When I was at Scripps, we created a fund to invest in innovative ideas. We called it the Entrepreneur Fund, and it’s spawned a lot of neat projects. But the one I’m most geeked about has just gone into beta and it’s definitely worth keeping an eye on. It’s called RootClip, and the general idea is that someone creates a one minute video segment of a story — a root clip. Other folks then jump in and create the next segment, with site users voting on which one should become the next installment. Ideally, you end up with a coherent story created by multiple filmmakers and driven by popular vote.
Check it out. If it’s going to succeed, it will need to attract a broad range of aspiring filmmakers who are willing to play along …
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Very cool idea!
Let’s see what happens . . . .