HD Short Shorts 2: Contest Rules

[koolpenguin89]

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HD Short Shorts 2: A Short HV20 Forum Contest

Festival Format

Once again, this contest will take place without a theme. Instead, their will be three required elements that must be included in every film.

This competition will be limited to "short shorts", only films less than 1 minute in length will be accepted.

Films must be made specifically for the HD Short Shorts 2 competition.

Winners will be determined by popular vote. Voters must be registered with HV20.com and view all films.

Prizes TBA.

Festival Administrators reserve the right to disqualify any entry that does not conform to rules stated below.

Key Dates:

October 27th – Rules Finalized, Contest announced, Begin Submission acceptance
November 27th – Last Day for Entries
December 1st – Public voting begins
December 11th – Public voting ends
December 14th – Winners Announced
*All dates subject to change

Rules for film:

1) Films can be shot with any cameras and equipment, although I feel I should point out that this competition started as a contest for consumer cameras, so lets try to limit the number of films shot on REDs :D.
2) Films must clearly incorporate all required elements*.
3) Film durations are determined based on film content. Credits will not be permitted, but may be in the description section on Vimeo. The total length of film may not exceed 1 minute.
4) Films can be made in any language but must include subtitles if made in another language than English.
5) No offensive material is allowed. Entries must NOT be rated higher than "R" as determined by Festival Administrators.
6) Festival Administrators reserve the right to refuse or disqualify any entry that is found to not comply with Festival rules.
7) Entries must NOT have any copyright violations and all music must be licensed or royalty free.
8) All entries must be submitted with the enclosed entry form.
9) Submissions are accepted anytime between October 27th and November 27th.
10) Films must be posted on Vimeo.com (details below)
11) Films may not be viewed until official judgment period start date except by Festival administration to assure compliance.
12) Winners are determined by popular vote and prizes are distributed accordingly.
13) Films can NOT be advertised anywhere other than on HV20.com. Doing so will reult in immediate disqualification.

*Required Elements

To ensure that every film is made specifically for the HD Short Shorts 2 competition, every entry must include all three of these elements at some point in the film. Note: each elements must be in its own shot.

1) Prop - Clear bottle filled with brown liquid (cola, coffee, muddy water etc.). No labels!
2) Foley - Sound of knocking on a door or the sound of a doorbell (must specify in entry form)
3) Character Action - Stamp out something that is burning (cigarette, paper, bag of dog poo, etc.)

These elements can be incorporated any way the filmmaker sees fit, as long as they are in the film. The elements are NOT required to be a main part of the film, and do not have to effect character development, plot structure, or even camera placement. The elements can be put anywhere, at anytime, in any way in your film, as long they are not all in the same shot.

The location of each element in a film must be indicated in the submission form, using timecode.

Feel free to ask any questions in this thread.

Posting

1) All entrants must upload to vimeo.com (free to register) and send a link to the contest administrator (me) via PM containing the entry form below.
2) Films on vimeo must contain:Title, Filmmakers HV20.com username
3) Films on vimeo must be kept password protected, and only allowed to be viewed by the festival administrator (vimeo.com/koolpenguin89).
4) All films will be added to the contest channel (vimeo.com/hdshortshorts2)
5) On December 1st, all videos must be made public, and voting will begin.

Voting

1)On December 1st, all HD Shorts films will be made public.
2)Voters must have at least 10 posts in the HV20 forums, and must have been members for at least 2 weeks prior to voting. Having multiple accounts IS against the rules.
3)To vote, you must watch ALL films.
4)there will be 1 thread that lists all films.
5)The thread will be in a poll format, with each film as a choice.
6)Voting will end on December 11th

Winning

1)Winners will be announced on December 14th.
2)1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be announced and prizes distributed accordingly.

