Filmmaking — Think Globally, Expand Locally | Studio Daily

State-of-the-art movie-makers are using collaborative virtual environments to ‘enhance’ every phase of filmmaking. It’s been said that instead of enhance; I should use the word ‘homogenize.’ But what good would that do? Sometimes I feel like the new methods are like “design by committee.” Collaborative design by the moderately talented tends to have a smoothing effect, polishing off the edgy parts of narrative. Everything seems to get blended up into a palatable but uninspired bit of entertainment. It’s a safe way to make entertainment, but may not be the most exciting. I, for one, believe there is still a place for the talented lone writer or designer who is willing to take a risk coming up with the fresh and unexpected. Committees don’t do that very often.

Filmmaking — Think Globally, Expand Locally | Studio Daily