Larry Rutledge
Fest Master
Welcome to the dvxuser.com TimeFest 2008!
The time has finally come to enjoy the fruits of your labor over the past several months. As always, we have an interesting mix of films for this fest and it's been an interesting time previewing all your work. Regardless of how the voting turns out, we all appreciate the huge amount of work it takes to complete and submit a film -- all of you have our admiration and respect.
I'd like to take a moment to thank all the participating filmmakers, our users, the mods, and Jarred for letting us have these great fests.
Thank you to all those who provided mirror bandwidth.
You can view the films at
http://www.dvxfest.com/timefest/
Changes to the system
When you click on the link above you will notice some changes right away. First, you will be asked to login. Please do so using your dvxuser.com username/password. If you have not logged into the festival system before, then it will take up to 30 seconds to complete, but subsequent logins should be instant.
Once you get logged in you will encounter the next change. Instead of a separate voting system (as we had last time) you will see a 10-star rating block next to each entry. As you watch the films, please come to this page and rate the film from 1 - 10. This rating is independent of the other films, simply rate the film where you think it falls from 1 - 10. If you have 5 entries that you think are a 9, then mark them all a 9 and the system will average out the results.
You can also re-rate a film. So if on subsequent viewings you realize you under-rated, or over-rated, a film you can change the number by re-clicking on the rating you wish to really give.
This will be part one of a two tiered voting system which will narrow the field down to the top films before a second round of voting -- details of which will be announced later.
If you have any questions about the system, or encounter any issues, please notify myself (Larry R) or any of the other mods and I will attempt to address the issue as quickly as possible.
TimeFest Sponsors / Prizes
As usual there will be a nice selection of prizes given out thanks to Jason Ramsey our prizemaster and our generous sponsors who always donate really cool stuff. When you buy from any of our sponsors be sure to let them know you appreciate their support of dvxuser and dvxfest.
There will be a separate post later with the details of the prize package.
Who is eligible to vote?
All current dvxuser.com members with 50 or more posts, plus all submitting filmmakers regardless of your post count. This applies only to the filmmaker that submitted the film, not the whole crew.
If you have less than 50 posts, but submitted a film, please let me (Larry R) know so I can authorize you in the fest system.
Congratulations to all the filmmakers that submitted entries and thanks to all the members participating.
NOTE: Mordere and The Rooster (listed in a separate box near the bottom of the download page) are for exhibition only -- there will be no option to vote for these films.
Next Fest
We'll announce the next fest as soon as voting ends for TimeFest
