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Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 900 Joined: 3 Jul 2009     | |
Video Producer  Posts: 382 Joined: 21 Jul 2008     |
You can always try animation - it's easy enough to get started with 30 day trial software, or go digging around for free stuff. Also, webcams are dirt cheap now, and newer cell phones can do video as well. You may not be the next Scorsese, but greatness can be accomplished with very little in the way of equipment. Film festivals, including this one, tend to be more about creative accomplishment than special effects and fancy camera techniques. If you have an idea that you're passionate about, nothing will stop you from making it a reality. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1017 Joined: 11 Jan 2009     | I wish I had a crew for this....I have a camera, some good ideas, just no one to help bring my realization to life. So, it shall all be acted...by me! and it will fail. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 385 Joined: 27 Jul 2009     |
Hooray! I was right in thinking that was an intentional reference and not just you going mad! |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1651 Joined: 10 Sep 2008    | I hope something as awesome as Unskippable comes out of this festival. Just wondering, though, is only the overall winner guaranteed a contract, and not the category winners? Off topic, I think it's hilarious that after having Funk yell at everyone about no porn there's a thread a few updates ahead that is three pages on the merits of including fake breasts with a porn games. |
Senior Editor  Posts: 2283 Joined: 9 Jan 2007   |
Saw him on the Circle tour. Faaaabulous. :) |
Brand Manager  Posts: 2438 Joined: 8 Oct 2007     |
Only the overall winner is guaranteed a contract, that is correct BUT there is always the possibility for multiple contracts due to great work. That is what happened to Unskippable and Doomsday Arcade last year. |
Paperboy Posts: 32 Joined: 19 May 2009    | Rules wise how many video submissions are we restricted too? and what do you mean of age? how old is that? |
Muckraker  Posts: 318 Joined: 5 Feb 2009   | I've learned something today. Exploding kitty cats is more rude then putting babies on skewers. Thanks The Escapist editors! |
Editor-in-Chief  Posts: 2276 Joined: 1 May 2006   |
There is no limit on number of entries. "Of age" means the age at which someone can legally consent to be photographed in the country/municipality in which the photographing is taking place. This varies, so we can't specify an exact age. It is also sometimes possible to grant an exception is the person is under age and their guardian provides consent, but as the filmmaker it is your responsibility to know the rules and be able to provide necessary signed consent forms if required to do so. Typically this rule will not need to be bothered with, but if you're working with minors or people who can be reasonably confused with minors, it pays to be strict about staying on the "not a pedophile" side of the law ;) |
Paperboy Posts: 32 Joined: 19 May 2009 |
Brilliant because i have 2 ideas :) and i will only stay on that side of the law for the escapist so feel privilidged... :S |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3967 Joined: 17 Jan 2009    | I've been brewing a concept for this moment...sadly, I am only 14, so I am lacking in funds, and age. If only I were 4 years older, at college, and had friends who would act for me. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2302 Joined: 20 Feb 2008    |
If you have an idea then you should act upon it. Most people who are involved in their careers were active in contests like these when they were children. America employers love people who have been active in contests and can prove their ability even if they don't win the contest. Remember you don't even need a camera to make a show. Zero Punctuation and Moviebob are just elaborate Powerpoint presentations and the meat of their content is their writing. The pictures are there to help keep the viewers attention and to visually demonstrate their point. So if you got an idea Star then act on it and get people involved. |
Paperboy  Posts: 20 Joined: 3 Oct 2008     | Hopefully will come up with a better idea and spend more than a day on it this time. |
Paperboy  Posts: 19 Joined: 17 Aug 2009    | no porn? :( OT though, reaaaaaaally looking forward to this. Goodluck boys and girls :) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2063 Joined: 14 Oct 2008  | Me and a friend are planning on entering for the hell of it again like we did last year. Its pretty fun |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1651 Joined: 10 Sep 2008 |
Wait, didn't Unskippable win last year? |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 493 Joined: 12 Dec 2007  |
