Project DescriptionCollabFeature is a group of independent filmmakers from all over the world who have come together to pool our talents and resources into making multi-director features. Each filmmaker pitches ideas for his/her segment. As a group, we brainstorm, discuss and decide on the best ideas. The filmmakers write, produce, direct and edit their own piece. Together, we promote and screen the finished feature all over the world, sharing credit and any profits.Your Role as Collaborator If you join us, you will write, produce, direct and edit one segment (ranging from 1 to 10 minutes) of a feature film. Your piece will be conceived of and written by you. You will have creative freedom within the rules of the premise. Each segment needs to move the overall story forward and respond to the other segments. The CollabFeature organizers (Lights Go Down, LLC) will facilitate the project through completion and will oversee recruiting, coordinating, website, overhead, final post-production, promotion and marketing. Each filmmaker is responsible for producing his/her own segment. We encourage you to be resourceful and creative in creating a quality piece on a low or no budget. The technical requirements (camera, format, etc.) will vary from project to project. For the first CollabFeature, filmmakers shot on a range of HD cameras. The Finished Film Once completed and approved by the filmmakers, we will submit to festivals and pursue distributors, but our main promotion muscle will be ourselves. With dozens of us to promote the film in our local areas, we can debut the film in multiple markets to a global audience. The unique story behind the process--an international group of filmmakers collaborating online-- will help draw press, audiences and distributor attention. Current and Upcoming Projects In the summer of 2010 we shot our first multi-director feature. It is now in post and you watch the trailer on our Home Page. We plan to premiere it in Spring of 2001. Starting December 2010 the writing process of our second project begins. “Train Station” (working title) starts with a character who must make a choice. At the moment of his decision, we cut to the next scene. Each scene, filmed by a different director, retells the end of the previous scene with different actors/settings. The new scene continues on until the character encounters a new choice. Each new director re-interprets the situation in his/her own style. Other projects in the works include “The Power Outage” featuring a world-wide blackout that spreads from city to city, leaving characters in the dark, a film about a comedic character on a round-the-world journey, a satire about the music industry, and several documentary ideas. And we are always looking for new premises. If you would like to write and direct a segment for one of our upcoming projects, please read the FAQ section and apply to join CollabFeature here. |
About CollabFeatureCollabFeature is a group of independent filmmakers from all over the world who have come together to create a feature film made up of multiple individual stories. Each filmmaker writes, produces and directs his or her own small segment of the film in his or her own country. By pooling our talents and resources, we hope to make something bigger than the sum of its parts -- a kind of film that has never been made before. Read our Bios Read about our First Project Frequently Asked Questions |