Wired 12.01: PLAY: "11:59 pm Could you write, cast, shoot, score, and edit an entire movie in a day? The 24 teams that competed in New York City Midnight Moviemaking Madness on October 18 think they can. Digital video makes it feasible - barely - as well as affordable enough to open the contest to aspiring filmmakers with meager, sometimes nonexistent, budgets. The prize: $10,000 cash. Go.
12:10 am
At DV Dojo, a digital editing center in the Bowery, the judges announce the genre (mystery) and topic (unwanted gift), and the teams rush to taxis and subways. Damon Chang phones the details to his teammates in the Tuscan Nomads, who will shoot on location in their hometown of Austin, Texas. Tomorrow he hopes to have a final print beamed via satellite to the Empire State Building and a copy sent by FTP to Columbia University as a backup. He kicks back with a ham sandwich and an Orange Crush. "
12:10 am
At DV Dojo, a digital editing center in the Bowery, the judges announce the genre (mystery) and topic (unwanted gift), and the teams rush to taxis and subways. Damon Chang phones the details to his teammates in the Tuscan Nomads, who will shoot on location in their hometown of Austin, Texas. Tomorrow he hopes to have a final print beamed via satellite to the Empire State Building and a copy sent by FTP to Columbia University as a backup. He kicks back with a ham sandwich and an Orange Crush. "
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