CrowdSpirit.org
ok, here's a community based project with a difference. it will be interesting to see how it works out. i like the adventurousness of it!
"Step 1
The community sends ideas, fine tunes them & votes for the best one.
Step 2
The best ideas and their product specifications are jointly defined with Partners. Community Investors start financing the product development.
Step 3
The first prototype is tested and fine-tuned by the community.
Step 4
Customers purchase products thanks to the CrowdSpirit Supply chain. The community ensures the product support and recommends products to retailers."
the final countdown
By michelle, 5 years ago - No Comments
we had another submission yesterday, bumping us up to 21 in total, which means we need just nine more films before we reach the magic 30!
dogme 95
By michelle, 5 years ago - 2 comments
I watched an amazing film last night called ‘Open Hearts’. If you haven’t seen this film yet, then I highly recommend you watch it…soon!
It abides to the Dogma 95 Vow of Chastity, which is a set of rules made up by a bunch of film makers (including Lars von Trier) who believed that ‘The movie had been cosmeticised to death’. my friend emma first told me about this movement, in relation to stray cinema.
There is one paragraph in the Dogma 95 manifesto which I just love:
“Today a technological storm is raging, the result of which will be the ultimate democratisation of the cinema. For the first time, anyone can make movies. But the more accessible the media becomes, the more important the avant-garde, It is no accident that the phrase “avant-garde” has military connotations. Discipline is the answer ... we must put our films into uniform, because the individual film will be decadent by definition!”
That’s pretty cool, especially since this manifesto was written in the 60’s (*correction - as per comments on this blog - this manifesto was not actually written in the 60's - duh). I’m all for the democratization of film, and I think this political idea applied to modern films involves the internet, and the accessibility of digital media – whether it be hand held camera’s or your mobile phones etc. Film is cheaper now and easier than ever to make, putting filmmaking into new hands, and giving a different type of person (like me - and now you) the opportunity to tell their story using this all powerful medium.
I think filmmaking has a history of elitism. Whether it be the super expensive study of film, ‘who you know’ in the industry or how much backing you have from a producer (often back to who you know). Who is to say that these select, privileged few have the most original, interesting or even important stories to tell?
Anything’s possible in the world of amBX?
By michelle, 5 years ago - No Comments
Getting there anyway...amBX is Philips Electronics’ latest gaming technology:
"With amBX, filmmakers can embed ‘ambient experiences’ into their films: to influence lighting, sound and atmospherics in the world beyond the screen.
They can bring gentle shifts in light and colour around a viewer, to underscore changes in tone or scene: light-to-dark, reflecting onscreen weather, or providing metaphors for a character’s emotions.
It can also set pulses racing during effects-heavy action sequences: neon lights flash by during a car chase, or feeling the rumble of battle and seeing explosions flash in your peripheral vision. Or amBX can alter light and sound in more subversive ways to build tension, or help induce skin-crawling fear."
Snapvine is the new myspace?
By michelle, 5 years ago - 2 comments
sorry, it may seem i chop and change subjects/ interests randomly when i write this blog, but there are alot of different components to stray cinema. so while I am interested in film/ open source initiatives, there are also other things of interest to me...for example social networking.
we all know myspace is one of the biggest brands online, here is another site snapvine, that seems to be on the rise in usa. it's like myspace...but with voicemail instead of comments. We just want to get closer and closer to our cyber counterparts don't we?
By michelle, 5 years ago - No Comments