RootClip – a successful 28 chapters
A few years ago, I started the project 28 Chapters – a collaborative movie project. While it went along fine for a while, interest dropped after the first 8 or 9 chapters, and I didn’t spend much time trying to promote it either – I had too many other things I wanted to do.
Now, RootClip has done what I didn’t, and made a – or actually several – successful collaborative movie project(s). That’s a really cool project, and they’ve done a lot of good decisions when building it.
I wish I had completed 28 chapters, but I didn’t, and I’m glad someone has “taken over”. I wonder if the creators ever saw 28 chapters… and I wonder if it had been more successful if I had started it a little later, and had used even more time on it, and promoting it. But I suppose the main factor to making it is opening up a bit – 28 chapters was pretty strict in many ways.
Anyway, check them out. Good stuff.
December 22nd, 2008 at 4:33 pm
I just found out about your blog because you referenced Rootclip! I actually hadn’t heard of 28 Chapters until now. You definitely were onto something. I liked where your story was going, too. Sorry that it just wasn’t finished. Pretty cool that each chapter was really short. That probably lent itself to more people feeling like they could participate.
We’ve had a blast getting Rootclip off the ground, but it feels like we’ve still got a long way to go. Many lessons have been learned and we’re continually making improvements.
Thanks for writing this post! Hopefully, it will help to get more people involved in collaborative moviemaking!! We’ve got a new story starting at the first of the year, so you’ll have to keep your eyes out! Any chance you think you’ll get in on the action?
I’d love to hear any words of wisdom or lessons that you’ve learned along the way with your similar project. If you want to reach out, send me an Email sometime. Have a merry Christmas!
Peace!
~Erik Luchauer
Rootclip.com
http://luchauer.com (personal site)
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Hey, thanks for posting here!
I think you have made a lot of right decisions overall, and it’s no doubt that it’s fairly successful already!
It would be really cool to send in a chapter for the new movie, I’ll check it out as soon as it’s up.
I’ll send you an email some day it’s not Christmas, but until then: Merry Christmas!
Eivind