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I’ve always found crowd funding and crowdsourcing to be a fascinating and interactive way to fund and gain awareness about a project. I see crowd funding as an example of how the industry of film and innovations in other fields can gain momentum and progress to new stages in a way that could never be accomplished before this new age of connectivity. The first time I heard of crowdsourcing was the Star Wars project that Disney spearheaded a few years ago. The fact that something so expansive could have contribution from regular people who don’t work in the industry was something that I absolutely loved. This brings about questions about what kind art will be created in the future as crowdsourcing becomes more popular. The Internet has lead to so many innovations and the idea of both crowdsourcing and crowd funding will have major effects on how many industries function and independent ideas get traction. Wikipedia owner Jimmy Wales gave an extremely eye opening speech about his company and the uses of an encyclopedia that users can edit. The mission of bringing an incredibly accessible encyclopedia to so many people is a game changing idea and it has done just that. My favorite parts of Jimmy Wales’ speech was when he was talking about the reality of many criticisms toward Wikipedia and the challenges that accompanies many actual criticisms. I loved Tiffany Shlain’s manifesto on the cloud because of all the incredible advantages that it will offer. This insight into the future of cloud filmmaking only makes me want to think about the many different advancements that will allow result within the decades to come. The amount of undiscovered filmmakers that will be found and recognized for their achievements are massive. Not to mention, the content that will be accessible to viewers of all languages will help to increase audiences for all kinds of films.