In my opinion, everyone that enters and delivers a film to the DV Challenge is worthy of the term finalist, simply because so many others did not. In that sense, you are all winners and have my respect, at least until we determine the real winners tomorrow. ;)

I am posting these in the order that I recieved them. The people who turned them in early deserve the little extra exposure.
Also, several were turned in without titles. Since a movie needs a name, I gave a few secret makeshift titles for the judges to use. If you the producers want me to change them, email me the proper title at thedvchallenge@hotmail.com This also applies to any spelling mistakes in your names or anything else I may have overlooked. It's been a long week! :)

With out any further yakking...

Benjamin Durin - “The Secrets”
http://www2.qkgame.com/dvc/secretsbig.html
http://www2.qkgame.com/dvc/secretssmall.html

Fredrik Larsson - “The Secret Of Ale Stones”
http://www.apollologic.com/movies/002/the_secret_of_ale_stones.mov http://www.apollologic.com/movies/002/the_secret_of_ale_stones.wmv

Daniel Kohl - “Secret Functions Of The Manfrotto 501”
http://www.marq5.de/DVinfonet_challange2/Kaka-Furz-Sorenson.mov
http://www.marq5.de/DVinfonet_challange2/Kaka-Furz-H.264-800-kBit-Streaming.mov

LeEarl Rugland - ”Secrets Never Die”
http://www.wiktel.net/digital/movie/secretsneverdie.wmv

Mitchell Stookey - “untitled” (Dylan’s secret title “Monday At The Office”)
http://cory.xstreamhost.com/short%20films/mitchsecrets.mov

Cory Cone - “untitled” (Dylan's secret title “Cleaners”)
http://cory.xstreamhost.com/short%20films/secret.mov

Kyle Edwards - “Secret Proposal”
NOTE: You have to wait a minute on the first page for it to let you click the "DOWNLOAD" button on the top right corner.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=29H1992C

Meryem Ersoz – “All Good Dogs”
(NOTE: Pending approval on updated version)
http://www.ourmedia.org/node/29794
http://ia108620.us.archive.org/1/items/All_Good_Dogs/Allgooddogs.mov

Chris Thiele – Secret Fear
http://www.dsvid.com/DVinfo/

Lorinda Norton - ”Under Wraps”
http://www.bluejeanvideo.com/clip.htm

Fred Finn - "Blessed"
http://3ffilms.com/html/films/OV.htm

Michael Gibbons - “The Cask Of Malta”
http://home.comcast.net/~raffertygibbons/cask_of_malta.mov
Better audio
http://home.comcast.net/~raffertygibbons/malta2.mov

Sean McHenry - “Secrets”
http://www.surgetechservices.com/smchenry/

Jeff Sayre - “Gardens Of Tomorrow”
http://www.sayremedia.com

Stephen Van Vuuren – “Lost Souls”
http://stephenv2.com/lost_souls/

Barbara Cole - “The Researcher”
http://www.extremewebs.org/dvchallange

Bryan Mitchell - “The Parrot’s Secret”
http://www.transcendentfilms.com/secret.mov

Mike Teutsch – “Secret Lies And Obsessions”
http://treasurecoastvideo.com/machineit/

Jon Jones - “Secret Recipe”
http://homepage.mac.com/lunarparcel/Lunarparcel_Movies/iMovieTheater107.html

Chase Davis – “Chase Is A Liar”
http://www.chaseinyourface.com/Videos/chase%20liar.wmv

I welcome each of the producers to start their own thread in the DV For The Masses forum to discuss their films.

Two Bad links:

Kyle Edwards - “Secret Proposal”
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=29H1992C

Mike Teutsch – “Secret Lies And Obsessions”
http://machineit@treasurecoastvideo.com/machineit/

which I assume is supposed to be:

http://treasurecoastvideo.com/machineit/

Thanks Dylan,
You and the judges are doing a great thing keeping us motivated and being so good about all this. I for one greatly appreciate all this.

I will start a thread possibly tonight. On the web link you may see that all the information on the short I did is there. I am off to look the other competition over right now.

May the best human being win.

