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koolpenguin89
2008 March 9th, 03:58
Drum roll please.....
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HD Shorts: An HV20 Forum Contest

Festival Format

The theme is: Technology (were not going to be to harsh here, just try to make your film relate to the theme)

Films must be made specifically for the HD Shorts competition.

Winners will be determined by popular vote. Voters must be registered with HV20.com and view all films.
An updated list of prizes and sponsors can be found here (http://hv20.com/showthread.php?t=8076).

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

Key Dates:

March 9th – Rules Finalized, Theme announced, Begin Submission acceptance
May 7th – Last Day for Entries
May 9th – Public voting begins
May 19th – Public voting ends
May 21st – Winners Announced
*All dates subject to change

Rules for film:

1) All entries must be shot on the HV20 or HV30 with any and all modifications.
2) Films must clearly relate to theme.
3) Category lengths are determined based on film content and not credits and/or titles. Credits and/or titles combined total length may not exceed 30 seconds. The total combined length of film and credits/titles may not exceed 6 minutes.
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 March 9th and May 7th.
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 determined by popular vote and prizes are distributed accordingly.


Posting

1) All entrants must upload to vimeo.com (http://www.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 private, and only allowed to be viewed by the festival administrator (vimeo.com/koolpenguin89 (http://www.vimeo.com/koolpenguin89)).
4)All films will be added to the contest channel (vimeo.com/HDShorts (http://www.vimeo.com/HDShorts))
5) On May 9th, all videos must be made public, and voting will begin.

Voting

1)On May 9th, all HD Shorts films will be made public.
2)To vote, you must watch ALL films.
3)there will be 1 thread that lists all films.
4)The thread will be in a poll format, with each film as a choice.
5)Voting will end on May 19th

Winning

1)Winners will be announced on May 21st
2)1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be announced and prizes distributed accordingly.

Prizes

See here (http://hv20.com/showthread.php?t=8076)


Entry Form
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Title:
Entered by:
Equipment Description:
Production Description:
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koolpenguin89
2008 March 10th, 12:52
Update: Rules edited to include only one competing category, as to make everything simpler.

Dylan

Date: March 10th

koolpenguin89
2008 March 17th, 01:52
Everyone please note that Vimeo.com changed their HD upload requirements today, see here (http://www.vimeo.com/blog:111). It shouldnt really change anything that we have to do to upload, just thought id mention it since it does relate to the contest.

Dylan

gmaier
2008 April 18th, 12:31
Any chance of extention of closing date, every hour matters to me :hv20-smilie03:

koolpenguin89
2008 April 23rd, 15:31
Edit: The second, and final, contest extension has been made. All films must be submitted by May 7th or they will NOT be counted.

Dylan

whtnova
2008 April 30th, 21:33
8) All entries must be submitted with the enclosed entry form.


What entry form?

What are the catagories?

What is needed for a production description?

How/ should we submit this info to?

Thanks!

koolpenguin89
2008 May 1st, 00:15
The last few lines of the rules contain the entry form (its just basic information). You will fill that out and send it via PM to me, along with a link to your (private) vimeo page (dont forget to give me the password :)). Im sorry about the confusion with categories. The orignal copy of the rules contained different competing categories, and i guess i forgot to delete them from this page (i will do so now). Production description can be anything you want, from a complete list of cast and character, to one sentence ("me and my friends shot a video of this frog!"), lol. If you have any more questions, feel fee to ask.

Dylan

whtnova
2008 May 1st, 08:17
Got it! Thanks and thanks for setting up the contest. I'm not sure I can do it but I have an idea that I should be able to complete in a short time. I've never made anything like a short before so if I get it done I hope it's not too hated... lol.

boostcpa26
2008 May 7th, 22:40
aw that sucks i just made a short film but its not in the requirements above
but still check out my short film i made with my hv20

The Second Draft- Part 1
http://www.vimeo.com/982003

The Second Draft- Part 2
http://www.vimeo.com/982487

The Second Draft- Part 3
http://www.vimeo.com/982649

Ian-T
2008 May 9th, 23:10
How do I view the HD Shorts channel? I keep getting "You do not have permission to view this channel"