2019年2月18日 · Last week on Twitter I was asked about the average director's career and how many directors get to make a second film.

2019年2月4日 · 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.

2022年7月27日 · Comedian Jess Robinson and film industry expert Stephen Follows take an in-depth and entertaining look at the business side of movies and TV.

2015年6月22日 · The percentage of Hollywood remakes has been falling over the past decade In 2005, 17% of top grossing films were Hollywood remakes but by 2014 it was just 5% The fourth horror film ever made was a remake of the first horror film 29% of top grossing Hollywood horror movies are remakes, 2005-14 Very few Hollywood dramas or romantic comedies are remakes (2.7% and 3.4% respectively during 2005-14 ...

2020年4月6日 · I have been contacted by a number of readers asking how many people have lost work due to the cancellation of film productions.

2020年1月20日 · Taken literally, a short film is a film under a certain length. I'll address running time later in the article but length alone is not enough to paint a complete picture of what filmmakers mean when they refer to "short films". Many film-based works are under ten minutes but wouldn't be classified as "shorts", such as music promos, video blogs, commercials and the videos of my niece’s school ...

2018年4月16日 · Today's article is another joint project with Bruce Nash from The Numbers. In a series of research studies for the American Film Market, we looked at what it takes for films to break out at different ends of the indie budget spectrum. We’ve looked at the most profitable low-budget films (with budgets under $3 million), those costing $10 million and $20 million, and also movies made for ...

2018年2月12日 · A few years ago, I looked at what genres are disproportionately popular with cinema audiences around the world. We learned that Italians enjoyed more comedies, that Asian nations love action, Europeans love drama and that …

2025年1月20日 · After crunching a million+ datapoints on 10,000+ film festivals, I have found which best for horror filmmakers. Plus get the data and adjust the weightings to create your own rankings and action plan.