PS, I edited this and it is now 12:52am. Just watched all the ones I could - couldn't load one of them, "All good dogs" I think, as QT didn't have the right decompressor. If I were voting, I like "Lost Souls". She really nailed the Gillian Anderson thing. I think I'm in love...Good choice of traveling shoes. Black pumps go with everything.

Sean McHenry

Two Bad links:

Kyle Edwards - “Secret Proposal”
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=29H1992C

Mike Teutsch – “Secret Lies And Obsessions”
http://machineit@treasurecoastvideo.com/machineit/

which I assume is supposed to be:

http://treasurecoastvideo.com/machineit/

You are correct with the above link. Not sure how it got changed but the
http://treasurecoastvideo.com/machineit/ your link is correct.

Watched all of the other movies first, then could not see mine, but no loss, I knew how it turned out.

Wow, the others were so great! Let's keep this going!


Mike

a version of mine with slightly better audio:

http://home.comcast.net/~raffertygibbons/malta2.mov

Thanks
Michael Gibbons.

Two Bad links:

Kyle Edwards - “Secret Proposal”
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=29H1992C

Actually, this is the correct link, you just have to wait 45 seconds before the "DOWNLOAD" button to pop up on the top right corner. I put a note about it in the above thread.


Mike Teutsch – “Secret Lies And Obsessions”
http://treasurecoastvideo.com/machineit/


Fixed it. Thanks!

We all need modivation, and I enjoyed all of the films, But, just think if this could happen each week or two! And why not? I for one would be willing to contribute to a fund to set up a website for hosting this stuff! Ok, what would it cost to host this??? I bought a website to post for this contest,it cost $4.95 a month. What if I used this site to promote this concept? I will not use it's full capicity! It has 5000 meg capacity, and 110 gig bandwidth.

Mike

Sorry guys, I'm looking into a new host as we speak. If not tonight, tomorrow I definitely will have one.

EDIT: Here you go

http://www.balloonfarm.com/face/secret_proposal.mov

Take a look at WeeklyDV.com. I have contacted the owner several times trying to help out but he has never responded. Perhaps if somone offered to maintain it with him, or offered to send him some cash for maintaining it.

This was a great thing for me. I hadn't entered but it was grinding to a halt by the time I first heard of it.

My favorite is here:
http://weeklydv.com/short.php?id=232

Pretty well done stuff some of those guys were doing there.

If we ask the owner, maybe we can just take over his site?

Sean McHenry

I'm having problems playing:
Meryem Ersoz – “All Good Dogs”
I get audio and no video.
Sounds interesting ;)
What do I need to do?

I'm having problems playing:
Meryem Ersoz – “All Good Dogs”
I get audio and no video.
Sounds interesting ;)
What do I need to do?

You have to update to QT7, look for it on the Apple site. I had the same problem.

We all need modivation, and I enjoyed all of the films, But, just think if this could happen each week or two! And why not?

Because I'd either go insane, or have to charge everyone to enter and make it a full time job. :)


I for one would be willing to contribute to a fund to set up a website for hosting this stuff! Ok, what would it cost to host this??? I bought a website to post for this contest,it cost $4.95 a month. What if I used this site to promote this concept? I will not use it's full capicity! It has 5000 meg capacity, and 110 gig bandwidth.


Actually, there is something like that in the works already for the next one. Hang tight and wait. :)

Can everyone see mine alright? The Parrot's Secret. It's really clear on my two LCD monitors, but I'd like to make sure.

Can everyone see mine alright? The Parrot's Secret. It's really clear on my two LCD monitors, but I'd like to make sure.

Crystal clear here. Came up well.

Congratulations to everyone! You've all made some amazing stuff!

p.s. when downloading QuickTime 7 for PC there is a small link under the big
"picture" saying something along the lines that you can download the preview
version for the PC.

Well done everyone. Some great work, polished to some very high standards.

Now we just have to wait for Dylan to finish doing the number crunching....

I actually had a dream about this contest last night... we'll see if it comes true.

I actually had a dream about this contest last night... we'll see if it comes true.

I had a dream about thes two....
nevermind.

I'll get the winners out first thing tomorrow.

I had a dream about thes two....
nevermind.

