Film Studios
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Hammer: Studio heads must bridge the languages of art, business, and marketing
“I think it has to do with being able to communicate in different worlds, which is actually quite difficult because you have to speak the language of filmmakers who live on their own In their own world, and then you have to speak the language of corporate, beca…”
Valenzuela: Runway penetrated major film studios entirely through organic inbound employee demand
“That's how we've got into all the studios. It's not us, like, trying to, like, deeply sell to them. It's, like, they reach out being like, hey, we have this use case, or, like, we want to use it because our team was using it.”
Catmull: Film studios initially showed zero interest in computer animation
“No studio was interested at all in anything that computers might do. I mean, there was zero interest. They didn't even think it was relevant.”
Subramaniam: Studio financing deals typically split film equity 50-50 with producers
“So typically when you do a studio deal, ah, the studio backed, the financier backed, 50% of the film, and 50% stays with the producer.”