Prizes
TBA


Entry Form
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Title:
Entered by:
Equipment Description:
Production Description:
Link:
Password:
Timecode location of each required element:
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Example of judging criteria:

OVERALL (average of all the judge's overall scores, and the determining factor for the winner): 66 (out of 100)

cinemotagraphy:16(an average of what the judges gave you for that category)
Art design: 18
Post-production: 8
Story: 14
Sound: 10

REVIEW 1:
cinemotagraphy: 14
blah blah blah
and so on and so on
Total: 86

REVIEW 2:
blah blah blah

[mrblofish]

kewl...I actually get the news early...hope I can make it happen for this one.....

[tiny]

2) Foley - Sound of a doorbell
3) Character Action - Stomp out cigarette/cigar/etc.


Can you clarify these two? Does it have to be a door bell.

And for the action, the character has to just stomp on something, or what does this mean?

Thanks!

[koolpenguin89]

Yes, your film would have to include the sound of a doorbell ringing, and must include a shot of someone stomping/stamping out a cigarette or cigar, or something related to those (like a joint or something). Maybe i should take the "etc." part. The character doesn't literally have to stomp up and down on it, its just a phrase.

Dylan

[mrblofish]

Maybe i should take the "etc." part. The character doesn't literally have to stomp up and down on it, its just a phrase.

Dylan

lol.... I swear sometimes I believe we are all anal-retentive....

[tiny]

How about something on fire? Because I and I assume others who don't smoke don't want any drug related stuff in their films, and don't have access to such things.

[koolpenguin89]

How is a cigarette drug related? I figured having a cigarette being stamped out would be appealing to both pro- and anti-cigarette people. The pro-cigarette people could have someone stamping out a cigarette butt after its smoked, the anti-smokers could have their character see some smoking and grab the persons cigarette and stamp it out. If its really a problem, ill change it, i just thought it was something that was pretty easy to incorporate into a film. Also, who in the world doesn't have access to a cigarette? I figured that even the members of the forum under the age of 18 could just explain to their parents what they need it for.

Dylan

[Erik Bien]

Just for future reference, I agree with tiny on this point: IMHO the more 'universal' the required elements, the better. For example the requirements for the sound of a doorbell and a bottle of cola effectively rule out any story set before circa 1900.

[mrblofish]

How is a cigarette drug related? I figured having a cigarette being stamped out would be appealing to both pro- and anti-cigarette people. The pro-cigarette people could have someone stamping out a cigarette butt after its smoked, the anti-smokers could have their character see some smoking and grab the persons cigarette and stamp it out. If its really a problem, ill change it, i just thought it was something that was pretty easy to incorporate into a film. Also, who in the world doesn't have access to a cigarette? I figured that even the members of the forum under the age of 18 could just explain to their parents what they need it for.

Dylan


lol..I wonder if people purposely look for things to make more complicated.... aspirins are drugs..alcohol is a damn drug...insulin is a drug....there are more legal than illegal drugs...LOL...but I guess when one wants to sound condescending or holier than...well just look at the drug takers......LMAO/// gotta love it....

[koolpenguin89]

Just for future reference, I agree with tiny on this point: IMHO the more 'universal' the required elements, the better. For example the requirements for the sound of a doorbell and a bottle of cola effectively rule out any story set before circa 1900.

:( I guess your right, i didn't really take that into account. This is why i prefer contests with a theme, it gives everyone more freedom. But people wouldn't stop complaining about the themes, so i decided to give this a try. Just for the record, what kind of required elements would you guys prefer over the ones i have?

Dylan

[mrblofish]

:( I guess your right, i didn't really take that into account. This is why i prefer contests with a theme, it gives everyone more freedom. But people wouldn't stop complaining about the themes, so i decided to give this a try. Just for the record, what kind of required elements would you guys prefer over the ones i have?

Dylan

oh boy...aaannnnndddd heeeere weeee goooooo!!!! ... i"ll go along for the ride...

good luck dylan....wow

[koolpenguin89]

oh boy...aaannnnndddd heeeere weeee goooooo!!!! ... i"ll go along for the ride...

good luck dylan....wow

??? Whats the big deal?

Dylan

[Erik Bien]

Well, it could be as simple a change as "a bottle of brown liquid" instead of cola, like tiny's suggestion of stamping out something that's burning. Instead of a doorbell, it could be the sound of someone knocking or pounding on a door.

As someone who is excited by the challenge of doing sci-fi/fantasy or period pieces, I always think it's a bit of a bummer when production requirements take those options off the table: "character carries a light" could cover torches and candles or lasers, so I prefer something like that to "character carries a flashlight."

JM2C, and I don't in any way mean to slight your fine work in putting these competitions together! :hv20-smilie77:

[dearcatastrophe]

i agree. not all of us smoke or want any content relating to it in a video. please consider changing #3. i'm good with soda and doorbells, just not smoking, or any attribute of it. thanks.

dc

[koolpenguin89]

Well, it could be as simple a change as "a bottle of brown liquid" instead of cola, like tiny's suggestion of stamping out something that's burning. Instead of a doorbell, it could be the sound of someone knocking or pounding on a door.

Hmm, i like those ideas. Anyone else got an opinion on this?

Dylan

[dearcatastrophe]

i like that concept a lot. :)

[tiny]

:( I guess your right, i didn't really take that into account. This is why i prefer contests with a theme, it gives everyone more freedom. But people wouldn't stop complaining about the themes, so i decided to give this a try. Just for the record, what kind of required elements would you guys prefer over the ones i have?

Dylan

I think they are fine, but should be made a little more vague.

For example - A bell of any sort. That then gets rid of the date issue.

Stamping out something/anything that is on fire. That gets rid of several issues.

The bottle one I have no opinion on one way or another.


But I think by making these a little more vague, they are there, we will notice/look for them in each film, but it will vary each piece quite a bit more.


You're doing a good job. Everyone will have their opinions. It is up to you to take that feedback and improve upon what you have.

Keep it up! :hv20-smilie77:

[tiny]

Well, it could be as simple a change as "a bottle of brown liquid" instead of cola, like tiny's suggestion of stamping out something that's burning. Instead of a doorbell, it could be the sound of someone knocking or pounding on a door.

As someone who is excited by the challenge of doing sci-fi/fantasy or period pieces, I always think it's a bit of a bummer when production requirements take those options off the table: "character carries a light" could cover torches and candles or lasers, so I prefer something like that to "character carries a flashlight."

JM2C, and I don't in any way mean to slight your fine work in putting these competitions together! :hv20-smilie77:

Hah, you beat me to it!

[koolpenguin89]

I agree with you guys, making these a little more vague will give people a wider range of possible uses. Ill update the rules in a little bit. :)

Dylan

EDIT: Rules changed, hopefully everyones happy now. If not, too bad. :D

[mrblofish]

??? Whats the big deal?

Dylan


no big deal dude....Im an ass...no worries....just in a slick talking mood....:hv20-smilie77:

[eggontoast]

Does it have to be a bottle? can it be a glass or something? It just seems unnatural to have no label on a bottle

[koolpenguin89]

I would prefer it to be a bottle, just to make sure everything is legit. If your concerned about a label-less bottle looking hoaxing, you could always just have a tight shot of the top of the bottle pouring the "brown liquid" into a glass, and then just show the glass from their on out.

Dylan

[AJUK]

Does it have to be a bottle? can it be a glass or something? It just seems unnatural to have no label on a bottle

I read it as meaning no brand name lables, so your film is not infringing any copyrights. You could presumably create a fake brand name for your bottle. I'm sure you're not going to be kicked off the competition for having a fictional lable on your prop bottle :)

[srinimadhavan]

any restrictions on the country? I'm from Australia, and if i aim high and i win then i wont exactly be able to get the prize, whatever it is...

great idea though, i'll do it

[koolpenguin89]

No restrictions on country. If someone from out of the U.S. wins a prize, im sure we can get the shipping worked out between them and the prize sponsor.

