Friday evening, I hung out at the qscc, then went home, changed and went to JetSet for the QGPA happy hour, and followed it up with some club time at the Saloon. Saturday afternoon, Matt and I went to see Mr Clinton speak. More on that later. Then the pics which you’ve been treated to, and at least one of which I’ll make into an icon at some point, so that I have a pic that’s remotely current. And then, Saturday night, Matt and I went to Bethany’s birthday party, again at the saloon. I had had enough crowded, noisy environs for one day, and called it early. Today has been mercifully low on the social interaction. ffxi (now thf41, with the marauder’s knife), and
I wonder if a direct to dvd release for a tv series would be economically viable.
And reading on embryonic stem cells and human cloning for tomorrow. Yay! =)
The first series to marketed as direct-selling from a boxed set will be HUGE.
Boxed sets of some series (Family Guy, Chapelle’s Show, and Firefly) have proven to be AMAZINGLY profitable. Remember, the series has mostly broke even in production values at this point. The manufacturing of some kitcshy box and the actual disks costs $3-$9 (and $9 would be for some AMAZING 10-disk set in some kind of unique case) and the retailer makes a 25-40% markup on entertainment media (its a revenue-leader) and, usually, commentaries and crappy ‘extra’ features are budgeted a total of $100,000 – $250,000 (Directors are ALWAYS willing to talk about their movies on some track) and Still the thing retails for (depending on the series) $19.99 – $49.99. The studio is making something like $6 – $35 for each purchase. Easy money.
Remember, when you see a $9.50 movie, the theatre is getting a nice chunk out of that, and then those sales are only likely for, at the most, a month or two (theatre space is expensive real estate) vs. shelf space at the DVD counter.
Believe me, if someone like Joss Wheden or the Wachowski brothers play their cards right, they could reap a damn fortune with a direct-to-box-set series or series of DVDs. They will then be viewed as the MArketing Golden Child of Hollywood.