Official NextFest Thread

[Barry_S]

What are everyone's thoughts as to the next DVXFest? I've gone through some of the previous threads and have a few ideas of my own, but I'd like to hear you guys throw down some thoughts before I lock in the next one.

[Tom Marshall]

I still vote for FutureFest. Everything takes place at least 50 years in the future... :)

[Zoidoid]

I'd be a huge fan of FantasyFest, personally. Not restricted to traditional fantasy -- anything ranging from fairy tales to magical realism.



I still vote for FutureFest. Everything takes place at least 50 years in the future... :)

This would be great too, seeing as though Sci-Fi Fest was before my time here!

[Kholi]

1) HorrorFest(2) -- for Halloween release DVD.


2) SciFest(2) -- The fans are calling for it.


3) MovieFest -- 5 Minute short film with three hardcore specifics, open to any Genre you want to make it. But HARDCORE stipulations. Like a guy with a nametag that plainly says MICHAEL BADASSERY and a girl with a PURPLE WIG.


4) PitchFest -- 2 Minute sizzle reel of you pitching your movie. Must contain at least 15 seconds of Director or Producer talking about the movie and it's concept (talking head format). The rest are actual scenes from your movie i.e Cut aways to action, drama, etc.

[Zoidoid]

Oh man...HeistFest would be really fun too! I think it's distinct enough from SpyFest, too. The emphasis, of course, would be more Ocean's Eleven/Resevoir Dogs than James Bond/Bourne Identity.

[Gulroc]

I second macgregor.

But in all honesty I would love to do a heist film. Every guy wants to be part of a heist.

[Larry Rutledge]

Here's my choices:

1. Action/Adventure
2. Western
3. Drama w/Surprise Twise (a la Twilight Zone)
4. Sci Fest 2

[krestofre]

Western would be way cool. Not saying I have the time / resources to make a western right now, but it's a genre that I'd love to play in.

[John LaBonney]

I vote for either DocFest (documentary) or MockFest (mockumentary).

[Larry Rutledge]

Oh, what about DocFest (Doctor Fest) http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/4608/hs1zu.gif

(I guess he's more of a scientist, but he came up when I typed "doctor" into my smiley search and I thought it was pretty funny)

[Brandon Rice]

Adventurefest... though I probably won't be able to do one, it'll be fun watching :)

[John LaBonney]

Oh, what about DocFest (Doctor Fest)

I should have said Docufest instead.

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

PornFest, come on! ;D
Nah, you would have an unfair advantage. I mean how would we know you shot it for the contest :)
SUSPENSE FEST or THRILLER FEST : Leave the gore off screen (or not) and put the emphasis on camera work, the conceit, the story telling.
PULP FEST: Funky crime genre.
CRIME FEST: Less fun than pulp fest, more open.
DETECTIVE FEST: Like spy fest can feature any kind of detective or detection. Hardboiled American detectives, British Tea Cosy detectives, amateur detectives. All are welcome.
POE FEST: Adapt an Edgar Allen Poe poem or short story.
GOTHIC FEST: Horror with an emphasis on style and the macbre. Think Dracula and Frankenstein, Edgar Allen Poe.
THEME FEST: Any genre. Like Tropfest in New York (http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/t365-tropfest-feature) / Australia. Last year for the New York one you had to have a man hole cover. This year you have to have a slice of pizza in your film. We could start a thread where everybody puts theme ideas and then the mods pick one. It could be an object, a quote, anything.
ACTION FEST.

[Jazz Dog]

I vote for Docufest
If not then:
-Trailer fest - make a cool trailer for fictional movie a la Grindhouse
-Green fest - films about environment etc.
-Green fest - whole movie shot on green screen
-Solo fest - a film made by yourself, no crew or actors

Just trying out some different options.....

[Drew Ott]

I like the "Movie-fest" that Kholi mentioned. I also like action/adventure genre. I also would like the twist-ending fest that Larry R mentioned.

Solo-fest is a cool idea, as is Gothic Fest.

[MiataFilmSomething]

I think someone mentioned this one last time, but how about One-Take fest? 5 minute film, no cuts. Blocking that sucker would be a grand challenge:)

[Beat Takeshi]

I think something like romantic comedy or something with relationships. Getting tired of the shoot-em up stuff. It would be a great exercise for character development and relations. I know this board is mostly filled with younger guys that just want to blow sh!t up and shoot everything in site but lets make another challenge like Drama fest was. It seemed drama fest stumped most people so why not practice what needs to be worked on. Then after that we can blow sh1t up again.

[Brandon Rice]

romantic comedy would be very fun...

[Kholi]

If you do Romantic... I don't think it should be restricted to comedy. Just open Romance.

[tmnt]

PsychoFest! Sorry, I think I've mentioned it before but it could cover killers, delinquents etc.

FutureFest sounds alright good.

[martin-sfx]

ComedyFest sure would be fun as would be TrailerFest. For Comedy you need good writing and great characters which, like Aram said, needs to be worked on.

[oneinfiniteloop]

I like JDS's idea of Poe fest (or expand it to short story fest) where people adapt stories for their movie. It would show a different facet of how people use their talent.

[Tom Marshall]

There's always SnuffFest :evil:

[tmnt]

I second SnuffFest (I already have some I could re-edit).

I don't think PoeFest could work for copyright reasons if we want to shop our shorts around although I guess we would be completely re-imagining a story.

[Zoidoid]

I second SnuffFest (I already have some I could re-edit).

I don't think PoeFest could work for copyright reasons if we want to shop our shorts around although I guess we would be completely re-imagining a story.

Actually, I think it's fine. Poe's stories are old enough to be public domain at this point, if I'm not mistaken.

[Jaime V]

I'm kind of hoping for another HorrorFest. Last year's was the first short I did, and it was fun...it could become a tradition every year :-)

or...

2) ComedyFest
3) ActionFest

-Jaime

[stinkpot]

Kung Fu Fest!!!

This may fall under "Action Fest" but a bit more specific.

...requirement = poor overdubs.

.

[John LaBonney]

Kung Fu Fest!!!

This may fall under "Action Fest" but a bit more specific.

...requirement = poor overdubs.

.

Kung-Fu Fest! I love it!

[Gord.T]

FreeForAll fest. Anything & everything. No more excuses for people not to enter. Do anything you want with whatever you want. Perhaps with a category beside the title.

Example-Nyuktuk,Lost culture-documentary.
Example-Sweetheart-British Comedy.
Example-The Hill-Claymation

Let everyone do whatever they want. So how do you vote? Pick the one you liked the best.

/Maybe something in a scene with dvxuser?

[Ki-Ki]

Poll?

Action / Comedy / Historic/Medival / DOCTOR

Love the doctor idea, or someone in a profesion.

or

Spoof Fest

Like dub over Speed, Spiderman, Love Actually, turn them into comedies.

[John LaBonney]

Poll?



Do a poll! Do a poll!

[Ki-Ki]

Aye, Sorry.. also like the idea of Kholi's Pitch Fest...

Dear god please tell me i spelt his name right =x

I love these threads, they fill up pags so fast.

