The theme, my friends, is ready. Are YOU???

Sign up and get yourself psyched for some great shooting on a great story. And while you're anxiously awaiting the start date you can wonder what our fun and fabulous sponsor Guy Cochran of DVeStore (http://www.dvestore.com) is planning for the PRIZE!

Start date: Friday, September 13.
Films uploaded and links sent to dvchallenge@gmail.com by: 11:59 p.m. PDT on Monday, September 30.

Do it!! (It'll be fun!!!)

Yay! I'm in :) thanks guys for organising this!

I'm in, guys. It's been awhile, but let's see what I can do on my own.

Yay, looking forward to another DV Challenge! Sign me up.

Can I ask why this is running concurrently with the UWOL 27 contest? Being new here, I may be missing something, but it makes it hard to compete (or even just enter, in my case) both events, despite a desire so to do.

The DV Challenge, as you may have noticed if you looked back, has always been pretty random and, of late, run more on-demand. People wanted a challenge in September so they got it! We've had members join both challenges at once and two of them (I think only two) completed for both. So come on--you can do it! Or, you can wait for the charity challenge in December and do both then.

count me in.

Yep, I'm in. Glad it called, glad it's this month, glad Dylan and Lorinda still running the show, and glad Guy has loot for us to watch Toni walk away with.

Yep, I'm in. Glad it called, glad it's this month, glad Dylan and Lorinda still running the show, and glad Guy has loot for us to watch Toni walk away with.

Ha ha! Toni has to sign up, first! Where are ya, Toni? :)

Ben, we loved the Benji and Cole films but I know you'll do just fine solo!

Because I have a ton of work hanging over my head, naturally, I took a stroll back through the DVC threads. If anyone needs inspiration, check out Robert Martens' BTS video, featuring Michael Fossenkemper's homemade cable cam: http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/dv-challenge-our-semi-regular-contest/135660-tell-me-more-thread.html

Yep, I'm in. Glad it called, glad it's this month, glad Dylan and Lorinda still running the show, and glad Guy has loot for us to watch Toni walk away with.

Lorinda, I am in!! So excited!

Marc, ahahahah!

Once again, I'll be filming on location. I'll keep it a secret as to where that will be until the film releases. The theme could really help or hurt this whole operation. Fingers crossed the theme is broad and encompassing.

WOOHooo!!!

PS. Joseph Tran, would love to see what footage you get with last year's prize! How is the camera?

I am in, too.

OK, thanks for the reply Lorinda. I have an idea, so I will try this one too.

I'm in. Even though Joseph Tran has my camera.

I'm in. Even though Joseph Tran has Mr. Mays' camera.

Works lighter on this month, might have a chance this time. I'm in

I'm in for the craic

I hope i'll shoot something decent this time, something that i'll be able to post :)

So happy for all of you who have signed up for the Challenge so far! Have you see what you can win if you are the champion this round, thanks to Guy at DVeStore (http://www.dvestore.com) ??? That oughta get your engines revving!!

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/dv-challenge-our-semi-regular-contest/518823-dvc-23-prize-guy-craaazy.html#post1812143

Just bought a new Sony PMW200 (not from Guy) and a couple of LED lights and a new wireless FROM Guy so heck... count me in!

Worst case scenario I'll film the Office Time Machine sequel on a boat or at a supercar show...

It'll be a good excuse to try the 50mbps mode on the PMW200!

I'm in just in case

Let's do this! I'm in.

Wow! Count me in!

No ideas, no locations, no people, no talent (also no health insurance, no job, no education, no future, but I've never let that stop me before); I get nothing but depression from these contests, but I can't refuse a direct request from Lorinda. And hey, maybe this'll be the one that turns it all around.

Hahahahaha, just kidding! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu0rHfUzT2Y) Someone has to tend the Wall.

New to the forum, excited to try the DV Challenge :)

In for all. ;)

I am not a pro but I'm in.

WooHoooo! Three first-time posters...a big welcome to DV Info and the DV Challenge, gentlemen!! And having my pal Robert back for this round has really made my day. You've been away too long, my friend. And for the record, I always love your work--how depressing can that be?? Ha ha.

Three more days and we'll get this show on the road. If you haven't signed up yet, do it! You don't want to miss out on the fun and the possibility of having that Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera for your own!

I'll have to be really creative this time - new place, new city, no friends near, a 6 month old daughter to look after, a new camera I haven't really used. So yes, I'm in.

Sign me up, just in case.

I'm in for it! I want the BM pocket!! :)

Well, I've been waiting for a contest since I got here. Everyone of them seemed to finish just as I heard about them.
I hope it will be fun, that camera sure looks nice.

I'm in. So excited bout the theme. When will it be announced?

Sign up and get yourself psyched for some great shooting on a great story.

Sorry for the new guy question, but how do we sign-up? Is it as simple as replying here and saying I'm in?

If so, I'm in! :)

Sign me up! Why not?

Sign me up!

I'm in for this one too...UWOL and The DV challenge baby!

WOW!!! What a great way to start the morning--with a bunch of new friends and old. Did you all receive the DVinfo Net newsletter? Check it out: News, Reviews and More from DV Info Net -- and a BMPC as a prize (http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=18f27d1d23dea8fc1c872a903&id=56a54b18af&e=b055ba98f2)

Normally, I would be announcing the theme about now, but let's wait a few hours and see how many more folks we can get! I'll put up the theme in a new thread sometime before noon MDT.

