LoveFest 2008 Viewing is now OPEN

[Barry_S]

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Welcome to the dvxuser.com LoveFest 2008!

We've got a really interesting mix of films for this fest and as usual-- it's a treat getting to watch the amazing work you guys produce. I was pleased to see these films showcase some very solid performances by your actors. Screening the films late at night, I always appreciate the films that make me laugh out loud--some light and some bitter--just like love. Regardless of how the voting turns out, we all appreciate the huge amount of work it takes to complete and submit a film--all of you have our admiration and respect.

I'd like to thank all the participating filmmakers, our users, the mods, and Jarred and Jason for letting us all run run the fests on this great site. Totally inadequate thanks to Larry R, our Technical Director, for screwing together our system including a brand spankin' new voting system to prevent me from only picking the films with the hottest actresses as winners.

Thanks to all our generous mirror provides for letting the love flow over their bandwidth.

DVXFest (Jarred Land)
Mikko Wilson
Ramjet Films (Jason Ramsey)
DVXHost.com
Jaime V
Pitch Productions (Luis Caffesse)
kurtmo
traviscool
crazycatz
Drew Ott
Texture
Envision Entertainment (Norm Sanders)
rowecine (Neil Rowe)
Day Seven Studios (Larry R)


You can view the films at

http://www.dvxfest.com/lovefest/


LoveFest Sponsors / Prizes

We're giving away an insanely huge pile of prizes thanks to Jason Ramsey our prizemaster and our generous sponsors who donated over $15,000 dollars in prizes--all very cool gear. When you buy from any of these merchants, please let them know that you appreciate their support of dvxfest and dvxuser.com.

Redrock
DV eStore
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Red Lightning Software
Noah Kadner
LS Design
Kessler
Silverback Equipment
Wrightsville Beach Studios / Barry Green



CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PRIZES (http://dvxuser.com/jason/LoveFestPrizes/)


LoveFest Voting Instructions

Who is eligible to vote?

All current dvxuser.com members with 100 or more posts, plus all submitting filmmakers regardless of post count. This applies only to the filmmaker that submitted the film, not the whole crew.

How do I vote?

Using our new automated system (thanks Larry!) you'll vote for your top 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices for best film. You must vote for three different films for your vote to be counted and you may vote for your own film. All votes are kept completely confidential. The voting link will be posted in a few days.


How are the votes tallied?

Points are awarded to each film as follows:

1st place vote -- 3 points
2nd place vote -- 2 points
3rd place vote -- 1 point

How are the winners chosen?

We'll annound the top three films based on the total number of points they received. We will not announce the point totals for any films. Keep in mind that a film may be well-liked, but not considered as one of the top three films. Your best source of feedback is your individual film thread. There are always some high quality films that don't necessarily have a broad appeal.

Congratulations to all the filmmakers that submitted entries and thanks to all the members participating.

When does voting start and end?

Voting will start in a few days and you'll have at least a week to vote.

NOTE: Dead Beautiful, Constance, and Love Exists (listed in the bottom box on the download page) are for exhibition only--there will be no option to vote for these films.

Next Fest
We'll announce the next fest as soon as voting ends for LoveFest.

[Robert Eldon]

OMG! It's time already! Woo hoo! Let's go!

[Robbie Comeau]

Omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Zak Forsman]

FestGASM!!!!!!!!!

[artofsuntzu]

Woah! I dropped my beer, literally!

[smashedburrito]

Yesss

[Jared Meyer]

Woooooooohoo!!

This will probably have been fixed by the time I type this but so far I've found a couple of nonexistent links:

Winter, A Fairy Tale

and

Love (Ted Arabian)

[Jason Ramsey]

I just tried them and they worked for me. Sometimes, if you don't get it to work the first time, just try it again.

Reason being:
Larry's system is randomly hitting the different mirrors, so while there may have been a problem during the transfer with a film to one mirror, that is not the case on the other mirrors.

Example:
I just tried Winter, A Fairy Tale, and it began downloading fine for me :)

Hope that helps a bit.

later,
Jason

[Jared Meyer]

Gotcha. Yup, those two work now. Nothing to see here. :)

[dvpixl]

surprise!!

