The Official "Next Fest" Idea Submission Thread

Chris Messineo said:
How about a Music Video challenge?

It might be a lot of fun and we would probably end up with a lot of shorter movies to watch.

Plus we could all hear some new music - which is always cool. :)
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For me, the problem with a music video is... well... the music... with all the brewhaha about copyright, and the legal vultures circling, it would be difficult to get music, other than some selection from a 'creative commons' licensed work, that could be used in such a project.

I also think that perhaps if there was such a fest, it should be take one of 5 selections that the 'committee' has approved of, which the filmmaker does have 'legal' right to use. This may too much of a restriction for some...
 
Charli said:
That's right, Halloween is coming and it's always a slasher/gore fest. I propose we have

"Halloween Spoof Fest"

For the first time instead of making haunting, serious, scary flicks, how about we let the funny in filmmakers go wild on Halloween? It would definitely be a different twist. Everyone dies, no one dies, whatever, just "spoof" any horror film and make it your own.
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Halloween is no laughing matter... it is the most serious fest of the year... How would you like to see Passion Play Spoofs around Easter... "Life of Brian"(1979) not withstanding...

Personally I think Valentine's Day would make a better day for spoofery... the whole RomCom genre begs, pleads, nay demands a spoof...
 
j1clark@ucsd.edu said:
For me, the problem with a music video is... well... the music... with all the brewhaha about copyright, and the legal vultures circling, it would be difficult to get music, other than some selection from a 'creative commons' licensed work, that could be used in such a project.

I also think that perhaps if there was such a fest, it should be take one of 5 selections that the 'committee' has approved of, which the filmmaker does have 'legal' right to use. This may too much of a restriction for some...
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Maybe it's different in other areas, but around NYC there are literally hundreds of indi-bands who would love to have their music turned into a music video.
 
Chris Messineo said:
Maybe it's different in other areas, but around NYC there are literally hundreds of indi-bands who would love to have their music turned into a music video.
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Moby put out a contest a few months ago for 3 of his selected new album songs. The 'use' license was significantly restricted to allow a filmmaker to make a music video, but pretty much limit it's presentation to a few narrow situations.

If there could be some sort of Creative Commons offering from such bands, I could see it working... otherwise for those not in a 'indie' plentiful area, or in my case, no 'indie' contacts... it would be pretty much a watch from the sidelines affair... I already have that problem with fest definitions that would allow me to submit... because of time mostly, I can't...
 
Unless the band doesn't have to be present. It wouldn't be a problem if it was just a short set to music without the ever present band playing in the warehouse next door.
 
In case anyone missed it in the other thread - here is what Jason said is happening next:

"gonna take a little break and do a 48 hour fest in the next month or so... then we'll resume this fest after that...

we are going to take some time to revise the rules and such, so the 48 hour fest will be a good interlude, as well as a good testing ground."
 
I'm against Music Videos and spoofery.

Like stated above, some of the most popular fests have been the Halloween fests.

I say keep it in the spirit of this special time of year.
 
Chris Messineo said:
In case anyone missed it in the other thread - here is what Jason said is happening next:

"gonna take a little break and do a 48 hour fest in the next month or so... then we'll resume this fest after that...

we are going to take some time to revise the rules and such, so the 48 hour fest will be a good interlude, as well as a good testing ground."
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Yup. I mentioned that on the previous page.

48 hours might be tough via the internet since not everyone catches the announcements right away, but I'm game. :)
Maybe "WeekFest" might allow for a few more entries? I'm game to try either way if the timing is right.

Still plenty of time for HorrorFest after that.
 
Maybe "WeekFest" might allow for a few more entries?
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suggestion noted :)

but, ideally, either way, we will announce our intent officially several weeks out from the actual "shoot dates" for the fest. we'll of course reserve the juicy details for the beginning of the actual shoot dates, but will make sure there is several weeks for word to spread about it first.
 
Jason Ramsey said:
suggestion noted :)

but, ideally, either way, we will announce our intent officially several weeks out from the actual "shoot dates" for the fest. we'll of course reserve the juicy details for the beginning of the actual shoot dates, but will make sure there is several weeks for word to spread about it first.
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Sweet!
 
