Turnhere is a new website compiling short videos about neighborhoods around the world. From the company's PR: Turnhere is "seeking professional and independent filmmakers, [which] it pays for their work and creativity, to participate in an ambitious initiative which is chronicling life in American neighborhoods across the country through 2-5 minute short films made specifically for the Internet." Their bold claim? "TurnHere is essentially making the largest documentary on American culture ever made. Films should be artful and high-concept, focusing on the people, culture, history, local businesses and political landscapes across America... The site is highly viral, as each film has [its] own unique URL which can be forwarded via email." Austin, Texas is the setting of the sample they suggest; the short from still-gentrifying Wicker Park is emblematic to the point of parody, such as this shot of a young woman in an AC/DC t-shirt, wearing oversized sunglasses and dog-ears, striding in front of a U-Haul trailer on a leafy side street.
The site is highly viral, as each film has [its] own unique URL which can be forwarded via email." Austin, Texas is the setting of the sample they suggest; the short from still-gentrifying Wicker Park is emblematic to the point of parody, such as this shot of a young woman in an AC/DC t-shirt, wearing oversized sunglasses and dog-ears, striding in front of a U-Haul trailer on a leafy side street.