DVD Format Changing Movie-making

rgmoore writes "The Los Angeles Times is running an interesting article on the impact of DVDs on the movie making process. They briefly mention the possibilities of end-users being able to re-edit the movie (with a veiled reference to The Phantom Edit) but focus more on the way that it's starting to influence directors and producers during the course of making the movie."

How about Corporation sponsored DVD versions....

[efuseekay]

So they can insert their product placements into existing movies viz:

Goon 1 : "Do you know what they call the Whopper in France?"

Goon 2 : "No? What do they call it?"

Goon 1 : "They call it 'Le Whopper'."

Re:GREAT!

[beee]

Thanks, asshole. I had never seen Citizen Cane and was going to enjoy viewing it with my family this evening, and as we were settling down in front of our home entertainment system, I was browsing Slashdot on our WebTV system. Needless to say, the ending of the movie was spoiled by your inconsiderate self.

Jerk.

Phantom Menace DVD Edits

[Nathdot]

The article mentioned something about homebrew SW:Ep 1 DVD edits and it got me to thinking:

*If I could use this technology I'd be able to edit out Jake Lloyd from Star Wars. What Glee!

*Oohh! Jar Jar has to go... I shoulda thought of him first.

*Ooohh! And ALL of the freaking gungans!

*And so on...

until it became apparent that my new "movie" was nothing more than Natalie Portman footage and light saber duels.

Alas, who was the cinematic Atlas that put DVD fire in our lowly mortal hands?!

:)

PS. I'm still not totally convinced that my home edit would be worse than SW: Ep 1.

Memento edit!

[Nathdot]

I'm gonna edit the Memento DVD so that it plays in correct chronological order and my idiot roommate can work out just what the fuck is going on!

ROOMMATE
(perplexed)
My head hurts! What just happened then??? Who's John G? What the?! Who the?!

ME
Here you go somewhere else and watch THIS version! Away with you!

:)

Copy Protection by Staying Too Big To Copy

[Mad Bad Rabbit]

Hmmm. RIAA is currently unhappy that digital technology
(particularly broadband and P2P software) will soon make
it feasible to copy and download movies.

Solution: keep expanding the content of a typical movie
so the average viewer feels it's cheaper and easier to
just go buy it, rather than spend 10 hours downloading.
To quote an old MTV ad, "Too much is never enough".

So, a typical "movie" in 2010 might include 32 different
camera angle choices for each scene, dubs for most major
languages spoken on earth (complete with CG airbrushing
to resync the actors lips), etc. etc. etc.

>;K

Re:Big Deal

[squaretorus]

Producers are on to the fact that people are willing to pay more for outtakes, missing scenes, etc...

Personally, a movie is a movie. If something didn't make it into the film then who needs it. If I trust the director enough to donate some cash and an evening of my time to his control - who am I to say I need the power to add extra scenes and stuff.

And whats the best way to make the DVD sell more? "The scenes that couldn't make it into the theatre! All the chicks get NAKED!". So when your filming you just make sure that some crappy little scene thats a million miles from the plot has the leading lady flashing her ass. Cut it from the theatre release, 'leak' some crappy stills to some fan sites to hype up expectation, release the DVD without it, then release the widescreen or directors cut DVD which costs 40% more than the first version and has a bit of 'collectable' cardboard inside. Instantly you sell an additional 50%!