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AFM SERIES – Part 2 Machinima The Reality Check by Graycon Sonata page 2

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Fact 1: Though you may like conceptual films , they may be pretty to watch, they want stories.
To elaborate. Financiers look for one goal ROI (return on Investment) Distributors main goal ROI and make sure the film makes as much money as possible by exploiting it through different avenues and appeals to the most widest audience to attain that goal. I will go into audience spending habits and those conference topics in future blogs but for this one its about the general movie going public. So what does that mean? The answer is they want films with good stories and it means stories, full plots and fully developed characters. So though you may want to express or push boundaries and be all conceptual, it doesn't put bums on seats or money in their pockets. All this applies to both real life and all forms of film, TV, and mediums.

 

Fact 2: How about an original story, secure your copyrights and be open to the widest audience.
Its nice to pay homage to your favorite filmmaker or story you admire. Only if we are going to move
this medium into a more commercial one and actually see a Machinima film make it to the big screen we need to show originality with original stories and treated like real life films are. Recently I am seen parody films and other films that mimic real life ones. There are many concerns with this in the real life film world. There are copyright clearance issues and also permissions that need to be gotten. Everything from music to all within it needs to be cleared. No company wants to be sued or person. And though this medium is right now more on YouTube even they are moving towards cracking down on copyrights.

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