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never said purely :)

I actually said that it was promotion but that it was condoned as it was after the festival started and only on DVXuser and that it I do feel it influences votes at least to some degree -- it has to.

But the contest would be 50% as fun without the dialogue going on during the excitement of the contest IMHO.

EDIT: also just rereading your post -- you said that you felt that folks would be more likley to vote "on" films with buzz rather than "for" films with buzz -- which could work in favor of the films with less buzz (or it could not) but if whatever the minimum number of votes per film is met (lets say its 30) and those thirty people all give it an average of 8, then it would still beat a film with 100 votes and an average of 7.
 
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just curious about this since we were having this discussion

here's a comparision of number of replies (as if today) vs. the final place in the contest for each film and each film thread
note the number of replies between the 3rd place film and the 49th place film.

Number ----Final Place
of Replies --in contest
214 -------1st
204 ---------21st
195 ---------4th
181 --------2nd
144 ---------22nd
107 ---------24th
85 ----------29th
75 ---------3rd
71 ----------49th
67 ----------20th
67 ----------5th
64 ----------6th
 
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About the promotion thing - I'm guessing that if a local newspaper wants to print a story about a production before the fest starts, that'd get one DQ'd?
 
Barry_S said:


* All entries are due by midnight on May 30, 2006
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Just a thought. Since the people on this forum, and the ones participating Herofest are probably located in a rather wide area, how about adding the timezone information in this one?
 
gravehill said:
Just a thought. Since the people on this forum, and the ones participating Herofest are probably located in a rather wide area, how about adding the timezone information in this one?
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That's a soft deadline, I'm sure Jarred will be flexible. Sci-fest he gave everyone like an extra week. Don't worry, mang.
 
all though timezone woulda been nice for voting which wasn't soft -- I didn't get to vote at all because I was moving, driving 10 hour days, even planned my day around getting to the hotel to vote (coulda voted when we stopped for dinner - got web access on my cell) but didn't think it was necessary ... but we were on BArry S time (east coast) nor Jarred Time (west coast) :cry:
 
I'll bring it up again too...

Prizes?

Seriously, it would be nice to know as we're spending money into these films. I guess just the HOPE of a little payoff would be nice to keep us moving.

Thanks.
 
I've yet to see a contest on this board that didn't come with some majorly cool prizes, Sci-fest alone had something to the order of...I forget the exact figure but it was way out there in the thousands. I'm sure it must take some time to get the sponsors on board, a lot of dedicated leg work has to be done by some really impressive people here at DVXuser. I would try not to worry so much about prizes but concentrate more on your film... The prizes will come as they always have. And remember, even if the DVXuser prize this time is a lolipop, you'll have a great film you can enter anywhere in the world and win far bigger things.
 
I agree, for me the prize is seeing a project through to completion...especially in the face of adversity. It seems that every project has issues and problems that try to keep it from being completed, so making it to the end with a completed film in hand is a great prize indeed.

But, when I win, I certainly won't turn down whatever prize has been established! :grin:
 
Larry R said:
I agree, for me the prize is seeing a project through to completion...especially in the face of adversity. It seems that every project has issues and problems that try to keep it from being completed, so making it to the end with a completed film in hand is a great prize indeed.

But, when I win, I certainly won't turn down whatever prize has been established! :grin:
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OOoOOooOh Big words big words, Larry.
 
Don't worry, we'll have prizes for the fest, but make the film for yourself. Your budget shouldn't have anything to do with the prizes, but what's reasonable for you to spend to produce a film. We're just the kick in the pants and the applause.:thumbsup:
 
Thanks. I guess it's just always good to know someone's working for you on the other end.

That kick in the pants is what we needed to get us moving.

Thanks again.
 
Barry_S said:
Don't worry, we'll have prizes for the fest, but make the film for yourself. Your budget shouldn't have anything to do with the prizes, but what's reasonable for you to spend to produce a film. We're just the kick in the pants and the applause.:thumbsup:
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Ten points for Barry.
 
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