YouTube Video Leads To $30m Hollywood Contract

[A little late on this once but...] This video is talk of the web after its director, Fede Alvarez, was offered a $30m Hollywood contract less than a week after posting it to YouTube.

The video, reportedly made on a meagre $300 budget, has attracted an enormous amount of interest with more than 9,000 comments and has been viewed more than 4,000,000 times.

Social media is changing the way the world works and this example will further inspire a new generation of film makers many of who already go direct to the web to follow their dreams.

If you haven't seen it already it is well worth a look.

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