The deadline for Film/Animation has been extended to December 31st, 2009

Part 2: Time to Film/Animate!

This film/animation side of this contest now begins!


To make things easier for the film makers, these winning scripts can also be found in This Collection



Film has been broken into the following sub categories:



Film

Animation



Filmmakers must use one of the winning scripts from the literature part of this contest. You will be able to ask the original writers questions to help them.


No film should last over 7 minutes.


MUSIC COPYRIGHT- Music must be of the following: originally created; royalty-free; purchased license to use; or used under a Creative Commons license given by the creator of the music. "Free Download" does not mean the same thing as "Royalty Free". CDs or tracks you have purchased and "take" from your own music library is not "Royalty Free". Singing or playing copyrighted songs, if you have not bought a license to use the sheet music or vocalize it, is not "Royalty Free". If your film violates copyright law, your film will be disqualified and removed.

Please read this news article on copyright or speak to ^ElectrikPinkPirate if you are unsure about the music copyright rules.


Credit must be given to everyone involved.



Entries need to be submitted to: Contests> 2009> From Scripts to Flicks> Film or Animation. Please also clarify in the author comments that this is for the From Scripts to Flicks contest.


The deadline for submissions is Sunday 15th November. Any late submissions will not be considered.



Winners and Judging


We will be selecting 4 winners in total, two from film and two from animation. There will also be one grand prize winner.


The film entries will be shortlisted by the film team. The grand prize winner will then be selected from this shortlist with the assistance of the literature team.


General judging for film will include quality of directing, adaptation, and composition.


The judging will be on how well the forms merge--how the writing is adapted to film, and how the film has interpreted the writing. Submissions will also be judged on originality and pizzazz.


The Film Team consists of: ^ElectrikPinkPirate, ^InpuUpUaut, ^SkippyJr & ^kmdigital


The Literature Team consists of: `Beccalicious, ^fllnthblnk, ^LadyLincoln, =salshep, ^SparrowSong & ^StJoan





Film Prizes



The four runners up films (2 from each category) will receive:


Journal features from $Moonbeam13, ^deviantartfilm, =noticias, `Beccalicious, ^SparrowSong

1 year subscription to deviantART

$40 deviantdollars



The Grand Prize winner will receive:


Journal features from $Moonbeam13, ^deviantartfilm, =noticias, `Beccalicious, ^SparrowSong

1 year subscription to deviantART

$100 deviantdollars

basic artist bag


To round up this contest, we will be arranging a special screening night and review night in the film chat room. Everyone is welcome, with guests consisting of the prize winners in literature and film, judges and other leading members of the community. The films will then be presented and reviewed live in the chat room, by anyone wishing to participate. There will also be links to the original script for people to view. Keep an eye out for future news articles about this and of course our winning entries!



Good luck everyone!


Part 1: Script contest details here