Book of Names ... (The Who's in List)

Theodore J Arabian said:
John, I think that you are putting WAY TOO MUCH THOUGHT into this! :)

You do think outside of the box... I'll give you that. BUT, I for one am going to go for the spirit of fest. It is called "All Hallows Fest" and it does appear to have a viewing date of Oct. 31! Call me crazy but I am going for the thrillers and chillers and leaving the blind kid in the dark!
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Ha! Well, that's why I was asking about this, because it could potentially create one of those wonderful "situations".

Take "All Hallows Fest", the poster Barry put up, Jack's "Book of Names", etc., include the "darkness" theme, and it really does seem like an atmosphere of terror to me.

So if we get a bunch of decent "Zombies Do Napa" films and then somebody creates an exceptional film that's a "heartfelt drama about a little boy who's afraid of the dark and how his vineyard-owning grandpa helps him through it by introducing him to stargazing", I mean, come on, it's going to be literally a SLAUGHTER! :zombie_smiley:

I'm all for open fests, but I think because of the timing and the skewed promotions, the jury's all ready been "compromised".

Just my two cents, as always. :)
 
cinealma said:
Ha! Well, that's why I was asking about this, because it could potentially create one of those wonderful "situations".

Take "All Hallows Fest", the poster Barry put up, Jack's "Book of Names", etc., include the "darkness" theme, and it really does seem like an atmosphere of terror to me.

So if we get a bunch of decent "Zombies Do Napa" films and then somebody creates an exceptional film that's a "heartfelt drama about a little boy who's afraid of the dark and how his vineyard-owning grandpa helps him through it by introducing him to stargazing", I mean, come on, it's going to be literally a SLAUGHTER! :zombie_smiley:

I'm all for open fests, but I think because of the timing and the skewed promotions, the jury's all ready been "compromised".

Just my two cents, as always. :)
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I would LOVE to see something non-horror... more of a dramatic piece... then again, who knows... maybe I'll skin an animal and have a baby crying as my background track... :huh:
 
tommyinla said:
I would LOVE to see something non-horror... more of a dramatic piece... then again, who knows... maybe I'll skin an animal and have a baby crying as my background track... :huh:
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Hey Tommy,

Are you going to be doing something for this fest? Or will you be available for acting?
 
I doubt we've ever had a more open fest than this one. You could do High School Musical 3 with this fest -- as long as it somehow fits a theme of "darkness" and features a glass of red wine prominently in at least one scene.

What does a theme of "darkness" mean? Could it mean that you do a film about "Chocolate Rain"? I mean, rain of chocolate would be pretty dark and would turn everything dark, right? :D

Barry_S should clarify what would or wouldn't fall under the theme of "darkness"; if you have questions over whether your proposed film would fit, definitely send him a PM.
 
NOOOO Not Chocolate Rain!

Yeah, Barry should clarify. Although it's very open, maybe too open and it's already confusing the natives.

Halloween isn't all about horror... come on peeeeps.
 
cinealma said:
Ha! Well, that's why I was asking about this, because it could potentially create one of those wonderful "situations".

Take "All Hallows Fest", the poster Barry put up, Jack's "Book of Names", etc., include the "darkness" theme, and it really does seem like an atmosphere of terror to me.

So if we get a bunch of decent "Zombies Do Napa" films and then somebody creates an exceptional film that's a "heartfelt drama about a little boy who's afraid of the dark and how his vineyard-owning grandpa helps him through it by introducing him to stargazing", I mean, come on, it's going to be literally a SLAUGHTER! :zombie_smiley:

I'm all for open fests, but I think because of the timing and the skewed promotions, the jury's all ready been "compromised".

Just my two cents, as always. :)
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You bring up a very valid point.... I was just ribbing you.

I don't have a clue of what I am going to do yet but I have a feeling that it is going to be something light (with a bit of a fright!).

I really wouldn't worry about any judging or comparing of films and genres. Just make the best film you can and make it so it stands on it's own merits.
 
I just want to make a horror film because I missed the boat on Zombie Fest and Horror Fest, and I really wanted to enter in those.
 
Barry_Green said:
I doubt we've ever had a more open fest than this one. You could do High School Musical 3 with this fest -- as long as it somehow fits a theme of "darkness"
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Barry, in all fairness, High School Musical 3 was originally slated as Haunted High School Musical. Though that idea was recently dropped. So technically, the original slate of HSM3 would qualify as darkness. :D

-Matty
 
I'm glad Barry Green brought up Chocolate Rain, because a very very evil part of me wanted to do ChocolateRainFest. This is not that fest. All Hallow's Eve is another name for Halloween, and yes, the films will be shown Halloween weekend. So that should give some idea of how to interpret the theme of darkness. I was just discussing the fest with my 11 year old daughter and I think she summed it up nicely--"The films should creep you out".

Your film should evoke a feeling of something dark, but they don't require zombies, monsters or serials killers--not that there's anything wrong with that. :) A film like Eraserhead takes you to a very dark place. Brazil, a black comedy, is thematically dark. So for this fest we have a unifying tone to the films, rather than a specific genre.
 
Theodore J Arabian said:
.... I was just ribbing you.
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Oh, I know. :thumbsup:

I agree. These fests are always catalysts to get off your ass and do something. I never go into it expecting to win anything. But it is, after all, a "contest" too, so I just want to clarify things is all.

I think a lot of people will do "creepy" stuff. Because of the theme and the timing of the fest, I already have a short list of what I expect to see from half of everyone; "power outage" is probably one event we'll see a few of. But I hope people really do think outside the box on this, even if they're doing CREEPY. :thumbsup: I'd really hate to see umpteen zombie shorts and a bunch of warmed over Eli Roth flicks.

Well, enough of the small talk, let's go make some films, damn it! :evil:
 
But it is, after all, a "contest" too, so I just want to clarify things is all.
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Maybe, maybe not. We may or may not have prizes, that depends on whether sponsors step forward, and also on whether the fest mods decide they want to promote it as a contest. At its base level it should not be viewed as a "contest". It's a user participation festival. There may not be any prizes at all, and if there aren't any, there should be no complaining -- just because we usually have offered prizes (sometimes big ones) is no indication that we will be able to or even want to continue offering them. That's a decision for the fest mods to decide.

What I'm saying is: maybe there'll be a contest, maybe not, but don't approach it as a contest. Approach it as a festival, where you show off your best work. There will be a winner, so in that sense you could say it's a contest, but that doesn't necessarily equate to prizes...
 
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