Let's jump out way into the future first. Ideal entertainment would be full immersion Matrix-style virtual reality.
Closer than that, as a New Yorker, I have found going to the cinema increasingly rare. It feels quaint - arranging my schedule around a place and time of another's choosing.
Based on this, I think the film will become more personal. Some have interpreted this as meaning interactive. I think this violates the human need for story telling and receiving - interactivity changes the social function of storytelling profoundly.
Instead, I see a more intimate experience. The key part would be entertainment, films, specifically designed for the format.
Note that intimate and social are not mutually exclusive. Better than interactivity would probably be characters and settings that build off their audience. Down to the dialogue.
That is something that I don't think Hollywood can do today.
Closer than that, as a New Yorker, I have found going to the cinema increasingly rare. It feels quaint - arranging my schedule around a place and time of another's choosing.
Based on this, I think the film will become more personal. Some have interpreted this as meaning interactive. I think this violates the human need for story telling and receiving - interactivity changes the social function of storytelling profoundly.
Instead, I see a more intimate experience. The key part would be entertainment, films, specifically designed for the format.
Note that intimate and social are not mutually exclusive. Better than interactivity would probably be characters and settings that build off their audience. Down to the dialogue.
That is something that I don't think Hollywood can do today.