Become a film producer!

Ok, say you’re a movie buff (like me).  Have you ever considered producing a piece? Or writing a simple plot?  If you have, I have found the perfect open source website where you can accomplish your dreams.

Open Source Cinema is a virtual space where you can upload your own videos, or remix other user’s content to create something entirely new.  You can use media from your own archives, or snatch a YouTube vid and start creating your masterpiece.

If you feel you have no ideas of your own, there is a ‘projects’ page, where current filmmakers create tasks for others to do for them.  This is a great opportunity to show off your editing skills.

There is an archive of footage (which has a license under Creative Commons) which you can use and remix including popular music, slideshows and videos to get you started.  YouTube even has a channel dedicated to Open Source Cinema.

Open Source Cinema is a collaborative project which was started in order to create the documentary film RiP!: A Remix Manifesto.  It started in 2004 and has had much input from users around the world; however, the six-year documentary will be finished this year.

Much of the content is based on Canada, because the creator Brett Gaylor is from Montreal, but that shouldn’t stop you from contributing.

Projects currently in progress include:

• RiP!: A Remix Manifesto 2.0
• Pre-empting Dissent – Open Source Secrecy
• Turcot; and
• Homless Nation 2010

Check it out and see what you can do!