There is indeed a revolution underway in movie making. Independents are now getting their hands on some wonderful technology and independent film making is the growth market. Independents can make movies on micro budgets.
Hollywood is not making mid-budget movies. They are rolling the dice on blockbuster attempts using $100+ million dollar budgets. They are also losing a hell of a lot of money doing it.
It's all about "deals" in Hollywood. Movie stars and directors are called "attachments" now. Note the language of lawyers. They think if they blow enough cash, filling the screen with big names, every fool in American will drop $9 to see it, without regard to the quality of the story.
It is gratifying to see these ruthless people losing hundreds of millions of dollars paying self-absorbed, loony actors $15 million apiece to make movies which lose money by the trainload.
Hollywood is a land of dead people walking around. It's a world of dinosaurs, not innovators. The old model is broken and they don't know what to do.
Good job. Keep me posted on how you are doing, I am particularly interested in this as a writer. I believe that the movie business is definitely in the crosshairs for a BIG change in this direction. There is a huge market out there for good, old fashioned movies with good acting and real plots. National Review recently featured an article on this very topic.