kt moxie

Here's my parley response to the latest interview from Rick McCallum, a producer from the Star Wars films.

I guess I'm a skeptic, but when a man who has made millions in the entertainment industry says he want to "restructure the process of how television is made", I'm less than convinced.

So, a producer wants to make everything cheaper -  that sounds like "get a higher profit margin" to me.  I highly doubt that making cheaper films will suddenly make my movie ticket cheaper.  Right now, I pay the same for a 100 million dollar movie as an independent film made for 1 million.  Do we really think they will bring down movie ticket prices if all movies are made for 10 million or less?

Now, I'm all for paying the rest of a crew a more reasonable wage for their work.  But, I don't see "movie stars" - and yes, we see films because of these stars - taking the same wage as the camera guy.  Why?  The camera guy is replaceable.  But if you got Johnny Depp, Julia Roberts, or Tom Hanks to star in your film, there's a certain amount of stability in how much money a movie will probably bring in.

So, if a movie is made for 10 million, and the movie is a blockbuster that makes 200 million in the theaters, who gets the money?  Hmmm.... the producers?  Sounds like Rick's theory is a bit self-serving to me.