[Kholi]

^ L o L You spelled it right. =P

Pitch Fest would leave it open Genre and add another dimension to the content: seeing the producer(s) pitch the idea as if they were trying to raise interests or funds for a real feature length.

[Brandon Rice]

I might be interested in actually shooting something for that ;)

[rawlikesushi]

I'm game for anything!!! I just can't wait for the next Fest!!!! :)

[Larry Rutledge]

I'm game for anything!!! I just can't wait for the next Fest!!!! :)



Can we please just enjoy this one before worrying about another fest? http://yelims.free.fr/IPB/Invision-Board-France-644.gif This is me trying to get everything ready for you guys to enjoy this one, and all you can talk about is the next one?

Ok, ok...I understand. I want to know the next one too ... but don't forget there are AdFest entries to judge :)

[Ki-Ki]

I wonder about camera limitations again.

[Gord.T]

I might be interested in actually shooting something for that ;)

Brandon...cmon. Please wait till your free, time wise. I've seen too many pulls out of DVX.

[Jen Bright]

What about SoapFest, as in Soap Opera? That could be highly entertaining, and leaves it open to all kinds of things. Things exploding, murder, weddings, guns, mistaken identities, twins, shipwrecks ... the list could go on and on.

I think someone mentioned SpoofFest. That could also be a lot of fun.

[tmpafilmer25]

Edit-Nevermind, bad idea

[Jutberg]

family film fest?

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

I like JDS's idea of Poe fest (or expand it to short story fest) where people adapt stories for their movie. It would show a different facet of how people use their talent.
I like adaptation-fest. The reason I said Poe is that it is public domain and would unify it. But as long as we were careful about rights - either public domain or you have to have the rights to it, it could work.

I also second the idea about anything that gets into relationships and not so much shoot em up.

We already did Drama fest, but it seems like everything that doesn't fit into a broader entertainment genre falls into Drama Fest.

[Norm Sanders]

Family Film Fest? I'd actually think that could be cool ... as for resale DVD's, etc. I also think there'd be a surprisingly large market for a bunch of shorts that fell in that catagory.

I'm surprised I've not seen much on here for comedy fest. I'm punching forward with BERLIN (aiming for October production - will have some gorgeous fall colors for the exterios because of it too), so it'll have to be a completely new fest for me to really want to get into it (i.e. no repeats of HorrorFest, SciFest, etc.).

Just my two cents ...

[J.R. Hudson]

Halloween is coming up.

That could be fun.

Or a Noirfest ?

[bosindy]

Comedy

[rawlikesushi]

my vote is for HorrorFest. just my 2cents. ;)

[tmnt]

I would also love to see a pole with perhaps ten choices. I'd also like it to be a bit more specific than just comedy or horror. For example instead of horror fest it could be UndeadFEST etc.

[Brandon Rice]

Brandon...cmon. Please wait till your free, time wise. I've seen too many pulls out of DVX.

At least I have the intention of doing it :thumbsup:

[bigteethproductions]

Someone mentioned earlier on MockumentaryFest - I think that would be fun to do. But then again, this past one was the fourth one I intended to do and didn't get into, so I wouldn't necessarily count my vote too much!!!!

[Matty_g]

I'm all for comedy. I think mockumentary fest would be too much of the same thing.

[ConspiracyPenguin]

I looked through the suggestions we have so far and there are a lot of good ones however I think I would like FutureFest or HeistFest. HorrorFest would be fun as well as PoeFest (I think I could do a lot with that one.) Anyway AdFest was my first and now I'm ready for more so whatever it is I'll be there!

[Geoff_R]

FutureFest and HorrorFest 2 are the most appealing to me...but a lot of good ideas are being thrown out.

[Mike McNeese]

I'll put it another pitch for NoirFest. Yes, I know, Noir is a style, which is why it's such a great fest idea! We've never done a style-based fest! It's open to any genre...

If not Noir, then what about a OneTakeWonderFest? We could do it in the two-month timeframe that we did AdFest!?

[chris f]

how bout TV Pilot fest, where everyone creates their own 5-10min webisode with no guidelines on genre, etc. I've been wanting to create a web show for a while now and will probably do so for my next project. To me this sounds like it could be a good change of pace and really put the focus on the writing and directing and not so much on production value and special effects.

[Kholi]

Barry_S should tell us what it is. xD I think he already knows.

[Ryan E. Walters]

Any votes for a musical fest? Now that would be a challenge for us all. :) LOL!

[Deepfocus88]

Kung Fu Fest!!!

This may fall under "Action Fest" but a bit more specific.

...requirement = poor overdubs.

.


This idea has been kicking around in my head for a while now. You beat me to it.

I'd love to do a send-up of all those great Shaw Brother's films from the 70's. (Oh, but where to find an authentic Shaolin temple in Connecticut?)

Martial Arts Fest!

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Any votes for a musical fest? Now that would be a challenge for us all. :) LOL!



A challenge for both the filmmakers and the viewers :)

[Norm Sanders]

I'd be game for MusicalFest, though with regards to any potential DVD Sales (for Jarred), I'm not sure there'd be a big market for it ... and the production that would have to go into one of those (to do it well) is HUGE, so I'd be afraid of it competing too much with other things I need to get done. Hmmm.

[Barry_Green]

I would think the next fest should be along the halloween lines, since that's about when it'll wrap up, and frankly I think we get our best turnouts when the genre spins towards zombies & vampires & horror. Although we did get a very strong turnout for sci-fest too...

I'd love to see some variety, whether musicals or westerns or whatever. Whatever theme we go with (if we go with a theme) shouldn't preclude those options though -- I mean, if it was truly a ZombieFest, you should feel free to make a zombie musical or a zombie western or a zombie detective noir film. Nothing about the zombie theme should strictly dictate that it be a horror movie. Zombie comedy? Zombie romance? Zombie buddy cop movie? Zombie spy movie? Zombie mockumentary? Zombie TV commercial for Kinetica (ooh, got one, thanks).

Point is -- we try to pick these fests to foster creativity. Step outside the normal limits and make something awesome. Whether we specify it's zombies or musicals or drama or... well, you get the idea. Barry_S will specify some specific rules that all films must adhere to, of course, but as long as you meet the letter of the law, the rest is really up to you. If someone wants to make a musical, there's almost no genre or theme we could pick that would preclude them from making a musical, y'know?

[Kholi]

^^ Ayup. Horror-Fest turned out some extremely nice entries, as well. Something with a Halloween theme would be good.

=\ I hope this time I don't get down to the wire again and get "rained" out.

[cinealma]

You know, why do Zombies get all the press here? There are an awful lot of good and capable OTHER undead. What about vampires? What about ghosts? What about Lazarus? I say: Lazarus-Fest, all the way! :zombie_smiley:


Cheers!

[bosindy]

there's almost no genre or theme we could pick that would preclude them from making a musical, y'know?

nor a genre that would preclude zombies and vampires as we have seen in adfest.

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

You know, why do Zombies get all the press here? There are an awful lot of good and capable OTHER undead. What about vampires? What about ghosts? What about Lazarus? I say: Lazarus-Fest, all the way! :zombie_smiley:


Cheers!

