Ok, once again it's time to put your ego on the line and sign up for a DV Challenge!

A few things will be different this time!

First... The time frame. Instead of our usual 10 day challenge, you will have a full month!
The challenge will begin with the theme announcement on Thursday April 2nd, and will close Sunday May 3rd.

We will keep the extended time limit of 5 minutes, which everyone has found helpful.

And finally... the prize!
For our extended challenge, Guy Cochran and dvcreators.net (http://www.dvestore.com) have donated a
Reflecmedia 8'x8' Chromatte Package! Reflecmedia in action - Chroma key made easy on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/393748)
This includes everything you need to create a Green Screen set - fast!
* Litering
* Controller
* 8'x8' Chromatte curtain
* adapter ring to fityour specific camera.
Last year these were $3800! The price has come down to $1500.This is going to be one awesome prize!
Here is Guy using it with the Canon 5D Mark II Chroma key with the Canon 5D and Reflecmedia on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/2856291)

If that doesn't give you incentive to compete... nothing will. Now sign up or stay home!

Cool! I'm in. When do we find out the theme?

Count me in.

I'll add my Herbie Hancock to the list. It's been a while since the last month-long, and those are always my favorites.

I've been on the wall of shame (as a director, acted in the last one) for so long now that I figure I need to find an escape route out of this dungeon!! ......Count me in!

I'm in......

Cool! I'm in. When do we find out the theme?

April 2nd, the day it begins.


Also, I'm in too!

yay, I'm in!

edit: I'm a bit worried about my schedule. I have planned to shoot a short film during that time, but if I and my crew are lucky, we might be able to use one set for two shorts. :)

April 2nd, the day it begins.


Also, I'm in too!

I think I'm hearing a Canon 5D2 warming up.... okay, I said I was out of DVChallenge this year, but to see 5D2 against 5D2, I will sign up one more time....

Yesh, please. Count me in.

OK...

New, unfamiliar camera...check
No crew...check
No actors...check
No experiance...check
Limited equipment...check


One month to complete....YES! I'm in!!

I think I'm hearing a Canon 5D2 warming up.... okay, I said I was out of DVChallenge this year, but to see 5D2 against 5D2, I will sign up one more time....

AH, so it's a 5D2 subchallenge eh? :)

The day after April Fool's? Absolutely I'm in. I have to expunge my own mark on the Wall of Shame, and this could be a good way to do it. And that prize is one that's really going to bring a deluge of videomeisters down on this thread.....

Remember now, April Fools is the one day of the year that reminds of what we are the other 364...

...Yup. Me too. I'm in.

Reflecmedia 8'x8' Chromatte Package! Reflecmedia in action - Chroma key made easy on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/393748)
Ohhhhh……that system is sooooo coooool. (All those extra letters signify me droooooling over here.) Wish I could compete--not that I could win, but dang…

Whining aside, I’m in.

P.S. GREAT prize, Guy. Thanks so much! :)

AH, so it's a 5D2 subchallenge eh? :)

Now hold on....

I think there should be a "points off" procedure for good (ok ok extreme) DOF.... and 5DMKII users should have to tie one hand behind their backs while shooting. Or be disqualified altogether. And in any event no rack focusing. period. Use of bad actors is encouraged. Crummy sound is a must with you as well. (Oh wait, you cannot disable AGC, nevermind <gotcha>).

Level playing field ... ya know.

(All the above was added to make them feel better..... the rest of us know we can make an EPIC using cell phone cameras)

I'm new here, but count me in! :)

Yeah, like brand new--first post! Welcome to DV Info, Craig, and the DV Challenge! You're going to have a great time. :)

I agree with Chris...

... but at the same time, I can't wait to see the 5dmkii footage...

... oh what to do?

Ok, I jump, regardless.

IN!

I like to give it a try. This would be my first challenge. Eager to put my 5D2 to use.

Yeah, like brand new--first post! Welcome to DV Info, Craig, and the DV Challenge! You're going to have a great time. :)

Thanks for the welcome! I've only really gotten into the whole filmmaking thing relatively recently, but I'm looking forward to getting more involved. :)

I am in !. Missed the last few, so am ready to give it another go :-)

I'm going to be swimming head deep in work during April and most likely headed to the wall of shame, but in the off chance that I do get something made, I want my hat in the ring.

I'm in.

Alright! I'm in!!!

