Oscilloscope Labs, the independent film company founded by now-deceased Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, will release one of its films in 6-second pieces on Vine this afternoon. At around 4:30pm EST the company will start uploading segments from It’s A Disaster, a generally well-received piece that’s not set to be officially released online until March 5th, to its Twitter feed. We’re not sure the entire movie will be posted — and since it’ll need to be filmed secondhand from a phone, quality won’t be great — but this is being touted as a “feature film release,” so we’re optimistic.
David Cross feature film ‘It’s a Disaster’ launching on Vine this afternoon
is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011.
In a tongue-in-cheek press release, Oscilloscope’s Bruce Farnsworth said that “From the moment it launched just three short weeks ago, it was so clear to us that six-second loops of video, edited in-phone, and posted in real time was and will be the future of film distribution.” We could end up seeing straightforward clips from It’s A Disaster, which stars Julia Stiles and Arrested Development’s David Cross as a couple caught in an apocalyptic attack during a brunch with friends, but Vine’s editing features could make for some interesting remixes. While likely a far cry from the weird, tiny Vine movies of Adam Goldberg, it’s an enjoyable experiment in its own right.
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