Video editors using video models can replace entire studio production departments. Writer-directors who know how to direct are essentially now Hollywood studios in their own right. I know a lot about this in particular because I've been making films as a hobby for 15+ years and work with a lot of industry professionals.

This is soul destroying. Literally made my day worse thinking about this.

>This is soul destroying.

Why?

10,000 students go to film school every year. A handful of them will have the autonomy and scope they want. The rest of their dreams die on the vine.

This is my friends' lives.

That should make your day worse.