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The film industry is pretty slow to change and usually opts to do whatever it was doing last year rather than embrace change. This is never more true than in the area of employment and on-set roles.
However, two types of roles which have popped into being almost overnight are the intrepid staff of "The Covid Department" and Intimacy Coordinators. While the former are a ...
Last week, I wrote part one of a two-part series on how the film industry has changed, titled “Why the film business is considerably riskier than it used to be.”
Today I’m sharing the companion piece, focusing on all the good things about ...
This is part one of a two-part deep dive into how the film industry is changing. This one focuses on the adverse effects, with the follow-up next week focusing on the positives. So strap in, this is not going to be a cheery read.
The film industry has always been risky, but in recent years, those levels of risk (and the deleterious attempts to mitigate them) have made i...
As the Oscar race heats up, I am continuing to study how the industry anticipates and responds to the events along the way to the ceremony in late February.
So far I have looked at:
Can media coverage predict who wins an Oscar?
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I’ve written about the data behind Hallmark movies a few times before. So it was great fun to sit down with Pulitzer prize-winning data journalist (and good friend) Walt Hickey of NumLock to talk all things Hallma...
