Unreliable Idea # 24 The Movie You Mix at Home

Michela Sedgewick lays claim to the first remixable movie called Sanctuary.
The film is about a virtual superhero and when its released there will be a conventional version plus a website and DVD from which people can download, manipulate and modify the film.

This follows on from the video game Half Life code release, Nine Inch Nails and the remix of the film 'The Birth of a Nation'.

Predictably the Actors Union is less than enthusiastic because of the potential for unlicensed use of performances slotted into other peoples work...
[originally an SMH article]

BUT the point is, what is this about...
Now we can decide how the story develops and ends...
Is this really creative? individualistic? riding on the back of someone elses gifts?
Is it another challenge to meta-narratives or a creative way to take other peoples stories and draw more heavily on the ethical or spiritual themes within...

I'd love to see groups of young people shooting biblical, spiritual, life stage or totally fictional stories in teams and maybe including a whole range of strands and emphasis that they could then edit to show their own spin on the story!!

Make a night of the premieres