Well-known film producer and teacher Dov Simens and his business partner have a plan to bust open Hollywood's grip on movie making.
"Hollywood only does 200 movies a year," Simens said. "The independents make 50,000 features per year."
So what happens to the other 49,800 films?
Nothing, Simens said.
That's where Movie Cloud comes in: it's grants viewers access to the movies they probably didn't know existed, and fledgling filmmakers access to make their own.
"Anybody can write, produce, direct, act and star in a feature film. Anyone can do it," Simens said. "We're giving everybody the resources, the tools, the networking, the funding, if necessary."
"You can write your script, you can upload it. You can send it to friends. They can rewrite it," said Movie Cloud co-creator Derek Christopher.
The service would cost $3 a month for a virtual production studio, and $4 a month to solely watch the movies.
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But nothing will happen until it launches, and it won't launch until they raise $350,000 through crowd donations online.
Indiegogo.com is giving them about 50 more days to do just that.
"If we get the money, it'll launch in January of 2013," Christopher said.
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