Data-Led Insights into the Oscar Bounce Featuring Stephen Follows
What actually happens to cinema screenings when a film receives an Oscar nomination or wins Best Picture?
In this episode of the Marketing and Distribution Podcast, Alex Stolz welcomes back leading film industry analyst Stephen Follows to unpack usheru-backed research into the real impact of awa...
Ep 018 - Stephen Follows on *Audiences Pick Feelings, Not Films*
Stephen Follows mixes data and filmmaking in his fascinating Substack asking the questions you might have always wondered but never knew how to answer. If your brain hobbles down towards questions like “What makes people never want to rewatch a great film?” or “Which colors dominate movie posters...
Why Do Films Have So Many Producers? w/ Stephen Follows
Todd is joined by leading film industry analyst and data researcher STEPHEN FOLLOWS as they dissect the data on producers per film throughout history. Yes. EVERY MOVIE EVER MADE. They'll discuss the increasing trend of producers per film, who is responsible for this, and dispel the myths of what ...
731 - Avoidance and Other Anti-Quests
John and Craig flip the idea of motivation on its head and ask, what are your characters running from? Using examples across film and TV, they look at the psychological underpinnings of discomfort, and how to use avoidance as a driving force of character and story.
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Business of Film: The New Rules of Film Financing: AI, Gen Z, and Getting Your Movie Made | What we learnt from Cannes and What Movie Distributors Actually Want!
Filmmakers! Welcome back to a very special Business of Film edition of The Filmmakers Podcast. Today, we are cutting through the absolute nonsense and delivering a survival guide for how to fund, produce, and sell an independent film in the current market.
Host Giles Alderson is joined by an ex...
Film Data Scientist Stephen Follows on who COULD be the Next James Bond | #137
No Rob this week, instead I spoke to Stephen Follows, from the Film Data Scientist Channel! about his video that meticulously broke down all the data behind who could be the next James Bond.
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#305: Personal Interest + Analytics Chops = Career?
Stephen Follows has spent 15 years turning film-industry curiosity into a career — asking questions like how much movies really earn, why poster colors have shifted over decades, and whether old studio domains are still up for grabs. In this episode, he joined us to talk about building that unusu...
RR020: When AI eats the Internet with Stephen Follows, author and researcher
AI is no longer just consuming information, it is reshaping the economics and infrastructure of the internet itself. The challenge now is ensuring that the creators and custodians of trusted data can continue to exist in a world increasingly dominated by machines.
This week, Dave and Rob are join...
Why Most Filmmakers Never Make a Second Feature
You made your first feature film. Now what?
According to research by film industry analyst Stephen Follows, only about 1 in 4 first-time feature directors makes a second film within five years.
So why do so many filmmakers struggle to get their second movie made?
In Episode 70 of Off The Lot, Ant...
Film Festivals by the Numbers: Stephen Follows on Fees, Selection and Rejection
Film Festivals by the Numbers: Stephen Follows on Fees, Selection and Rejection
What does a festival submission fee actually pay for? How is a film chosen, and what should a filmmaker take from a rejection?
Film industry researcher Stephen Follows joins Brendan Cleaves and Johnny Vivash to look p...
