‘MySpace the Movie’ getting lots of looks

Cory Bergman July 22nd, 2006

Speaking of YouTube success that’s getting Hollywood’s attention, the young guy who created an 11-minute parody of MySpace and posted it on YouTube has “spawned a high-profile feeding frenzy,” reports the NY Times. A quote from the story:

Mr. Lehre, who is 21 and lived at his parents’ home in Washington, Mich., when he created the video, shot it there with friends. He scored the music himself so he wouldn’t have to deal with copyright issues, designed the graphics and Googled any technical questions he had. This development and distribution process makes even independent films, with their retinue of maxed-out credit cards and frenzied film festivals, look positively mainstream in comparison.

Whaddya mean you don’t have to be a Hollywood producer with a mountain of cash to create something popular? Impossible!