kimemerson 7 #1 July 27, 2007 Guidelines & Information The first mission of Ranch Film Festival is to promote original creativity in skydiving film making. The Festival is open to any amateur film-maker regardless of skydiving experience. None or tons. All submissions (except those in the Vintage category) must be on DVD. All submissions (except those in the Vintage category) should be a copy for the Festival organizers to keep for the Festival Archives. Guidelines: An entry fee of $15.00 is required All entries must have a Title All entries except those in the Vintage category must be shot in 2007. All entries MUST show some relation to skydiving in some manner. Whatever else it includes, it must at least include a skydive. Skydiving - or a skydive -does not have to be the central theme or motivation, or even a major player. It can have a cameo, “walk on” role. But it does have to appear in the film somehow. This may not necessarily mean freefall: It can be just the canopy portion. Anything goes, as long as skydiving figures into the film. All entries are to be no more than 10 minutes in length. This will not include opening or closing credits. All entries (except Llama Mama Drama 24 Hour Shooting Spree) must be submitted no later than one hour before the Festival’s first screening. Categories “What’s the Story, Charlie?”: Tell us a story. Get a few actors, write a script, be a director, shot video that tells us a story. You must own or have the right/permission to use any images or music used in your film to qualify for top prizes. • Fiction: (Drama, melodrama, comedy) Must have original plot and characters. (The primary mission of Ranch Film Festival is to promote original creativity in skydiving film-making. This means that top prizes i.e., trophies, larger cash awards and/or restaurant gift certificates will be awarded to entries in this category) • Non-Fiction: (Drama, melodrama, comedy, documentary) “Llama Mama Drama 24 Hour Shooting Spree”: Begin conceiving, shooting and editing no earlier than twenty-four hours before the Festival’s first screening. Then submit your entry no earlier than twenty-four hours before and no later than the seconds before the Festival’s first screening begins to roll. “Mindless Music Driven Eye Candy”: No plot required. No ownership of original material required. No editing required. Skydive reference IS required. (Just because something is not required, does not mean it wouldn’t be accepted. Or be seen as a nice flourish, or even be awarded more points...). Vintage: Films in this category can include anything shot before 1997. These may be in any other category (excluding, naturally, Llama Mama Drama 24 hour Shooting Spree) i.e. Fiction; non-fiction; drama; comedy; mindless music driven eye candy. Prizes *The first mission of Ranch Film Festival is to promote original creativity in skydiving film-making. This means that top prizes will be awarded to those entries in the “What’s the Story, Charlie?” Fiction category. Trophies Cash Merchandise Local restaurant gift certificates T-shirts for all entrants Please note • The Festival’s first screening of the evening will take place after the Pond Swoop Meet has finished for the night. The exact hour will be determined during the day. Sunset for August 25 is 7:41 pm. Screening time is tentatively set for 8:00 p.m. Sort of. • Quality of the skydive is irrelevant. The Ranch Film Festival is not a skydiving competition. As an example, tandem, student and pond swoop chows carry as much weight as Arizona Airspeed turning 40 points in time. We don’t really care. • Submissions to the Ranch Film Festival may be used by Festival organizers, Freefall Express or the Ranch Parachute Club for publicity purposes in promoting future Ranch Film Festivals, Freefall Express or the Ranch Parachute Club. Submitting a film to the festival constitutes permission by the film makers for the exclusive rights of these entities to use portions of the film maker’s work for publicity purposes. If you do not wish your film or portions to be used, please do not enter the Festival. • Entries cannot be entered in any other festival or competition either at the time of the Ranch Film Festival or prior. • Entries must have been made in 2007, though it is not necessary to make a film just for the Ranch Film Festival. If you have already made a film in 2007, and it meets all the requirements, you may submit it. • Print out and complete the provided Entry Form and include it with your submission and fifteen dollars entry fee. Entry forms will be available the day of the Festival. • Submitted on DVD only. Festival organizer is Kim Emerson. Please direct any questions to him. No one else has a clue what the hell is happening. To a point, neither does Kim. But he will fake an answer with more authority than anyone else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
