Open-Source Cinema
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| On the business front, he's showing signs of early success. Early
| last year, he set up A Swarm of Angels, an open-source movie project
| in which anyone can pay a fee of £25, or about $50, in return for
| direct creative input--more money buys more control. So far, the
| project has attracted everyone from skilled filmmakers to
| run-of-the-mill movie buffs. He aims to attract 50,000 "angel"
| investors, adding up to a budget of $2.5 million. So far, he has
| 1,000 members and two scripts under production, one written by
| Hanson himself--though open to collaborative revision--and one
| that's mostly written by the members.
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http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/05/24/matt-hanson-movies-tech-cx_07rev_ll_0524hanson.html
Peer production.
Related:
This plot bites, let's buy a new one
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| Open source cinema occurs when a film is made available online for
| anyone to edit. Take Stray Cinema. Founded by a New Zealander,
| Michelle Hughes, last year, it allows people to download and edit
| footage from a short film she shot in London. Anyone is free to
| make a new version of her film and give it alternative scenes
| and endings.
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| Several feature-length open-source films have already appeared
| online, including Cactuses, a drama about youth culture in
| southern California, and Boy Who Never Slept, a comedy about
| online dating. Both were made by amateur filmmakers with tiny
| budgets - and it shows. Yet, thanks to the growing affordability
| of digital cameras and editing software, more people will be
| enticed and the quality of movies should improve.
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http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/11/1175971183182.html
Open Source Cinema -- No Kidding
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| But has anyone ever started by open sourcing their film with the
| intent of putting out the remix as the final product? A quick
| Google search lead to some kids at NYU who encouraged people to
| take the blessed geek trilogies and remix them into 5-8 minute
| short parodies, but better still I found Open Source Cinema.
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http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2007/04/open_source_cin.html
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