Mobfilms: peer production in documentary filmmaking
This is one of the most interesting blogs I have discovered lately. Mobfilms monitors the emergence of new genres of documentary filmmaking, made by smart mobs, using new modes of collective production and editing. It’s a good source to monitor the new types of political documentaries, the machinima genre, and other initiatives.
Eamonn Crudden is also himself a documentary filmmaker, and is well versed in art theory and political analysis, but brings it in a fashion that is still understandable for the general reader. He also cites the P2P essay in his writings.
Here are some of the films reviewed:
- Thought Thieves, a short film competition about the theft of intellectual property by corporations
- The Codex, full Machinima series, done by students in a garage, but very popular
- Alive in Bagdhad, collective documentary on experience the war in Iraq, using Creative Commons licenses
This is just a smattering of the kind of reviewed mobfilms you’ll find on this weblog.
Strongly recommended.
