Over the last week, I’ve come across two different video projects online that are using or used the power and reach of the internet to produce them. The first one is a group that setting out to remake Star Wars, but letting people pick their favorite scene and recreate it however they want. The second is a music video that that was written, produced and shot by user submissions to the creators youtube channel. He also has a bigger vision of getting this song on the UK music charts to raise money for charity.
Here are the videos:
Star Wars: Uncut Trailer from Casey Pugh on Vimeo.
I just love the idea, and really enjoyed the results. I was thinking this could be a fun youth group project. Getting different groups of kids to shoot different parts of video and putting them all together could be a really fun activity. I used to volunteer in a ministry that had a film festival of student made films every year and something like this would have been a great addition. And with the availability of cameras like the Flip
Star Wars Uncut looks amazing…it makes me want to claim a scene and shoot it.
Here’s another webcam-based music video that will blow your mind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfBlUQguvyw