{"id":10998,"date":"2007-12-28T17:14:34","date_gmt":"2007-12-28T14:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/28\/quantity-and-quality-in-the-entertainment-industry\/"},"modified":"2007-12-28T17:14:34","modified_gmt":"2007-12-28T14:14:34","slug":"quantity-and-quality-in-the-entertainment-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/28\/quantity-and-quality-in-the-entertainment-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantity and quality in the entertainment industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While reading this post at Techdirt<\/a> about a starting decline in DVD sales, I was thinking about quality and quantity…<\/p>\n

We get more and more music and movies released these days than ever.\u00c2\u00a0 But most of them suck.\u00c2\u00a0 Most of them suck so badly, that nobody cares about them.\u00c2\u00a0 If I’m bored and I have plenty of time on my hands, I’ll watch a movie.\u00c2\u00a0 It’ll help me kill a couple of hours.\u00c2\u00a0 If that movie sucked or if it didn’t left anything for me to reflect on, I’ll grab the next film from the top of the pile and I’ll watch it.\u00c2\u00a0 And then the next.\u00c2\u00a0 And then the next.\u00c2\u00a0 A couple of years ago I had a period of time when I was watching 4-5 movies a day.\u00c2\u00a0 (I had a lot of time on my hands, and I had a friendly DVD rental right next to my apartment).<\/p>\n

If in my crusade to burn free time I stumbled upon a good movie, my behavior changed totally.\u00c2\u00a0 After watching a good movie, I’d need some time alone to “sink” it into my brain.\u00c2\u00a0 To think about it.\u00c2\u00a0 Then, I’d go on the web to read more about the movie and people involved.\u00c2\u00a0 That can range anywhere from actors biographies and filmographies (most IMDB<\/a> pages) to movie mitakes<\/a> and trivia. I’d often feel the need to discuss the movie with other people, read other people’s reviews, blog about it, and, eventually watch the same movie a few more times.\u00c2\u00a0 I’d have no problem buying a DVD (bonus materials anyone?).\u00c2\u00a0 I’d be more inclined towards investigating and watching films with the same actors, of the same director, producer, screenwriter, etc.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ll even go to the movies.<\/p>\n

Something similar happens with music.\u00c2\u00a0 I’d get an mp3 from the web.\u00c2\u00a0 If I didn’t like it particularly, I’d get another one.\u00c2\u00a0 If I liked it though, I’d get an album. If the album was any good, I’ll get the discography.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ll try to get my hands on live performances.\u00c2\u00a0 Videos are very welcome too.\u00c2\u00a0 And posters.\u00c2\u00a0 And interviews.\u00c2\u00a0 And I’ll listen to the music several more times.\u00c2\u00a0 Then I’ll learn the lyrics.\u00c2\u00a0 Then I’ll listen some more.\u00c2\u00a0 If I get a chance to go to the concert, I won’t miss the opportunity.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ll blog about it.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ll talk about it with people I know…<\/p>\n

Now, back to the quantity vs. quality.\u00c2\u00a0 Producing a good piece of entertainment, be that music, movie, or anything else, is hard.\u00c2\u00a0 Everybody knows that, and I’m not an exception.\u00c2\u00a0 It takes time, money, dedication, and talent.\u00c2\u00a0 Mass producing crap seems simpler.\u00c2\u00a0 However, when applied over huge numbers (think globalization), is it still so?\u00c2\u00a0 Is it really easier to keep up with the demand for entertainment by\u00c2\u00a0 producing, distributing, and advertising crap?\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t know for sure, but I have my doubts.\u00c2\u00a0 Why?<\/p>\n

Because of two points:<\/p>\n

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  1. Anybody can produce crap.\u00c2\u00a0 Seriously, how hard can that be?\u00c2\u00a0 Even I can do it.\u00c2\u00a0 I know, because I did. (and still do sometimes)<\/li>\n
  2. The lower goes the quality, the harder it is to see the difference.\u00c2\u00a0 How much one crappy movie was worser than another crappy movie?\u00c2\u00a0 Nobody cares?\u00c2\u00a0 Both of them weren’t worth the time and money the spectator spent on them.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s as bad as it can go.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Content is getting easier and cheaper to produce.\u00c2\u00a0 Mobile phones had built-in photo cameras for years.\u00c2\u00a0 Most of them can record video now too.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 And sound.\u00c2\u00a0 Semi-professional equipment is getting cheaper too (think camcorders, DSLRs, etc).\u00c2\u00a0 Software and hardware is getting more and more powerful, closing up the gap between a personal computer and a rendering cluster.\u00c2\u00a0 More and more people are getting connected to the Web.\u00c2\u00a0 More and more content sharing web sites are coming up (YouTube, Google Video, Flickr, PBase, etc).<\/p>\n

    I think the competition in crap producing is getting tougher and tougher because everyone and their brother can do it now.\u00c2\u00a0 The quality stuff, on the other hand, is something completely different…<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

    While reading this post at Techdirt about a starting decline in DVD sales, I was thinking about quality and quantity… We get more and more music and movies released these days than ever.\u00c2\u00a0 But most of them suck.\u00c2\u00a0 Most of them suck so badly, that nobody cares about them.\u00c2\u00a0 If I’m bored and I have … Continue reading Quantity and quality in the entertainment industry<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,24,31],"tags":[944,1291,1292,2416],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-10998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-movies","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-quality","tag-quantity","tag-thoughts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7424,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/04\/09\/lolita\/","url_meta":{"origin":10998,"position":0},"title":"Lolita","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"April 9, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Just watched Stanley Kubrick's \"Lolita\" on DVD. 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