film music publishing founded june 20 2004 2004 06 20 founder joseph gordon levitt dan gordon levitt headquarters u.s. owner joseph gordon levitt number of employees 20 website official website hitrecord pronounced h t r k rd ; often stylized as hitrec rd is an online collaborative production company founded and owned by actor and director joseph gordon levitt . the company uses a variety of media to produce such projects as short films books and dvds . 1 hitrecord has produced such short films as morgan m. morgansen s date with destiny and its sequel morgan and destiny s eleventeenth date the zeppelin zoo . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 feature films 2.1.1 short films 2.1.2 hitrecord on tv 2.2 books 2.3 anthology 2.4 cds 2.4.1 move on the sun 2.4.2 fall formal 3 employees 4 references 5 external links history edit founder gordon levitt at the 2012 wondercon wearing the hitrecord logo button . in 2005 actor joseph gordon levitt started the site with his brother dan . it began as a way for them to solicit feedback for videos they posted but as time went on they opened the platform up to other creative people who wanted to review and remix their and others work . 2 rather than just exhibiting and admiring each others work as isolated individuals we gather here to work on projects together . having someone take creative liberty with what i ve done it s just fascinating . it s like wow they really got it . or they didn t get it . you can really tell based on the art that they make . much more than what the box office was . joseph gordon levitt 2 in january 2010 at the sundance film festival hitrecord launched its new website and introduced its new professional production methodology allowing contributing artists to be paid for their work . he invited audiences to collectively collaborate with him in the filmmaking process and create record and remix each other s art with the goal of creating cohesive short multimedia work that would have a special screening at the end of the festival . 3 that year joseph sent out 50 000 worth of checks to its contributors . 2 the site now hosts nearly 80 000 members 4 and pulls in about 1 000 videos songs text pieces and artworks daily . 5 the company s logo is the record symbol which gordon levitt can be seen wearing frequently in interviews at events and appearances . the actor founder says that round rec button became a symbol a metaphor for taking things into my own hands and doing it . 6 hitrecord s work was also featured at 2010 sxsw 1 and at the 2012 sundance film festival . 4 products edit feature films edit don jon 2013 short films edit morgan m. morgansen s date with destiny 2010 morgan and destiny s eleventeenth date the zeppelin zoo 2010 jelly babies with sfx 7 2012 good nights stop motion final version 8 2012 they can t turn the lights off now episode 2 sundance 2012 9 yes were sinking sundance 2012 10 and a new earth reprise sundance 2012 11 november tiny film 12 2012 wicked witch sundance 2012 13 strawberry bootlaces sundance 2012 14 mademoisellie noir 2 15 2012 a man with a turnip for a head sundance 2012 16 flickering lights reprise 17 2013 hitrecord on tv edit main article hitrecord on tv the show premiered on january 18 2014 at 10pm on pivot . it is hosted by joseph gordon levitt and the series will feature short films live conversations and performances . 18 each episode has a budget of 50 000 and is made up of user contributions . 19 books edit the tiny book of tiny stories 2010 was self published in 2010 by hitrecord.org . featuring 45 contributors from 2 312 contributions to the tiny stories collaboration . this edition of the tiny book of tiny stories 2010 was sold exclusively via hitrecord s website and carries no isbn . 20 the tiny book of tiny stories volume 1 was released on december 6 2011 . gordon levitt known within the hitrecord community as regularjoe directed thousands of collaborators to tell tiny stories through words and art . with the help of the entire creative collective gordon levitt gathered edited and curated over 8 500 contributions into this collection of original art from 67 contributors . 5 volume 1 saw its sequels when hitrecord released the tiny book of tiny stories volume 2 on november 13 2012 and the tiny book of tiny stories volume 3 in 2013 . 