Theoretically all of those would fit into Zombie fest. It was expanded to mean any kind of undead + the category of Zombie that is not undead - chemically mutated undead-like human. So vampires would have been welcome. I think maybe we got one Vampire movie.

The thing with Zombies, unlike wearwolves (not undead I know, just using for comparison) is that zombies are well within most of our production means, whereas werewolves would be stretching it.

Having said that, maybe "Undead fest" would be a good idea. People could revisit Zombies if they wanted to but Vampires and maybe even ghosts would be welcome too. It would basically be horrorfest with no serial killers at that point. Even Jason or Freddy type ghoulies would be admissible since they are some type of dead human boogie men, right?

Dunno ...

[Brandon Rice]

If it's adventurefest, I'm in, with a shorter cut of a short I'll be producing soon anyways :)

[cinealma]

Theoretically all of those would fit into Zombie fest. It was expanded to mean any kind of undead + the category of Zombie that is not undead - chemically mutated undead-like human. So vampires would have been welcome. I think maybe we got one Vampire movie.


Would Keith Richards qualify? Oh, wait, he might be of the "chemically mutated" group.



The thing with Zombies, unlike wearwolves (not undead I know, just using for comparison) is that zombies are well within most of our production means, whereas werewolves would be stretching it.


Obviously, you've never met my grandpa!




Having said that, maybe "Undead fest" would be a good idea. People could revisit Zombies if they wanted to but Vampires and maybe even ghosts would be welcome too. It would basically be horrorfest with no serial killers at that point. Even Jason or Freddy type ghoulies would be admissible since they are some type of dead human boogie men, right?

Dunno ...

Ghost stories would be REAL cool! SpookFest, yeah!

[Kholi]

T
Having said that, maybe "Undead fest" would be a good idea. People could revisit Zombies if they wanted to but Vampires and maybe even ghosts would be welcome too. It would basically be horrorfest with no serial killers at that point. Even Jason or Freddy type ghoulies would be admissible since they are some type of dead human boogie men, right?

Dunno ...

Good idea.

SpookFest is a good one. It's basically HorrorFest, but, who's keeping tabs?

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

....
Obviously, you've never met my grandpa!...

Cool. I guess you could use another actor to be the human version, then download some morphing shareware and you are golden. :D

[Brandon Rice]

I have a good short ghost story written... wrote for horrorfest last year...

[cinealma]

Cool. I guess you could use another actor to be the human version, then download some morphing shareware and you are golden. :D

That's right. And I'll shoot the whole thing on my webcam!

And here's the twist...


It will be a wolf who changes into a man. A WEREMAN! The strange thing is, a werewolf and a wereman look the same.


But no one can touch...


http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGPORTRAITS/music/portrait200/drp100/p101/p10197sl46n.jpg


Owwww-ooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

[LynchMob]

Kung Fu Trailer Fest!


I want a reason to buy those cool Kung Fu clothes. I wonder if those clothes would qualify as Business Casual so I could wear it to work.

[CarlSpackler]

Moustache Fest, duh.

[Larry Rutledge]

Well, whatever the fest ends up being, you can use this link to help you create your story:

http://www.lifeformz.com/cgi-bin/idea/idea.cgi

:grin:

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

That's right. And I'll shoot the whole thing on my webcam!

And here's the twist...


It will be a wolf who changes into a man. A WEREMAN! The strange thing is, a werewolf and a wereman look the same.


But no one can touch...

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGPORTRAITS/music/portrait200/drp100/p101/p10197sl46n.jpg


Owwww-ooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

Cool.
I would like to be considered for the role.
Here is my recent headshot.

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/7195/1186092066.jpg http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGPORTRAITS/music/portrait200/drp100/p101/p10197sl46n.jpg

[Ryan E. Walters]

Well, whatever the fest ends up being, you can use this link to help you create your story:

http://www.lifeformz.com/cgi-bin/idea/idea.cgi

:grin:

Great link- it just gave me: "An infectious physicist plays checkers with the mother-in-law of an activist."

hmm, I'd better start my casting .... :)

[Geoff_R]

...Having said that, maybe "Undead fest" would be a good idea. People could revisit Zombies if they wanted to but Vampires and maybe even ghosts would be welcome too...

I like the sound of 'Undead Fest'... nice ring to it.

[J.R. Hudson]

I'm always up for some horror

Muahahha

[J.R. Hudson]

Cool.
I would like to be considered for the role.
Here is my recent headshot.

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/7195/1186092066.jpg http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGPORTRAITS/music/portrait200/drp100/p101/p10197sl46n.jpg

I love it Jack; very Auteur (Kubrick, De Palma, Copolla, Spielberg)

[cinealma]

I love it Jack; very Auteur (Kubrick, De Palma, Copolla, Spielberg)


http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/7195/1186092066.jpg

Hmmm. I don't know, according to MyHeritage, the top two matches returned for JDS were:

Shoko Asahara
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/13091/1186095914.jpg

Charles Manson
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/13091/1186095981.jpg


But the best one was:

Therese of Lisieux!
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/13091/1186096006.jpg



Cheers! :beer:

[tmnt]

UndeadFest! I think I was the first to mention it, do I win a HVX for that?

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

I love it Jack; very Auteur (Kubrick, De Palma, Copolla, Spielberg)


http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/7195/1186092066.jpg

Hmmm. I don't know, according to MyHeritage, the top two matches returned for JDS were:

Shoko Asahara
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/13091/1186095914.jpg

Charles Manson
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/13091/1186095981.jpg


But the best one was:

Therese of Lisieux!
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/13091/1186096006.jpg



Cheers! :beer:

heheh, well of course that is not actually my headshot. nor is it current,

that was the "before" pic I snapped with my cellphone before I got my hair cut short and shaved my beard about two weeks ago.

My GF likes the mad professor look so I may grow it back.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Come on! Let's do PastFest, where every movie has to take place at least 50 years or more in the past! We'd get westerns, medieval, gangster, ancient, etc.

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

haha,
are you going to bank role all of our shorts?

[cinealma]

How about a opposite genre/filmmaker mash-up?

Examples:

A romantic comedy in the style of Martin Scorsese?
A sci-fi film in the style of Merchant/Ivory?
A horror film in the style of John Hughes?
A costume drama in the style of Michael Bay?
A family comedy in the style of Eli Roth?

Etc., etc.

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

How about a opposite gender/filmmaker fest? ...

An Ed Wood fest? Sure. :evil:
:grin:

[cinealma]

An Ed Wood fest? Sure. :evil:
:grin:

Hey! I didn't say that!

BUT, I like it... :thumbsup: :D

Ed Wood fest would be great. B/W would be a requirement!

[ripupthehwy]

Another horror fest are u kidding? We've had zombie fest, horror fest....please not again!!

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

But we Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike the scary movies.

What would YOU like to see? Any suggestions to go along with that thumbs-down?

[Blaine]

Ed Wood fest would be great. B/W would be a requirement!
Didn't Ed Wood think he was making great movies while those around him were secretly laughing at him...perhaps even humoring him?

