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alex whitmer said:
Maybe at some point DVXuser can do a Children's fest. Kids seem to be the one 'thing' that terrifies filmmakers the most.

And, the real motivation behind this is that I'm so sick of the goo-goo ga-ga films out there for and about children. I'd love to see what the brilliant minds at DVX could do with this.

Just a thought.

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You have my vote on this one!

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it's not that we're scared of working with children, it's that logistically speaking, it's harder to get a good solid performance out of a child, especially when you're on a limited budget and schedule. Plus labor laws don't help either. With a child you're also dealing with helicopter parents in most cases (hovering).

children's fest would find alot of us being unable to compete, or even finish a film.
 
puckthemad said:
it's not that we're scared of working with children, it's that logistically speaking, it's harder to get a good solid performance out of a child, especially when you're on a limited budget and schedule. Plus labor laws don't help either. With a child you're also dealing with helicopter parents in most cases (hovering).

children's fest would find alot of us being unable to compete, or even finish a film.
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We had a young girl in our fest entry and it was her first time in a roll for a movie. She was a great kid yet it was somewhat challenging to communicate what I needed her to do simply because she did not have the experience that the older actors had. But her father was on set and he was able to assist in that communication which ended up working out in the end.

I think Alex suggested a children's movie could be either FOR or ABOUT children so you could do something like a PeeWee Herman or Teletubbies style short which could get pretty tripped out and not even use real kids. :)

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