Thankfully, projects like A Swarm of Angels go some way to proving that given the right kind of attitude and a trolley load of determination the 'wisdom of the crowd' can produce some cracking results.

The 'angels' in question here are the multitude of micro-investors that founder Matt Hanson hopes to attract to his thoroughly modern movie project. His idea: attract 50,000 punters each willing to part with £25 and then spend that money on creating a new kind of cinema.

But what do you get for your money? Well, quite a bit actually. Each pre-production decision will be put to a vote and during production community members will be paid to work on the film. The end result will then be made available free, online and made available for re-editing.