WE MAKE IT EASY AND FUN!
Films must be made within a 24 hour period from 6pm approximately Friday 7 October to 6pm Saturday 8 October.
- You must use 5 of the 11 possible mandatory locations or props as provided in The Brief.
- One of the items must be in the first 30 seconds.
- Five of the items must include at least 1 physical LOCATION, PROP and PHRASE. You may use whatever location or prop from the list for the remaining two items.
- Films will not be accepted for judging after official clock ends on Saturday 8 October 2011.
- Each film MAY NOT be no longer than seven (7) minutes including titles and credits
THE BRIEF
At the official start of the event, an announcement will be made, and The Brief (a hand-out) will be provided to all entrants with a list of eleven items. These items are specific to Boulder, and are not necessarily locations from which entrants must select a minimum of five to use in their film. One of which MUST be in the first thirty seconds (30) (including credits, headings, etc) of the film. FIVE of the items must include at least 1 PHYSICAL LOCATION (FILMING MUST OCCUR AT THAT LOCATION), PROP and PHRASE. Examples of previous year's Briefs can be found at the Press Release pages here.
All physical locations are within 5-10 minutes distance from city center, so bring some good walking shoes.
Examples of items might be a fire hydrant, a willow tree at the corner of such and such street, an alien character (in any medium you like, a live character, a cartoon drawing, a sculpture.), the words "exit", and a phone booth.
Definition of Editing
Entries may be shot on a DSLR cameras, HDV video recorders, MiniDV recorder, and even cell phones. For cell phones, you may NOT use iMovie or any App or software that allows the user to directly edit i.e. trim, insert, or create titles) to capture your vision and story.
You are allowed to import, capture or transfer your visual content into an editing system (Final Cut, Adobe Premiere Pro, etc) in order to manipulate the audio by layering sound effects and music i.e. sweetening.
You may use an editing system to export your entry into a format (AVI, MOV, MP4, WMV, H.264 that is accepted by the festival, and transfer that file to the Flash drive as provided by the festival.
SMALL PRINT RULES
- All paperwork must be turned in at the same time as your movie
- Your film must be either a AVI, MOV, MP4, H.264 or WMV. And must be able to play on a PC and/or Mac without further encoding.
- Film must NOT be edited as defined below.
- Each film must copied/transfer onto TSOB flash drive as provided at the start.
- Someone on the crew must be wearing the team’s ID badge/Flash drive i.e. the producer.
- On Tape Turn In form, list where chosen items appear in your film.
- On Tape Turn In form, list TYPE OF CAMERA and software used for exporting.
YOU MAY NOT EDIT YOUR VIDEO IN ANY MANNER USING A COMPUTER TO TRIM OR INSERT OR TITLE CREATION. BE CREATIVE AND HAVE FUN IN THE SPIRIT OF THE EVENT!
The producer of the entered film must hold copyright for music, voice over, images and performances so that the video can be shown internationally for an indefinite period from 9 October 2011.
These copyrights are the Producer's responsibility and may need to be obtained prior to the event. The Shoot Out takes no responsibility for any breaches of copyright.
We recommend you shoot 16:9 anamorphic but make it 4:3 safe Your film will be timed starting at the first sound or image. While you can shot in HD, the projector for the screening is SD. So shoot for the audience.
ENTRY FEES & CONDITIONS
There are a couple different fee structures for entry prior to the event and the day of the event. When a team signs-up, the entry fee also covers additional participants depending upon your team type. Additional team members pay a per-person rate. Each registered and paying participant receives (1) one comp ticket for the Sunday awards screening and makes them eligible for any categorical awards i.e. Best Actor. Go to Sign Up to learn more!
Pricing per team is $125 which includes two participants and two tickets to the screening event. 17 & under teams are $85. Family teams are $85. Additional team members are $30 and $25 respectively and includes a ticket to the venue screening.
SCHEDULE, AWARDS AND VIEWING
The 8th annual The Shoot Out 24 Hour Filmmaking Festival kicks off on October 7th at 5:55 PM in front of the Boulder County Courthouse on the 1300 block of the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder.
Screenings are in a new venue in North Boulder at the Nomad Theater on Quince and Broadway. Because of the limited capacity of the Nomad theater, we will be doing three screenings on Sunday by splitting up our participants into two categories. Public tickets will be available after participants requests have been made for the first two screenings. Final screening is open to the public.
Top 10 Films 17 & Under Films will screen at 1 PM on Sunday, October 9th at the Nomad Theater. The selection of these films will be made by the peer judges selected by the Boulder International Film Festival's Youth Advisory Board along with oversight by a Shoot Out Boulder judge coordinator. Awards will be given to Best 17 & Under and Best Boulder Family Film.
The second screening is at 4 PM and is for 18 & over filmmakers and their registered teams. The Top 10 Films will be screened with awards given out for specific categorical prizes.
The 7 PM screening will consist of the screening only of The Shoot Out Boulder Top 10 Films, including the Best 17 & under and Best Boulder Family Film (audience will be polled only for the Audience Choice Award. No other awards will be given out during this screening), screening is open to the public with tickets available at Nomad Theater Box Office starting at noon on Sunday.
Go to Schedule to learn more!
USE OF COPYRIGHT MATERIALS
You must hold the music copyright or create your own music. All copyrights are the Producer's responsibility and may need to be obtained prior to the event. The Shoot Out takes no responsibility for any breaches of copyright.
There are many resources available to filmmakers for music (i.e. online), but in the spirit of the event, we encourage you to create your own music by working with a composer or musician.
A SHORT HISTORY BUT A LONG TRADITION
The Shoot Out is a unique, internationally promoted 24 hour filmmaking festival that has captured the imagination of young filmmakers and achieved outstanding results since the initial event was launched in Newcastle, Australia in 1998. Since 2004, The Shoot Out Boulder challenges participants to make a film in 24 hours, using in-camera editing only.
In October 2004, 74 teams, made up of students, families and professionals, took up the challenge one Friday night to each create a seven-minute short film in just 24 hours. An incredible 66 teams made it through the grueling 24-hour challenge, and turned in their videotape by the deadline on Saturday night. Saturday night 30 volunteer preliminary judges became teams of two and three and watched those 66 seven-minute films to narrow the field to the top ten by Sunday afternoon. Sunday evening our gala screening exhibited those top ten films (plus the best 17 & under category film) to a packed house at the historic Boulder Theater. At that exciting event twelve entertainment industry professionals from Colorado watched the top ten films with the enthusiastic Boulder audience, and picked the top artists in their categories, including acting, writing, music and direction, and, of course, the best overall film. Go to Press to learn more!
"Fast filmmaking is an entirely new category of filmmaking, and is not just limited to professionals, but open to everyone, from families to college students to middle schoolers…This event is the real thing, in your own backyard, you can actually participate yourself, and walk home with the main prize."
-Michael Conti, Executive Director
Bringing community together is one of the things The Shoot Out Boulder does best!
