Official Rules

No prizes have been announced. It's not a contest. It's a festival.

There may or may not be prizes for the top vote-getter, that is as yet undecided.
 
So Jack lied? He had said something about a date with you, Barry, and then I believe the runner up was going to get a waxing session with Jack.

What is all this?! Quit jerking our chains by changing the winnings on us!! You guys give me such beautiful, blissful motivation, then WHAMO ... yank it all back away.

Sigh ....

:cheesy:
 
No those are still the prizes. Barry just said that to out you as being in it only for the prizes. And you fell for it hook, line, and sinker :laugh:
 
Barry_Green said:
There may or may not be prizes for the top vote-getter, that is as yet undecided.
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Barry only addresses the issue of prizes for the "top vote-getter".

This means that if you are NOT the top vote-getter, you get to partake in the wonderfully obscene "gang-wax" job on JDS! And this is where Barry takes all the non-winners to for their date. :shocked:
 
Question, do we know if the voting system will be the same as last time (one vote per person for their favorite film)? If so, would there be a way to at least display which films got how many votes all the way down to the bottom?

Only curious as I've talked to a few who are questioning entering, simply because they found so much value in the other festivals on how they placed, even if they were at the bottom of the list vs. the last one where only the top three were announced and the rest were kind of in the dark.
 
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Question, do we know if the voting system will be the same as last time (one vote per person for their favorite film)? If so, would there be a way to at least display which films got how many votes all the way down to the bottom?

Only curious as I've talked to a few who are questioning entering, simply because they found so much value in the other festivals on how they placed, even if they were at the bottom of the list vs. the last one where only the top three were announced and the rest were kind of in the dark.
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I agree, this would be very helpful. It was eye opening to see how people viewed your film. Yes there were those who freaked out when they saw the numbers, but for the majority of us, it was invaluable.
 
I agree with you guys. The detailed stats were the best.
But unfortunately, I think the members screwed up that privilege past the point of having it anymore. :crybaby:
 
I'm not saying that we have to have the same spread sheet that showed votes in each category, average weighted rating, etc. Just thinking even a simple one-sheet that lists all the films, and how many votes each film got. If they do the one-vote-takes all approach again, there's guaranteed to be a LOT of films that have no votes, but at least there will be a good 25% or more of the films that will have shown at least one or more, letting the filmmaker know that their film resonated with at least ONE person out there, which could be a confidence builder in its own right.

It'll also show how CLOSE the votes were between the top films, etc. Just a thought.
 
I don't have an answer as to how voting will be handled this time around, but Barry is working on the "voting details" for future fests and it will be automated via the online fest system I am currently building. Unfortunately, I won't have time to get to the coding piece in time for SpyFest, so it will continue to be a manual process this go around.

I'll make sure Barry sees these posts so the information can be considered.
 
Tell him he's my hero, as well then.
*cue Bette Midler singing "Wind Beneath My Wings"*
Your close to having a song as well Larry :thumbsup:
 
Read thread, all questions answered, but just posting to subscribe for updates and to say thanks for hosting this! :beer:
 
forgive me if it's already been mentioned but what are the rules concerning copyright for this festival?

I have a film which i've just completed by myself, which i've had to score using music tracks from various film & television soundtracks, as i dont have access to any library score music or composers.

Would it be alright for me to submit my entry with these tracks or are you guys strictly against that?

I'd really like to enter this festival just for the experience, as it would be my first, i'm not looking to win anything.

Also, i'm still a bit hazy on the whole 'spy' element here. I made the film with spyfest in mind, but also as a project for a friend's film course. It's kinda more hitman/secret agent/government organisation style(i.e 24,jack bauer), with elements of spying. So would this be elidgeable?

cheers.
 
Sounds like what you've made (genre) is acceptable, but the copyrighted music you're using is not. I'd suggest taking your film (without the temp music tracks you have now), and sending it out to one of the talented composers that have made themselves available on here for the fest. They're eager to score good work, and so no reason for you to be using someone else's music like that without permission. Even if the composers on here are too busy, they may already have music that they'll let you use tracks of, and can still fit your piece.

Check out the following that come off the top of my head:
Edgen
Herman Witkam
Manuu
Sid Barhoon
Chris Hurn
More that are just escaping me at the moment ...

BTW, to make sure you're elligible for prizes (if there are any), you'll want to make sure one of your characters has the name Rob or Robin.
 
Norm is 100% right. Though I would ad Noct (Aaron Marshall) to that list and Leo Giardini (sp?)
Use these guys if you can. It's crazy that they make themselves available to us, but they do. We are lucky.

IF, however, for some reason these guys are unavailable, you still haves some other avenues.

FREE SOUND FX
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php

FREE MUSIC
http://www.ccmixter.org/

PAY PER USE MUSIC
http://www.royalty-free.tv/

http://flyinghands.com/

Also if the Composers listed above can't write something for you, they also sometimes let people use existing tracks that you can hear on their websites.

Goodluck
 
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O.k thanks for clearing that up for me guys. The main character's christian name is Robin, i made sure of that, but he goes by an alias mainly.

I'm a bit worried about sending someone my un-scored film. I kind of based the editing tempo around the music i found, i'm not sure if it would work with other music, but maybe these talented composers can re-create the magic, i've never used one, it's exciting.

So, any composers out there fancy taking a stab at my film. It's a seriously dark comedy. Am i allowed to post stills to drum up interest? or send the .mov file that i've just finnished?
 
You can post stills (if you've not created a thread for your film yet, you'll want to do so) in your thread, you can't post actual footage. You CAN, however (and want to) send your .mov file to the composer who you end up working with (make sure you have a timecode on it, makes it easier for them to reference, etc.). Also send them the music on a separate track, so they can see what you were inspired by, and they might be able to match it.

That said, you'd be surprised what some of these folks can do (Thanks, Jack, I forgot Noct on that list!) ... they may turn out something you never even thought of & liked better! The score will be custom fit to your film like a glove, most likely hitting the right beats, adding emotion to spots you didn't even know existed, etc.
 
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