Michael Ovitz Breaks Down Tech's Most Harmful Impacts on Hollywood
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Brief Summary
The episode critiques how The Valley shapes viewer habits and filmmaking through data-driven decisions.
Key points
- The Valley's Impact on Creativity. The Valley has negatively influenced how viewers consume content, prioritizing speed over depth.
- Data-Driven Filmmaking. Filmmakers now rely on data to determine character traits and casting decisions.
Transcript
The one negative thing The Valley has done for creativity is they have trained viewers to consume content differently. I want it short. I want it fast. I want to eased on other people. They don't need to be celebrities. I'm going to make somebody that's celebrity that isn't a celebrity and has no talent, but they seem to know how to put makeup on. So, I'm going to follow them. And there's data coming out of your eyeballs. You have the streaming services giving filmmakers data on who's looking at what, how old the character should be, how good-looking this one should be, how badl looking this one should be, what should the heavy look like, who the director should be based
on the past 20 films because we've put it in the computer. It doesn't work like
