Tighten your braids and steady your nerves - we're remaking Matilda this summer!
The story of spunky Matilda and her schoolmates standing up to ignorant, mean-spirited, and downright awful adults is getting the Vermont glow-up! Sign up for a scene and make this story your own!
HOW IT WORKS
Each team (which is one or more people) signs up to participate in the project and are randomly assigned a one-to-three minute scene from a feature film. There are an average of 30-40 scenes for Vermonters to remake with their own costumes, special effects, sound, and style. Crowdsourced VT provides support along the way, with online workshops, tech support from local community media centers, and a Discord server to share your ideas and works in progress. The final production is assembled, color corrected, and normalized at the Media Factory. Finally, in November we all gather at premieres around the state to celebrate.
SIGN UPS AND INFO
Sign ups begin April 18th, and continue until we have all scenes claimed!
CRUNCHUM HALL ORIENTATION GUIDE
April 18, 2025, 5pm Signups Open
May 6, 2025 Scene and Soundtrack Distribution
September 26, 2025 Scenes Due
October 3, 2025 Soundtrack Due
THE PARTNERS
Crowdsourced Cinema VT is a statewide creative project, produced by the Media Factory in partnership with an alliance of Vermont community media centers. The organizations are all members of the Vermont Access Network, (VAN), a membership organization of the 24 regional Community Media Access Centers operating more than 80 local cable channels across Vermont. VAN Members use emerging communications technologies to foster free speech, encourage civic engagement, enhance public discourse, and allow elected officials and community members to communicate better. Key project partners include Brattleboro Community TV, Greater Northshire Access Television, Mt. Mansfield Community Television, Lake Champlain Access TV, ORCA Media, and Junction Arts and Media, all of whom run summer camps for Crowdsourced Cinema VT or coordinate events and workshops.
The Crowdsourced Cinema VT project is part of a national collaboration with Brookline Interactive Group, Northampton Open Media (the original creator of Crowdsourced Cinema), and Community Media Access Collaborative Fresno – each are producing their own version of the same film.
All Media Factory videos are licensed under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0