Zombie Girl: the Movie

I watched an interesting movie this weekend, called Zombie Girl: the Movie, about a 12 year-old girl from Austin who decided to make a zombie film. The movie was interesting because it focused on the behind the scenes aspect of making a movie and the decisions and obstacles this girl had to face. In terms of new media, there was a section when film critics and indie film makers discussed the “blurring of the lines between consumer and producer” and how technology has changed so much that a 12 year-old can make a feature length film. What once was limited to a few people who had the ability and know-how to film a project and edit it is now available to anyone who has the time and creativity to make a movie. They also discussed if this was a good or bad thing and not everything produced will be worthy of the audience’s time (which makes sense when you see a lot of the stuff on YouTube). I recommend checking this movie out if only for the sole purpose of seeing what a pre-teen can accomplish and feeling bad about yourself for being so lazy at that age. At least, that’s how it made me feel. Below is the trailer.