[Tom Marshall]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[Luis Caffesse]

Damn - walk away for a few minutes and all the cool stuff happens.
:)

[Tom Marshall]

Quit walking away... :laugh:

[Luis Caffesse]

I'll be right back.
:)

[Matthew R. Rodwell]

OMG Luis the coolest thing just happened!!!!

[Ted Arabian]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Barry for that great introductory note.

Let's start watching!!!

[Tom Marshall]

I'm forcing myself to wait till tomorrow with the Fat Monster Films cats...

[Bernie Hipos]

oh my...I didn't expect this to be this quick...cheers to all of you guys for an awesome fest! it's time to watch now! YES!!!

[Herman Witkam]

This better be good. I stayed up for it :D

[Tom Marshall]

This better be good. I stayed up for it :D

What time is it over there?

[Herman Witkam]

3:50 AM - Composers sleep until afternoon though.

[Tom Marshall]

So do actors/directors... ;)

[Ted Arabian]

Well, I am going to HAVE to wait until I get home to start viewing.... :crybaby:

I am at work on West Side Story and the internet connect sucks here! I can't watch anything!!!

Enjoy guys, I catch up with these flicks as soon as I can!

........


Enjoy Herman, you earned it! :thumbsup:

[Tom Marshall]

I am at work on West Side Story...

Nice, Ted. That's a great show. :thumbsup:

[Noel Evans]

None of the direct links to zip files worked for me at all - tried a number of times. The right click to download worked for them all.

I cant dl Jacks at all. Tried about 10 times.

[Jason Ramsey]

Noel. Try this direct link from my mirror for Jack's... I don't think I've got the zips on my mirror yet, but Mikko does, and Larry will probably get that fixed right up tomorrow.

www.ramjetfilms.com/dvxfest/love08/DEAD_BEAUTIFUL-Jack_Daniel_Stanley.mov

Later,
Jason

[Noel Evans]

AH that worked a charm thanks Jason. The mirrors all seem to be working well for me btw, Im in Japan and across the five zips right now, plus Jacks Im pulling a total of 800-900kbps.

[Larry Rutledge]

Just a word of information. Depending on your network setup, downloads may not start immediately.'

For example, at my office if I initiate a download, the proxy server processes the whole file from the remote server before passing the info on to my browser thus triggering the download dialog.

In the case of the individual files this is relatively quick, but the zips are quite large (containing 10-12 films each) so they tend to take a while.

Don't know if that is what you were experiencing or not Noel, but it reminded me of that and thought I should share it :)

In the meantime I will make another pass through the mirrors and confirm they have the right info/files.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Peace,
Larry

[Charlie Anderson]

so much for getting any work done today :)

[stephen_nugent]

Been having problems downloading the entries, some did download, some give me a 404, some download the full size but end half way when I view them.. Is it just me?

[Jason Ramsey]

hmm. can you name which ones are giving you issues specifically so Larry can take a look and see if it's a problem on our end or yours?

Thanks, very much.
Later,
Jason

[stephen_nugent]

Well none of the zips work for me, i get:

Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for /home/ramjetfi/public_html/dvxfest/host_mirror/love08//entries/DVXuser_LoveFest08_A-B.zip in /home/ramjetfi/public_html/dvxfest/love08/launch.php on line 10

then 404, so no download.
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QT says "this is not a movie file" for some though they they downloaded and got an mov extension. VLC won't open them either:
Maybe
Carry On
Anniversary
Given
Minogue Space
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Others play but remain paused at some point (not downloaded properly)
remember when (5:30)
goodSam (3:30)
where the heart lies (1:30)
aurora (1:00)
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any ideas jason?

[Gohanto]

nudge, I had the same problems, but with different films. I've gotten most of them to work if I just wait a couple hours and try again.

No idea what's actually causing it though.

[Curugon]

Yeah, I get a 404 error when trying to download the zips.

edit: zips are now downloading fine! *high five*

[SimonB]

When will voting end?

Want to see how much time I have left to watch the couple left.

Thanks.

[Ted Arabian]

Sunday night, I believe it.

.....


Oh! Just seeing the new fancy button that I added to my signature, compliments to JDS, it is Sunday... Midnight, PST.

[Barry_Green]

When will voting end?

Taken from the "voting is now open" thread:
[quote]Sunday night (February 24) at midnight Pacific Time.

[quote]