When it came to actually making the films, however, they found a significant bias towards more well-established screenwriters, who saw their scripts produced at a much higher rate, regardless of the ranking of the script. One reason for that, she and her colleagues speculate, is that scripts by well-known authors may circulate among many fewer executives, while new writers may send their scripts out more widely.
So new writers may receive fewer votes per reader than those more-established—something executives might take into account, consciously or not, when choosing which script to produce. Even so, says Luo, the list can help newer writers get more of a shot at seeing their movies made, even if not at the same rate as their more experienced peers. The success of films on the Black List shows that even with all of its flaws, a list crowdsourced by experts can be an incredibly strong predictive tool, helping to pick eventual winners and consider more out-of-the box ideas.
Similar processes may be used in other industries as well, Luo says. In a typical corporation, for example, a product management team of maybe two or three people makes the final decision about what products to invest in—but dozens of people in the company, across marketing, product development, and other divisions, may have seen an idea in early stages. Coming up with a way to survey those people regularly on what ideas seem most promising could offer valuable insight in making the final decision.
Michael Blanding is a writer based in the Boston area. Hollywood insiders have created "The Black List," which helps surface good but often overlooked scripts. Does the wisdom of the crowd work at the box office?
Research by Hong Luo. New to Hollywood Studies have shown that aggregating a large number of independent guesses, even by inexpert and unknowledgeable sources, can produce surprisingly precise and successful outcomes. The Aaron Sorkin factor When it came to actually making the films, however, they found a significant bias towards more well-established screenwriters, who saw their scripts produced at a much higher rate, regardless of the ranking of the script.
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