Rootclip

Everybody's been bouncing this idea around for a long time, but nobody's actually made an official suggestion. So I'm doing my official duty and being the fuse to this long-awaited bomb.

Who has interest in using Rootclip as the launch point for a collaborative feature-length film?

There's a lot of talent here and a number of ambitious teams waiting in the wings for the next story to start. It's my personal feeling that not only CAN we pull off something this big, but that we can generate a lot of interest and acclaim should we choose to apply ourselves to such an ambitious and lofty project.

Obviously, there's a downside: working with ever-changing locations and actors, and even video quality, could make for a very tricky film to follow. It'd take some meticulous planning and storytelling to organize a movie that can make so many frequent jumps and still be both entertaining and accessible.

Some considerations I've had are to shoot a Cloverfield-style movie, where different teams represent different camera operators in different locations, either taping different perspectives of the same situation, or taping related-but-different events entirely. This would avoid needing identical settings and actors.

Another idea would be to shoot a movie in the style of Sin City: each team contributes a story that's set in the same world with the same flavor, but features a different character and different events. Locations could likely be fudged, given they remain generic ("urban environment"), and the stories could still interlink through verbal or visual reference -- and goodness knows we've gotten pretty good at that, given the number of crafty Jim-inserts and revisions we've managed in the past.

A third idea: Heath Ledger's final film was shot in such a way that his role was played by several actors, depending on the scene. Perhaps we could use a similar concept and construct a movie where different scenes are set in different worlds or dimensions, and therefore the characters change depending on the point in the movie.

Regardless of how it happens, I believe it'll get noticed if it happens. Rootclip's had a presence at multiple festivals already; how many more should it earn access to if it's responsible for a groundbreaking feature shot all over the country (or WORLD)?

Toss in your ideas and thoughts; I'd love to hear who's interested in maybe getting involved with this. I am fully sold that if we manage to make this, it won't go unnoticed.