Jason Adams
Section Moderator
Man...No love for the ball.
Who would have thought that a ball would be met with such resistance and confusion.
Who would have thought that a ball would be met with such resistance and confusion.
Official Twilight Fest Rules
- Thread starter Barry_Green
- Start date
Larry Rutledge
Fest Master
Look, don't make this difficult. Make your film about whatever you want (within the theme) and in one shot somewhere in that 6 minutes have an object that we (the humans here on this planet Earth, or Terra, which ever name you prefer) can instantly identify as being a ball.
Not a party, not a sphere, not a globe, but a "round or roundish body, of various size and material, either hollow or solid, for use in games, as baseball, football, tennis, or golf, etc."
Don't over complicate things. Your movie doesn't have to be about this object, this is just an element we, the fest staff, are requiring to appear within the films this time around.
Not a party, not a sphere, not a globe, but a "round or roundish body, of various size and material, either hollow or solid, for use in games, as baseball, football, tennis, or golf, etc."
Don't over complicate things. Your movie doesn't have to be about this object, this is just an element we, the fest staff, are requiring to appear within the films this time around.
Rodney V. Smith
DVXFest Promo Guru
i feel sorry for the poor ball now. Especially considering the treatment it is going to receive as a weapon of MASS DESTRUCTION!
.... okay, maybe not MASS destruction... or maybe not even so much a weapon.. but I must confirm that it does bounce nicely off a human skull...
.... okay, maybe not MASS destruction... or maybe not even so much a weapon.. but I must confirm that it does bounce nicely off a human skull...
Agreed. I don't know why people have to go out of their way to test the rules.
Barry_Green
Moderator
One of the entries in TimeFest was largely shot on a cell phone camera or a web camera, don't remember which.
Barry_Green
Moderator
That would be totally fine.
As long as there's a shot of a ball somewhere. :thumbsup:
Larry Rutledge
Fest Master
Yea, if they'd spend half as much energy concentrating on their film as they do pushing the limits of the rules they'd probably blow us away with their entry.
Mark Harris
Pain in the ass
I think I will make the ball the TZ element. Just two people walking and every minute or so, this mysterious ball bounces into frame, and then out again...And for the soundtrack, AC/DC's "Big Balls."
Man, you guys have really inspired me with all this talk of balls!
Man, you guys have really inspired me with all this talk of balls!
HorseFilms
Look ma no hands
I don't know either, but they do it for every damned festival.
Larry Rutledge
Fest Master
Mark - That reminds me of the old cartoon (don't remember if it was Bugs Bunny or Heckle and Jeckle, or something else), but every so often a magpie would come skipping across the scene. Whatever was going on in that scene they would stop and watch this magpie hop its way across and then either go inside something (like a box, pot, etc) and when the characters looked in he would be gone, or one time I remember he just rolled up into a spot and "poof" disappeared. 
And, no, a bouncing magpie doesn't fit the "ball" requirement :kali:
And, no, a bouncing magpie doesn't fit the "ball" requirement :kali:
Mark Harris
Pain in the ass
Mark - That reminds me of the old cartoon (don't remember if it was Bugs Bunny or Heckle and Jeckle, or something else), but every so often a magpie would come skipping across the scene. Whatever was going on in that scene they would stop and watch this magpie hop its way across and then either go inside something (like a box, pot, etc) and when the characters looked in he would be gone, or one time I remember he just rolled up into a spot and "poof" disappeared.
And, no, a bouncing magpie doesn't fit the "ball" requirement :kali:
It does if he's juggling....
Larry Rutledge
Fest Master
Ah snap .. you got me! If you can get a juggling magpie in your entry I will give you an automatic 10 :grin:
If you can get a juggling magpie in your entry I will give you an automatic 10 :grin:
Mark Harris
Pain in the ass
Ah snap .. you got me!
Done and done.
Rodney V. Smith
DVXFest Promo Guru
damn. there is no way i can beat a juggling magpie. i fold.
majikfraug
Well-known member
Barry, your level of patience is astounding. Here's to you :beer:
PS: What if the sun is shining in your short . . . shining like a red rubber ball?
PPS: Please don't take me seriously, I'm severely bored and waiting for three hours of footage to capture.
Barry_Green
Moderator
Oh, you could certainly do that...
... but you'll be disqualified if you don't ALSO have a LEGITIMATE shot of a ball somewhere... :evil:
Rodney V. Smith
DVXFest Promo Guru
the Green Man has spoken: nyaaeahhhh!
Michael Anthony Horrigan
More Cowbell Pictures
I'm late to this party but I just wanted to comment.
I agree with the camera thing, it shouldn't matter. Story should be key here.
I do think that some movies shot with the RED get a little extra attention, but again, no big deal.
As long as people keep voting for the entire package and not just the pretty picture... things should be fine.
Plus, give extra stars to the little guy who does it entirely by himself. :thumbsup:
Mike