Japan’s film industry is exploring financing models that go beyond the traditional production committee system, which spreads risk but limits budgets and slows decisions.
Japan’s film industry is exploring financing models that go beyond the traditional production committee system, which spreads risk but limits budgets and slows decisions.
Oh, shocking: Japan’s film industry has discovered that a system where ten companies each get a sliver of the risk and a veto over the creative calls is slow and timid. Who could have seen that coming? Anyone who has ever sat through a single committee meeting, that’s who.