Well there is pretty much no chance of my being able to do a 48/week fest, and it would be nice if I didnt have to check back every week or so to see if I have missed any fest announcements.

So it would be a great help for me and I'm sure lots of others, if you could create a new thread in the news section specifically for new fest announements. You could then lock the thread to admin/mod only postings, and post in the thread when a new fest was starting. Users could then use the email subscription option to get notificatrions of postings to that thread and thus be informed when a new fest will start. Failing that, a real email list would also work.

You need a way of specifically notifying interested parties of the fests rather than hope they check back often just to see if anything has been announced.

What do others think?
 
The Art of Murder - you must use an object from the Clue Game in which someone dies: candlestick, lead piping, revolver, rope, dagger, wrench

That fulfills the "prop" requirement really easily - lol
 
J.R. Hudson said:
I'm against Music Videos and spoofery.

Like stated above, some of the most popular fests have been the Halloween fests.

I say keep it in the spirit of this special time of year.
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I agree. Fall is traditionally when you get the highest number of entries due to the subject matter; we haven't had a good old 'halloween' themed fest for a while. We've had 'thrill' 'monster' and 'twilight'. I want pumpkinfest. :)
 
Darkline said:
I agree. Fall is traditionally when you get the highest number of entries due to the subject matter; we haven't had a good old 'halloween' themed fest for a while. We've had 'thrill' 'monster' and 'twilight'. I want pumpkinfest. :)
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There isn't going to be one!
 
MrFluffy said:
There isn't going to be one!
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Who said? If they do a 48 hour fest next there will be plenty of time for another Fest before Oct 31st.

All they need to do is announce (soon) that there will be a 48 hour fest in two weeks. In two weeks they give out the criteria/film requirements and round 1 starts two days later. They could even announce both festivals (48 hour and Halloween Fest) at the same time. Allowing ample time for those just aiming at the Halloween Fest to get started.
 
Michael Anthony Horrigan said:
Who said? If they do a 48 hour fest next there will be plenty of time for another Fest before Oct 31st.

All they need to do is announce (soon) that there will be a 48 hour fest in two weeks. In two weeks they give out the criteria/film requirements and round 1 starts two days later. They could even announce both festivals (48 hour and Halloween Fest) at the same time. Allowing ample time for those just aiming at the Halloween Fest to get started.
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And this is precicely the point I have been making all along. The statements of intent are few and not very clear leading us to have all sorts of ideas. I saw them doing a 48hr fest some time in the next few months with the full fests starting again in the autumn. A clear post by jason on their intent and timeline would go a long way to clarifying where we all stand.
 
MrFluffy said:
And this is precicely the point I have been making all along. The statements of intent are few and not very clear leading us to have all sorts of ideas. I saw them doing a 48hr fest some time in the next few months with the full fests starting again in the autumn. A clear post by jason on their intent and timeline would go a long way to clarifying where we all stand.
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Something is usually posted soon after the previous Fest wraps.

Not to worry. I'm betting they are talking it over now.
But yeah, the sooner the better.
 
Brandon Rice said:
We will be having a 48hr festival coming soon. Please be patient with us as we get the details sorted. Thanks!
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I don't know if this is a possibility, but to allow people to not be hovering over their hot computer displays, around the world... one could have sort of a 'day' to obtain a 'ticket' with a time stamp, encrypted, which part of the process describes the project details, maybe even requires a specific item from that particular filmmaker, encoded in the 'ticket', then within 48 hours, have the ticket used to authenticate the submission.

One thing that I've seen for Siggraph submissions, is to have a cksum, actually an MD5 hash of the package, of one's submission materials, then posting the cksum by the 'official close' of submissions, but then if the upload takes a 'long time', or there are problems, once uploaded the materials are 'checked' against the cksum, and if there is a difference the submission is rejected due to tardy submission, if they match, the package is accepted.

This would allow for a little bit 'looser' time, but still maintain the 'get something done in 48 hours'...
 
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