@nadnerB said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
I don't get it and I would pay for it. But, TV Stations are soon planning to do the same thing.
The New contracts we got made mention of it as well as the fact that instead of getting paid normal flat rate contracts where we get paid a flat amount 50% up front, 50% when deliverables are handed over is changing. They plan on using this "early access" to gauge audiences and see how they like content. depending on how well the show/episode contractors work is in does in the early testing would be how they pay you. The more view and higher ratings the more you get paid (to a limit) but you could also be paid nothing. This is very risky for people like us who have no involvement in the actual outcome of shows. We could potentially spend a lot of money and see none of it back. It also will not make people "produce better content" as the distributors is hoping, it will just make them loose money to produce any content. This is why we are considering stopping at the end of our current contracts and liquidating our gear. It's just not worth the risk for us and we've been at this since we were in Highschool (though we interned at another company then).
^ That makes me mad. That means that less people will be making the content of those sites but they will be making more content to fill demand. In he end we will have more stuff but less quality stuff by several orders of magnitude.
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Where's my bucket of slap?! :rage1:
I think content creators will move to other mediums to produce for. While Youtube carries the same risk it has been shown that if your content is good people will watch it and you will get ad-revenue for it. This encourages people to make good content. You can also time your own episodes and release more of them per "season". There are also other video sites that are experimenting with different revenue streams for content creators.
