Viewing, Voting & Reviewing - A Discussion

Brandon Rice

Brandon Rice

Distributed Producer
I figured I would start this now.

How do people plan on viewing, voting & reviewing all of these horror entries?

I plan on watching every single film, and reviewing each film. Generally the voting period is about a week to ten days. I think we should extend that to two weeks at least. I plan on viewing each film, going alphabetically (by title). Then I will vote on the films. Then I will go rewatch each one, and write a detailed review after watching. I plan on posting a review for EVERY film, but some may come AFTER the voting period ends, as there are bound to be TONS of films to view and review...

Just thought I'd share my method for this fest... :thumbsup:
 
Brandon Rice said:
I figured I would start this now.

How do people plan on viewing, voting & reviewing all of these horror entries?

I plan on watching every single film, and reviewing each film. Generally the voting period is about a week to ten days. I think we should extend that to two weeks at least. I plan on viewing each film, going alphabetically (by title). Then I will vote on the films. Then I will go rewatch each one, and write a detailed review after watching. I plan on posting a review for EVERY film, but some may come AFTER the voting period ends, as there are bound to be TONS of films to view and review...

Just thought I'd share my method for this fest... :thumbsup:
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I plan to watch the films that have put up banners, and threads first in order of my interest. I will then vote on them and write reviews on the ones I have something to say about. I think if someone went through the time to make a nice thread, they deserve to have their film watched. After that, I will watch the rest and vote, and then if time permits, i will write more reviews.
 
Cynic821 said:
and how is voting conducted, why cant i find any info about this?
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Do not worry, in time, more info will be posted. This is only to discuss how we plan on voting, meaning, which films we'll view first, when will we post reviews, etc.
 
I figure since I am entering a film it is the least I can do to watch every film and vote on every film. Looking forward to it too! I know I am not a biggie poster around here and my graphic art skills are nil but I am happy to hear how Brandon is voting and hope everyone does the same. It would be a shame if this turned out to be a popularity contest because I think the quiet peeps might come up with some freaky stuff......
Have fun.
 
Im afraid it will turn into a popularity contest as well the way the voting went in the last hero fest contest, i wasnt around to watch those when it happened so i cant give my opinion on the placing though...

i guess all i can do is to continue doin what im doin, which is making my vision of my flick and hope that people watch it and vote for it. I think it will be very unique and distinct from the others, but so far there is minimal interest in the Individual Films forum...i can already see the top few post getter topics in there taking the top spots , no one is interested in the others unless its something like MOVIE MASTERS thread.
 
Cynic821 said:
Im afraid it will turn into a popularity contest as well the way the voting went in the last hero fest contest, i wasnt around to watch those when it happened so i cant give my opinion on the placing though...

i guess all i can do is to continue doin what im doin, which is making my vision of my flick and hope that people watch it and vote for it. I think it will be very unique and distinct from the others, but so far there is minimal interest in the Individual Films forum...i can already see the top few post getter topics in there taking the top spots , no one is interested in the others unless its something like MOVIE MASTERS thread.
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I disagree with this sentiment. I believe that most everyone here attempts to view each and every film and vote as objectively as possible.

I don't think the views or replies to the individual threads right now mean a whole lot. It only means that people will expect more, and that's not always good...
 
It means that those movies will most likely be put on the top of everyones viewing list though, and bumping time away from others who might not get watched in time. Alot of people just generally dont have the time to watch every movie. Ive probably got only 4 hours free each day for my own time, which i will spend watching as many as i can, im just lucky that i have a great job and ill easily be able to fit in watching a ton of em while at work.
 
I plan on watching every film. For me, this whole thing has been a great learning experience and I know I can learn something from everyone's film. So, I plan on burning the midnight oil. :)
 
Im gunna need about 2 days of sleep before i can actually burn any more oil after this week, the price of starting late.
 
Cynic821 said:
It means that those movies will most likely be put on the top of everyones viewing list though, and bumping time away from others who might not get watched in time.
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I disagree... because as films are watched, reviews, good or bad, will start coming in, and if your films good, it'll start getting lots of views...

Plus, think about it... each film is 6 min. long or less, meaning in one hour you can watch 10. If we have about 80-100 entries, that means it will only take you 8-10 hours to watch all of them. I am sure we can all find that time in the course of two weeks time.
 
I didn't mean to stir anything up. I think it will be a fair vote and there is a reason for PR and hype and I think that is why they wanted to set it up that way. Promotion is important. I worked hard on my film and pissed my wife off a lot so hopefully people will enjoy it....
 
n8ture said:
I plan on watching every film. For me, this whole thing has been a great learning experience and I know I can learn something from everyone's film. So, I plan on burning the midnight oil. :)
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I agree, but I definitely do give watching priority to the people who have kept me informed and involved me in the movie making process, with a thread. If they have not, then I will watch their films, just after the ones who have taken the time to help me learn with their thread.

This contest included the rule that you could advertise. That was a HUGE opportunity to get people excited about your film. If people chose not to use that opportunity, then that was their choice, but they cannot blame the community for not eagerly anticipating its release.

I desperately hope that the voters actually vote for every film on their scorecard, because in the last contest some AMAZING films did not even make the top 15, and I think it was because people simply did not vote for them on their sheet. Vote for every film so this can be a fair an awesome process for all! If you leave a movie blank, then it is like they received a zero in everything in comparison to the ones you voted on. They will not be given a zero, but they will be given "No Points" since you gave them none, which comes out to the same thing.
 
It seems people are too busy getting excited about other films to get excited about ones without posts in them for days.
 
Cynic821 said:
It seems people are too busy getting excited about other films to get excited about ones without posts in them for days.
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All that won't matter once the films are up, then the films speak for themselves... also as Matt said, it's the responsibility of the filmmaker to keep the "buzz" going for their film... as this is an added part of the competition now...
 
excited

excited

I was unable to enter this competition, however, i am excited about seeing what every one has created. I plan on watching all of the entries. However I will warn you now, as a somewhat self proclaimed Horror film Fanatic... I have very high standards. Not necessarily for the content, but definitely for the quality, skill and over all presentation of the film.

GC
 
Grant said:
I was unable to enter this competition, however, i am excited about seeing what every one has created. I plan on watching all of the entries. However I will warn you now, as a somewhat self proclaimed Horror film Fanatic... I have very high standards. Not necessarily for the content, but definitely for the quality, skill and over all presentation of the film.

GC
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Looking forward to your reviews :thumbsup:
 
Cynic821 said:
Being the only one posting in your movies thread is weak, and a downer
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If you post updates, that's fine, and more importantly people like it! People read updates, but don't always comment... I know I do that.
 
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