5 volume 2 featured 62 contributors from some 14 946 contributions . in may 2012 hitrecord published little red riding hood redux the adaptation of the classic fairy tale with art essays and paper doll cut outs from 66 contributors . the tiny book of tiny stories volume 1 and the book of recollection volume 1 are both available on itunes . anthology edit recollection volume 1 is a collection of a book a dvd and a cd released on september 20 2011 . it features contributions of 471 collaborators is what and is the very first anthology of hitrecord s work . the book is 64 full color pages of poetry prose paintings photography comical curiosities non sequiturs and bed time stories . while the dvd is a collection of 36 short films created under the direction of gordon levitt and sometimes starring in . it features short films animations music videos tiny stories and records from hitrecord s various live events . the cd is a compilation of 17 collaboratively made songs sung by various artists on gordon levitt s pretend radio show . cds edit move on the sun edit move on the sun released september 11 2012 is a pop alternative rock music cd . move on the sun 3 41 enjoy the ride 3 33 downtown 81 3 14 anicca original 2 44 electric loss 4 24 malibu 4 25 wolves in the woods 3 57 please hold interlude 0 49 the good stay young interlude 0 36 diamond in the rough 4 01 more 4 26 for mallory 3 12 no time to wait anicca remix featuring cibo matto 3 09 the grind featuring nels cline 7 08 why am i so dizzy featuring joseph gordon levitt 2 24 total length 51 43 fall formal edit fall formal hitrecorderly 3 released april 16 2013 is a pop alternative rock music cd . introduction feat . kid koala & uberband 2 01 american scrimp n save feat . sia & regular joe 3 08 nothing big feat . tasha taylor & regular joe 2 07 le petit soldat feat . evilolive themetafictionist & regular joe 2 18 act 2 introduction feat . kid koala & uberband 1 31 i have no cats feat . regular joe & the cats 2 08 soul n serotonin feat . tasha taylor & regular joe 3 35 finale feat . regular joe 5 37 total length 22 25 employees edit as of 2014 update there are twelve people that make up the team to hitrecord . name position joseph gordon levitt director jared geller producer marke johnson creative director abigail lake financial controller matt conley community director chris jacobs general manager greg abraham editor jeff sudakin executive music producer rebecca votta assistant editor keir schmidt music coordinator edward gallacher executive assistant jen gerdano community coordinator references edit a b hitrecord about us . hitrecord.org . retrieved 28 september 2012 . a b c stein joel 18 september 2011 . profiling joseph gordon levitt the crowd sourced version . time magazine . retrieved 28 september 2012 . knegt peter 18 november 2009 . sundance film festival unveils 2010 new frontier lineup . indie wire . retrieved 29 september 2012 . a b labrecque jeff 27 january 2012 . sundance 2012 joseph gordon levitt talks sundance hit record and being abe lincoln s son . entertainment weekly . retrieved 29 september 2012 . a b c hart hugh nov 30 2011 . inception star s crowdsourced hitrecord website becomes a book . la weekly . retrieved 28 september 2012 . sperling nicole 29 september 2011 . 50 50 s joseph gordon levitt is hip to the creative process . los angeles times . retrieved 28 september 2012 . hitrecord . hitrecord . hitrecord . hitrecord . hitrecord . hitrecord . hitrecord . hitrecord . hitrecord . hitrecord . hitrecord . weingus leigh 27 march 2013 . hitrecord on pivot joseph gordon levitt launches tv show . huffington post . retrieved 28 march 2013 . justin neal january 22 2014 . with hitrecord tv joseph gordon levitt finds a new way to do a variety show . star tribune . retrieved february 20 2014 . villarreal yvonne dec 5 2011 . interview joseph gordon levitt on the tiny book of tiny stories . los angeles times . retrieved 10 january 2014 . external links edit official website authority control musicbrainz 2fef2e37 bfe4 425c bd28 b57e21b66e8a retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hitrecord & oldid 741392671 categories music production companiesfilm production companies of the united statespublishing companies of the united stateshidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from 2014all articles containing potentially dated statementswikipedia articles with musicbrainz identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom 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