MedicineFilms rules
Zac popped up with a comment at the vloggercon site and linked to MedicineFilms.com- a project of his and Regina's. It rules. It's like Tarnation crossed with Gummo crossed with Todd Haynes' Superstar crossed with MySpace. It feels pretty local too, which I love, looking to be Zac and his peeps from in and around Orlando, Florida. One of the main reasons the project works is because it uses a social construct of 'assignments. Regina writes in the FAQ:
Because this website is geared towards people who don't necessarily come from a film background, we find that the Assignments serve as a good launching board for people to begin thinking creatively about what types of home videos they want to make and inspire unique approaches to familiar subject matter. We also enjoy the implicit connection created between all of the movies that fulfill a particular assignment. The assignments are conceived by the site's founders and most active members. We enjoy the collaborative nature of assignment-based movies; each MedicineFilm is a collaboration between the person who wrote the assignment and the person who made a movie to fulfill the assignment. The idea of using assignments was inspired by Learning To Love You More, a project that was very influential to us.