Our goal and purpose of the site
Rootclip.com was created to give filmmakers, writers, actors and anybody who just likes to watch movies the ability to collaborate on a video project. Our goal is to be the catalyst that gets people thinking and being creative with video in such a way that it infects the masses and brings a new life to the art of filmmaking. Get creative and show us what you've got!
We know that this is a video site and that you'd probably rather watch something than read, so check out this story by a local NBC affiliate to learn what we're all about.
How it all began
The idea of Rootclip began in a hospital room of all places. Kevin and Erik had been spending many nights with a family member in the hospital. In passing the long hours through conversation, Kevin and Erik both remembered how they enjoyed choose-your-own adventure books when they were kids. That turned into an "it would be cool if (insert anything here)...was a website" type of conversation, which led to the initial idea that is now Rootclip. Originally, the guys thought that their site was going to be like '24', but using minutes instead of hours and doing everything in real-time. They quickly decided that would take a LONG time to finish a story and there could be times (like 3:42am) that aren't going to be very interesting for the viewer. Then they thought to do a very localized storyline that would incorporate landmarks as central pieces of the story, but thought that would really limit them to the city they live in for an audience. So after some advising and revising, the idea is what you see today.
How it works
We create a short video clip or "Rootclip" to start the story. You watch our video, then shoot your own rendition of what should happen next in less than 2 minutes. Once you've created your video, upload it to Rootclip.com during the submission period and compete for votes against the videos from other users. Gain the highest percentage of user and judge votes during the voting period and your video becomes the next chapter in the story.
