Hi - I am a digital artist /producer who has been running my own post production house since 2002 - www.suspended-vfx.com -
Based on an idea I had for interactive music videos more than 10 years ago I have created a production system which can output live, crowd sourced narratives. I have already had interest from a major production destined for Amazon Prime (but delayed due to Covid).
Without giving away too much, the end goal has always been a system which will be able to create individually tailored experiences, on demand. The evolution of the project is designed in such a way as to be self funding within it's first production cycle through a unique use of block chain technology, and more importantly, using the human driven aspects of the system to train their Artificial Neural Network replacements to be used in future productions.
With 20 years in design/television I am well set on the production side of things but plugging the system into a GPT-3 like ANN, as well as the block-chain development, are beyond my skill set. I am looking for teams within these two fields (preferably start-ups like myself) to consolidate the final roadmap for the project after which I will put it forward to my various industry contacts for funding/incubation and eventually to shoot a pilot to market to Amazon /NetFlix /Disney etc.
If you feel you may be a good fit or (even better) have a project already on the go which fits the bill please drop me a line and lets chat. Thanks! jono@filmhub.africa
Example: Rated R, NC-17, PG etc with the font/aesthetics that are typically associated. Greatly Appreciate any/all efforts.
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Following the mixed reception to Survivor: Cook Islands and its division of tribes based on ethnicity, Survivor would go back to the drawing board in order to revitalize the slow decline in viewership. The show was still a powerhouse on television, yet was unable to translate its new twists and changes into higher ratings despite numerous attempts. On top of that, concerns from both CBS and host Jeff Probst that Survivor was beginning to run its course after almost seven years meant it was more important than ever for production to produce a home run of a season. Unfortunately, just like its older sibling Cook Islands, Fiji would attract similar controversy over its central themes.
What is Survivor?
Skip if you’ve read any of my last posts, I recommend my write up on Fiji’s predecessor Cook Islands, or know about Survivor.
Survivor is a reality television competition where contestants are stranded on a deserted location and compete for a million dollars while living with the bare essentials. Upon arrival, contestants are split up into teams, called tribes, and compete for rewards to improve their living conditions as well as immunity from Tribal Council. The losing contestants must make the trek to Tribal Council to vote someone off their tribe: whoever has the most votes will be eliminated from the game. When about half the cast has been eliminated, the tribes are merged into one and contestants must then compete individually to win immunity. Finally, when only a handful of castaways remain, the contestants who have made it to the merge but were voted off form a jury that chooses which remaining contestant will earn the title of Sole Survivor, winner of the million dollar grand prize.
Each season varies in structure, and there are numerous twists and changes incorporated to switch things up, but Survivor at its core is truly a social game. The winner is usually not the one who wins the most challenges or does the most work at camp (though both of those traits can certainly help), but someone who can form strong bonds with others or at the very least have a story and strategy that the jury is willing to vote for. The winning contestant must be able to form a solid alliance, be respected by their peers, and search for any in-game advantages they can find to avoid
... keep reading on reddit ➡https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_content_rating_system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_picture_content_rating_system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_content_rating_system
The rating systems for game/tv/movie content is based on maturity regarding sex/violence/etc. If there is going to be this kind of nannying for parents, put something useful for everyone (regardless of family situation) along with it. There should be a system that conveys how scientifically/technically accurate the content is. Modesty-obsessed parents can have their secret donkey-monkey porn while the accompanying commentary can be rated for how biologically accurate it is. Meanwhile, those same people can still keep their state-mandated maturity content rating to stop them from actually doing any critical thinking about that issue on their own.
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/wddfj/til_nasa_often_shows_the_movie_armageddon_as_part/
Some content is so inaccurate (spaceships losing propulsion and coming to a stop instead of continuing motion, spacecraft and explosions making sound despite being in space, etc) that it makes Armageddon look like a documentary.
Some of you might say that this line of thinking could just keep snowballing into endless ratings that out-grow the size of the media title itself. Maybe, or maybe this just gets everyone to stop expecting mandated ratings. Either way, at least a scientific/technical rating would probably be a net-benefit for society.
I've wondered this forever but felt too nervous to ask at this point.
Follow up question, if it is interpolation, why do people shoot 24 in the first place? It seems pointless to have a computer interpret those frames over actually having them, right?
Hey there! It's probably important to say before all else that I hail from the UK, so it may be that everything I'm about to say is common knowledge and I've just completely overlooked it. Anyway, let's get to it.
