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Why are movies so expensive?

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jc_dunn
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All ski/bike/unicycle/snowboard/skateboard/etc. movies all so goddamn expensive? anyone got an explanation?
Feb 18 2005 5:14PM
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4frntSkier
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they need to make money
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Feb 18 2005 5:15PM
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kendrick
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little guys pay more for smaller quantities, plus they sell less and need to survive and keep the business alive.
Feb 18 2005 5:18PM
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ReggaeConcept
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Hollywood movies make an absolutely rediculous amount of money in the theaters. True, these movies cost more to make than ski movies, but they have a far larger profit. Since ski movies make money only from the DVD/video sales, the prices have to be significantly higher.

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Feb 18 2005 5:23PM
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Feb 18 2005 5:24PM
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pa_freeskier
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I dont know, I got my unicycle movies for cheap
Feb 18 2005 6:10PM
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gypsy
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classic law of supply and demand; they're expensive because we continue to buy them at the current price, so they continue to make and sell them at that price.
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Feb 18 2005 6:51PM
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3ski6guy0
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i dont think thats the reason^. its more because it costs them a ton of money to travel around the world filming shot and renting helicopters and stuff so they need to earn money somehow.
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Feb 18 2005 10:24PM
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ECfreeski3
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dude theyre not getting rich off these movies.
16 mm, travel, and paying athletes, and then selling the movies to a pretty small group of people, does not equal huge profit.
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Feb 18 2005 10:28PM
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skibio5
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also, they don't have a ton of people that go out and buy the movies, with hollywood dvd's they have a shitload of people that will go out and buy them, but with ski movies, only a few kids will get them
Feb 18 2005 10:28PM
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guddgulf17
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tru dat^. a lot of people have made good points
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Feb 18 2005 11:26PM
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skierbabe420
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cuz dey be broke.
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Feb 18 2005 11:50PM
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mnjib
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the deman is small there for the price is higher. here is a diagram....



this shows that the less quantity demaned the higher the price will be.
Feb 19 2005 1:49AM
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mnjib
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^ damn it i cant type!
Feb 19 2005 1:50AM
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Silence
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as mentioned it takes these guys like a year to make these movies all over the world travel, helicopters etc, they would go broke otherwise - like i think less than 1% of the world could name the title of a ski/board/skate movie.
So they gotta jack the prices...and we still gonna pay it
Feb 19 2005 7:43PM
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ski8990
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i dont think they pay the skiers. the skiers sponsors pay the skiers when their logos are in there



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Feb 19 2005 7:48PM
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Carter23
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because there are 242,456 new 'film companies' every year
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Feb 19 2005 9:16PM
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ECfreeski3
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^^ive always wondered if the athletes get paid, thanks for clearing that up
Feb 19 2005 9:31PM
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play
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the dvd's they burn them on alone cost 10-20 bucks or something plus they still have to cover costs cause 16mm is damn expensive

Mar 15 2005 12:09AM
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nsnski240
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it's all about the benjamins


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Mar 15 2005 12:17AM
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KeegLove
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they need to make money so that they can make new movies the next season


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Mar 15 2005 12:19AM
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freestyle_kyle
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ya it costs alot to make the movies and they have a smaller niche to sell them to, so the price is higher. i think its worth it, i would die inthe summer if i didnt have my trusty ski movies

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Mar 15 2005 1:18AM
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ineedarealname
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i dont no if anyone said this cuz im too lazy to read all the rest but i think along with all the other reasons about paying athletes,travel etc... is the fact that these guys risk it everyday they film to make these movies. if i was doing the stuff they were, i would for sure like to get something out of it.

Mar 15 2005 1:21AM
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johanblaze
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do you really watch unicycle movies?

Mar 15 2005 1:27AM
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Jibtech
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because ski film makers are money grubbing bastards.











Mar 15 2005 2:05AM
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Freestyla_01
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I think some of/most of the film production costs would be covered by those 15 different sponsor logos that show up at the beginning and end and middle of every ski movie you see.
They don't just put those logos there for nothing.
These companies pay for this.

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Mar 15 2005 2:12AM
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oO~sKiErGirL~Oo
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probably for the same reasons that you are such a post whore= greed.


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Mar 15 2005 2:46AM
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JIB_NISSE
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^no its just a low demand

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Mar 15 2005 10:26AM
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[fisher]
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SMall market = Less Sales = Higher Cost
Large market = Huge Sales = Lower cost

you do the math

Mar 15 2005 10:29AM
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Sharpy
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the athletes don't get paid I am pretty sure. It is like magazine picture, the skiers don't get paid by the magazine for shots, the sponsors pay the athleets for the number and size of pictures in mags.


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Mar 15 2005 10:44AM
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braz
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if u want, me and some friends, as mcloutier, are making a movie. Interested? email me


Mar 15 2005 12:58PM
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Fairview
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It's funny a guy from 2 plank would put that. Did you even watch the movie you made before you put it out? It's terrible. Just because mommy and daddy are rich, doesn't mean you should make a movie.



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Mar 15 2005 1:13PM
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kendrick
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it's even funnier that there's a supply and demand graph in this thread^

Mar 15 2005 1:40PM
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Huckasorass
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20 people just said the same thing

Mar 15 2005 1:47PM
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Nix
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"greed"???
right.



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Mar 15 2005 3:27PM
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oO~sKiErGirL~Oo
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^ haha the only reason I said that was to find a good way to call this thread starter a post whore.

it's actually cause they're facking expensive to make! we don't want poor nix and jeffy living in a dumpster now do we.


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Mar 15 2005 3:43PM
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Jib_This
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No. absolutely not. Not even REMOTELY the case.

Shooting a ski, bike, snow/wake/surf or whatever action sport movie is ludicrous. It's expensive, hard work, and requires more dedication to the cause than pretty much any kind of filmmaking I've come across. The budgets are low(even for the biggest companies, especially when compared to "legitimized" hollywood filmmaking), the time constraints are ridiculous, the locations are mind-numbingly difficult to find, access, and shoot at, scheduling it is a bitch, travel and film expenses are stupid, and on top of it all, you have to depend on weather to provide you with decent enough conditions to shoot.

Add to that the fact that you just don't sell that many copies, and that sponsors don't necessarily cover all your costs, that you don't generate any kind of revenue from theatre showings like Hollywood does, the cost of music or the lawsuit/editing changes you're likely to have to deal with if you don't pay for it, and the fact that at the end of the day, movie makers might enjoy dinner and a beer, and you have a recipe for high movie prices.

So the next time you're sitting on your ass watching a movie, think about what goes on behind the scenes during the making of that movie, and then maybe you'll stop bitching about how expensive it is. Greed? Only if you define "greed" as "unwillingness to forgo eating, and other basic needs".





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Mar 15 2005 4:37PM
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Lebbo
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From my days of eco I don't think that is how the law of supply and demand works...

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Mar 15 2005 6:12PM
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skiierman
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Haha, you guys have no idea of the price comparison between ski movies and the movies you find in a video store. Let's just say if ski movies where as expensive as regular movies, you would have spent enough money for a new pair of high-end skis after your 5th ski movie.


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Mar 15 2005 10:57PM
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asfffffffffdd
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cause everything in skiing is expensive

Mar 15 2005 11:10PM
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h3ofilms
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because we need to pay bills/buy beer/ect

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Mar 15 2005 11:40PM
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Marg
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because there arent that many people who ski compared to snowboarding and skateboarding. if the prices of the movies werent high then the companies would be in the whole and we wouldnt have ski movies so get over it

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