In the very first chapter of The big picture, Edward Jay Epstein summarizes in 20 pages the changes in business models that the American studios experienced. Below I tried to visually explain the differences between the two Hollywoods, the old and the new. In 1947, he explains, 3 major factors pushed the …
A few facts first HONY is a blog started by an amateur photographer Brandon Stanton in 2010. He takes around 3 photos a day, ads a caption with a little story about the person being portrayed and post them on his blog, his Facebook page, his Tumblr profile, his Twitter …
Having recently moved to Vancouver, Canada, I realized that the film offer was very different from the one in my home town Lyon, France. I thus got to the bottom of things and investigated via Allocine and Cinemaclock to support my observations. there is a greater diversity in terms of …
How to get people excited about prime numbers A talk on prime numbers, doesn’t sound exciting, does it? Yet, TED has managed to bring hundreds of people together in a room for the very same talk. That is the magic of TED talks, the ability to bring a varied crowd on diverse …
Why does Black Mirror works? The British TV series by Charlie Brooker explores the side effects of the 21st century’s drug: our black mirrors (TV, computer, monitor, smartphones, etc). Each episode brings the viewer to a future not too far from his current life, taking a thread of technology and …
Internet has disrupted the classic model of the recorded music industry whereby an artist would record a CD, which would generate sells by being promoted on the radio and through live tours. Today people can have access for free, legally or not, to music and the sources of revenues are …
From computer to mobile First we need to acknowledge a new trend: Internet users spend more and more time on their phones when surfing the web at the expense of their computers. That turning point happened in the fall of 2013 in the United States and is expected to happen …
I have been wrestling quite a bit in the past months with the idea of the VOD being the new model to enjoy a movie… but I can’t get my mind around it. I am among the religious movie-goers for whom pressing pause, small screen, surrounding noise, comments would just …
First let’s lay the foundation with some definitions. You have probably noticed that your browser proposes you links to click on as soon as you start typing based on your previous search. You probably know that an algorithm on search engines for flight tickets remembers your search and enables the …
