Official Hero-Fest Rules

I have a question, are we aloud to have historical characters in our films? Perhaps a founding father or some other early american figure?
 
sure why not ... its not like those imageas are copywritten ... yet.

lol, now I'm imagining the "League of Founding Fathers"!

they live in Mount Rushmore, fly through the air, attack with mighty enertgy bolt shooting quills, throw wig powder in the face of their enemies to disarm them ... and each has a special ability ... like Georgr washington can bight through any substance with his super wooden teeth, lol
 
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Jack Daniel Stanley said:
sure why not ... its not like those imageas are copywritten ... yet.

lol, now I'm imagining the "League of Founding Fathers"!

they live in Mount Rushmore, fly through the air, attack with mighty enertgy bolt shooting quills, throw wig powder in the face of their enemies to disarm them ... and each has a special ability ... like Georgr washington can bight through any substance with his super wooden teeth, lol
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What the hell, Jack?

Are you drinking/drunk?
 
I have a question... What about promotion? I was reading on another thread that you are not allowed to post the film anywhere else? or... how does that work? example.. storyboards, or production notes. Or.. does the film need to be kept secret until the winners are announced.

clarify if you can. Thanks!

Jack Daniel Stanley drunk? Duh. Just look at the name :)

/j
 
Edgen said:
I have a question... What about promotion? I was reading on another thread that you are not allowed to post the film anywhere else? or... how does that work? example.. storyboards, or production notes. Or.. does the film need to be kept secret until the winners are announced.

clarify if you can. Thanks!

Jack Daniel Stanley drunk? Duh. Just look at the name :)

/j
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NO PROMOTION ANYWHERE UNTIL AFTER THE FEST :)

SHOW THE WORLD WHEN THE FEST IS OVER.

It's a serious issue and a film that was very good was disqualified over it in Sci Fest.

DVXuser wants the films to be judged soley on merit (as much as that's ever possible) and not influenced by hype (to the extent that that's possible as well)
 
That sounds fair. :)

Ok.. now.. This is a specialty question. I've been contacted to do a few of the films' soundtrack. +plus... i'm making my own film and submitting it as well. That's not going to disqualify me would it? (because i would have seen 3-4 of them already) :)

/j
 
I don't think so... I think privately working together with others is accepted. As long as the film has no public display or promotion, you're all good.
 
No not at all colaboration is encouraged.

So a member can totally say to a select other: Hey I can't get this explosion to look real, can you help me with it? I'll send you the clip.

now you wouldn't want to start a thread that posted the clip and said hey anybody can you help me make this explosion look real.

last fest composer Chris Hurn did somewhere between 3-5 films so obviously he saw all those -- it would have still been fine if he made his own film as well.
 
coo... just wanted to clarify. I seriously doubt I'll be able to tackle 3-5 films like chris! Geezus! what a machine! ;) I suppose it would depend on the complexity of the score. I dig whole notes and if the director digs whole notes too, i think we've got an easy job. then again. directors can be tough and easy at the same time. The 'ideal' job for a composer is to get a 'general' feel for the scene and then have him say... "k buddy.. do what you do best..." ahhhh the bliss.

I'm excited. I think i've got a good idea for my own film. Now... to find some locos and some kids. so far, those who i've talked with, their scripts and ideas are nothing like mine. I'm dreading a similarity.

good times ahead. good times.

/j
 
Anthem78 said:
Which Sci-Fest film was canned due to promotion?
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I'll PM you since i don't know if the whole story -- if it was an accident, or misunderstanding or what, and while it's common knowledge its best moved on from in the public arena .... so like i said I'll PM you.
 
JD, I don't think it's anything that needs to be swept under the rug. Jarred/Barry_S had publicly announced it in the WINNERS thread (I think it was that thread), albiet a very short quick note about the DQ.

So aside from the fact that it's public anyway, I think it's also good for the new film makers to know how serious the rules against promotion are ... so serious that the film that likely could have taken 1st place (guaranteed top 3), was DQ'd ... it makes a bold statement & example.
 
No I said a film was DQed -- that's not sweeping it under the rug and I warned people -- I just didn't wanna bust out with the name, kinda felt like talking about someone when they weren't there to defend themselves for somereason.

But I already said that either a film that woulda won or would have done well or something was DQed in this thread and not to promote :)

And as for 1st place, the filmmaker let me know his score, which was a full point over the 1st place score. So yeah, he woulda won 1st.
 
yep.

Zombie fest was like that too.

Texas Fortune was like an 8.5 and the I was a 7.6 and there was less than a couple of 10ths of a point between me and disjecta and hudson I think (I'm just remembering of the top of my head)
 
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