QuestFest Prizes and Winners

[Jason Ramsey]

To be announced :)

Though, here is a list of sponsors to wet your appetite.

Cinevate, Rode, Varizoom, DVeStore/DVCreators, Kessler Crane, ImageWest.tv, DV Rebel's Guide (Stu), Indifocus...

I think that is everyone :) Still working out the fine details for tonight.

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I also wanted to add that of the 36 entrants in this fest... It's looking like 17 of you will receive a prize for your participation in the fest worth anywhere from 35 bucks up to around 1500 bucks. So, that's pretty exciting that we're able to more than half of the entrants a prize this go round.

And, we'll also have probably over 1,000 dollars worth of door prizes to be given away to folks at the screening and folks watching the webcast from home.

Next post will be updated when we announce the prizes and winners at the screening...

Later,
Jason

[Jason Ramsey]

1st Place:
Nightlight

2nd Place:
Chasing Kangaroos

3rd Place:
Diner For Two

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Audience Favorite:
Meeting

Best Newcomer:
Tarts, Fools & G-Men

Creative Vision:
Empire

Will update letting everyone know who got what of the kick ass prizes last night.

There are also 9 winners of the DV Rebel's Guide books. Larry has that list. Will post as soon as I get a chance. He's on the road at the moment. I need some coffee first :)

later<
jason

[Susanne G.]

So, who are the winners then? The fest was during my bed time :). I worked out the 1st, 6th, 7th and 8th places, but the others? Anyone awake yet or are you all still suffering from the parties? :zombie_smiley:

Susanne

[Rodney V. Smith]

1st Nightlight
2nd Chasing Kangaroos
3rd Diner for Two

[kurtmo]

I pulled this off of twitter:

First Place Winner for DVXfest's Quest Fest 2009 .... "Nightlight"

Second Place Winner ... "Chasing Kangaroos"

Third Place Winner ... "Diner For Two"

Fourth Place Finalist ... "Desideratum"

Fifth Place Finalist ... "The Quest For Adventure"

Sixth Place Finalist ... "Mahlen"

Seventh Place Finalist ... "Tarts, Fools & The G-Men"

Eighth Place Finalist ... "The Strange Days of Joey Davis"

[RodThompson]

No best newcomer? Lol.

[J. Erik Reese]

congrats to everyone involved with Questfest. I'm looking forward to monsterfest already!

[Jason Ramsey]

Just made an update to the 2nd post with the winners from last night. Will update with the prizes in a bit.

We also had two additional door prizes from indifocus that went to two folks watching the webcast, and 5 folks who got the dvrebel's guide books. Will post publicly once I get those from Larry. Additionally, the same number of folks won those prizes inside the theatre last night, and someone got 3 free hours of screening time at the Downtown Independent, courtesy of Jim.

Later,
Jason

[Susanne G.]

Thanks for the answers and congratulations to all winners and finalists.

Susanne

[jasonthewho]

Hey that's a great top three! Congrats all!

[Jason Ramsey]

I thought it was really cool to see a musical in the top 3.

Congratulations to all of you.

Later,
Jason

[ZazaCast]

I thought it was really cool to see a musical in the top 3.

Congratulations to all of you.

Later,
Jason

Opera! Musicals have dialogue....:beer:

:):):)

[dsto]

What??!! No award for “Most Running In A Film”? I feel cheated somehow…
In all seriousness. Congratulations. Deserving films all of them. I have only been a member of DVXuser since January when I bought my camera and my brother and I decided to try our hand at making films, so this was our first DVXfest as well as our first short film. I loved every minute of it and have learned a lot from everyone. Thanks and congratulations again. Nice job, Solomon , on the win.

[armisiano]

I thought it was really cool to see a musical in the top 3.

Congratulations to all of you.

Later,
Jason

Me too. :)

[dsto]

Me too. :)
I bet! I really really liked it. Great work

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Congratulations to everyone on a job well done. From fest organizers to filmmakers.

Cheers,

MAH

[DarkElastic]

Congrats everyone that received a prize. I am pleasantly surprised with the top three... three totally different movies. This has been a very good Fest, well done everybody involved.

[Boogeyman]

Congrats everyone this whole thing is great so great I am planing to enter all my evil creations on this site!!!

