This was exactly what was needed to get the Fanimatrix published worldwide. It seemed like the perfect solution,” Frost told us earlier. “It looked promising because it scaled such that the more popular the file became, the more the bandwidth load was shared. After searching for solutions, he eventually stumbled upon a new technology called BitTorrent. Frost had a bit part in the film and also operated as the ‘IT-guy’. This is when one of the friends, Sebastian Kai Frost, went looking for other options. If the project was to be a success, the friends would have to pay many thousands of dollars extra to distribute it. Bandwith was still very expensive, especially in New Zealand. Hosting the film on a private server wasn’t an option either. At the time there were no free video-sharing services and YouTube had yet to be invented. While shooting the film was possible with these financial constraints, sharing it with the world was a bigger challenge. With a limited budget of just $800, nearly half of which was spent on a leather jacket, they managed to complete the project in nine days. The film was shot by a group of New Zealand friends. The oldest surviving torrent we can identify is a copy of the Matrix fan film “ Fanimatrix.” The torrent was created in September 2003, which means that it will turn 18 this month. However, some torrents seem to live on forever.
This means that most torrents eventually die after the public loses interest. BitTorrent is an excellent distribution mechanism but, for a file to live on, at least one person has to keep sharing it.
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