Film Industry links for Crowdsourcing & Crowdfunding

·              Define crowdfunding & crowdsourcing

·         Research examples of these at work in the film industry

·         Link the examples to the four prompt questions from the exam board

The four prompt questions from the exam board

1.       How have online media developed?

(changed from the past)

2.       What has been the impact of the internet on media production?

(does it allow more people to produce their own media? what effect has it had on mainstream media?)

3.       How is consumer behaviour and audience response transformed by online media, in relation to the past?

(audiences and the difference the internet has made)

4.       To what extent has convergence transformed the media?

(technology's impact- mobile devices, TV online, etc)

Ø  A bit of an overview

http://blog.hootsuite.com/crowdsourcing-film-industry/

Ø  Crowdfunding:

http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/may/22/iron-sky-crowd-sourcing-funding

https://www.kickstarter.com/?ref=nav

http://www.indiegogo.com/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/02/08/is-crowdsourcing-the-future-of-film/

http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2013/06/james_franco_becomes_latest_fi.html

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/04/kickstarter-crowdfunding-uk-projects-success

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21574994

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/02/kickstarter-first-oscar/

Ø  Crowdsourcing

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16700913

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_a_Day_%282011_film%29

http://www.starwarsuncut.com/

http://www.ourrobocopremake.com/