Hello everyone,

I'm pleased to announce the first ever Studentfilms.com Short Film Competition.

The concept of the competition is simple:

Create a 5 minute film. The theme of the film must be “a road”.

That’s it! Anything is possible.

All filmmakers who submit a film get a free Studentfilms.com t-shirt and a DVD of the best films from the competition.

You can download the entry form here.

Contest Rules:

• Short film subject must in some way contain “a road” as its theme.
  
• Short must be no more than 5 minutes in length.
  
• Film must not contain any nudity or any content that would give the film an R-rating.
  
• Only one film submission per filmmaker allowed.
  
• Filmmaker must be a student.
  
• Short film MUST have original or royalty free music that you have obtained permission
• Short film content must be original. (No adaptations)
  

Contest Info:

• The fee for entering the contest is $20. ($10 hosting fee + $10 festival fee)
  
• All filmmakers who submit a film will get a free Studentfilms.com T-shirt as well as a DVD of the best films of the festival when it is released.
  
• Films will not be posted on Studentfilms.com for judging until after the submission deadline of June 1st, 2005 to give all films equal time on the site.
  
• Films will be judged and winners chosen by the filmmakers themselves. Each filmmaker who submits a film will choose their top three films in the competition (besides their own film of course).
  
• Filmmakers must submit their top three picks to the site as well as their detailed review for each film by July 1st, 2005.
  
• Winner will receive a $200 cash prize.
  

All films must be postmarked no later than June 1st, 2005.

If you have any questions about the contest, post them here or e-mail me at any time.

Let's go make some films!

Good luck!

Best Regards,
Chris Wright
Studentfilms.com

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LBMG is entering for sure, I bet we'll see some tough competition

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Originally posted by Darkfire001:
LBMG is entering for sure, I bet we'll see some tough competition

LBMG?

-Chris
Studentfilms.com

This will be a lot of fun! It’s a good idea and I’m way excited. I'm just curious however, will the films be judged by votes on the site? This could prove to be tough, since some filmmakers (I won't name them) seem to have hundreds of reviews of their films, even when their films are really bad.

And I see that 90% of those reviews are perfect scores. I myself don't know as many people that some of these guys do, so I'm submitting to this contest hoping that everyone will be honest and allow the films to be judged by those who are members of site and not all their friends from school and myspace and other such ways. If that’s the case, it becomes a contest on how many people you know and can get to vote for you, not how good the film is.

Once again I’m just curious, I would love to submit for the contest and again I think it’s a great idea and a lot of people are going to have a ton of fun with it. But if I have to go up against a popularity contest, I probably won’t. Thanks Chris, the site is wonderful!! By the way your editing job on the “Interpol” video is amazing!! When I first saw the video I was wondering who did the editing.

My friends and I did sort of an Interpol music video, we filmed it in three hours and I edited it in almost the same amount. Yours is the real thing and it’s really great!

Nathan Fackrell

http://www.studentfilms.com/film/get.do?id=798

dont worry, the only people who can vote are the people who have submitted for the contest.

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Films will be judged and winners chosen by the filmmakers themselves. Each filmmaker who submits a film will choose their top three films in the competition (besides their own film of course).

Filmmakers must submit their top three picks to the site as well as their detailed review for each film by July 1st, 2005.

Yes - Kyle is right. The winning film will be selected by the filmmakers who submit a film to the contest.

Each filmmaker picks their top three films and the winner gets chosen from that.

The films will still be able to be reviewed "normally" on the site - although that score has nothing to do with whether the film will win the contest.

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Originally posted by suspectx:
By the way your editing job on the “Interpol” video is amazing!! When I first saw the video I was wondering who did the editing.

Thanks! Glad you liked it. That video was alot of fun.

-Chris
Studentfilms.com

Im deffinately looking into it, just have to get started casue the deadline isnt all that far away

2 months isn't far away?

-Chris
Studentfilms.com

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2 months isn't far away?

Not in titaniumdoughnut time, it isn't. In approximately 1.75 months I'll suddenly realize I should get started. One day before the deadline I'll film something quickly about speeding down the road to the fedex office before it closes, edit it in camera, stick the tape in an envelope and mail it overnight for $50 to make it on time.

HMm... I might try this though.. sound cool.. Hm.. A road.. I live near one!

Do you have to be a resident of the US to join in?

No. Anyone from any country can do the contest.

-Chris
Studentfilms.com

does the 5 minutes include credits?

Ummm....Good question. Yes it includes the credits. A 5 minute film really doesn't have a need to have a long credit sequence.

-Chris
Studentfilms.com

Hi there,

I've been visiting this site for awhile now and this contest sounds interesting.

However, I'm wondering why the film can't be rated R. I'm not planning to use any nudity, but I do have an idea where quite some voilence is involved. Is that a problem?

Thanks in advanced.

It's mainly anti R for nudity, some violence is ok. But try to keep it within the "PG-13" boundaries because I'd love to have these films be able to reach a broad audience.

It's mainly nudity, excessive swearing, and extreme blood, guts, and gore that I'm looking to avoid in the festival. (i.e. some swearing and some violence is ok) However, I'm a firm believer that you don't need any of the latter to have a good movie.

-Chris
Studentfilms.com

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Thanks for clearing it up. I might submit something to the contest.

Great! I'm looking forward to seeing all the films. This should be a lot of fun.

-Chris
Studentfilms.com

I was also wondering about how many films on person can submit. I'm working with something of a collaboration with a friend, but I also have another short I wanna do one for this contest.

The rules say only one film submitted per director. Technically you could list your friend as a director on one and you as the director on the other.

-Chris
STudentfilms.com