Antmans Film Contest #28 "Mysterious"

[drapeama]

I'll go ahead and post the next theme as the winner has been contacted and announced officially. After a very tight race for the first place in the last contest, which featured two very strong entries, here's the next theme:

"MYSTERIOUS"

You are free to make whatever story, whatever type of video you wish as long as it respects the following rules:

Reminder of the Rules:
1) Can't be longer than 5 minutes
2) Shouldn't be rated over PG-13, unless specifically mentioned in the contest's individual thread.
3) Video should be posted on vimeo official page ONLY. Videos for the current theme will not be available to view until the contest deadline > managed by Vishus, AJUK and drapeama.
4) The winner can enter the next competition!
5) a) Use of copyrighted material/songs : as long as it's not the center point/plot of the story, it's allowed. Otherwise user will be disqualified. Example: A Coca-Cola can/SONY TV somewhere in the movie isn't considered as a copyrighted infringement.
b) Use of copyrighted music both in lyrics, score or performance, other than such that is recorded incidentally during normal filming, without a release will result in the video being disqualified.
6) Entries must be made specifically for the theme submitted to, within the deadline. All entries made before the announcement of the theme will be disqualified.
7) Users judging the contests, Official Judges or not, should use the template available here to post their reviews. Of course, only the officials judges' reviews will be considered to decide on a winner.
8) Deadline will be announced in a 24h time format. The week starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday. Days are starting at 00:00 and ends at 23:59. Also, please refer to this UTC/GMT time to calculate the deadline in your zone (check on the right and select your country & state/province).


Contest deadline is Thursday 21st September 2011 23.59 UTC (11.59pm) . Which translates to roughly 4 weeks and 4 full weekend for this one.

Get on it ladies and gentlemen!

Submit your entries to the following group ONLY: http://www.vimeo.com/groups/antmansfilmfestival

Update: HueyNRolf will participate in the donation of the prize for this round: A Seiko Watch!


Thanks for his generosity and hope to get as many entries as possible for this round!
So, pick up your camera and start shooting guys!

[paperkut12]

Good theme, and nice of you Drapes for putting up another prize, I definitely could put that to use. Now time for an idea...good thing there's a lot of time for this one.

[drapeama]

Thanks! I'll start bulding it this week.
I think Huey got a point when he stated about mid-week deadline: it gives 4 full weekends to work on something!

Hope to see more great work like in the previous contest, it's been a tight race! I'll try to keep things well managed and as straight to the line as possible from now on, to avoid confusion and ambiguous situations.

[drapeama]

Just to help people with that one:

Mystery:
1. One that is not fully understood or that baffles or eludes the understanding; an enigma: How he got in is a mystery.

2. One whose identity is unknown and who arouses curiosity: The woman in the photograph is a mystery.

3. A mysterious character or quality: a landscape with mystery and charm.

4. A work of fiction, a drama, or a film dealing with a puzzling crime.

5. The skills, lore, or practices that are peculiar to a particular activity or group and are regarded as the special province of initiates. Often used in the plural: the mysteries of Freemasonry; the mysteries of cooking game.

6. A religious truth that is incomprehensible to reason and knowable only through divine revelation.

7. a. An incident from the life of Jesus, especially the Incarnation, Passion, Crucifixion, or Resurrection, of particular importance for redemption.
7. b. One of the 15 incidents from the lives of Jesus or the Blessed Virgin Mary, such as the Annunciation or the Ascension, serving in Roman Catholicism as the subject of meditation during recitation of the rosary.


8. a. also Mystery One of the sacraments, especially the Eucharist.
8. b. mysteries The consecrated elements of the Eucharist.


9. a. A religious cult practicing secret rites to which only initiates are admitted.
9. b. A secret rite of such a cult.

Top50 Mystery on IMDB

Some good examples on topmystery.com too.

Some very good examples of "mystery" :

[paperkut12]

Nooooo, the figrig lol. Nah, it's all good, that watch is nice . Those are some good choices too Drapes, I really like all those movies, I hope to see some good entries.

[drapeama]

Nooooo, the figrig lol.

Huey already shown interest to give a prize in a previous contest, so he just reminded me about it. Please check here to put back a smile on your face!

[charlie_tango]

Interesting idea and prize! I think I enter this time.

[drapeama]

I'm still working on my idea, and should be able to work on mine later next week. How's everyone else?

[Playing]

I just finished a full length concert video including rehearsals and I don't want to see a camera or workstation for a week

[drapeama]

Yeah...hope you'll be able to shoot something for this one!

I miss your work!

[paperkut12]

Haven't started yet, but need to! Good to see some more people potentially joining this one.

[KingDucky]

Hueys watch.It shall be mine.



....I've been waiting for this contest....

[paperkut12]

....I've been waiting for this contest....[/I]

Prove it!

[HueyNRolf]

Go Duck!

[drapeama]

Go Duck!

Did you mistype "good luck" or "good duck" here?
I'd be glad if he'll enter this round. I remember his last two entries and they were great! Hope you'll be able to put something together! Same applies to Paperkut!

[HueyNRolf]

Did you mistype "good luck" or "good duck" here?

Go (for it) Duck.

BTW, I'm going back to the island, so I won't be around for the finale. I'll log on as soon as I return (23rd) and send the package to the winner ASAP.

I'll remind you again, Draps, before I leave.

[drapeama]

Go (for it) Duck. [..] I'll remind you again, Draps, before I leave.

1) I was kidding!
2) No prob. It's in 25days and you've notified people of your abscence so there's no problems!
Thanks again for the donation.

[HueyNRolf]

I should be back on the 23rd. So after the jet lag and drugs wear off, I'm confident that I should be able to get the package to the winner within a week of deadline.

[Timbit]

Mmm.... I'm gonna see what I can scrape together! I had an idea last night when I quickly read the theme, but I forget what it was..

[Vishus]

A friend of mine will most likely be entering, so I should not be a judge for this round. There is also a good chance that I'll be helping out with it too.

It's one of my actors from my "Mean Girls" Scene Recreation.

He heard the theme and was inspired to go start writing a script!

[Shaunp007]

I was going to set this contest out because I have a huge project I'm doing on the side, but I was reading some dostoevsky last night I was really intrigued by a scene in the book. It triggered a great idea for a short!

[drapeama]

charlie is supposed to enter this round, and I'm supposed to do the same (a FNCE of course!). I should be able to start in the early next week as I'm off until next wednesday.
Good luck to everyone that will enter this round!

[HueyNRolf]

I'm leaving today.

Have a great contest!
I look forward to catching up about two days after deadline.
Good luck,
HnR.

[drapeama]

I'm leaving today.

Have a great contest!
I look forward to catching up about two days after deadline.
Good luck,
HnR.

Have a good time Huey!
I guess as many judges aren't available to review the shorts we won't have much choice that having a public poll to decide on the winner....unless we have volunteers?

[Timbit]

Wow. Is this as far as we've gotten?

I've got my script sketched out, but am trying to develop the dialog... How's everyone else doing? (Though I may not be back on until I upload my entry... )