Loss Fest 2009 - Submission Status

Over 60 entries...oh wow, I never would have thought the number would drastically jump like that. Let the fun begin!

Kegan
 
he couldn't make it in time.

correction though.... only one exhibition... the other film was a server related glitch on our end. This has been taken care of, and we welcome them to the fest.

Later,
Jason
 
Michael Anthony Horrigan said:
I sense a huge sigh of relief from many in this forum. Either that or a disturbance in the Force.

:D
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The disturbance in the force was everyone recoiling and going "there goes second place" when Harris re-entered... the sigh of relief was the Exhibition Only status...

For some of us, a sigh of disappointment...

We are sadness Mr Harris. We are sadness...
 
We're going to do exhibition films a little differently this time by the way. Something I've wanted to do for a while, so we're going to get it incorporated for this fest.

exhibition films (of course) are not eligible for prizes, and will be listed separately from the rest of the films, but you will be able to rate the films still. This is more just for the filmmkers benefit and knowledge so they can see how their film stacked up against the rest and what the masses thought, not just what was typed in their thread. I think this is beneficial, and not at all harmful to the actual "competitive" part of the process.

Ratings are a good thing even if for no other reason that to have them.

later,
Jason
 
Hey, when IS viewing slated to open? I gotta go buy beer and snacks and get my actors together for a viewing party. I was seriously expecting it to be a couple of days, like wednesday of thursday...
 
Yep, Jason, that IS a smart idea! Also, thanks for all your hard work on this, as well as Larry, and the rest of the Mods, etc.

BTW, I think there are still TWO that are exhibition, Mark's being one, and Geoff's being another ... two VERY solid filmmakers.
 
Jason Ramsey said:
We're going to do exhibition films a little differently this time by the way. Something I've wanted to do for a while, so we're going to get it incorporated for this fest.

exhibition films (of course) are not eligible for prizes, and will be listed separately from the rest of the films, but you will be able to rate the films still. This is more just for the filmmkers benefit and knowledge so they can see how their film stacked up against the rest and what the masses thought, not just what was typed in their thread. I think this is beneficial, and not at all harmful to the actual "competitive" part of the process.

Ratings are a good thing even if for no other reason that to have them.

later,
Jason
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I've always wondered why they didn't have a rating system just for kicks. Great idea.
 
Norm Sanders said:
Yep, Jason, that IS a smart idea! Also, thanks for all your hard work on this, as well as Larry, and the rest of the Mods, etc.

BTW, I think there are still TWO that are exhibition, Mark's being one, and Geoff's being another ... two VERY solid filmmakers.
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geoff needs to upload contact me or larry and upload his film to our server pending approval for exhibition.

We still are the final say on whether a film will be allowed for exhibition or not :)

I don't see a problem with it, just would like for him to follow the proper protocol.

Films that will likely be accepted for exhibition:
A film that was made specifically for this fest and embraces the theme or genre of the fest, but:
may not have fit in the alloted run time of (in this case) 6:10.
did not get completed and uploaded in time before the deadline.

etc.

Hope you understand why we dont' just let anyone decide they will be exhibition, as we have had problems with that in the past.

We are more than happy to host his film for him on our servers though, and have it be included in the festival process.

Filesize is 6 minutes per 50 megs, so a longer exhibition entry would be expected to maintain that ratio.

Please pass that along to him.

Thanks.

later,
Jason
 
Michael Anthony Horrigan said:
I've always wondered why they didn't have a rating system just for kicks. Great idea.
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Well, the old voting system it wouldn't have worked... But, with the current rating system, it makes perfect sense and embodies exactly what one of the main purposes of the new system is all about. Give the filmmaker as much data as possible to gauge audience response. Both in anonymously given ratings (numbers) and direct feedback/reviews in their threads.

Later,
Jason
 
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