with the stars when stars are available on Instagram and Twitter, 24/7 and without intermediation? What is “late-night” talk on a streaming platform, where, as on a casino floor, neither day nor night exist?
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Research: Live-Streaming Performances Doesn’t Diversify Audiences
These ‘live to digital’ screenings – which happen either at the same time as the actual performance, or afterwards – were nevertheless found to be popular. Organisations hosting the screenings and the people attending them expressed an interest in this continuing – although a wider take-up is challenged by ongoing capacity and technological barriers across the sector.
Studio Turns To AI To Analyze Movie Trailers To Figure Out What Audiences Will Like
Researchers from the company published a paper last month explaining how they’re analyzing the content of movie trailers using machine learning. Machine vision systems examine trailer footage frame by frame, labeling objects and events, and then compare this to data generated for other trailers. The idea is that movies with similar sets of labels will attract similar sets of people.
Kenya Barris Of ‘Black-ish’ Fame Has Plans For Netflix
Barris left ABC after it wouldn’t air an episode of black-ish that was about NFL players kneeling during the Pledge of Allegiance – but he left, in what both sides describe as an amicable split, for a lucrative deal at Netflix. What’s he going to do with the new opportunity? He doesn’t say much, but he will tease: “I can say this. … I want to reboot what a family show is.”
Side-Eye Warner Media’s Decision To Shut Down FilmStruck, But Remember That Streaming Isn’t Ownership
Perhaps it was a larger mistake to think that a streaming service, even one as quirkily great as FilmStruck, could in any way replace going to arthouses or buying little-known classic movies. “For what is ownership, when it comes to the cultural products we love? Is a digital file purchased from iTunes owned? Is a DVD owned? And if we are not the ultimate owners, can we depend at all on private companies, even ones with as rich an artistic legacy as Warner Bros., to preserve their culture and keep it available?”
The Way ‘House Of Cards’ Killed Off Kevin Spacey’s Character Was Typical Of The Show’s Twisty, Turny Ways
Spoiler alert! “When the actor Kevin Spacey, who played Frank, was accused of sexual assault in October 2017, production had already begun on Season 6. Production halted, restarting in January 2018 for a revised, eight-episode season that Netflix announced would also be its final.” Unlike another show that had to handle a disgraced fallen star – The Conners – Netflix’s writing team came up with a very normal, for House of Cards, way of dealing with the issue of how Spacey’s character died.
How To Win A Supporting Role Oscar
First, play a pretty major role, a role that someone inexperienced in Oscar campaigns might consider to be a starring role. Second, in consultation with the studio, pick a strategy that has proven to be winning – or one with a strong narrative arc. (See: Glenn Close.)
Mickey Mouse Is 90, But If You Think This Celebration Is Big, Just Wait Ten Years
Actually, the 90th might just slide right into the centenary: “Disney is using Mickey’s 90th birthday as a monstrous marketing moment, with the company’s cross-promotional machine revved up to what may be its highest level yet. Every corner of the $168 billion company is contributing to the campaign, which will intensify on Sunday when ABC runs ‘Mickey’s 90th Spectacular.’ Disney theme parks will be hosting events into next year.”
The ‘Twilight’ Movies As Feminist Milestone (Yes, The Teen Vampire Flicks)
Sure, feminists at the time (and since) have had problems with that series, and they aren’t wrong. Says director Catherine Hardwicke, “Twilight changed the perception, the idea that a movie about a girl wouldn’t be popular, wouldn’t make a lot of money. It blew it out of the water. A novel written by a woman, a movie directed by a female. We broke records. People can use that for ammo.”
Keep Apu! One Indian-American Argues In Favor Of The Simpsons’ Controversial Character
“Apu has gotten a lot of flak lately for being racist depiction of Indian-Americans,” writes Bhaskar Sunkara (the founding editor of Jacobin, if you’re looking for leftist cred). “It would seem that the solution is to have every media depiction of an Indian guy in America be Kal Penn playing a doctor. But a lot of us pump gas too. A lot of us say things like ‘Thank you come again,’ because good service counts when you’re living on the razor edge of a society that doesn’t care about struggling people – wherever they’re originally from.”