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Well, if that's what your craft is all about Slashdot did an in depth analysis on the subject here: http://slashdot.org/topic/bi/can-big-data-prevent-hollywood

Well, if that's what your craft is all about Slashdot did an in depth analysis on the subject here: http://slashdot.org/topic/bi/can-big-data-prevent-hollywoods-blockbuster-flops/ http://slashdot.org/topic/bi/can-big-data-prevent-hollywoods... Here is a white paper on how to roll out you movie based upon "data scientist" analysis. http://www.google.com/think/research-studies/quantifying-movie-magic.html http://www.google.com/think/research-studies/quantifying-mov... I have no idea why you are seduced by this? Whistler likened painting portraits (which he was paid very well for) to prostitution and on his own time & dime gave us his nocturne paintings which ultimately inspiring Monet in the process. http://www.stargonaut.com/trialog.html http://www.stargonaut.com/trialog.html Analytics tells you where you have been not where you are going. Novelty changes everything and analytics can't predict innovation. That is why Hollywood and the music industry suck.

thenomad 13y ago
Thanks for the links - interesting stuff! Why I'm interested: because much like money, analytics are a terrible master but a wonderful servant. If you're ruled by them, I agree, that's limiting - but if what they're doing is providing useful information about your audience, that's invaluable. This is particularly true if you're a recording-based artist (I am), as it partially allows you to restore the feedback that you'd get from a live audience. As many people have said, before you can break the rules you should probably understand them. Likewise, before you go against audience expectations it's helpful to know what they expect.