Feb 4, 2019 · A byproduct of that research was that I had a large number of data points on a whole bunch of screenplays. This allowed me to look at what the average screenplay contains.

I use data to understand how the film industry works and then share that to help filmmakers get their films funded, shot and seen. Click to read StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry, by Stephen Follows, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Jan 13, 2025 · During the 20th century, the average age of leading movie actors was fairly static. But in the past few decades, it's risen considerably - why?

I use data to understand how the film industry works and then share that to help filmmakers get their films funded, shot and seen. Click to read StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry, by Stephen Follows, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Jul 16, 2018 · As filmmaking books go, this is one of the rare ones: useful, uncluttered, very easy-to-read, packed with great ideas and pleasingly free of academic B.S. Sometimes we read ‘how to’ books about film production and it’s obvious they’ve been written by someone who doesn’t really care if you succeed or not. When we read How to Crowdfund Your Film we got the distinct impression that ...

May 18, 2024 · Digging through the subtitles files, I can do so much more with this dataset, both on clichés specifically and more broadly. For example, I'm keen to compare the trends seen above with the Google corpus of one million books to see to what degree the effects are movie-specific and which reflect wider changes in the English language.

Sep 2, 2024 · And I thought that’s there I would leave it. However, the article led to a number of fascinating conversations with professionals involved in the making of Hallmark movies. They shared all manner of details from inside the Hallmark movie-making machine, and so I wanted to share what I learned.

Jul 7, 2014 · The final chart is of particular interest. With most of the other graphs the average film budget is towards the middle of the range; such as the "£10m - £30m" range where the average in 2013 was £14.6m. However, in the "Under £500k" range we can see that the 2013 average is just £150k. This suggests that further segmentation is needed at this lower level to …

Sep 14, 2024 · How long do film festivals usually run for? The length of film festivals varies significantly, but the most common duration is just one day—representing 28% of festivals. These are often smaller, regional festivals with fewer screenings. After that, the next most common durations are three and four days, each representing 27% of the studied festivals.Attending a film festival is an exciting ...

Oct 13, 2024 · My goal was to track ‘Substacks about the film industry’, but I quickly discovered that this is a rather nebulous definition. It can be hard to draw the line between what is industry analysis and what is just a personal essay. Likewise, film criticism and the art of filmmaking often blur. Nonetheless, I did my best to assign a principal …