I think you're on to something.
News production has been democratized, so may movie production. It's already started on a smaller scale through tiny YouTube productions and even series. If tiny independents can attain (at least close to) professional production values, the sky's the limit.
Act of Valor was shot on a Canon 5d Mark 2, a camera which at the time sold for maybe $2,000 —a little more.
That’s the way it’s going to keep going.
More importantly the movies’ underlying value set is not going to seem as if it came from another planet.
I loathe ISIS and the rest but when they THINK they hate America and all “our” disgusting values..?
There is a part of my which really does understand WHY.
>>News production has been democratized, so may movie production. It’s already started on a smaller scale through tiny YouTube productions and even series. If tiny independents can attain (at least close to) professional production values, the sky’s the limit.
It’s getting there. Kung Fury was crowdsourced and then released free to Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PwtSA1aKG4
Robert Downey Sr. challenged a filmmaker who asked him where the new underground is to shift from shooting interviews to making movies. The technology is there. In your phone and in your laptop. The distribution channel is there online (and you can set a pay-per-view option on Youtube).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZnVfKmuqk0