What is WestFest?

[David Jimerson]

Actually the biggest limitation is not knowing what the rules are!

Dude. Chill. It'll come.

 

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Dude. Chill. It'll come.

Wait until he finds out it's a 48 hour fest!


jk

 

[cstone2]

Wait until he finds out it's a 48 hour fest!

i wouldn't mind a 48 hour. It's stressful but fun. I imagine a lack of submissions if that happened.

I've always wanted to do a Western. Someone should have a horse getting punched ala Blazing Saddles.

 

[Tim Joy]

Wait until he finds out it's a 48 hour fest!

I pretty much do mine in the last 48hrs anyway... oye. Why put it off till tomorrow when you can put it off till the next day.

 

[Dick Campbell]

I pretty much do mine in the last 48hrs anyway... oye. Why put it off till tomorrow when you can put it off till the next day.

thanks fo reminding me - taxes!

 

[MrFluffy]

Mine will take the full time span to make!

 

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Mine will take the full time span to make!

Really? I usually shoot mine in about two days. Three or four hours each shoot.

I expect greatness if you use a few months! :happy:

MAH

 

[MrFluffy]

My last 2 movies were only just completed. And this one will be even harder to do in the time span.

 

[MrFluffy]

Since this is Norfolk, Ive actually decided to build myself a Western town (or at least the fronts of them). Thats quite a big job

 

[Ki-Ki]

In the UK to Fluffy, how the heck you gonna manage that?

Dead looking forward to your thread man, if you stick to yarrr guns!

 

[Jason Ramsey]

And this one will be even harder to do in the time span.

but you don't know the time span yet it won't be any different than all the other fests... everyone will have at least 3 full months.

 

[ugafan]

but you don't know the time span yet it won't be any different than all the other fests... everyone will have at least 3 full months.

i'll probably need that to come up with a good idea. so far all i have for a spaghetti western is 5 minutes of me eating a bowl of spaghetti with chili powder in it. the twist is, i'm not using a fork.

 

[Christopher Blake]

i'll probably need that to come up with a good idea. so far all i have for a spaghetti western is 5 minutes of me eating a bowl of spaghetti with chili powder in it. the twist is, i'm not using a fork.

Wow, that is actually a lot better than what I have come up with so far!

 

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

but you don't know the time span yet it won't be any different than all the other fests... everyone will have at least 3 full months.

There goes my 48 hour fest idea.

 

[Gohanto]

There goes my 48 hour fest idea.

Unless you want to do back to back to back to back 48 hour fest style shooting. Every 48 hours generate 1 second of the final film, in order. 3 months later you'll have a 4 1/2 minute movie.

 

[Charli]

If you dress Pamela Anderson as a cowgirl and she sits in a saloon and eats spaghetti, is that a "spaghetti western?"

 

[darkrequiem1134]

Totally agree

Totally agree

Second time I've tried typing this post.

I fail to see the vast variety of possibilities here.

I've spoken to a few people already and the possibility of creating a film based on 'The History of Western America' (especially OUTSIDE the states) isn't very enthusiastic. Along with the need for horse backs and the increasing amount of people discussing weponary and gun fights. It seems to me this fest genre is aimed more at the professional independant filmmakers.

Everyone knows I love and respect this forum, but eh. This fest..

I still look forward to seeing how people develop there films, but I do hate westerns.
So I don't know why I'm posting.

But I do hope I can be englightened / corrected.

I know exactly how u feel. so far it just seems like they are filtering out everyone who cant afford to dump a sh** ton of money into their entries with this one. I personally think it would be more open if they allowed us to do any range of westerns, including space westerns or even modern day westerns. where the story and way it's shot can be in a western style but the time period can be set whenever.

 

[Christopher Blake]

I know exactly how u feel. so far it just seems like they are filtering out everyone who cant afford to dump a sh** ton of money into their entries with this one. I personally think it would be more open if they allowed us to do any range of westerns, including space westerns or even modern day westerns. where the story and way it's shot can be in a western style but the time period can be set whenever.

Being there are no official rules yet, I don't know for certain. But judging by the link that Jason posted, the fest is Western Genre, not a Western per se. This includes everything from The Good The Bad & The Ugly, to Firefly(Sci fi Western), Horror Westerns, Zombie Westerns. The films just have to be told in a Western Style.

 

[MrFluffy]

Maybe they havent posted the rules because they cant make up their minds

 

[Jordan_S]

i'll probably need that to come up with a good idea. so far all i have for a spaghetti western is 5 minutes of me eating a bowl of spaghetti with chili powder in it. the twist is, i'm not using a fork.

You're a bit late for MonsterFest. :evil: