Below is a segment of an article from The Economist about the role the internet plays on the film industry. The segment leads me to ask the question: is the democratisation of the film industry the end film as an art?
“Snakes on a Plane”, for instance, started off in development as a horror film. As the project got attention online its maker, New Line Cinema, listened, and changed the plot to be more comic in tone. Blowtorch, a young media company making video content for 18- to 24-year-olds, is pushing this further. It will allow audiences to influence its movies via the web. They will be invited to vote on elements of a film’s soundtrack, an actor’s wardrobe, or even character development. [ The Economist]
