alt Hacker NewsI can see this evolving into something like AWS — a platform that offers high-end production tools to anyone willing to pay. That would democratize access to cutting-edge tech, effectively solving the tooling problem. But it still wouldn’t address the real bottleneck: compelling storytelling.
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mrguyorama • last Tuesday at 5:32 PM
Netflix doesn't make "stories" or "films" or "art" or anything that impressive.
They make "content", and the distinction is super important.
> But it still wouldn’t address the real bottleneck: compelling storytelling.
The problem is, storytelling is risky. Either you stick to something bland (adaptations of popular books, cartoons or videogames) and it usually gives decent returns, or you go for something completely original - at the risk of it either going boom or going bust.
As your average cinema movie is a triple-digit million dollar business these days just in pure production and actor cost and double that in promo cost, it's hard to find banks to finance the production, and so the banks prefer to go with something "proven and bland" over something risky.