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Thursday 24 April 2008, 10:14 PM
Coming soon - open source movies?
We all know by now that the open source model doesn't just apply to software - but can it make movies?
Wreck A Movie thinks so. The group, based in Finland, but open to all over the web, is working on a film called Iron Sky. They hope that the film - and other projects - can be made, like an open source software project, "almost for free".
As you'd expect, Iron Sky is a geek's breakfast - in the year 2018, the world is suddenly attacked by renegade Nazis, who've been based on the dark side of the moon since they perfected anti-gravity in the last days of the war.
Cnet reports that the project developed from the Finnish language Trek-spoof Star Wreck, apparently an Intrenet cult which I have to admit ignorance of till now.
What's actually happening on the Wreck A Movie is a series of discussions to of plot and settingsm adding details to the moonbase like exploding oil barrels. Actual filming will happen in a low-cost way that's not entirely clear, there's another film starting discussion - and the promise of visitors starting their own projects.
Wreck A Movie thinks so. The group, based in Finland, but open to all over the web, is working on a film called Iron Sky. They hope that the film - and other projects - can be made, like an open source software project, "almost for free".
As you'd expect, Iron Sky is a geek's breakfast - in the year 2018, the world is suddenly attacked by renegade Nazis, who've been based on the dark side of the moon since they perfected anti-gravity in the last days of the war.
Cnet reports that the project developed from the Finnish language Trek-spoof Star Wreck, apparently an Intrenet cult which I have to admit ignorance of till now.
What's actually happening on the Wreck A Movie is a series of discussions to of plot and settingsm adding details to the moonbase like exploding oil barrels. Actual filming will happen in a low-cost way that's not entirely clear, there's another film starting discussion - and the promise of visitors starting their own projects.
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I hope they can pull it off, but it won't be as easy as software collaborations; the difference between this and open source software is that with software it doesn't cost any of the people involved any money, a movie on the other hand, they'll have to hire equipment and actors (unless there's open source acting).
This means they'll have to make money out of the movie to recoup those costs, once you start making money out of it, the rest of the contributers will want to be compansated too.
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