Gift cards to restaurants or movies are always well received.

Great movie, enjoy the popcorn.

So it's not simply a question of which generation is bigger: there are other groups move into town.Demographics that forecast doomsday scenarios are fun to think about just like watching Mad Max movies, but I'm not too worried. 

Sectors like brick and mortar retail & movies might shift to online irreversibly.

Any advice about movie passed those fears would be greatly appreciated.TIA,Jason

On top of that, our movie tax credit could be slashed...de-incentivizing Netflix and others from coming here...plus, sales tax could greatly increase on normal goods.

What was that movie, if you build it, they will come. 

What movie you saw last, what your top 3 favorite movies are.

At that point I explain to the how Tom Cruise has been doing brutal movies since before they were born and how even he won’t be able to get them out of it if they skip on me.

My thoughts are for your situation: - there must be other people in the movie industry who are making good cash that could partner with you if you spend the time to learn how to analyze and find good deals- When you do get busy, save as much as you can to put towards an investment purchase yourself- house hacking if done right, could significantly bring down your home costs, which would allow you start while living for cheaper/free and pursuing your filmmaking dreams!