I wonder how the judging will go?

See i came into this so late and my talent has changed on me twice I'm filming this one way or another i just dont know if it will be for this contest and that sucks. I havent bothered with the PR work yet because there isn't any to build off of besides a script with no title yet. It's getting frustrating. I wanna enter, but if no ones gonna watch because this festival is all just on PR hype whats the point. Wish I would of stumbled on to this site months ago. not a month of less ago.
 
Welcome to the professional world. This is how everything works. Its great practice for people who really want to be filmmmakers. ITs a business and advertising is very much a part of it.
 
That i truly understand what Im saying is i just wish i would of found this place earlier and had time to do the thing the way the needed to be done. I mean. Who knows, I still might be able to get a thread up, i dont care about winning at all, the camera means nothing to me, i just want people to watch what i filmed. Because If i can a name for the darn thing, its so hard to come up with a name for because its a little different. That I'd like to get feed back on the makeup, and fx that Im using thats the point. Even though thats not my chosen field in film. I'll be behind a desk the rest of my life working with composites, 3D work, So i would hope the only selling id have to do would be to the people who gave the work to me.
 
Yea too bad about finding out late. but hey, rack your brain come up with a simple elegant solution. Do it fast and get it in. Throw up a Cool poster and people will listen.
 
don't give up man, try your best....I have to deal with people that I send scripts, shotlists, I talk to them about the scenes and I end up getting 'you don't quite tell us what it is you want from us...'.............:S I MEAN>.....DUHHHHH!!!!

sometimes the concept of S1MONE is sooooooooo real...
 
Great advice in this thread. Glad that I read it.

I, too, am a late-starter but am preparing to enter in this festival. Not for the prize, though that would be very nice, but for the experience.

I am challenging myself to make this short film. I have wanted to and talked about making movies for years. Now I own a camera capable of incredible imagery. So I am going to submit even if it is not the finished product that I see in my mind. It will be a great exercise for me.

One (of many) questions that I have, especially after reading this thread and the talk of promotion... how do you post that banner in the signature line? Is there guidelines on that?
 
TheatreGuy said:
Great advice in this thread. Glad that I read it.

One (of many) questions that I have, especially after reading this thread and the talk of promotion... how do you post that banner in the signature line? Is there guidelines on that?
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There are some rules about the size this banner must have, unfortunately I dont remember .... and it's quite easy to make a hyperlink to your movie's thread attached to the banner once you upload it in your signature.
To make a signature just go to your account's CP and edit signature ;-)
 
Probably too late for this time, but with so many entries, it might be a good idea to do the judging like Amazon did with their short film contests. That is, each person who wants to judge only gets to rate a certain number of films, I'd say less than ten for a DVXUser contest. AND, these films are chosen by random. That way, it insures everybody gets voted on and gets a fair shake.

Just an idea.


John G.
 
desperatecomfort said:
I try to watch as many as I can. And in fact, in the last go-round, one of the best ones in my eyes, did not even place. It was JimTheJib's Hero entry. A 17 old who shows great timing/editing/writing abilities.

Likewise, in Sci-Fest, I remember one that I don't think placed, but was a favorite of mine.

So yeah, now I know that if you take some time to watch them all, you find some gems that may not get the massive promotion.
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JimTheJib's deserved an award like "best new artist" or "most potential" or something like that... how are ya Jim?
 
Hey. i'm doing great. Thanks Aram, Desperate comfort and Flint MI. What you said means alot to me. I was going to make a horror film with msmanhattan but i had a very busy summer, and on top of that i have to deal with college admissions, sats, senior year, and lots more BS, so i had to bail out. Plus the parents were against me making this film. I was looking forward to it so much. Anyway, when all of this passes and is over the first thing im doing is making another one!@
thanks again
 
Well, I know that there will be a lot, A LOT of viewing of Horror shorts, but I for one, am looking forward to it. Yes... many hours, but should be fun and a great learning experience.

But I do agree that the judging may be unbalanced due to the anticipation of entries by established award-winning filmmakers and the like as well as the heavy promotions of others.

I guess in that respect, they deserve the attention.
 
I don't expect to have my short viewed by many but, that's something I've already
accepted. Niether am I eligible to vote in this contest but, I am planning to watch all
the films because it sounds like fun to me. Everyone wants to be entertained. Why
deprive yourself of that? I'm more than willing to find that needle in the haystack.


I'm pretty new to all this and have been wanting to make films for many years.
I hope I can contribute to this forum and learn from everyone's experiences here.
 
That's excellent Inexistence! Good for you. I share your thoughts exactly.

BTW, what is the title of your entry?
 
Morning,
the truth is that there will be top notch films and not top notch films. You can skip watching the top notch film and estimate the voting numbers but that would be unfair. I think the voting period should be very long so each one can watch the flicks concentrated. I can watch 10 films continuously but then probably I will start "skipping" stuff. So around 2 weeks and maybe more would be good.
 
Steve_Arm said:
So around 2 weeks and maybe more would be good.
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Oh, jeez... I hope that there is at least 2 weeks to watch the entries!!! I'm counting on it!

I know that, more than likely, not every intended entry will be completed and/or actually submitted but I imagine that there is still going to be a lot of entries. Obviously, this will require quite a bit of time for anyone to view fairly.

Having never participated in one of these festivals, I am just learning the rules and procedures along the way... but I do hope that there is some consideration given to the amount of entries.

And speaking of on all of this, what is the anticipated viewing/voting time. I am hoping that there is a sufficient amount of for viewers/voters to have the opportunity to see them all or at least last long enough so if there is a "sleeper" that a buzz may grab some attention.
 
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