Is the challenge just for 5d MkII users? Or can anyone be involved?

Is the challenge just for 5d MkII users? Or can anyone be involved?

It's for everyone, the 5D2 subchallenge is just between a few of us for fun :)

I've been wanting to do this for a while and this is an awesome prize to start it off. I'm in.

Keith

OK...

New, unfamiliar camera...check
No crew...check
No actors...check
No experiance...check
Limited equipment...check


One month to complete....YES! I'm in!!

Same boat here-- I'm in!!!

I plan on entering something gratuitous and non redeeming. Count me in!

Cool... count me in :-)

I'm not new here I just don't post much! However I will give this challenge a try I been using my 5D for about three weeks now so I might as well try!

Let's do this.

I'm swinging for the fences.

I'll give it a "go"

sign me up !

Howdie All

So i usually hang out over in the UWOL thread but I was looking here :) The prize is just awesome! I was trying to find out just what the definition of a DV challange is. I have had a bit of a trawl through the forums for rules requirements etc but came up empty. I am blonde so may have missed the obviouse can soem one point me in the right direction ?

cheers

Jennie

Howdie All

So i usually hang out over in the UWOL thread but I was looking here :) The prize is just awesome! I was trying to find out just what the definition of a DV challange is. I have had a bit of a trawl through the forums for rules requirements etc but came up empty. I am blonde so may have missed the obviouse can soem one point me in the right direction ?

cheers

Jennie

Howdy Jennie...

Take a look here:

The DV Challenge (http://thedvchallenge.blogspot.com/)

Note that some of the rules are changed for this challenge.
The changes are listed in the first post.

Later,

hmm now that i am informed i may as well give it a go!

Yeah, I wanna play

Count me in!

Howdie All

So i usually hang out over in the UWOL thread but I was looking here :) The prize is just awesome! I was trying to find out just what the definition of a DV challange is. I have had a bit of a trawl through the forums for rules requirements etc but came up empty. I am blonde so may have missed the obviouse can soem one point me in the right direction ?

cheers

Jennie

The challenge is simly to do it. :)

When we first started back in... umm... Lorinda, when was the first DVC? '05? ... anyway, the challenge was initally to make a 3 minute short film in 7 days without knowing the theme until the start of day 1. Since then, people have nagged me into giving them 10 days and 5 minutes. We are experimenting with a month this time after doing multiple weeks for the charity challenge.

So... sign up and do it. :)

...the challenge was initally to make a 3 minute short film in 7 days without knowing the theme until the start of day 1. Since then, people have nagged me into giving them 10 days and 5 minutes.
That's cuz you're a softie... :)

I looked it up, D...you announced the theme for the first DV Challenge on April 7, 2005. Can you believe we've been doing this for 4 years???

I'm in.

"I wont fail this time, I wont fail this time, I wont fail this time..."

do I have to sign up now or can I decide if I want to when the theme is listed?

Be brave and sign up now! :)

Dylan used to close sign-ups the day the theme was posted but for quite some time he's left it open. Personally, I think you cheat yourself out of part of the fun if you wait to see the theme.

You should look back and see some of the groans and complaining that went on the time we found out the theme was "The Sun;" yet, some pretty great films came out of it.

To answer your question, it's up to Dylan. ;)

Ok, I'm jonesing to do something creative without having to get client approval. I'm in!

Yep! I got some spare time - count me in.

Cool.

do I have to sign up now or can I decide if I want to when the theme is listed?

Been a few times I wished I had known the theme before "signing up"...

...But then it wouldn't have been as much a challenge, would it.

I've seen the day I stepped in front of the camera myself, running it with a remote, the day before submission deadline to get something in out of spite.

Turned out not too bad, and I still had fun with it.

Jump in, may be just what the doctor ordered.

So you sign up, and if theme doesn't work for you, you make a film anyway, and squeeze the theme in somehow. Then everyone says, "Wow, what a wonderful film... beautiful cinematography, great actors, or cute story". Then someon says, "Dude, not sure if I see the theme connection". But you still made a film...

So you sign up, and if theme doesn't work for you, you make a film anyway, and squeeze the theme in somehow. Then everyone says, "Wow, what a wonderful film... beautiful cinematography, great actors, or cute story". Then someon says, "Dude, not sure if I see the theme connection". But you still made a film...


Hey, Chris! Don't give away our secrets!

I am in, what the heck.