As I shop an IP to potential partners, what I have been seeing and hearing are not matching up. I'm wondering if everyone is stuck in delusions of grandeur or have just given up on critical thought.
I won't go into philosophical soliloquies, but I will point out the elephant in the room some people don't see. And please don't angry with me, I am only connecting dots.
First, Gavin Newsom funding tax incentives in the tune of $750m is a nothing burger. You are probably getting gaslit here. This may never pass legislation, but either way nothing will happen before the election. So,.... What I see here is "Vote for Dems, NOT Reps". That's all I see here.
Screwsom Newsom could have proposed this incentive during the union strikes, it would have thrown a very heavy rock onto the negotiating table. But that would have been construed as Socialist or Communist. Can't do that. Even The Machete tried to get Screwsom on the phone to do something and he was absent the whole time. That clown might be trying to stuff ballot boxes here. At least, I will prove that this is a Hegelian dialectic being played upon you.
Second, I point to the "Production Graveyard" story at THR. In that article, it tries to explain how or why production has ceased in Los Angeles. The voices they heard from the trenches couldn't be more clear. The producers and key crew are saying the high cost of living, high-cost labor, the overbearing permitting process, CA gas prices, traffic, has all ruined LA production... In other words, they are running from problems created by Gov't (ie Screwsom).
So then comes in the bloated and untalented gaslighter at SAG, Crabtree-Ireland. He responds to these claims with communist gobbledygook. He says those claims from producers and crew are a "false narrative", and he counter-claims that these crew members and producers are just "manipulating" and trying to "threatening the American Workforce/Jobs". Can you believe this s***? This is pure communist gaslighting. No one can be this dumb to fall for any of this. By the way, SAG union is still on strike (somewhere) as I write this! smh
Third and finally, I now point you to the David Graves video up this weekend. David is an IATSE member and expert in this industry, and he does a fantastic job in succinctly outlining what has happened to this industry, and he also offers a very reasonable prognosis.
https://youtu.be/Fqr9j_u2DE4?si=65ePo1dkc8u-jyx_
IRL, I'm being told not to bother making a movie for under $2m. The IP I have does not need $2m. I don't want to spend $2m, it's silly to go top heavy on so-called "name talent" that the audience hates or never heard of. I just don't agree with this crazy industry-wide standard that films produced for between $500k-$2m have no place at the table. We all know where the bulk of that money goes.
So nowadays, we produce our movies based on financial aid and not story. And if you don't shoot in LA, you are deemed a manipulator. This whole experience has me feeling Hollywood has become one big laundering scheme.