I've noticed when watching American broadcasts of television shows - you get rating descriptors appear in the top left of the screen momentarily. Things to the effect of TV-PG, TV-14, TV-MA. I understand why this is deemed necessary, what with no other way of telling what the content the audience is about to be exposed to entails.
The first thing that I don't quite understand is how the range of content that is sorted into any certification can be so broad. For example, TV-14 plays host to Breaking Bad, Scream: The TV Show, Hannibal, Fringe, The Killing, House of Cards - but it also plays host to the (subjectively) milder Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Family Guy, The Simpsons, Arrow, Sherlock, Law and Order and Gotham - which seems to present a strange dichotomy of content intensity inside a single certification.
Further, the various TV-MA shows can sometimes be barely distinguishable (and often even tamer, arguably) than shows in the TV-14 bracket. Things like Narcos, Dexter, The Walking Dead, Mr Robot, American Horror Story, Game of Thrones, Black Mirror, Bojack Horseman, South Park and Homeland. I admit I may be ignorant to some cultural taboos - but I wouldn't say these shows are sufficiently more impactful to warrant their own rating?
Now, the obvious connection between movie and television ratings to make is that TV-14 is equal to PG-13, and the TV-MA rating equal to R.
However, from the first batch of TV-14 television shows I mentioned, I don't feel like any of them would be permissable at PG-13 if the television shows were translated as-is to a movie, whereas I feel that the second batch of TV-14 shows I mentioned most certainly would be permissable at PG-13 - maybe even PG in some cases. As a throwaway side-note, all but Fringe of the shows in the first batch have at least one episode rated 18 (the highest standard rating) in the United Kingdom.
Equally, I feel like a select few of the TV-MA crowd would just about scrape into the PG-13 category - such as Bojack Horseman and Black Mirror.
The point that I'm attempting to arrive at is that the US film ratings and the US television ratings systems seem to be at odds a little with their ratings. Is this because there's greater control on w
... keep reading on reddit ➡Perfect example of why QBR is stupid. Zach wilson had the highest QBR of any qb this week. He threw for 14/22 102yds w/ 1 TD and ran 4 times for 91 and a td. Burrow got 2nd with a literally (actually literally not literally like most people use it meaning figuratively) historic passing day of 37/46 for 525 and 4 TDs. Neither guy had any picks.
Zach wilson 92.4. Joe burrow 89.3.
The single highest QBR rated game of all time (only saw back to 2006 on the list and I’m technically “working” so I can’t put a lot of effort in looking it up so maybe not “all time”) per their website was a Carson Palmer game in 2009. Carson went 20/24 with 233 yds and 5TDs 0 ints. QBR 99.8 Don’t get me wrong that’s a great game but that’s the GREATEST QB GAME OF ALL TIME? (Or at least since 2006)
QBR is an extremely stupid metric and I refuse to ever use it. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk
I mean seriously, 95% of the movies on Netflix are below a 60% average on critic reviews and a below 85% average on user reviews. It is really annoying looking for good shows, but since the majority of the shows on Netflix are basically garbage, on every single show I have to google it just to see if it is good. So first, why is it that these companies pay to display such garbage shows, and second why are all companies in agreeance that taking away a rating system is good, (when in most cases I would have searched it up anyways).
Hello - I'm the new programming director for a community media org that handles the cable access channels for local subscribers. I'm on the hunt for additional sources of good content for padding out our schedule while we work on cranking out more local productions.
Currently we use Telvue Media Exchange and PEGMedia, which are decent databases for our needs, though somewhat patchy in terms of regularly updating shows, and have a limited range of topical and genre coverage.
I'm wondering if any of you can point me to similar resources for community broadcasters like us - either individual shows or channels or other media libraries like the above. Ideally we're looking for either license-free or by-permission programming that wouldn't require a syndication fee, but if there are other content libraries that have fees attached, I can look at our budget and see if it makes sense.
In terms of what we're looking for, literally any format or focus is welcome, as we have three channels that pretty much run the gamut in terms of what we can cast. Individual shows or stations like ours that allow rebroadcasting would be ideal, as would university or public institutions that allow their programming for use (apparently the University of California does this, I'm investigating further). Anything with a Creative Commons license is probably fair game as well. Also we are looking for movies and documentaries that are available under fair use or similar provisions.
Thanks in advance. I'm pretty new to this job and this particular field, so I'm learning as I go and may be missing something(s) obvious.
And what followed the next day even furthered my resolve. Hold so these fucks have no power over us anymore!
