The points that Adrian brought up in the “lecture” this week related back to what we discussed in my cinema class. Yes, the media industry is changing rapidly but it never hit me that the jobs that I might want in the future will no longer be there. Industries are collapsing and moving to ‘post industrial media ecologies’. It’s like everything is up in the air and we don’t know where it’s going to fall or who is going to catch the pieces.

I always aspired to be in the film industry but for most parts it’s still a very capital intensive and expensive industry. It will not be what it like today. In my cinema class, we discusses the types of films being released mainly fall under 2 major themes: young adult book adaptions franchises or super hero type movies. However, movie goers seem to be on the decrease and people prefer to watch it at home and on their own terms. Kevin Spacey talks at the Edinburgh International Television festival that we should give the control to the viewers, like what Netflicks has done. There is even less of a difference for viewers between TV and film because they are all just content now.

Christopher Nolan is still positive about the future of film. In his Wall Street Journal article released earlier this month “Films of the future will still draw people to theatres” he writes:

“Once movies can no longer be defined by technology, you unmask powerful fundamentals – the timelessness, the otherworldliness, the shared experience of these narratives.”

How is this going to happen? Technology must evolve and the movie going experience needs to be distinguished from home entertainment. Would this mean 4D and beyond move experiences? Or even grander theatres?

Christopher Nolan next film Interstellar has been described by Matthew McConaughey “by far the most ambitious film Mr. Nolan has ever directed.” It will interesting to see it when it comes out.