Give Horace Deidu a bunch of Hollywood data and he’ll make some great charts that test your hunches.
Film Industry
How to write Groundhog Day
I’ve only just started reading Danny Rubin’s How to Write Groundhog Day, but it’s promising enough that I think many screenwriters will want to take a look at it this weekend.
Standardization and differentiation, or why UltraViolet is probably doomed
Standardization is good. Differentiation is good. But they’re *competing forces.* You can only differentiate your product by moving away from a standard.
First-sale doctrine
Craig and I talk a bit about the effects of first-sale doctrine in this week’s podcast, but we don’t define it. So let’s do that here.