Let me guess... it has something to do with those girls that appeared in your video? ;)

No... and it wasn't about me winning. (Which I think is the obvious guess). It was about another video winning, and thinking about it makes me smile. I actually made my video in very very little time, since (insert excuses which don't matter in the world of film/video). I mean, that movie with the main actress missing was halarious. So best of luck to all of those who are in the running. I'll be back next competition, this time with a real entry!

Bryan, I ment that when Dylan said "I had a dream about thes two...." and thought he ment the girls (porn) in the video he made... Hmm.. come to think of it... it might just my imagination going naughty on me... damn.. all this time waiting for the winner makes you go places on the web where you shouldn't go.. he he :)

Ok I've watched as many as I can and I must say that Lost Souls is very very good. Everything in it was great. I'm not sure whi will win this thing but I'll give it a try next time...

Ok I've watched as many as I can and I must say that Lost Souls is very very good. Everything in it was great. I'm not sure whi will win this thing but I'll give it a try next time...

Glad you enjoyed our film. It was fun making it and just as much fun watching all the other films. It's amazing what different creative angles people can take as well as the similar paths at the same time.

DV Challenge #2 Entries

Sean McHenry - “Secrets”
Winner: BEST PICTURE
http://www.surgetechservices.com/smchenry/

Mitchell Stookey - “untitled” (Dylan’s secret title “Monday At The Office”)
Winner: RUNER - UP
http://cory.xstreamhost.com/short%20films/mitchsecrets.mov

Daniel Kohl - “Secret Functions Of The Manfrotto 501”
Winner: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
http://www.marq5.de/DVinfonet_challange2/Kaka-Furz-Sorenson.mov
http://www.marq5.de/DVinfonet_challange2/Kaka-Furz-H.264-800-kBit-Streaming.mov

Benjamin Durin - “The Secrets”
http://www2.qkgame.com/dvc/secretsbig.html
http://www2.qkgame.com/dvc/secretssmall.html

Fredrik Larsson - “The Secret Of Ale Stones”
http://www.apollologic.com/movies/002/the_secret_of_ale_stones.mov http://www.apollologic.com/movies/002/the_secret_of_ale_stones.wmv

LeEarl Rugland - ”Secrets Never Die”
http://www.wiktel.net/digital/movie/secretsneverdie.wmv

Cory Cone - “untitled” (Dylan's secret title “Cleaners”)
http://cory.xstreamhost.com/short%20films/secret.mov

Kyle Edwards - “Secret Proposal”
NOTE: You have to wait a minute on the first page for it to let you click the "DOWNLOAD" button on the top right corner.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=29H1992C

Meryem Ersoz – “All Good Dogs”
(NOTE: Pending approval on updated version)
http://www.ourmedia.org/node/29794
http://ia108620.us.archive.org/1/items/All_Good_Dogs/Allgooddogs.mov

Chris Thiele – Secret Fear
http://www.dsvid.com/DVinfo/

Lorinda Norton - ”Under Wraps”
http://www.bluejeanvideo.com/clip.htm

Fred Finn - "Blessed"
http://3ffilms.com/html/films/OV.htm

Michael Gibbons - “The Cask Of Malta”
http://home.comcast.net/~raffertygibbons/cask_of_malta.mov
Better audio
http://home.comcast.net/~raffertygibbons/malta2.mov

Jeff Sayre - “Gardens Of Tomorrow”
http://www.sayremedia.com

Stephen Van Vuuren – “Lost Souls”
http://stephenv2.com/lost_souls/

Barbara Cole - “The Researcher”
http://www.extremewebs.org/dvchallange

Bryan Mitchell - “The Parrot’s Secret”
http://www.transcendentfilms.com/secret.mov

Mike Teutsch – “Secret Lies And Obsessions”
http://treasurecoastvideo.com/machineit/

Jon Jones - “Secret Recipe”
http://homepage.mac.com/lunarparcel/Lunarparcel_Movies/iMovieTheater107.html

Chase Davis – “Chase Is A Liar”
http://www.chaseinyourface.com/Videos/chase%20liar.wmv

I don't know why this was replied, but as I mentioned before...the address for my clip is wrong.

I don't know why this was replied, but as I mentioned before...the address for my clip is wrong.

Sorry, must have missed that, what is it? I'll change it for you now. The above post was just a test for the sticky thread on DVC2 finalists.