I stand corrected by the way, the T-shirts actually say "cheaper than film school". OK, that's true as well, unless you do what I did and buy a ton of gear.

Sean

Today is my 47th birthday. Does that put me in the upper end of the old people division of this Challenge? :)

Heck NO!

Six weeks and I'll be 59! You are the lower end, rookie division, of the old people. Uh, but you may have to carry us! And, if my walker breaks I may need some help! :)

Mike

47?? holy cow, how do you even ease yourself out of your craftmatic automatic adjustable bed in the morning?? ancient!!

well, i am turning 42 next week. ugh. why is this happening?

happy birthday, to both of us!

It looks like it should be called OPSVFF "Old People shooting video for fun".

I'm turning 40 in a few months, but I look 28. Really. If I squint my eyes.

Happy B-Day Lorinda. Andy happy early B-Day Meryem.

Oh yeah? well...if I put my hair in a tight enough pony tail I don't look a day over 46! ;)

Looks like we'll have enough to start our own over-40 club one of these days. Mike and I already talked about starting a procrastinator's club, but we just don't seem to get around to doing it.

And thanks for the wishes, Michael and Meryem. :)

Nope, try 55, 56 this month....

I wish I can join in on this conversation but I must brew a cup o' tea and watch the Lawrence Welk Show.

Happy Birthday, Lorinda, Meryem and Chris.

Yah, if I squint my eyes enough, while looking in the mirror, I can look like 28 too! :)

Mike

Sheer number of contestants
 

As much as I respect amateur video and am certain everyone will try their best, I don't know if I'll be able to handle watching entries for hours on end just to cast my three votes responsibly. I'm assuming, of course, that it was intended to keep the same voting method as last time. Even though it means some videos will get much less exposure, I propose that a committee narrow the field before inviting the popular vote.


-j


(It sounds so formal when I re-read it; try to imagine it said with a smile.)

If I had read this earlier I would have made the theme Birthdays... but too late now. :)

Happy birthday(s)!


And Jay, I like your idea of narrowing the field to the top ten and then letting the public vote go at it.

Dylan,

What do you mean it is too late? It's never too late!!!!!!!! I do agree that some knowledgable soul like you and or others needs to narrow the field. It is just too many. We want as many people as possible to participate, but the field needs to be narrowed before judging. 50+ people having to watch 50+ movies, or one or two people watching 50+ films and narrowing it down, the latter seems much better and more practical.

Have a great day Dylan, I'll hoist one tonight just for you!

Mike

I don't mind watching that many 3 min films. a few a night. That's if everyone turns one in. I bet there will be a lot less that actually make the deadline (including mine hahaha).

Wanna know what I think?
 

I think Dylan should post however many films he does every night, like usual. And If we'd like to watch them, we can, if not, we don't have to.

Dylan, the head of the contest, and probably most experienced(?) should decide on the top ten using is MASSIVE POWER in the contest.

Haha. How else could we narrow them down?

I admit, there are a LOT of films.

A suggestion for judging:

Group the films into sets of, say, 12 or so.

Then those 12 filmmakers get to vote on those 12 films. The top 2 or 3 from each group get to make it to the 2nd round.

In the 2nd round, everybody gets to watch all the 2nd round films (which hopefully are pretty decent) and vote for the winner. If there were, say, 50 films initially = ~4 groups, and the top 2-3 from each group make it, this would result in another 8-12ish films in the 2nd round.

This way, everybody has to watch 11ish 1st round films and 8-12ish 2nd round films. Nobody has to watch 50 films.

Thoughts?
Bill

Bill, sounds pretty good, as long as my film isn't in your group.

Bill, are you some kind of math guy?

I believe in DV5 about 50% of the initial entrants actually submitted a film. If the same holds true for DV6 we're talking about 40 films, which is 10-12 more than DV5. That would add maybe two more days of viewing. Not bad as far as I am concerned.

Well, I was going to make the theme "Bikinis" but I guess if you don't want it.... :)

Heh, just kidding, it isn't that.


I'm coming up with a variation of the judging, but I will still be posting 5 films a day, every day, untill they are done. Everyone gets their chance in the sun.

And that was a situation where we had almost a month to complete the project, not 10 days.

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. But don't hold that against me... :)

Bill

Since we are all blabbing about how old we are, I'm hovering at 45 right now.

When I'm on the treadmill here at home I feel about 28. It's the next day I feel over 50!

Happy B-Day to all the old coots in the crowd. We're lucky we can see the viewfinder let alone shoot video through the thing.

Us "seasoned" folks have put up a pretty good showing in these challenges. In fact, how old are the past winners? That will be intertesting to average.

Sean

Is anyone in their 20's?
Anyone in highschool?














Annnyyyooonnneee?

I'm 19.

This contest should be pretty fun. I already know what my movie will be about, regardless of the theme. That's how I roll.