star-wreck-in-the-pirkinning &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://wordpress.com/tag/star-wreck-in-the-pirkinning/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "star-wreck-in-the-pirkinning" Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:48:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[Open-source films to "wreck the Hollywood model"?]]> http://electronrun.wordpress.com/?p=495 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:15:12 +0000 Dimitrios Matsoulis http://electronrun.es.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/open-source-films-to-wreck-the-hollywood-model/ Following the lead of music and software, movies might be the next thing that becomes more easily distributed, and more importantly, simply and cheaply produced. Wreck A Movie is the open-source Finnish platform that wishes to free creativity from the bounds of Hollywood and the studio system in general. Board member and entrepreneur Peter Vesterback describes the software's aim in simply words: "we want to wreck the Hollywood model". His logic is that Hollywood produces about 700 films annually but there is thousands of people that would love to get a chance at movie making.

To get an idea of what can be done, check out Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, a film that cost $20,000 and has been downloaded from the Internet 8 million times! It has sparked a range of games and merchandise that bring income, in other words the model is to give viewers something for free and if they are happy they contribute via related products. (continued)

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