The Future of Movies

Growing up, there were only two rooms in the house that had air conditioning.
We would all fall into those rooms on days when it was too hot. I always
remember that feeling of walking from the cool, air conditioned room, opening
the door to get out, and hitting that wall of moisture and heat.The summer is
always a time that my mind associates with the movies. Overtime, my once
weekly ritual has become, "we can wait till Netflix."Things started to changed
last winter when "The Force Awakens" reminded me of the joys of going to the
movies and how much fun it can be to surrender your complete attention to
something else for two hours. TheatersTheaters have become an escape for me,
but I don't go to the movies to see a particular movie anymore. Normally,
there are about two movies a year that I am generally excited to go see. But
lately, I have been liking to go to the theater more often.The movie theater
is one of the last places where it is socially unacceptable to look at your
phone. While I was having my moment of Zen in the movie theatre, I was looking
around and there was very few people. This was a film that you would expect
more people to show up to during the prime time showing. VR the AnswerLately,
I have been thinking about ways to detox from my life with technology. It has
become all too much for me to take in. Naturally, VR has been something that
has been mentioned for movies and to be installed in theaters.There is
something that is gross about sharing a VR headset with a stranger, but I
wanted to think about what movies I would want to watch in VR and would not
make me sick for two hours. There were a lot of questions that I wanted to
ask. Video on DemandLately, I have been purchasing/renting a lot of content
from Amazon and Vimeo. I feel like these distribution channels allow me to
consume a lot more interesting content that ever before. If you don't live
near an indie movie house, some films are hard to come by. But, services like
Vimeo allow creators to get their film out to audiences. I would love to know
the split and how Vimeo compares to iTunes.The rise of niche streaming
services has been interesting. I subscribe to a few of them to get even more
diverse information into the picture. It forced me to open myself up to a new
content age, new rules of film, and not just watching whatever. What's
Next?How many people watch a movie at home with their phone next to them? I
know that sometimes when I am watching a move the phone gets looked out way
too much. I think that takes away from the movie. My attention is getting
broken up. It is different, I think, with a TV show than it is with a movie.
We are trained to have commercial breaks. That is what I love most about the
theater and that is what keeps me going regularly.