This is an exciting time to be an aspiring filmmaker as technology has made it easier than ever to get your work and your name out to the people. One new site has popped up that promises to be quite exciting: It’s called HitRECord.org, and it’s backed by Joseph Gordon Levitt, or “Average Joe” as he is listed on the site.
The site involves either posting a creation of sound, film or text, or collaborating on a current project on the site. You can download any project and add creative ideas, tweak certain aspects or add the one thing missing to make it a hit. If the video is deemed worthy, Levitt will go with it, and all the people who worked on it get a share of the money. Currently, Levitt is working on some of the projects on the site along with people at a kiosk at the Sundance Film Festival, with the actor planning to show a finished project at the festival.
This article appears in Jan 27 – Feb 2, 2010.