Amateur videographer Alex Favin records his friends doing skateboarding and break dancing after school. An independent entertainment company was looking for action videos to be streamed to cell phones and stumbled across Alex's MySpace page. This has propelled Alex into beginning his first feature film, XYZ backed by private investors. The kicker -- Alex is only 17! Talk about a lucky break! The Philadelphia Weekly ran a cover story about local youths who are going big thanks to the Internet and the whole social community aspect. Thanks to the internet, there are more and more opportunities to go independent with less risk than receiving backing from Hollywood. Take these kids' example and go for it!Screw Hollywood: How the MySpace/YouTube generation doesn't need it
Amateur videographer Alex Favin records his friends doing skateboarding and break dancing after school. An independent entertainment company was looking for action videos to be streamed to cell phones and stumbled across Alex's MySpace page. This has propelled Alex into beginning his first feature film, XYZ backed by private investors. The kicker -- Alex is only 17! Talk about a lucky break! The Philadelphia Weekly ran a cover story about local youths who are going big thanks to the Internet and the whole social community aspect. Thanks to the internet, there are more and more opportunities to go independent with less risk than receiving backing from Hollywood. Take these kids' example and go for it!
