Your Broadcaster is a social networking site with a specific goal; to build and create five feature length films through collaborative user generated input.
The film projects fall into five categories: Bollywood, horror, thriller, drama and comedy. Members participate through the submission of scripts, auditions, characters, cartoons and stunts. Submissions are then voted upon by other members. Uploads from the most popular members will then be used as the basis for the final films.
Interestingly the project is not free for those who wish to submit content for consideration. Your Broadcaster charges $10 per film project or $35 for participation in all 5. Free memberships give voting rights as well as your typical social networking tools of user blogs, discussion groups etc but do not allow submission of material for the film projects.
The pitch for the paid version includes a copyrighting facility to protect project members’ work. Subscribers to this service have their work protected in a “Seal file” which encrypts data and secures the information.
Your Broadcaster hails from the Isle of Man, an Island best known for its provision of off-shore banking accounts. Maybe it’s something in the water as unfortunately Your Broadcaster’s remuneration scheme looks something like an Amway presentation. Yet as an idea there might be something to it. Citizen generated media has been eating away at the foundations of Hollywood for years. Short film has been conquered so why not aim at the next obvious target, feature films. There are no certainties that Your Broadcaster is going to succeed, however it’s likely they’ll end up the first of many startups aiming to tap into collaborative media as a basis to build content that is more than just short film.
That’s so weird. I was thinking about doing something like this!
I have a feeling that charging for submitting content is a big no no if you want to build an audience.
Dan
we started an open wiki like project to make the first wikfilm (its in Israel – the site is in Hebrew) – the script is abaut “blind dates – every one is welcom to write a short scene we are half way in the script & translating the project in to English. the project is open & charge no fee
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if someone is how read this is interested in helping us continue the project
in the dot.com sphere, you are welcome to mail me.
if you read Hebrew you can visit our site: http://www.yallabye.ws
im an israeli filmmaker
Plotbot (http://www.plotbot.com) does a pretty good job of letting people write together on a screenplay. There’s no weird ownership stuff, either – it’s just a tool you can use to write your films.
Hmmm… Plotbot
wow that one (plotbot) looks great…
meanwhite you can contribute to opensourcecinema.org for free
Curious why they are using the .net extension and not the .com extension, which they also own.
I’m curious to see how many filmmakers go for this. It takes a lot to push someone enough to pay to upload content, especially if there is no immediate reward. Plus, there may be one person who has a great idea that everyone feeds of off, but ends up getting the least credit.
As of now I only saw 4 videos on the site and they aren’t really related to anything.
hi hari – your project opensourcecinema.org is so important. i write abut it in israel. (as afilmmaker i can say that the same thing is happening in films.
the studios take the rights & the filmmakers & the audience lose….
ill spread the word obaut your important project in israel…