Late deadline is June 1, 2001. The last thing she did was go into the bathroom, open her nightgown and reveal these horrific scars. We would have been intrusive in ways that were unforgivable. But because she did it herself, it was different, and as a storyteller, that was a big moment for me. People with cameras are able to go places that storytellers can't go.
Audiences react differently when people are telling their own stories.
Rosenbaum's insight is the premise for CameraPlanet, in which prospective videographers call or write in with a true story. Rosenbaum is so convinced of the power of this form of storytelling that he's using it as the foundation for a new feature film division, to be headed by The Shooting Gallery's Steve Carlis. The new division will produce between four and six digital commercial features annually for theatrical, television and international sale, with a section of them deriving from CameraPlanet's true stories. It boasts a nice score by the diverse Mychael Danna. The picture is also larger which makes for better viewing, although the films do take a while to download.