Randy Smith, you're in! :)

Hey! It's getting late in the rest of the world. Put up the theme too late and we won't see it until some time tomorrow.... In Paris for instance we have restaurants calling out to us with foie gras and roast duck breast on the menu. Don't know how long we'll be able to hang on.... :-)

Ha...let's allow the newsletter to do its thing for just a bit longer and then I'll post the theme. :)

UPDATE: The theme is posted and sign up remains OPEN...for now!
http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/dv-challenge-our-semi-regular-contest/518918-dvc-23-theme-announcement.html

Well, we have had our share of woes this week - my mother in law passed away Tuesday.

But I'll enter just in case.

Thanks

Paul

Hello, everyone! Great to see so many sign-ups for #23, and holy cow, what a prize!! Again, Guy makes our jaws drop!

Robert Martens -- great to see your name back here on the boards! How are ya??

Dick, sorry again to have your Cinema Camera for so long! In fact, I actually sold it months ago, bought another one recently, and made a cool grand off the deal... KIDDING! (but if only!)

Actually, the real story is, I didn't receive the camera until earlier this year. That wasn't Guy's fault. It was due to the production problems that Blackmagic had with the sensors of the Cinema Camera... so were were waiting with much anticipation for a long time!

On a related note, totally random occurrence... I added a very last minute addition to my tour last October in New York. For those who don't know, I'm a magician & comic and I currently travel to different colleges & corporate venues throughout the country. Anyway, so I've just landed and am taking the subway into the city. Lo and behold, sitting in the same car across from me... Guy Cochran!! Let's put this into perspective here -- there are 8 million people living in NYC alone. On a random day, aboard a random subway in a random subway car, among the countless amount of subways and taxis, there I was, a guy from California, sitting across from THE Guy Cochran, a guy from Washington!

Guy and I have never met before, and I wasn't sure if it was him at first. But I've watched a ton of his videos; and once he turned and I saw the pony-tail, I knew it had to be him, haha. We ended up saying hello, he came to see my show, and we just hung out the rest of the evening. Everyone here knows Guy is a super generous guy, and I can tell you that it goes beyond that when you chat with him in person! He's awesome to talk to, and he loves talking all things tech!

Toni... Dick's CC is a beast of a camera, and I've had quite the fascinating time learning how to use it. On one hand, the buttons & form-factor, the workflow, and the shape & weight of the camera takes some getting used to. On the other hand, once you get rolling with that thing, it's a pretty simple camera to use -- just set it, then point and shoot! That said, I think it's a bit much to be a run-and-gun camera (something the BMPC is perfect for!), but you really CAN use the CC under some tough and time-intensive conditions. I'm amazed at the amount of information and color tweaking you can pull in post!

I've mostly been using some volunteer projects as my "testbed" for the camera (heheh... low risk, high reward). Recently, I shot one of the episodes of my web-series using the CC. It was a really quick shoot -- flew by the seat of our pants, and edited and color corrected in Premiere. I didn't want to tackle the color on DaVinci just yet, which I'm still learning! I don't want to hijack this thread by putting a big video here, so just go to YouTube and search for, "Reasons Not to Date a Magician ep.4".

Okay, all that said, have a GREAT time with DVC23!! I'll be lurking around and watching the videos at the end of the month! For the new folks, participate, participate, participate! You'll learn a ton from everyone here, and aside from your actual project, you'll have an even better time exchanging notes throughout the forum! If you sign up and don't submit a film, be sure to say hi to Robert at the Wall of Shame ;) Don't worry, we've all been there!

[edit: Paul -- your post appeared while I was typing up my post. Sincere condolences for your mother-in-law]

Paul, I'm sorry to hear the news, all my best to you and yours. Glad to know there's a "we" to help you through a time like this.

Joseph, I suppose I'm tootling along as well as can be expected. Without any actors at my disposal, or the social skills to meet new people, and with what I'd call a health concern that keeps me close to home, there hasn't been occasion to exercise any of the things one learns on these boards, and I just stopped coming by after a while.

For the past couple of years I've been focusing on more isolated pursuits, namely software development (https://github.com/ItEndsWithTens). The big thing drawing my attention, and dragging on way too long at this point, is an updated version of TurnsTile (http://gyroshot.com/turnstile.htm) that works under Avxsynth and Vapoursynth as well as Avisynth. The code is well on its way, I just tend to get distracted and wander off to other things, and what should take a month ends up taking a year and a half.

I also wrote a videogame creepypasta (http://vestibulepariah.blogspot.com/2011/12/comorbidity.html), if anyone here's in to that sort of thing. If you don't know what that sort of thing is, congratulations! You're an adult.

Am I too late? If not, please sign me up! I couldn't do it from the office, unfortunately :(

I would love to give it a try this year.

Am I too late? If not, please sign me up! I couldn't do it from the office, unfortunately :(
You're in, Jay! You too, Finn!

Paul, I'm sorry about your mother-in-law. Hoping you will have time to submit a film.

Cool story about you and Guy meeting on a NY subway, Joseph! And Robert...completely over my head, as usual. :)

Count me in if it's not too late.

You're fine, Scott!

Folks, the only way you'll be too late is if you find that the sign up has been closed; but even in that event, I'll give a warning. We're waiting on some brand new members to see if they're in the game or not. :)

Just had cataract surgery. If the last eye heals quick enough, I'll try to get something in (Doc's nurse tells me the 3rd eye is free!).

"Always remember to drink upstream from the herd".