[Brandon Rice]

But we Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike the scary movies.

What would YOU like to see? Any suggestions to go along with that thumbs-down?

Problem is... movie's never scare me... well, ok... one did... once... but mostly they don't...

[blckhawk542]

HippieFest.


...would definitely make an effort to submit something to that one...

[Barry_Green]

Clearly, Brandon hasn't seen The Star Wars Holiday Special.

[Brandon Rice]

HA HA... nope... but that comment is making me click over to the cafe to see it right now...

[Mike McNeese]

Not to be a party pooper, but I vote thumbs down to the idea of another horror-like fest. We've already done two of them, and it seems like there's a lot of other directions we can go before we start rehashing old Fest themes/genres.

[Matt Sconce]

but they are soooo fun....hehe

[Weston]

I say action or horrorfest till october....and then sci-fest 2 over the winter.

Sci-fest just feels like a winter thing more than the fall does.

[Brandon Rice]

Not to be a party pooper, but I vote thumbs down to the idea of another horror-like fest. We've already done two of them, and it seems like there's a lot of other directions we can go before we start rehashing old Fest themes/genres.

Agreed. I am not even a big horror fan.

[Matt Sconce]

But i repeat....it is sooooo fun to make these type of movies! :-) Like I have any time though. :-(

[Brandon Rice]

I like making action and adventure flicks the best personally :)

[Michael_Petro]

But i repeat....it is sooooo fun to make these type of movies! :-) Like I have any time though. :-(

They are fun... and i dont like boring fest... and i would love to do another.

[MiataFilmSomething]

Horror is fun to do, but it's also fairly easy. If it wasn't, you wouldn't see 60 different types of horror movies on the New Releases section at Blockbuster.

I'd rather have a fest that required just as much thought as it did execution. Or at least a different direction or genre to try. In order to really gain knowledge of the force, you must study ALL of its aspects... wait, now I'm going off on a tangent....

[HorseFilms]

Horror is fun to do, but it's also fairly easy. If it wasn't, you wouldn't see 60 different types of horror movies on the New Releases section at Blockbuster.
Making bad movies is easy, genre doesn't matter. There are just as many crappy comedies and dramas on that wall.

[Kholi]

Making bad movies is easy, genre doesn't matter. There are just as many crappy comedies and dramas on that wall.


You beat me to it.

[CarlSpackler]

I can't belive that no one got excited about MoustacheFest. Shame on all of you. How about CrimeFest, SilentFilmFest or MacGuffinFest.

[Karl151k]

I'm all for silent film fest!

[Ki-Ki]

MurderFest

- Can't put it any plainer. =]

PropFest

- Similar / Same Props in all films.

CopFest

- ..Police?

[ullanta]

How about an IssueFest? Whether dramatic or doco style, everyone should address an important and current social issue...

[J.R. Hudson]

How about

Parodyfest.

[JasonFox]

How about BabyAnnouncementFest with the requirement that you have to show a sonogram picture? Anyone?

[Kholi]

LOL Jason.

That's a crazy good stipulation. Someone has to be announced Pregnant or something like that.

[J.R. Hudson]

How about

Trailerfest ?

[Simon Höfer]

That sounds fun!

[Larry Rutledge]

Today I was thinking about a story idea I am preparing to write a script for. I still have some plot holes I have to fill first and so that is what I was working on.

During that process I started wondering how different, if at all, the resulting script would be, if I gave what I know of the story so far, to another writer.

All that to say, what about "PlotFest"/"StoryFest"? Similar to the "One Script..." fest a while back, but the major difference would be writing your own script from a common story/plot rather than all shooting the same script.

What do you think, do you think the resulting scripts would be much different?

Just thought I'd throw it out there.

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

How about from the same logline - not the same outline.

[J.R. Hudson]

That's interesting Jack

[cinealma]

"One Script" fest, a la Project Greenlight, I think would be VERY cool. Some might wince at that, so "One Logline" would be good too.

[Kholi]

How about

Trailerfest ?


I already said that! I win!

[J.R. Hudson]

Lol !!

[Kholi]

Well, Mines was PITCH FEST... so it's KINDA different.

WHATEVS.

I just want to enter one. every time I get to the Friday before the Saturday/Sunday shoot... I get canned. All that pre-pro work goes down the drain. Gotta return props for my money back...

I hate throwing my two cents in for what fest is up next and going through all of that trouble just to not be able to enter. Totally kills the spirit.

NextFEESST

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Oohh!! One logline, yeah! Any genre, etc. You just have to follow the logline!

[Zoidoid]

Oooh! I really think you've hit on something there -- the one-logline idea is brilliant. I'm game :)

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

The logline thing, especially if it doesn't spell out everything so there is some wiggle room, could be cool.

[MiataFilmSomething]

Maybe to add to the log line, a certain prop or a certain line of dialog must be used somewhere in the film. Incorporating that into the fest may be neat because we cam see how everyone used the same thing in a different way.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

No!! I hate the dialog/prop thing. If you want that, then go participate in the 48 hr/72 hr/national film competition.

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

I think, if we went this route, the logline would be enough to show the film has been made for this fest.


Horror is fun to do, but it's also fairly easy. If it wasn't, you wouldn't see 60 different types of horror movies on the New Releases section at Blockbuster.

I'd rather have a fest that required just as much thought as it did execution. Or at least a different direction or genre to try. In order to really gain knowledge of the force, you must study ALL of its aspects... wait, now I'm going off on a tangent....
heheh, think horror is easy? :grin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Od92391upY&mode=related&search=
(No it's not a rickroll)

there are so many horror flicks in blockbuster because it is such a profitable almost sure fire genre in terms of sales / rentals and because the fans are starved for it and sometimes even like mocking the bad ones (it's so bad it's good) that the absolute lowest standard may be lower than some other genres. If the box is good and the premise is horror-y enough that may be enough for a rental since horror fans have seen everything and comb the aisles for their next fix.

but that does not mean it is easy to make a GOOD horror movie, if that's your argument, and that it takes no thought, then lets see you go out and make The Shining, or Hellraiser, or Devil's Rejects, or Altered States, or Carrie, or Eyes Without a Face (a personal fave), or Susperia, or The Thing, or Dawn of the Dead, or Night the Living Dead (social commentary), or Shaun of the Dead, or an American Werewolf in London, or Poltergeist, or Jaws, or Rosemary's Baby, or The Exorcist, or Dr. Caligari, or Nosferatu, or capture the classical romance of the original Dracula, Frankenstein, Hunchback, and Wolfman pics.

... all are horror movies that have a little more going on than thoughtlessness. I intentionally left off Friday the 13th, Freddy, and Halloween because that might fall into your definition of mindless horror even though Halloween has Hitchcockian levels of suspense - it's only it's typical teen setting that makes it seem of the same ilk as Friday the 13th or Nightmare on a cursory glance.

I think there were plenty of Horrorfest Movies last year that were far from "thoughtless", and whatever the genre, while no one would set out to make a bad movie in terms of execution, you can make any genre as dumb or as smart as you are capable of.

