ModernMovieMaker converts old movies into modern films featuring a narrator
StartupRealities No 32 ModernMovieMaker is a film modernisation company which converts old movies with expired copyright into modern productions. The company typically uses a narrator woven into the storyline. The narrator scenes are shot in a way and style that resembles the original movie, creating an artistic continuum. Narrator scenes allow cutting out superfluous original scenes and speeding up the pace of the movie to suit modern audiences. COPYRIGHT ModernMovieMaker works with two lists of movies which are indisputably in the public domain: 1) All motion pictures made and shown in the USA before 1925 are now free of copyright, as the 75-year copyright (extended by a further 20 years) has now expired. 2) Movies whose copyright has not been renewed in accordance with past intellectual property statutes. CEO QUOTE "The narrator is everything in our productions: a guide, a pace-setter and a pace-maker," said company founder and CEO Mo Mokin. "We make sure...