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khmuse

khmuse

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I was wondering if many others found the TRT limit a bit of a problem?

We were working with an 8 page script and getting it down to the running time limit was more than a bit of a challenge. Our opening sequence with title cards consumed nearly 45 seconds and that seemed a bit too rushed to me. Closing credits really suffered, just under 8 seconds for everything. I am hoping that the DVD version will not be as limited and we can push it out a bit so that we can have a proper credits page.

Anyone else have similar issues?
 
Yeah, we came up to about 5:52. I think we are going to put credits in the thread, then come back and make a longer one with credits after the contest.
 
Yeah, we almost went that route too, but felt that even a few frames of credits was something that we needed to include. Tough decision to make either way.

I am wondering if dvxuser will open up the TRT of these competitions. Would make telling a complete story a bit easier.
 
khmuse said:
I am wondering if dvxuser will open up the TRT of these competitions. Would make telling a complete story a bit easier.
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See but that's just it! That's the challenge in it all, to tell a story in the short time period... makes for a great challenge, no?
 
khmuse said:
Yeah, we almost went that route too, but felt that even a few frames of credits was something that we needed to include. Tough decision to make either way.

I am wondering if dvxuser will open up the TRT of these competitions. Would make telling a complete story a bit easier.
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Damn, now you got me all feeling bad...maybe I will do an 8 second credit sequnce...
 
A few that I spoke with said that they would just do a single frame credit page, that way you could pause on it and at least read it as a static frame.

Other than the bandwidth issues, I am not certain that I understand why the very restrictive running time limits. Perhaps if we self hosted the entries, that would off load the concern?
 
Well, even though 6 min is frustrating, I think it's good to actually kick people in the butt. It seems like managable length to encourage new filmmakers. Not sure, but that makes some sense to me.

I mean, I've said before, one of the coolest things about these contests is it gets people shooting, who might have otherwise not. So maybe 6 min helps people think it's a length they can actually accomplish.
 
I do agree about getting people motivated, but it would also be interesting to try one unlimited running time contest just to see what people would do. Not that I am advocating quantity over quality, I just hate arbitrary limits being imposed.
 
I hear you, and in past contests I've commented on some shorts that the stories suffered due to the time limit. No real fault of the filmmaker. And for certain, my horror short is a SKETCH of an idea.

Maybe they'll take the suggestion though and open it up a little next time.
 
This conversation always comes up. Every contest. I think the limit is good. Makes it a challenge to filmmakers.
 
Sticking the credits on the last frame on a quicktime movie will freeze automatically when it hits that last frame so it will be like free time to view credits.
45 Secs. for openings on a 6 minute short will definitly give you mucho problems on a 8 page script. Those 45 secs. could be used for much better things.
 
Aram Bauman said:
Sticking the credits on the last frame on a quicktime movie will freeze automatically when it hits that last frame so it will be like free time to view credits.
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Dude, you're brilliant!
 
Aram Bauman said:
45 Secs. for openings on a 6 minute short will definitly give you mucho problems on a 8 page script. Those 45 secs. could be used for much better things.
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Actually, it was used for other things, too. It also served to set up the rest of the story. Don't misconstrue khmuse's meaning...we have a complete story, he's just saying it would be nice to have the ability to expand the story a bit and make it richer than you're going to get in six minutes.
 
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