[Simon Höfer]

I would go with the Trailer Fest, because they are also short like the Ads, so they are easy to watch. And they are not limited so much, people can be very creative and they are not tied down to make a whole short film. That might increase the quality of the production.

[Ryan E. Walters]

I would go with the Trailer Fest, because they are also short like the Ads, so they are easy to watch. And they are not limited so much, people can be very creative and they are not tied down to make a whole short film. That might increase the quality of the production.

I like that idea- that would be great- to create a great trailer for a non exsistent movie. The enteries would be easy to watch, and keeps the options wide open- nice sugestion. :)

[Blaine]

I hate throwing my two cents in for what fest is up next and going through all of that trouble just to not be able to enter. Totally kills the spirit.Too bad everyone doesn't feel that way. It seems everytime we have a new fest we have the "usual suspects" telling us how great their movies are going to be, only end up not competing. If you're not going to compete, who cares what you think the next fest should be. Therefore, I'll make no suggestions...:beer:

[Larry Rutledge]

If we went the "One Logline" route, we could have people submit loglines. Then a preselected jury of our peers could whittle the submissions down to the top 5 or 10 and then we could have a public vote for the favorite.

Then that one would Be the one used for the LogLineFest.

Just an idea :)

[Pastaman]

Trailer fest would be fun but Halloween is so close, its gotta be some form of horror.

[J.R. Hudson]

That's what I'm thinking,

It's the spirit

Damn it

[Jason Ramsey]

Halloween fest (or the like) seems a bit generic to me...

But, it does kinda feel right. Kinda' go back to the roots of the dvxuser film fests a bit.... It is the perfect time to do it...

So long as it's got some kind of twist to it, in terms of the guidelines.

Barry_S supplies the logline, and the film has to take place on Halloween Day/Night. And, it has to be apparent in the film that it is indeed Halloween.... Something like that maybe... That'd be cool to me.

Jason

[Jeremy Ordan]

I think that is over complicating something. I see nothing wrong with simply saying "make a film that takes place on Oct 31st, any genre, any subject, but just tie in Halloween however you can"

It's like using a name for the Spyfest thing or whatever... it opens up some previous restrictions and allows people to follow through with whatever genre they personally are interested in.

[Jason Ramsey]

I think we are kinda saying the same thing...

Having it take place on Halloween day, is the 'name' restriction ala spy fest, and drama fest. But then (for me) a logline, or whatever else, is the 'theme', if you will....

Though I do like the simplicity of "Your film takes place on Halloween. Go"

Lends itself towards the horror, zombie, etc. But, doesn't make it a requirement.

[Jeremy Ordan]

Lends itself towards the horror, zombie, etc. But, doesn't make it a requirement.

You could have a first date on Halloween... in fact, I have had a couple of first dates on Halloween and while some were most certainly horror filled, some could be considered... nevermind

Cast Away could take place on Halloween
House of 1000 Corpses could take place on Halloween
The Untouchables could take place on Halloween
Rear Window could take place on Halloween
Citizen Kane could take place on Halloween

I'm going to stop now...

I think we're both talking the same language

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

If we went the "One Logline" route, we could have people submit loglines. Then a preselected jury of our peers could whittle the submissions down to the top 5 or 10 and then we could have a public vote for the favorite.

Then that one would Be the one used for the LogLineFest.

Just an idea :)

Poll.

[Solomon Chase]

Want to hear something totally out there?

CVS FEST: Everyone shoots a short film with a CVS disposable camcorder.
http://images.camcorderinfo.com/images/upload/Image/Blog/CVS-camcorder-m.jpg

I have one these things, modded for true 24fps, 640x480.

You could do crazy things like tie it to an airplane, plastic baggie under water, bike mount. Fun Stuff :)

probably more suited for a local thing, but I've always wanted to do it. Level the playing field!

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Well I am more interested in hearing how you modded it for true 24P than I am for using it as a sole camera for a short I will put 2 months of my life and money into, unless the story just screamed for that as the absolute best medium ...

... but I do want to hear about this mod so I could integrate it into some project maybe ... gotta a link? If not please start a thread in the DIY section and tell us how to achieve this cool hack ... thanks :beer:

[Ki-Ki]

Combine Loglines with the Horror Fest idea, narrows down the broadness of the genre a little and 2 good ideas get thrown into one.

[chris f]

music video fest? spoof fest?

[JasonFox]

LOL Jason.

That's a crazy good stipulation. Someone has to be announced Pregnant or something like that.

Haha. I suggested that because I've already got my submission!

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=105493

[Charli]

Well, I have a suggestion, not something I like to do, but I think that in this forum, this would absolutely be fitting.

Fright Fest - short films WITHOUT dialogue

Who can scare us the most without saying a single word...

[cinealma]

Well, I have a suggestion, not something I like to do, but I think that in this forum, this would absolutely be fitting.

Fright Fest - short films WITHOUT dialogue

Who can scare us the most without saying a single word...

Would crying, screaming or moaning count?

[Charli]

John - in your films, anything goes, lol

[Gord.T]

Western just too see Cinealma's entry. If that's what it takes, ha, I'll vote for it.

Just curious, would anyone be offended if an entry was entirely CG? Not that it can be done in 3 months. For example a cartoony type deal?

The reason is, I almost had one ready for Adfest, not intended but long story.
I can see alot of pros and cons on either side and am fine either way.
Maybe this is a different thread, or a dead in the water deal? I don't know.

[Jason Ramsey]

Barry_S or Larry_R would be the final word on that....

but, I would say, since the fests are open to any camera now, I would assume that could also mean no camera. But, that's my take. Like I said, Barry or Larry would be the final word.... And, it will also depend on the rules/guidelines for the next fest....

Jason

[Gord.T]

Well I would say in refernence to 3D...no camera, 3D is still completely camera based. Even down to the aperature settings, lens size, focal point, lighting and so forth. We still use a camera. Although everything is simulated in sofware.

Anyways, maybe if the CG entries were up for different prizes and different categories that would take the edge off the physical filmakers. As in Best Film/Video, Best CG Film/Video or something. A different category I guess.
Anyways, thinking out loud here.

[Elton]

I like JDS's idea of Poe fest (or expand it to short story fest) where people adapt stories for their movie. It would show a different facet of how people use their talent.

How about "Dollar Baby Fest". Stephen King used to let people like Frank Darabont (back when he was a film student) make short films from his short stories for a dollar. (King retained the rights, of course)

I wonder if he's still as generous these days.

[TowerFan]

How about "Dollar Baby Fest". Stephen King used to let people like Frank Darabont (back when he was a film student) make short films from his short stories for a dollar. (King retained the rights, of course)

I wonder if he's still as generous these days.

I'm with you there Elton. I'll start casting for Roland and Eddie right now!

[Elton]

I got dibs on "Survivor Type". Hehe

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

I like JDS's idea of Poe fest (or expand it to short story fest) where people adapt stories for their movie. It would show a different facet of how people use their talent.


How about "Dollar Baby Fest". Stephen King used to let people like Frank Darabont (back when he was a film student) make short films from his short stories for a dollar. (King retained the rights, of course)

I wonder if he's still as generous these days.

