I’m very impressed by Finite Films. They’re a band of filmmakers who produce one Hollywood-level quality short film every month — and each of their short films works within the constraints that people give them on the web.
Michael Tucker — part of the group — tells me that it’s “basically an experiment in social media and co-authorship with the audience”. Here is how it works: You go to their site, send them a constraint for their next short film, they pick their 21 favourites, you vote for them. The top seven define the next short. So, basically, you can get a movie in which:
• Someone falls into a whole.
• Someone gets eaten by a dinosaur.
• Two dozen tigers dance.
• A plane disappears.
• Semi-naked amazons hunt a mammoth.
• It rains coffee.
• Richard Nixon eats a doughnut.
I would watch that movie.
They are now currently accepting submissions for their June film, which will be premiering in June 2012. [Finite Films]
ThatGuy
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 6:50 AMNot sure if this “hole” post was proof read.
olearymo
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 9:06 AMThey fall into a whole…
…lotta trouble maybe? :P
Iceleron
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 2:50 PMBazinga!
wsDK_II
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 9:12 AMlooks awesome.
Rollz
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 11:22 AMThey pick their 21 favourites…….. So the public do not truly define the movie. Its fair enough as idiots would post totally unacceptable ideas and even more idiots would vote for them (me for instance). In the end it sounds like a film group that lacks imagination.