What’s Next for Kayatick Styles | The Future of Independent Film As Hollywood struggles to evolve, Kayatick Styles builds a new blueprint for the future of Black-owned media through independent film, music, and digital storytelling. The Setup This is Kayatick Styles, an independent film studio built from the ground up. For eight weeks, we explored how Hollywood moves. The money, the control, the machine behind the image. From licensing to marketing, everything runs on contracts and connections. But this chapter is not about them. It is about what comes next. What it looks like when a creator turns lessons into...

Discover how film production really works — from Hollywood’s high-budget machine to independent filmmaking powered by hustle, heart, and creativity. Learn the full production flow and how indies get it done without millions. Introduction Production is where every dream finally hits daylight — and daylight costs.In Hollywood, it’s a well-oiled system: cranes, closed streets, 100-person crews.In the independent world, it’s you, a camera, and whoever showed up after work to help. Both call it “Day One.”But they’re playing two very different games. This is a look inside both — how the production process actually flows, where the money goes, and...