The main reason I suggested Poe was the fact that it is public domain.
Maybe a Poe / Lovecraft fest?
Anyway, I was just concerned about logistics and people playing dumb when they showed up on the upload day saying they thought it was OK to use a Dean Koontz story because it was "just for the internet"

As a SIDE NOTE ...

You know any one of us could make our own
"THE THING"
movie (short or feature) because the original story is in the public domain.

[Elton]

I hear ya, JDS. I know the Dollar Baby idea is a pipe dream, but just the same, I've heard of Stephen King adaptation fests.

Love the idea of The Thing, however. :) I could imagine all sorts of takes on it.

[Elton]

...and what about more conceptual fests, rather than genre-specific?

I like the idea of DreamFest, where participants are allowed to go any direction they choose but the theme should be about dreams and their effects/consequences.

This isn't to do the old cliche' "it was all a dream" sort of thing...but I like the idea of pursing more abstract interpretations of a theme.

[J.R. Hudson]

The main reason I suggested Poe was the fact that it is public domain.
Maybe a Poe / Lovecraft fest?
Anyway, I was just concerned about logistics and people playing dumb when they showed up on the upload day saying they thought it was OK to use a Dean Koontz story because it was "just for the internet"

As a SIDE NOTE ...

You know any one of us could make our own
"THE THING"
movie (short or feature) because the original story is in the public domain.

I think this is a fabulous idea

Poe Fest / Lovecraft Fest

YES YES YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BArry S ? !

[J.R. Hudson]

Wait

The Thing is PUBLIC DOMAIN ?!

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Interesting

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Well supposedly the originnal source material, i,e, the novella,
"Who Goes There" by John Campbell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Goes_There%3F
which a radio show was based on in the 30's I think then a movie "The Thing" in the 50's, and then Carpenter's "The Thing", but it appears that Campbell's novella is up for grabs:
http://www.archive.org/details/whogoesthere12229gut
though I'm not sure why since it was published in the late 30's. Seems like that shouldn't be old enough

[JasonFox]

Poe Fest...YES YES YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I assume in your excitement you left out the second "p" and are pining for PopeFest '07.

[HorseFilms]

I assume in your excitement you left out the second "p" and are pining for PopeFest '07.

I've got dibs on Boniface IX... uh, nevermind.

[Herman Witkam]

Lovecraft/Poe-fest: Great idea :thumbsup:

[J.R. Hudson]

I assume in your excitement you left out the second "p" and are pining for PopeFest '07.

:D:D:D

[Ki-Ki]

PoeFest? Blah

[J.R. Hudson]

Yeah, that MURDERFEST idea was solid :thumbsup:

[pfista]

I could go for a spoof fest, or just in general making fun of something. I already have a script for a short, and I should be shooting it within the next two weeks. (I'm trying to get it done before school starts :()

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Bah, too much conversation, come on Barry or Jarred, just go ahead and announce it! Jarred didn't wait for any kind of consensus for SpyFest, he just plucked one option.

[punkkid]

I like the idea of spoof fest, heist fest and horror fest.

[CineMark]

SpoofFest would be ok. I could definitely do a Western. I think that would be cool. I just couldn't get into AdFest — so whatever is chosen, I hope it's something I can get into and feel good about.

[Barry_S]

I'll announce after we've wrapped AdFest. We've pretty much locked in the next fest, but these threads are helpful for planning future fests. There are some great ideas here and people should think twice about passing on fests that aren't in their comfort zone. I generally shoot for a unifying theme that gives you guys some flexibility.

[Jaime V]

Looking forward to it...the voting results and the announcement of the next fest!

[JasonFox]

I generally shoot for a unifying theme that gives you guys some flexibility.

Woo-hoo! Sounds like an endorsement of PopeFest to me!

[cinealma]

Woo-hoo! Sounds like an endorsement of PopeFest to me!

PopeFest rocks! Mine will star Mel Gibson and it will all be in Latin. Permits to shoot in the Vatican should be coming in any day now. All right!!!!

[Ki-Ki]

Don't mean to be an @ss hole here,

But am I the only guy who doesn't really know what the big deal about Edgar Poe is? I studied him in English on the story of Hop Frog... i don't know. I mean I've read up on the guy and everything but out of all the writers for poems and short stories out there etc, why him? I don't understand is there something i'm not getting?

=]

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Three words.
Public Domain
Horror.
(albeit gothic)

In other words, a genre that's popular around here, something to unify the films, and we could try our hand at adaptation.

That's all.

And I would expect people to take a very broad interpretive, rather than period or straight, approach.

Start ticking down the list of authors you would rather do and I bet almost all or all of them will not be possible to use because the copyrights are still privately held.

But don't worry. It won't be Poe Fest or Poe Lovecraft fest I'm sure.

[bosindy]

PopeFest rocks! Mine will star Mel Gibson and it will all be in Latin. Permits to shoot in the Vatican should be coming in any day now. All right!!!!

What about John Pope fest, civil was general films. Yeeeehhhaaaaaaa!

[Barry_Green]

And I would expect people to take a very broad interpretive, rather than period or straight, approach.

I would hope so... A total free hand. I mean, look at the film "Clueless" -- that's an adaptation of Jane Austen's "Emma". Or, for a more hybrid adaptation, there's Baz Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet, where he modernized everything except kept the dialogue the same. Countless films we've all seen in the theater have been broad adaptations of Shakespeare plays or other historic works, but if you don't keenly know the story beats of Othello or whatever it is that they adapted, you'd never know you were watching an adaptation...

[Nic Aragon]

Jacks idea easily best so far for me.

[Aaron Marshall]

Pitch Fest would leave it open Genre and add another dimension to the content: seeing the producer(s) pitch the idea as if they were trying to raise interests or funds for a real feature length.

I like the sound of PitchFest the best. Look, I'm a poet and didn't know it.

PoeFest would also be cool.

[Ki-Ki]

Ah i see, understand now. Thanks.

Nothing against any fest idea, i was just a little confused. =]

[bosindy]

I'd be down with poe as long as we don't get 35 The Tell Tale Heart films.

[Tom Marshall]

But am I the only guy who doesn't really know what the big deal about Edgar Poe is?

I'm related to him... :beer:

[J.R. Hudson]

Don't mean to be an @ss hole here,

But am I the only guy who doesn't really know what the big deal about Edgar Poe is? I studied him in English on the story of Hop Frog... i don't know. I mean I've read up on the guy and everything but out of all the writers for poems and short stories out there etc, why him? I don't understand is there something i'm not getting?

=]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe%27s_literary_influence

One day, in a hundred year's, someone will say the same thing about Hemingway or King.

[Ki-Ki]

Sorry tommy, i weren't insulting him or anything, he's a great guy. =]
I just didn't know much about him i guess. I read up on Hemingway to.

[I got really low grades in English Lit]

Thats quite a sad story.

[ConspiracyPenguin]

I'd be down with poe as long as we don't get 35 The Tell Tale Heart films.
Darnit! Nah, I did consider The Tell Tale but I also have some other ideas that really put my own twist to the stories. I think PoeFest is my favorite so far.