Dylan

[Maxwell]

What if you are not able to have cigerrates?

[koolpenguin89]

Max, im not even going to answer that until you re-read the rules.

Dylan

[jordanService]

You know the name brand thing is a non issue if you use the product as intended or it does not disparage or cause harm to the company. Ie) some one drinking coke is ok, some one killing some one with a coke bottle... probably not.

[designbydave]

This sounds like a fun one, might have to give it a try...

[AJUK]

I started thinking about my entry early this time, and 60 seconds is a very, very short amount of time to tell a story! It's going to be fun getting it pared down to fit!! :)

[jaket]

I think I'm in on this one.

This might be the last Dramatic voyage of my HV20.

[spideralex90]

I'm confused on how we post. The channel does not exist yet. We just post on vimeo and someone will link it later when the channel does exist?

I'm hoping to participate in this one, just need an idea.

[designbydave]

Started shooting my short today!

[koolpenguin89]

I'm confused on how we post. The channel does not exist yet. We just post on vimeo and someone will link it later when the channel does exist?

You upload your video to your own account, and make sure its password protected (do not allow anyone to see it). The day before voting starts, i will PM all the entrants to tell them to remove the password protection, and then the videos will be added to the channel. Its a little complicated, but its the only way i've figured out how to get it done on Vimeo. Let me know if you need further explanation.

Dylan

[spideralex90]

You upload your video to your own account, and make sure its password protected (do not allow anyone to see it). The day before voting starts, i will PM all the entrants to tell them to remove the password protection, and then the videos will be added to the channel. Its a little complicated, but its the only way i've figured out how to get it done on Vimeo. Let me know if you need further explanation.

Dylan

Alrighty that helps. I'll get working on an idea.

[scotthampton]

...It just seems unnatural to have no label on a bottle

True, but you know what? I used to tear the labels off of my soft drinks before drinking them. All you saw was green plastic bottles with blue or green caps :) My coworkers thought I was nutty, but I didn't care what they thought...

[scotthampton]

Hmmm...any limit on the number of characters and/or locations?

[koolpenguin89]

Hmmm...any limit on the number of characters and/or locations?

No, of course not.

Dylan

[eggontoast]

Woo! I have my script done and will start filming tomorrow. Can't wait!! This is my first film on my HV30.

[tiny]

I was set to film Thursday, but some gear hadn't showed up yet, and the weather got really nasty. So hopefully this upcoming week will be better.

[antman]

Shooting tomorrow(sunday) I have to say this is going to be the hardest project I have even attempted. Its tough to tell a story in these time constraints, but will be a fun project none the less.

[koolpenguin89]

Good luck you guys!

Dylan

[BigKarl_519]

This looks really fun, I think I might pop my film contest cherry with a entry.

[eggontoast]

Any word on what the prize might be yet? Just curious.

[koolpenguin89]

Ya, We have just a few small prizes for this short contest. I'll post the prize page up soon.

Dylan

[tiny]

Now that my setup is ready, I just need to find a day where I can film! Woot.

[antman]

Does the ding sound have to be a doorbell or can it be something that has a similar ding sound. Like when a car door opens and it makes a ding sound, or when you dont put on a seatbelt and it make a dinging sound?

[koolpenguin89]

No, I'd prefer it either be a doorbell or knocking on a door.

Dylan

[jboy]

No, I'd prefer it either be a doorbell or knocking on a door.

Dylan

Bummer. We already shot with intent of using the a car door ajar/key in ignition bell. The rules don't specify that it has to be a house door.... The cigarette issue got an amendment. Can this slide too?

[koolpenguin89]

The rules don't specify that it has to be a house door....

To quote:

2) Foley - Sound of knocking on a door or the sound of a doorbell (must specify in entry form)

It doesn't have to be a house door, but I don't know why you would infer "knocking on a door or doorbell" as a door ajar alarm.

Dylan

[antman]

Minus one short film to judge. Thats cool. We will make it longer and submit it to something else. I guess we just assumed any dinging sound would be ok.

[Mr. Mingo]

Minus one short film to judge. Thats cool. We will make it longer and submit it to something else. I guess we just assumed any dinging sound would be ok.

That's too bad. Hopefully you will post what you have any way. I wouldn't mind taking a look at it.

[vegasvinnie]

Still no word on prizes?

[RockDonkey]

Nice given tree elements to play around with. Let's see if I can scratch something together and participate.

[BigKarl_519]

The more I try to write something with the element of stomping out a cigarette or something on fire, the more I think it wasn't the best choice of element for location purposes. If the scene was to be shot mainly indoors, that element directs it outdoors to stomp something on fire, because I'm sure many people would prefer not to have burns on their floors. And as a door needs to be involved for the element of door bell or knocking, it makes it very difficult when you are forced to stray away from a indoor location to a outdoor location for a element that is "NOT required to be a main part of the film, and do not have to effect character development, plot structure, or even camera placement." Just my opinion.

[tiny]

Argh! Today was a perfect day to film, and my actor got called into work! Blah.

That's the second time my shoot has been canceled. Why, why me. . . .

[tiny]

The more I try to write something with the element of stomping out a cigarette or something on fire, the more I think it wasn't the best choice of element for location purposes. If the scene was to be shot mainly indoors, that element directs it outdoors to stomp something on fire, because I'm sure many people would prefer not to have burns on their floors. And as a door needs to be involved for the element of door bell or knocking, it makes it very difficult when you are forced to stray away from a indoor location to a outdoor location for a element that is "NOT required to be a main part of the film, and do not have to effect character development, plot structure, or even camera placement." Just my opinion.

I have already come up with two separate scripts. Both very different, and the type/location of those key elements fairly different also.

[eggontoast]

Film submitted!!!!! Looking forward to seeing all the other films now. It's too long to wait

[tiny]

I hope that I can film Monday - If so, then good. If not, then it looks like I'm out. :-(

[barrel assassin]

Finished filming yesterday. My first cut came in at 1:33. Whoops. I was able to trim it down. I just hope it still makes sense.

[RockDonkey]

Bit of the same problem here, but I think I will get away with it.

[jashan17]

Just finished filming. All I need to do now is make a flaming head. :hv20-smilie68:

[ExpendableFilms]

Video shoot was rain delayed today. Ugh.
Back at it tomorrow morning.

Nothing like waiting till the last minute.

[barrel assassin]

Yay! I am officially in the game. Now I'm anxious for this thing to get under way. Good luck to everybody.

[jashan17]

Anyway you can extend the deadline one day? Lots of effects to do :S.

[jboy]

rain is keeping me from redoing 1 final shot... it is what it is...

[tiny]

Anyway you can extend the deadline one day? Lots of effects to do :S.

I would fully support an entire week extension.

+1 vote from me!

[designbydave]

I'm in, just finished, uploaded and submitted my entry!

[RockDonkey]

Damn, Vimeo picked a black frame. Well, black is at least not awkward. I'm in, too.

[muneshfilm]

Are titles considered credits? Are the allowed in the film?

[RockDonkey]

I've put in the name of the film with the interpretation that credits are about crediting.

If the rules would specifically point out: "No titles will be permitted, (with the one exception for subtitles in foreign language films)" then no.

[tiny]

Let the begging for week long extension begin:


Pa paa please!!!!

Between work schedules not meshing and rain delays, it simply has not worked out. Perhaps I still could have pulled something off, but things recently went from bad to worse: A tornado prevented me from filming. It wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't for the fact that it wiped out my house. Luckily my camera equipment was in a Zero Haliburton case, but the case was not water proof, and when my first floor flooded from the tsunami that quickly followed the tornado, my gear got drenched. Perhaps I could have dried my camera stuff off and still filmed, but the earthquake came rocking through my down, and swallowed my house. Unfortunately before I could excavate my house from the gaping hole, Mt. Hood went off - which would have been fine if I didn't live at the base of it! Of course the lava flow had to come flowing right towards my house, and lucky for my neighbors, the lava sank down into my sink hole and filled up the crevice along with the remains of my house.

Now I'm still hopeful to film, but it will take at least a few days before drill down far enough to recover my equipment, and then who knows if rain or work will attempt to delay things further.

[designbydave]

...A tornado prevented me from filming. It wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't for the fact that it wiped out my house. Luckily my camera equipment was in a Zero Haliburton case, but the case was not water proof, and when my first floor flooded from the tsunami that quickly followed the tornado, my gear got drenched. Perhaps I could have dried my camera stuff off and still filmed, but the earthquake came rocking through my down, and swallowed my house. Unfortunately before I could excavate my house from the gaping hole, Mt. Hood went off - which would have been fine if I didn't live at the base of it! Of course the lava flow had to come flowing right towards my house, and lucky for my neighbors, the lava sank down into my sink hole and filled up the crevice along with the remains of my house.

Should have just kept the cameras rolling, that sounds like a better story than '2012'

[jashan17]

OKAY! Rendering ours right now and will be uploading right after. WHOA Today was epic. Calgary (in Canada) had a horrible night with super icy roads. more than 200 collisions in the city and cars were everywhere. Just screened one of our other films "Experts Say" at a University and had to come back on the horrible roads in time to upload our 1 minute short. Hopefully the deadline hasn't passed or I can get excused due to the unforeseen situation. :hv20-smilie15:

[KingDucky]

Should have just kept the cameras rolling, that sounds like a better story than '2012'

That movie was amazing.


Just saying.

[barrel assassin]

Unfortunately before I could excavate my house from the gaping hole, Mt. Hood went off - which would have been fine if I didn't live at the base of it!

You know, I didn't even know Mt Hood was a volcano until I read your comment. The eruption must have happened on the day I spent dead for tax reasons.

[antman]

Let the begging for week long extension begin:


Pa paa please!!!!

Between work schedules not meshing and rain delays, it simply has not worked out. Perhaps I still could have pulled something off, but things recently went from bad to worse: A tornado prevented me from filming. It wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't for the fact that it wiped out my house. Luckily my camera equipment was in a Zero Haliburton case, but the case was not water proof, and when my first floor flooded from the tsunami that quickly followed the tornado, my gear got drenched. Perhaps I could have dried my camera stuff off and still filmed, but the earthquake came rocking through my down, and swallowed my house. Unfortunately before I could excavate my house from the gaping hole, Mt. Hood went off - which would have been fine if I didn't live at the base of it! Of course the lava flow had to come flowing right towards my house, and lucky for my neighbors, the lava sank down into my sink hole and filled up the crevice along with the remains of my house.

Now I'm still hopeful to film, but it will take at least a few days before drill down far enough to recover my equipment, and then who knows if rain or work will attempt to delay things further.

Sounds like you have more important things to worry about than a film short my friend. There will be a film short three, Sorry to hear about your losses thats a horrible thing to go through. I hope every thing works out for you.:hv20-smilie77:

[tiny]

You know, I didn't even know Mt Hood was a volcano until I read your comment. The eruption must have happened on the day I spent dead for tax reasons.

hah.

But really, they say Mt. Hood is about due based off past activity. They say when it goes off it could actually be worse than Mt. St. Helens!

[barrel assassin]

Is that because it would actually blow bigger, or because it's so much closer to populated areas?

[AJUK]

So how many folks entered the competition in the end? My entry was right at the eleventh hour, I guess there must have been others in the same position?

[koolpenguin89]

Hey guys, I just got back from vacation and Ijm looking through all of the last minute entries. Some really good stuff here. Entrants, don't forget to keep checking your PMs for a message fromn me telling you to un-password protect your videos. This is very important. If your video is still private when voting is set to begin, you will be disqualified. Good luck to everyone.

Dylan

[barrel assassin]

Is there any word on prizes yet?

[jashan17]

Is there any word on prizes yet?

I would like to know as well. :hv20-smilie02:

[imster]

I just saw Paranormal Activity and man I couldn't help but think what a cool idea it would've been for any one of us to do! Because the entire movie is basically shot inside the house of this young couple with a video camera.

That movie has gone on to gross more than $100,000 beating The Blair Witch Project as the highest profit to cost ratio film ever made!! Can you believe it?! A movie shot with a simple high def camera and edited with Vegas, yeah that's right: Sony Vegas reached that kind of mass appeal!

You know.. even if we didn't make it to Paramount Pictures, we could at least post it up on the 3rd edition of the HD Short Films on hv20.com. In other words, I hope the third installment of the short film contest will be of the Horror Genre. I'm sure it'll be super exciting to film something like Paranormal Activity and considering the kind of films Hv20.com members have come up with... I think we'll have fabulous results as well.

What say guys? Horror? I think it'll be fun! I'll definitely participate. It should be worth a shot! Don't you think? :D

[KingDucky]

That movie has gone on to gross more than $100,000

Thought it was 100million?

[imster]

Thought it was 100million?

Correction: It is over a hundred mil. My bad :hv20-smilie03:

[conradstudios]

Here's a challenge: a musical mockumentary western.

This sort of challenge would separate the boys from the men. :hv20-smilie55:

[Erik Bien]

Correction: It is over a hundred mil.

Considering how badly it sucked, this is quite impressive! :hv20-smilie36:

[jashan17]

Here's a challenge: a musical mockumentary western.

This sort of challenge would separate the boys from the men. :hv20-smilie55:

That is a good idea. :hv20-smilie64:

[barrel assassin]

Here's a challenge: a musical mockumentary western.

Can we get Christopher Guest to officiate?

[Erik Bien]

LOL

Preferably as Corky St.Clair!

[barrel assassin]

Preferably as Corky St.Clair!

I was thinking more like the six fingered man...

[muneshfilm]

Uhmm, today is the voting day, whats happening to contest. I met my deadline...Is it still on, whatsup?

[RockDonkey]

Strange. Suppose we just have to put a link here then.

[jashan17]

Just wait for koolpenguin to send you an email. He's probably busy. :S

[koolpenguin89]

Sorry guys, might be delayed one day, Im still working out some bugs with vimeo.

Dylan

[jashan17]

So anxious to see the entries! :)

[barrel assassin]

So, what's the word KP?

[antman]

Would it be easier if we embed the films to this thread? You said you were having some trouble with Vimeo. Let us know if there's anything we can do to help you out KP. Hope you had a great vacation!

[koolpenguin89]

Any entrants reading this thread, you can now make your videos public. I will also be PMing everyone to tell them. The voting thread will be open by the end of today.

Dylan

[muneshfilm]

Lets see all the films. I am very excited to see everyone's films using the 3 elements. Yeah!!!

[Mr. Mingo]

It seems there's always a couple entrants who are late unlocking their entries for whatever reason. Hopefully we can watch them all tonight or at least by tomorrow.

Definitely excited to see them too!

[muneshfilm]

Where do we watch the films by the way?

[jashan17]

Where do we watch the films by the way?

I would like to know as well :hv20-smilie81:

[conradstudios]

You guys can watch mine if you want. I uploaded it to youtube.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

[jashan17]

You guys can watch mine if you want. I uploaded it to youtube.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

I got pwnt.

[antman]

You guys can watch mine if you want. I uploaded it to youtube.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

the link is broke.:hv20-smilie15:

[jboy]

link goes to here.....

YouTube- RickRoll'D

Dang, I just got Rick Roll'D

[antman]

link goes to here.....

