Will CGI Collapse the Hollywood Economy?

Some Slashdot Reader writes "Computer animation is getting so cheap that it is practical for use in some TV shows. s1m0ne is an upcoming movie those story is about a guy who secretly creates a real-looking digital character who become famous overnight. Eventually, it will become more cost-effective to produce whole movies on computer as a standard. And when the technology and costs permits, non-scifi TV shows with an all-digital cast(fully copyrighted of course) will come forth. But the real main issue is: If this takes off, what will happen to all the people like the background characters, costume makers, construction, caterers, cameramen, model makers, casting companies, etc."

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Its a mute point

[linuxislandsucks]

Its a mute point in that Hollywood already lost when not respecting its own workers and consumers in the early 1950s to 1980s..

Now a independent can put together a movie for under $100,000 and often do..

Once the distrubtion old economy falls and you can get digital movies via internet like through dtv and itv Hollywood will be no more as far as a monoplistic controlling dyke