If you've been enjoying using this Internet thing to watch short films and sign anti-Uwe Boll petitions but have started wondering when it's going to begin impacting the way feature films actually get made, you might want to check out My Movie Studio. This is an Internet-based scheme designed to attract mobs of investors and unlikely sources of talent and bring them together in a plan to change the face of movies as we know it, or at least have some chuckles while perhaps making a few bucks. The site invites anyone who can come up with a dumb enough on-line pseud to set up a "pitch page" and describe their idea for a really cool movie. "Your Movie Pitch," as the rules lay it out, "is the plot of your movie, distilled to its most essential elements. Make it punchy. Make it specific. Give it a tone. Make it memorable. You can add anything you'd like to support your pitch: a synopsis, poster art, character art, storyboards, a longer treatment, a trailer you made with your friends, songs you think would be great in the soundtrack, original score by you—whatever you think will get people excited about your idea."
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