Actor and director Ben Affleck gave an interview with Entertainment Weekly, which agreed on how the film industry will change under the influence of a pandemic. Drama "Out of the game" in which he played a major role, this year he rolled in cinemas for only two weeks, after a pandemic forced to release a film in a digital format.
I do not know which reality will be after a pandemic. But the film business will change. During this time, people are accustomed to watch movies at home. And I think it went to favor "outside the game." The opportunity to see his homes, it seems to me, allowed to attract more spectators than showing cinemas. Who would go to the cinema to pay money for watching a sad movie about alcoholic? People are now accustomed to streaming services. Pandemic only accelerated the trend that already existed.
Most likely, 20-25 films per year will be shown in cinemas. And they will all be large-scale projects with a budget, ranging from half a billion dollars, such as "Aladdin", "Star Wars" or "Avengers". And other projects will be difficult to get on the screens. I do not say that this is for the better or worse, this is my assumption about the development of a business based on the experience and that I now see. You can make your own conclusions.
I consults the idea that right now you can buy a 60-inch TV for $ 250. And surround sound systems are not so expensive. But I really don't like the idea that all the efforts that you have invested in the work on the film, someone will evaluate, looking at this on the screen of your mobile phone. I feel, with such a view, much will be missed. But, you know, sometimes the future solves itself, how to be, and you must come to terms with it.