Possible introductions

Audience: Movie Executives

Purpose: To show how the movies themselves are changing as well as the industry in a negative way due to the advancements in technology. This is a more informal take on the introduction.

A commonly held belief is that advancements in technology must be a good thing for the entertainment industry; but I am here to tell you otherwise.  So many times the media gets caught touting/plugging the next big “IT”, whether it’s the new IPhone, the next generation Gaming System, or the newest way to experience movies as seen with IMAX 3D.  I am a huge fan of movies. I enjoy all types of movies; horror, comedies, dramas, comic book adaptations, and yes, even romantic movies. At first glance it may be difficult to see the negative ways these types of developments really impact the entertainment industry, especially movies.  So let me show you some of the ways movies are impacted.  Today, the amount of time movies remain at the Theater Box Office is getting shorter and shorter because studios want to release them on Premium Home on Demand quickly followed by their DVD release, causing the movie theater experience to change and affect attendance.  The premise of classic movies from the past are no longer plausible, so movies we all know and love, like National Lampoon’s Vacation won’t be made because it no longer makes sense for a family to get lost on a road trip when their Smart Phone has a Global Positioning System (GPS) or their car has navigation.  It is because of these advancements that Hollywood has run out of good ideas for movies and is left with the need to constantly “reboot” franchises such as Spiderman and Total Recall or rehash the same storylines over and over again.  In speaking with friends about the recent release of the new Spiderman movie, several stated they were hesitant to go see the movie because Universal Studios had just finished the Spiderman Trilogy only a few year back.  While the movie was still successful, it was definitely impacted by this sentiment and sense of lack of originality.   Technological advancements are negatively impacting “Hollywood” and the movie industry.

Audience: People working in the movie industry

Purpose: To show how the advancements in technology negatively impact the movie industry.

The Hurt Locker, which one the Oscar for Best Picture, only made forty-nine million dollars at the box office while being downloaded seven million times on uTorrent prior to its theatrical debut. File sharing, do you know what it is? How it works? If so, what are you going to do to prevent it from happening again?  This is just one of the many examples of how the advancements in technology have negatively impacted the movie industry. Movie studios want to shorten the amount of time a movie remains at the box office and release it on Premium Home on Demand. Doing this would result in the movie theaters loosing a lot of revenue. Also have you ever thought about the movies themselves? What makes a great movie, the story. The Blues Brothers, a cult classic, centers around two friends trying get the band back together for a gig. They travel around the country on a road trip making lasting memories but in our time we wouldn’t have to travel across the country to get into contact. We could simply just Facebook message them.  I will show you how technological advancements are negatively impacting the movie industry.