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View Full Version : DVinfo Short Film Competition Dylan Couper March 18th, 2005, 04:16 PM Putting out some feelers. If you are interested in a DVinfo online short film competition, please reply to this thread with a simple "Yes". It would be time/theme based like a 48 hour competition. Aaron Koolen March 18th, 2005, 04:59 PM Yes. Aaron Shaw March 18th, 2005, 06:31 PM Sure! Mitchell Stookey March 18th, 2005, 08:26 PM Yes Jonathan Jones March 18th, 2005, 10:11 PM Yes Pete Bauer March 18th, 2005, 10:34 PM Hell NO...I mean, YES! Ralph Roberts March 19th, 2005, 07:32 AM yes! Joe Carney March 20th, 2005, 07:29 PM Yes Lebroz James March 20th, 2005, 07:46 PM YES Dylan Couper March 21st, 2005, 01:08 AM Possible details later in the week. Andrew Kiu March 21st, 2005, 05:18 AM YES!!! Barry Gribble March 21st, 2005, 10:01 AM yes yes George Ellis March 21st, 2005, 12:20 PM Probably not. It will just turn into a "make video look like film" event. Maybe I am just grumpy (see Avid acquires Pinnacle.) It is actually a good idea. I just do not want to see it fall into a 24fps thing to be considered. Dylan Couper March 21st, 2005, 12:38 PM <<<-- Originally posted by George Ellis : Probably not. It will just turn into a "make video look like film" event. Maybe I am just grumpy (see Avid acquires Pinnacle.) It is actually a good idea. I just do not want to see it fall into a 24fps thing to be considered. -->>> Don't worry, if I'm running it, it's so not going to be about 24p. Content is king. Story is God. More info later. PS, yes, you are grumpy! :) Joshua Provost March 21st, 2005, 03:50 PM Yes! Marc Sacco March 21st, 2005, 10:52 PM bring it on! YES! Dave Perry March 21st, 2005, 11:10 PM yes. Barry Gribble March 23rd, 2005, 01:31 PM I know you just asked for the "Yes" here, but I wanted to also throw in my $.02 to say that I'd love to see you stretch the format a little bit. I've seen many contests that vary on the basic theme of "you get a line, a character, and a prop.... GO!" It serves three nice purposes: it ensures that everyone is starting from scratch, not doing something they've been scripting for months; It ensures equal footing - no one gets a line that is "harder" than the others; and it gives the contest some modicum of continuity. It also has the downsides: It's been done - a lot; it can get really tiresome watching the 20th film or so. If you ran it in the format, I would participate and would love it. But if you found some new way to accomplish the same positives while making something new and fresh... I'd love it 10% more :). I am excited for it no matter what... I think it would be great for the community to all get together on something like this... and I think we would see some really nice results. Stephen Jackson March 23rd, 2005, 10:20 PM yes Vince Asbjornsen March 24th, 2005, 07:46 AM Yes! Ronnie Grahn March 24th, 2005, 09:41 AM Yes Dylan Couper March 25th, 2005, 03:23 PM Should have some news tomorrow. Bill Hamell March 25th, 2005, 04:15 PM When? Oops I meant YES!!! Barry Goyette March 25th, 2005, 05:02 PM why not? Marcin Wilczek March 25th, 2005, 08:34 PM YES!!! Christopher Hughes March 26th, 2005, 05:47 PM Yes! Si! Oui! Ja! Aye! Dylan Couper March 27th, 2005, 01:47 PM Working out the details behind the scenes, but I did promise some info on the weekend, so here is a teaser. The time limit for the competition may be 1 week, from the start time on a Friday night, to the time you have to have your film posted on the web, the next Friday night. A longer time is being considered. Running time of the films is being considered at 2 minutes. This may seem short, but allows people with limited time/resources to compete. A genre would be announced ahead of time, and would differ from one competition to the next. (horror/comedy/drama, etc). A theme would be announced at the beginning of the competition, and they will be unique, not sucky like so many of the other competitions I've been in. Most of your score will be on use of the theme, so if you make something ahead of time, you are pretty much guaranteed to lose. The theme would be moderatly abstract, with lots of room for interpretation. Everyone has the same theme. You will be responsible for getting your own video up on the web, and your own web space. This is a free competition after all. :) This is totally in the name of fun, and is a friendly competition for us all to polish our skills. However, there WILL be judges, and winners will be announced. I may even print out some cheesy certificates for the winners on my printer DVinfo moderators can enter, but aren't eligible for prizes at least until Canon offers us a free XL2. ;) There will be no: Special props you have to include. Lines you have to deliver. Weird locations you have to shoot at. Theme songs you have to work in. Different items/themes for different competitors. I hate that stuff. Jesse Bekas March 28th, 2005, 12:26 PM I am so freakin' in. :) Richard Alvarez March 28th, 2005, 12:54 PM Sort of a side question, maybe you could post some links to good places to host you videos? I know I've been looking into it, and would like some peoples recommendations. Alex Jeffery March 31st, 2005, 07:28 PM I'm new here, but I'd love to participate. A good temporary host is: www.yousendit.com. But, you obviously get what you pay for. Dylan Couper April 1st, 2005, 09:40 AM Ok You all talked the talk.... Now walk the walk... :) SIGN UP (http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42170) |