YouTube- RickRoll'D (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0)

Dang, I just got Rick Roll'D

HA, That cats voice just dosen't match his face. He looks like a red haired Vanilla ice with a black mans voice. The video was awful too. I got a a good nastalgic laugh out of it though.:hv20-smilie84:

[jboy]

He looks like a red haired Vanilla ice with a black mans voice.

http://www.hv20.com/picture.php?albumid=46&pictureid=317

[koolpenguin89]

Hey guys, while were waiting for the last guy to remove the password from his film, Ill announce the prizes. Keep in mind that since this is a Short Shorts competition, the prizes won't be as extravegant as they have in the past. We hope that the main thing that all the entrants take away from this is the experience of having gotten out their and made a film.

HD Short Shorts 2 Prizes

1st Place: A six month subscription to American Cinematographer Magazine. Perfect reading for anyone interested in learning more about filmmaking.
http://www.theasc.com/magazine_dynamic/September2009/images/CoverImages/ac_cover_med.jpg

2nd Place: An Impact battery cgarger for Canon batteries.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/images150x150/407462.jpg

3rd Place: (1) Canon HDV tape

So their you go, hope everyones happy. Voting should be open soon. Good luck to all of the entrants!

Dylan

[jashan17]

Found the link: Edited

koolpenguin89:Hey, I wanna keep it under wraps until all of the films are in.

[jboy]

I got boored waiting for the contest to get set up so antman got Rick Roll'd
http://www.hv20.com/picture.php?albumid=46&pictureid=318

[jboy]

Found the link: Edited

koolpenguin89:Hey, I wanna keep it under wraps until all of the films are in.

What the duce, it worked for a min....

[jashan17]

Found the link: Edited

koolpenguin89:Hey, I wanna keep it under wraps until all of the films are in.

Ahh sorry man, I thought the public voting was supposed to start yesterday? And on your first post the channel is spelt the wrong way so I thought that you made a typo haha. :hv20-smilie72: :hv20-smilie64:

[koolpenguin89]

It was supposed to start yesterday, but i had some setbacks. I will post a voting thread when its time for voting to begin.

Dylan

[conradstudios]

I just watched all of the films from the first page. 2 of those really stood out to me.

[barrel assassin]

I watched a couple of the films, but suddenly I get a message saying the channel is private and I don't have access. Quite toying with my emotions man. I'm a film maker on the edge and prone to violent outbursts of blubbering. It's really quite embarrassing. Please don't make me resort to begging. I just want to watch the films man. Please just let me watch the films.

Why me God? Why me?

Oh the humanity!

I have nowhere else to go!

You damn dirty apes!

You can't handle the truth!

Short film deprivation...starving mind of stimulation...must...entertain...self...taking you all...down...with me...

[muneshfilm]

WHERE do you watch the films?

[HueyNRolf]

There was a preview, but that ship sailed.

[Mr. Mingo]

Heck, I got anxious too.

Some good videos in there. Gotta say I like them all.

[antman]

Lets see all the films. I am very excited to see everyone's films using the 3 elements. Yeah!!!


I got boored waiting for the contest to get set up so antman got Rick Roll'd
http://www.hv20.com/picture.php?albumid=46&pictureid=318

HAHAHAHA, Thats funny, it took me a few minutes to notice that it was me. haha. thats a riot:hv20-smilie79::hv20-smilie79:

Looks like a red head jew. haha

[antman]

can anyone tell me where to go to watch the films?

[muneshfilm]

UHMMM, WHY is it soo difficult to watch the films? Are we ment go on a wild goose case?
Seriously we all worked hard, lets be professional and get the show going. Im getting tired of waiting. I dont care if i don't win, i just want us to be a bit more professional. Sorry im being a di(% but i worked hard and even missed a days work to finish my film on time. Lets respects all thoses that tried to finish on time, made a 1 minute film( which can be a hard thing to do) and accomplished something. Once i blow off my steam ill be more "COMPOSED". That a shameless plug for my film by the way. Sorry i fell better now, thanks for listening!

[muneshfilm]

OOPS! Sorry i found the channel. Sorry KOOLPENGUIN, Im bad! Egg on my face.:hv20-smilie77: