| What do you get when you combine the popular | | | | traced back to the first Open Source movie |
| Web 2.0 model of social networking (Facebook, | | | | project, which was launched in 2005. Although the |
| Orkut, MySpace) with filmmaking? Social | | | | project never gained visibility amongst a |
| Filmmaking - The New Age Mashup. | | | | mainstream audience, it was lauded by industry |
| A "Mashup" is defined by Wikipedia as, "A web | | | | experts who were amazed at the possibilities of |
| application that combines data from more than | | | | using the Internet as a collaboration medium. |
| one source into an integrated experience." When it | | | | Before this era, no one had dreamed that people |
| comes to Social Filmmaking, the two sources are | | | | collaborating on a website could ever make a film |
| namely: "Social Networking," i.e. a collaboration of | | | | together. Although that dream is far from being |
| like-minded individuals on a Web 2.0 platform that | | | | realized even today, it is not very distant. With |
| encourages sharing of messages and media, and | | | | the power of the Internet, and particularly as |
| "Filmmaking"-the process of creating films for | | | | like-minded, talented individuals begin to |
| entertainment or education. | | | | collaborate-working as remote teams from |
| Social Filmmaking has found its unique definition | | | | different parts of the globe-a skilled resource pool |
| already-defined as the process of building either a | | | | has emerged that knows what people want to |
| part of, or a complete film, through a group of | | | | see and is competent enough to deliver tiny bits |
| people collaborating on a social networking | | | | and pieces of entertainment together. |
| website. The origins of Social Filmmaking can be | | | | |