This just motivates me to write and direct my own films even more,I would love to sell a script get it made into a film, but i want to see what i write turned into reality.

Scott -

I was confused as the previous article noted an increase in movie revenue, but this one notes a tightening of the belt. It seems a bit contradictory.

It sounds like you've narrowed it with one stable element - focus on that strong story concept and characters and write that incredible script!

Thanks for keeping us informed - I really appreciate your blog. :)

Julie, the confusion likely lies in referring to two areas of money: The first is box office revenues, which are up; the area in discussion per the recent event at the WGA Theater was talking about development dollars which evidently are down. The latter is more reflective of a downward trend in DVD sales (for the last 18 months or more); if box office continues to go up, perhaps development budgets rise as well. But I suspect most of Hwood sees the current B.O. uptick as a temporary thing related to consumers responding to the recession - wanting cheap (relatively) entertainment.