[Luis_]

I just wanted to say that I enjoyed watching every single entry a few times!
The sponsors list is awesome! Thanks to them for their support.
Consolation prizes for the top 17? That's great and it means a lot!

Newcomers! Amazing job!!!

Hopefully I'll be able to get mine together for the next one!

Special thanks to the studio for their hard work and putting up with all our xxxx!:dankk2:

Congrats to all the winners! Everyone did an amazing job on their films!

[lawriejaffa]

Yep just a quick congrats to the top 8 and the other prize winners. I think this time polling and awards has come leaps and bounds since the last fest, and i think thats certainly down to the new 'studio' system too.

I would never have predicted 2 of the top 3, and that is a good thing! Congrats gents, all worthy winners.

[Boogeyman]

cheeze wiz for everyone

[Girgej]

Hey ... Congratulations ...to all the winners ...Great films....

[ramsaur]

There was a list of films that were called out at the end of the screening. My film was in that list, so I'm very curious what that list of films were??

[kyrre]

Wow! Audience Favorite Award! That's awesome!

Congratulations to the winners! :beer:

[Lawsuit_Boy]

Big congratulations to the winners and those awarded the special category prizes!

And I apologize to those whose films I couldn't get around to reviewing. It bums me out that life (and my own project) intervened too much and I couldn't help provide feedback. :(

Once again, congrats, and I look forward to the next fest. :thumbsup:

[Xrayspecs]

I can't find the links to the winning films. Shouldn't those be in the first post of this thread?

[Mark Harris]

congrats to all of the finalists and winners!!!!

[stinkpot]

Love the films. Congrats!

:beer:

[Robert Eldon]

Larry and Jason,

I know you guys are probably settling in from your trips and the screening event, but when you have a chance, can you let us know what we need to do if we were one of the lucky door prize winners?

Again, thank you for the on-line, off-venue experience!

[Jason Ramsey]

just shoot me an email at jason at landmine dot tv with your mailing address and let me know what prize you want. i'll either put you in touch with Tim or I will mail you a book out.

once I verify with larry that you did indeed win a prize :)

later,
Jason

[thelostboy16]

So what were the prizes and who got what?

[armisiano]

So what were the prizes and who got what?

Still waiting. From what I hear things may be announced soon. But I do not know.

[Jason Ramsey]

yeah. sorry guys. lots of things on my plate right now... But, I'll try to get to it real soon.

Feel free to shoot me emails at jason at landmine dot tv to keep me on my toes :)

later,
Jason

[coalclear]

who got what?

[armisiano]

who got what?


shhhhh.... we're not supposed to say...

Hah I'm just kidding. But seriously, I THINK I know who of the top three got what, but I'm only 99% sure, not 100, so I won't say. I myself still haven't gotten anything yet, but I've been promised something, which is cool.

From what I can tell Jason has been incredibly busy lately, but I'm thinking soon as time let's up prizes for QuestFest will be announced and given.

But again, I'm not 100% sure.

[ZazaCast]

Any news on the prizes? I've yet to receive my doorprize....anyone else?

[armisiano]

Any news on the prizes? I've yet to receive my doorprize....anyone else?

Still haven't received anything, and haven't heard any word from anyone in about 3 1/2 weeks to spite emails sent inquiring. Alas.

[Zak Forsman]

I've just settled back in LA, have been traveling for work and filmmaking conferences since the DVXFest event.

First, I have some organizational things to sort out (who donated what, who gets what). Then the winners will receive an email from me with instructions on claiming their prize.

If you have any questions, I'm the guy to PM. sorry for the delay.

[Noel Evans]

Cheers Zak, will await your pm.

[Jason Ramsey]

It's all my fault, as usual...and zak will have everythin he needs tomorrow to get all the prizes fulfilled.

later,
jason

[ramsaur]

thanks guys, look forward to getting my book. And I think I won 2 books? Guess I'll be getting 2 of the same.

[lawriejaffa]

No Ramsaur!!! You won nothing but my spit in your face!!!!

[Robert Eldon]

...Bueller? ...Forsman? ...Ramsey?

Any progress on this guys? :)

[Zak Forsman]

Not yet. When I can put you in contact with the sponsor who donated your prize(s), I will.

[Chris_Keaton]

Yeah, I never got that book either. :)

[ZazaCast]

Anything on the indiesliders yet?

[Robert Eldon]

Did the winners receive their prizes for this fest? If so, what did they win?

Has anyone received their doorprize?

[lawriejaffa]

Yep well I won Creative Vision however ive yet to recieve a pm or erm any mention of a prize etc. I dont mind waiting abut i've pm'd a few times etc enquiring over the months? (Has it been months?!)

Its all good and i appreciate the mods are busy, but a pm just to confirm a prize/win, what it is etc would be appreciated.

[Jason Ramsey]

everyone email me at jason at landmine dot tv with the subject QUESTFEST PRIZES

tell me what you won, I'll verify and get the ball rolling.

sorry

ltaer,
Jason

[lawriejaffa]

hey Jason baby can you just confirm if you recieved my ol' email yep?

[vnguyen972]

I just sent an email too.. I still haven't got the book prize from LossFest ;-)

[ZazaCast]

Beuller.....Beuller.....

[lawriejaffa]

Come on guys - whats the deal with this! It's been oh gosh how long now hehe... i know im moaning but ive never one recieved an email confirming from the mods what was going on? For the record what is the issue with the prizes for this fest? Course we're grateful, but the wait and lack of communication (and there has been zero to me for example, is well, plainly put, a little disconcerting!)

[Rodney V. Smith]

Okay, I'm flabberghasted. I got into New York a couple of hours ago so I'm settling it at my dad's house and opening my packages. Some I expected and one... well I didn't know what it was until I opened it and just about broke out into laughter. Delighted laughter.

Big black box with the word RODE on it.

Thing is, there were TWO boxes....

So gushing over the boxes I opened to first one and found as expected the Rode NTG3 I'd won. Nice surprise to come back to, but wait! There's more!

Second box contained the Microphone suspension sustem. IE, FULLSIZED FREAKING BLIMP complete with handle grip AND deadcat. I was just about floored. I mean the sponsors (Spec Comm) had seriously outdone themselves with sending this gear out. I would have been happy with just the Rode NTG3, but the blimp as well?

So there I am gushing to my dad, and gushing to my brother explaining how big of a deal this was and the worth of it. I finally settle down and go off to unpack some more. And I;m taking some boxes out when I discover yet another unopend box. With my name on it.

A long rectangular box.

If I thought Spec Comm had outdone themselves before then that was just a joke. Freaking FULL SIZED BOOM POLE (uncabled, but the system is there for it, I just have to get it installed).

This stuff came late, but so what? The sponsors of DVXFest are giving this stuff to us for prizes and then because the prizes are late they REALLY outdo themselves. I'm going to be stunned for a while, but I just wanted to share the fact that the prizes arrived and yes: THEY ARE FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!

[Rodney V. Smith]

Just keep sending Jason some PMs but be polite about it at least. He and the mods ARE looking out for us.

[Robert Eldon]

Just keep sending Jason some PMs but be polite about it at least. He and the mods ARE looking out for us.

Congratulations Rodney on getting your prizes! Well deserved! Is this from QuestFest?

I have been emailing and PM'ing Jason for months now ( Over 6 months since QuestFest) for door prizes that I won and still have not received anything.

Am I the only one? I don't mean to sound un-appreciative, they are prizes after all, but if they aren't able to deliver, I would rather know that there is a problem, and I would understand. Otherwise, it's on my open list of action items and I still wait.

[vnguyen972]

Congratulations Rodney on getting your prizes! Well deserved! Is this from QuestFest?

I have been emailing and PM'ing Jason for months now ( Over 6 months since QuestFest) for door prizes that I won and still have not received anything.

Am I the only one? I don't mean to sound un-appreciative, they are prizes after all, but if they aren't able to deliver, I would rather know that there is a problem, and I would understand. Otherwise, it's on my open list of action items and I still wait.

You're not alone... even I didn't win any big prize but I won a small prize, some filmmaking book or something I couldn't recall now... since LossFest early 2009.. almost a year now... and still haven't got it...

I keep reminding myself that they will get to it and i will receive it ..eventually ..hehe... not a big deal, but i don't want to sound like I made that crap up about winning something from dvxuser.com to the ppl I know ...LOL

[lawriejaffa]

Thats great Rodney, well im still waiting, our film won for category of 'creative vision' in Questfest.

I think just an email at least, i've pm'd about 6 or 7 times.