No, I didn't lie, I am in Hungary. But being in another country is no problem, there are certain travel methods designed especially to cover large distances... :) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1448 Joined: 17 Jul 2009   |
There's also the complication of my schedule, which is inhumanly booked. I wouldn't have the time to do so, anyway. My interest in the results of this competition, however, drives me to keep track of the events. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 163 Joined: 11 Sep 2008     | I might whip out my animation skills and see what I can come up with // But the big question would have to be should I do it in 3D or 2D?!? Someone give me a plot? -M |
Beat Writer Posts: 163 Joined: 11 Sep 2008 | I've got it! I know what I can make for this contest, now to just head over to the rules to see if I can get away with it -M |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1333 Joined: 24 Jun 2009  | If someone does make that underage dolphin hot tub video...please post it! Even as a joke, It would still be hilarious. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 195 Joined: 29 Jul 2009    | OOOOOOOH *drool* I am so entering this!!! |
Paperboy Posts: 20 Joined: 2 Sep 2009  | I'm sorely tempted to enter, but the terms of participation are unacceptable:
Nope. Absolutely no way. You can have a world-wide, unlimited, sub-licensable, perpetual, irrevocable license to the submission, but you can't have the copyright. |
Paperboy Posts: 20 Joined: 3 Oct 2008 |
I seem to recall that last year's comp had a statement saying that the creator of the video would retain full rights to their work if it did not win. Does this still apply? Having said that, as the winner, giving up full copyright is a major sacrifice, as it pretty much rules out having any supporting material to the video series (eg website, Twitter account, etc). I can understand The Escapist wanting the video to be exclusive to their site, but as an artist I would absolutely want to retain the rights to my work. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2630 Joined: 28 May 2009  |
I think in this stage the idea is more important than the glossy finish. So really all you need to get started is a webcam or even a phone with a camera. |
Brand Manager Posts: 2438 Joined: 8 Oct 2007 |
Yes but Doomsday Arcade was also given a contract. |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 4 Joined: 14 Oct 2009  | I am so entering this! Just one question. You say no copyrighted material but we are allow to use game footage in reviews arnet we? |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1651 Joined: 10 Sep 2008 |
I knew DA didn't win but you just confused me for a second because I thought you said that Unskippable also got a contract even though it didn't win. |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 4 Joined: 17 Jul 2009  | Hey, what do you do with the Waiver? |
On the Record  Posts: 6176 Joined: 28 Feb 2009   | I have a question. You stated that the video cannot be posted anywhere else prior to being entered in the contest. Which, I would assume, takes public sites like YouTube and the like out of the equation. What if, however, while working with people in other areas on the film, you need to show them footage or parts of the project before it's finished, and you use something like Photobucket to show them? Would that disqualify you? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2674 Joined: 15 Jun 2009   |
Couldn't you just email it to them? |
On the Record Posts: 6176 Joined: 28 Feb 2009 |
...*Sigh* Right, I didn't think about that. OK, nevermind, crisis averted. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 153 Joined: 4 Mar 2009  |
Same question. If I want to do a series of a vid after the contest even though I have won no contact, would I still be able to use it in other venues? |
Paperboy Posts: 20 Joined: 2 Sep 2009 |
That would depend on how "comprehensively" The Escapist views their just-acquired-for-free copyright. Escapist may or may not choose to license it back to you... Copyright extends to more than just instances of a work. Copyright also covers characters and character traits. This is why you can't use Mickey Mouse in an otherwise completely original cartoon without running afoul of Disney. A long-winded way of saying: The Escapist may choose to assert copyright not just over the video itself, but over the original characters in your video, thereby enjoining you from making any further use of any of it. The more I think about it, the less I like the deal as presented. (These difficulties would be easily solved if The Escapist would instead accept a liberal license to the submission, rather than the copyright proper.) |
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I would very much like to have a video hosted here, but I rather suck
This is also my question, if I do happen to make the winning video(remember my comedy thing? Here it is) I don't think I could continually make videos, good ones on top of that.