Wow this place is *ahem* dead... who turned in on time?

[PaPa]

Back in 2008 I believe there were at least 50 (or more) films entered...so yeah, it has slowed down a bit. Seems the focus of the community has shifted from flimmaking to camera specs, all well & good...just different. Personally, I miss the old days where we supported & pushed each other into making a film. Good, bad or indifferent...we were actually MAKING something, using the tools & creativity we have...making it happen and helping each other along the way. A big part of it for me was that we each kept a film production log as we went along. It was great to read about how each filmmaker overcame the hurdles of 'no budget' filmmaking. Just knowing you weren't the only one running into problems put you at ease. If you had a problem you couldn't solve, fellow DVXer's would jump in and offer to help any way they could...great community!

This is an example of a film thread from days past... my second film entry from the "Twilight Fest 2008" (a lot of us back then shot & entered 2 films). Give it a read & see what I mean (the Sheriff & Llama incidents):
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread...-ZazaCast-Film

In the original ZombieFest, there were over 90 entries. And that's back when a standard-def DV camera cost over $3500. Definitely we had a lot more filmmakers back then, vs. geartalkers.

Just stumbled across this thread and had a read. I miss those same things. I don't spend as much time here as a result of the interest in specs vs content. I myself fell into this quite a bit but am learning now.

[New_Zealand]

Mobie540: Shared a link to this thread and your video on FB. Congrats on completing an entry and getting it in. Gotta love story telling.

When you say "your video on FB" do you mean his film or my film?

[Matty_g]

What's the next fest?

[Slimothy]

Matty_g just now told me that the first person to pm him, he will dp their short for the next fest.

[Matty_g]

no takers...

[vealti]

Here's my entry

Dead Inside --

https://youtu.be/Q-YmmfER4T0

Congrats on finishing. I enjoyed watching your entry.

[Rodney V. Smith]

I go away for a bit and we're down to two entries? Wow man...