[Tom Marshall]

Sorry tommy, i weren't insulting him or anything, he's a great guy. =]
I just didn't know much about him i guess. I read up on Hemingway to.

[I got really low grades in English Lit]

Thats quite a sad story.

No worries. I don't know a whole lot about him either. For all I know, I've got the rights to the great Poe empire. :grin:

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Edgar Allen Poe is credited with creating the murder mystery with The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would later base much of Sherlock Holmes on Dupin, Poe's super sleuth, and even use Watson as Holmes's narrator just as Poe did with Dupin's sidekick.

The mysteries don't hold up as well (IMHO) as the Gothic horror shorts / narrative poems, because they go into excruciating detail not only explaining the means of deduction but by providing metaphors and other examples that illustrate the means of deduction which are also explained in excruciating detail.

His poems are pretty timeless though (again IMHO).

Not that I am advocating a Poe Fest per se, just one of many ideas I threw out there, but the poems would pretty much throw it wide open as they would just suggest a theme (rather than a whole story) as a jumping off point.

... Not that I would suggest people not do the things like the more narrative poems such as The Raven, but almost everyone could find something to loosely base a film on in the lesser known / less narrative poems.

For example ...

SPIRITS OF THE DEAD by Edgar Allen Poe:
Thy soul shall find itself alone
'Mid dark thoughts of the grey tomb-stone;
Not one, of all the crowd, to pry
Into thine hour of secrecy.

Be silent in that solitude,
Which is not loneliness- for then
The spirits of the dead, who stood
In life before thee, are again
In death around thee, and their will
Shall overshadow thee; be still.

The night, though clear, shall frown,
And the stars shall not look down
From their high thrones in the Heaven
With light like hope to mortals given,
But their red orbs, without beam,
To thy weariness shall seem
As a burning and a fever
Which would cling to thee for ever.

Now are thoughts thou shalt not banish,
Now are visions ne'er to vanish;
From thy spirit shall they pass
No more, like dew-drop from the grass.

The breeze, the breath of God, is still,
And the mist upon the hill
Shadowy, shadowy, yet unbroken,
Is a symbol and a token.
How it hangs upon the trees,
A mystery of mysteries!

[Mark Harris]

Hmmm, my mind has been turning on a variation on "Cask"...

[Chris Messineo]

I think PoeFest is brilliant.

[Billy Pilgrim]

Hmmm, my mind has been turning on a variation on "Cask"...

I almost did an adaptation of that for HorrorFest, although I also incorporated Telltale Heart. Those have always been two of my favorite Poe works.

As for NextFest, I think it should be 48 hour film contest with specific obstructions assigned at random or something. Maybe these type of contests are being done a lot lately, but I've always wanted to take a stab at one.

[Bayne]

There already is a 48hr Film fest, why do another one? B&W Fest would be cool...

[Billy Pilgrim]

Well then in that case, instead of PoeFest, we could do KoontzFest, because he's a far superior writer of horror than Poe ever was. And if people don't like horror, there's also GrishmanFest, and ClanceyFest. I'm just thinking out loud here though. Just trying to single out all the literature greats.

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Well then in that case, instead of PoeFest, we could do KoontzFest, because he's a far superior writer of horror than Poe ever was. And if people don't like horror, there's also GrishmanFest, and ClanceyFest. I'm just thinking out loud here though. Just trying to single out all the literature greats.

Two words.
(Which have been used several times over in this thread)
PUBLIC DOMAIN

[Billy Pilgrim]

I was joking. I hate Dean Koontz, John Grisham, and Tom Clancey.

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Wow. I bit on that one hard. :cheesy:

Rights just seem to be a concept that even accomplished filmmakers around here can't seem to grasp over and over again with, for example, Macgregor's work being DQ'ed in Dramafest for using Seinfeld audio clips on a TV in the background.

[Billy Pilgrim]

Seriously though, I would really love to do PoeFest, and I might actually participate for once.

[Billy Pilgrim]

I just had a thought. What if we get rid of a theme and just have everyone make whatever genre film they want to, but with certain guidelines or obstructions to show that the filmis made for the festival and not a pre-existing film. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

[J.R. Hudson]

There already is a 48hr Film fest, why do another one? B&W Fest would be cool...


Noirfest baby, Noirfest.

[Noel Evans]

How about a Poe noirfest... would seem to match in style.

[tmnt]

RickRoll'dFEST.

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

RickRoll'dFEST.
heheh, well it would be easy
just start a thread for your film, don't even have to bother to make a film, just a rickroll link in your thread ... we could probably be readt for Rickroll Fest in a week :cheesy:

[tmnt]

I can already hear the mods evil laughter as they prepare the links on the film download page...

[hoofandmouf]

westfest would be sick.

french new wave-fest (shorts heavily influenced by Truffaut, Godard and their ilk)

post-deconstructionist-fest (?? what)

docu-fest would be badass.



2 of these are "ironic jokes" that in hindsight (after viewing what I typed) aint very funny

[RebeccaD]

I just had a thought. What if we get rid of a theme and just have everyone make whatever genre film they want to, but with certain guidelines or obstructions to show that the filmis made for the festival and not a pre-existing film. Just thought I'd throw that out there.


I like that idea. That way if some peeps want to make a horror flick for the Halloween season, that is an option, others could do comedy, etc. That idea has my vote for sure! :thumbsup:

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

I think we may be headed towards a more or less open fest one day.

But my hunch is that for the fest around Halloween it will continue be a sort of tradition to do something horror-ish-y.

Just a hunch. :)

http://www.heartofeugene.org/images/MartyFeldman.jpg

[Barry_Green]

Only real problem with open-fest is that we used to do that and we'd get maybe three or four entries. If y'all are saying you'll enter, then maybe someday we'll do it again... as far as the rules go, it could be as simple as saying "you have to reference DVXUser in some sort of meaningful way" -- like, some character has to wear a DVXUser t-shirt, or one of the characters is surfing the site, or something like that... (i.e., something obviously integrated with the film itself, not spliced into some pre-existing pic).

[Norm Sanders]

I'm confident there would be a LOT of entries for an open fest. If there were few before, it was likely before people really even new that DVXuser had film fests/competitions. For example, I didn't know about them until ZombieFest, which to my recollection was the first that many became aware, simply because of the increased advertising, banners, etc.

I'd enter for open fest for sure .... there would just likely need to be some various categories for best comedy, drama, horror, etc. with an overall 'grand jury award', or something similar, IMO.

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

That's what I was thinking, weren't they were all small turn out before Zombie fest?

Like 2 to 8 peeps per fest or sumpting?

[Billy Pilgrim]

I think we may be headed towards a more or less open fest one day.

But my hunch is that for the fest around Halloween it will continue be a sort of tradition to do something horror-ish-y.

I'm game for either an open fest or a Horror-ish-y-Fest. In fact, I have a horror film idea, though it incorporates a few other genres.

[Tom Marshall]

Enough suggestions! What's the next fest? Barry?

[Derrick_SA]

Hi,

the only other problem I see with an open fest, is how do you judge it?

When there are rules pertaining to type of movie, characters, etc... you can compare apples with apples.

i like the themed fests, but that's my personal opinion.

thanks,
Derrick

[Ki-Ki]

NoFest, Uh oh.

[Jaime V]

...my hunch is that for the fest around Halloween it will continue be a sort of tradition to do something horror-ish-y...

I like the idea of a horror-type fest tradition for halloween. But I'm a sucker for traditions :-)

-Jaime

[Mark Harris]

yeah, I like the horror tradition for halloween as well.

[Drew Ott]

I have to agree that OpenFest, though it would be fun, would create difficulty in judging.

I think a horror type fest would be best also. Maybe not necessarily 'horror' but something along those lines.

ScaryFest would be better than HorrorFest (though a much worse name). I'd rather make something of a tense thriller than true "horror."

Some people just have a strong sense of what they think is horror, and if a film doesn't fit it exactly, they will criticize it.

[chris f]

not that it matters but i vote against a halloween fest

[Slice]

It would suck to loose our Halloween tradition. I get more excited over Halloween fests than any other.

Everyone chant with me "Halloween Fest! Halloween Fest! Halloween Fest!"

[Weston]

(chant)
Halloween Fest!

[Kyle Stebbins]

ah horrorfest... the first fest i ever entered =)

contrary to popular opinion, i vote for a comedy fest. but then again, what would halloween be like if we were all just laughing our asses off at some funny movies. perhaps we could fuse horror and comedy... horrorcomedy.

hahaha. chew on that and then let me know how bad of an idea it is. ;)
-kyle

[Ki-Ki]

I'm more into comedy now.. it's been long awaited. Maybe we coult start two fests at once, horror and ..whatever, just the..whatever one goes on longer than the horror one. But that may be complicated. Wow i talk crap.

Besides, the decision's released tonight. They've already decided. =] Although it is nice to think of new ideas..

[t-unit]

what about FightFest? Would be nice to see some martial arts. Or maybe Speedfest, like every entry must be fast paced, like the movie crank. That would be a fun fest, every movie had to be 5 min and it had to be 5 min in the movie like the series 24.

[Charli]

Spoof fest, spoof a television show or movie, lol.

[Drew Ott]

Spoof fest, spoof a television show or movie, lol.

That'd be cool, just hard to judge.

If somebody hadn't seen the movie being spoofed, it would not be good to them.

I can't wait for the announcement.

[Ki-Ki]

Damn it. I'd love to spoof 24.

[Drew Ott]

Damn it. I'd love to spoof 24.

Haha, yeah.

There have been many spoofs of it, and even the bad ones are funny.

[Ki-Ki]

I watched one on youtube the other night 'Guys watching 24' or something.. inbetween the adverts. It was actually quite good for a random thing they filmed. Maybe i'll get around to making one day, that would be fun.

24Fest

24SpoofFest

[aravance]

What about PilotFest, where you have to make a TV show pilot?

[cinealma]

So they're supposed to announce it tonight, right?

[Tom Marshall]

So they're supposed to announce it tonight, right?

Yep. And hopefully soon... :2vrolijk_08:

[Blaine]

Yep. And hopefully soon... :2vrolijk_08:I smell a movie by Tom Marshall...:beer:

[TwistedLincoln]

Since I'm coming into this discussion a bit late, I'm going to add a few of my not-so-serious suggestions:

1) HydrogenBombFest: film must feature at least one hydrogen bomb

2) LeperFest: the main character of your film must be a leper

3) MelGibsonFest: all characters must speak a dead language. One character must wield an ax and randomly chop people. Bonus points for being drunk while directing.

4) HoboFest: all actors must be actual hobos, and must all "work for food"

5) CrackheadFest: same as HoboFest, but actors must be crack addicts. The characters they play, however, must be sober, professional people.

6) StaticFest: video and audio must only be static. Nothing intelligible allowed.

Okay, time for me to stop...

[Norm Sanders]

So they're supposed to announce it tonight, right?

I don't see it happening tonight. It's nearly 1am Barry's time, and I doubt he's staying up late to announce it tonight .... :crybaby:

[cinealma]

I don't see it happening tonight. It's nearly 1am Barry's time, and I doubt he's staying up late to announce it tonight .... :crybaby:

Methinks you are right!

Hey, Norm, are you changing your avatar every day or something, or am I just seeing things?

[Norm Sanders]

Oh c'mon now, I had that one with the hat & the water in the background for at LEAST 2-3 weeks! :grin:

You'll probably see it change up for a little while until I settle down with one. Stefan Scherperel (scharky, here on DVXuser) came down to my neck of the woods & did a photoshoot for myself, Rebecca, and a few others. This avatar's part of one of the pics he took.

I kind of dig it ... for now. :)

[bosindy]

didn't Larry announce the last 2?

[Tom Marshall]

Oh c'mon now, I had that one with the hat & the water in the background for at LEAST 2-3 weeks! :grin:

You'll probably see it change up for a little while until I settle down with one. Stefan Scherperel (scharky, here on DVXuser) came down to my neck of the woods & did a photoshoot for myself, Rebecca, and a few others. This avatar's part of one of the pics he took.

I kind of dig it ... for now. :)

It reminds me of that neighbor who's face you never see on Tool Time. :grin:

[Norm Sanders]

Bingo.

[Weston]

so apparently its not tonight then....

rats.

[Brandon Rice]

Apparently not...

[Ki-Ki]

Maybe there making like 24, and changing the concept and ideas at the last minute.

Or just..adding some random extra tension...

[Ki-Ki]

Double Posting...

Sorry but speaking of 24, i found this video an hour ago. It's Ultra catchy.. But the guy reminds me of Brandon in it.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qNzq1YD7g_g

I have no idea though. =]

Rock on next fest btw, so i can pretend to enter and silently pull out 2 weeks later.

[cinealma]

So what's the good word? Anybody?

[Ki-Ki]

I'm not sure, but the spy-fest forums have been 'moved to the top of the page baby' .. but i havn't noticed that in some time. So i think somethings going down...

[Mike@AF]

I'm not sure, but the spy-fest forums have been 'moved to the top of the page baby' .. but i havn't noticed that in some time. So i think somethings going down...

That's been there for a LLLOOOOONNNNGGGG time.... I think since SpyFest entries started getting announced.

[Norm Sanders]

Flmmkr is right ... no idea why they've not announced it yet ... doesn't seem like it would take too much thought/work, if they had already decided. Hmmm.

[cinealma]

And all was quiet...

[Jason Ramsey]

The next fest is.......



......

[Jason Ramsey]

not known by me... sorry :)

[Brandon Rice]

hehe... wow...

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

I already started filmming my Poefest entry.

[Norm Sanders]

Hopefully they just call it 'Stuff-You-Already-Have-On-The-Shelf-Fest' ... submission deadline is tomorrow noon.

I'm ready ....

[Tom Marshall]

I already started filmming my Poefest entry.

I should start filming mine as well...

[Tom Marshall]

HeinzFest... :thumbsup: