It's funny how a topic gets diverted as the responses are added. My original posting was not a criticism of the existing IAC website, but how it could be develop to include an area where individuals could register their talents and skillls, such as scripwriting, acting, storyboarding, etc to enable online collaboration to take place for making of films.
I gather it from the current responses that the IAC website is difficult to navigate, the IAC will not exist in five years, that online collaboration is for the professionals, we should use the Shooting People website to find actors and lamentations for the demise of the last video magazine.
Referring back to my opening posting
There are many more advantages of being a member of the IAC. However the demise of many filmaking clubs begs the question is the current structure right for the future needs of the filmaking community. Many people make films, but on a much less structured basis than having to be a club member, and form ad hoc groups, via internet film making sites. These sites allows people, of many different skills, to come together to create and make films. After the film (project) is complete they disband and may then make a future film using a different pool of people.
My questions are:
i) Does the IAC require to set up a section of its website that would enable this function to take place.Where individuals, actors, writers, filmmakers, etc can register their skills and interests and thus allow film making to be carried out on a collaborative basis?
ii) Does anyone have any experience of using the internet to develop, share and produce a film?
The use of online collaboration by professional/independant film-makers to make films is shown to work and is there to be used by the amateur, not for profit, non-commercial film maker as well.
Do we need a such a facility within the IAC website?