Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival – Round Two – 2017

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Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival – Round Two – 2017
Submission Fee: $20.00  •   (Dance Magazine article)
  • Each dance film must take place in a public space (e.g. city street, parking lot, alley, public building, beach, bus or train terminal, museum, station, etc. however not inside a studio, on a stage, or in a private building or house). Please note that the visible presence of passersby/members of the public at large is preferred but not mandatory. 
  • There are 3 submission categories for films:  

a) Polished:  Films in which filmmakers intentionally create and/or pre-conceptualize the choreography and filmic approach in response to a public site or space, keeping the space, and/or its usage in mind. 

b) Raw:  Films in which filmmakers capture a dancer or dance event that is happening within a public space in a more spontaneous and/or random way. 

c) Student:  Films in either category submitted by a student 17 years and older.  When submitting, please note the category in which you are requesting consideration.  If you do not note judges will assign the film a category.

  • Each film must be posted on YouTube. The title line must include the hashtags #DareToDance #ScreenDanceDiaries #CulturalWeekly and#DemocratizeDance. You must include the YouTube link in your submission form. 
  • Each submission must not exceed 5 minutes 30 seconds in length (5:30). 
  • Deadline for final submission is 11:59 pm Pacific Time on November 27, 2017.
  • Submission/processing fee is $20 per entry.
  • Submissions will be judged based to a greater or lesser degree (depending on the submission category) on the quality of choreography, concept, originality, use of space, and interface of dance with the camera.
  • Awards will be given in 6 categories, with five categories being determined by the judges as follows:

a) Best Interface of Dance & Camera
b) Best Original Dance/Choreography
c) Best Use of Location
d) Best Overall Performance
e) Best Student Film in either category (student films will be judged taking into consideration elements of the above criteria as well as overall talent, apparent promise, and general creativity. 
f) Audience Choice Award, and will be determined by the number of YouTube “Likes” your video receives.

  • Winners will receive a minimum $50 cash prize (exact amounts TBA), and winners in each category will have their dance shorts & a brief write-up featured in Cultural Weekly’s column ScreenDance Diaries when winning films are announced. 
  • By submitting your entry, you affirm that the work is entirely your own and that you have the agreement and/or permission of all involved, as well as the permission to use it. This includes rights to use music. Please be aware that YouTube may take down copyrighted music that is used without permission.  

The Movie Poster

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Your film needs an image

Your film wants a poster image.

Design Shack tips RIT Slide Share movie poster presentation design tips

Heck.  Your film needs a poster image!

Think about your branding and what it will take to bring people to see the story that you would like to share.

Here are some links to get you going and thinking.   These are some DIY links specific to Photoshop.
This is a link to canva.com (thank you, Aditi for sharing!), on the App Store, and for Android.

For this assignment you will need to create original artwork.  The image can be a production still from your set, a drawing, a photograph, or a combination of elements but you must own the copyright.

Your poster is required to contain:
• title
• logline
• directorial credit
• actor credits
• music credits
• other options which you see fit to include. 

Have fun and make magic!

Your film needs an image
Film posters

Property release forms

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If your work takes place which is recognizable by the property owner – or even if it doesn’t – you are going to need a property release form if you plan to sell or license your visual product.

Below are some links to forms:

American Society of Media Photographers

  Getty Images

Model Release

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If you are using that soul-snatching and/or soul-creating recording device (audio and/or video) and would like to be able to use the data which you have acquired in the authoring of an audio, film, multi-media, or video production for fame, profit, or gratisl distribution to the planet ascribable to you, you are going to need a signed model release form.

If you have data of one type or another and you do not have the proper release forms establishing ownership of the intellectual property it may become impossible to sell or show your work without legal ramifications.

This is the form used by Open Arts as of Fall 2017.

This is currently used by NYU for photo and video.

I also found this page on NYU’s site which has some guidelines and general information that might be useful.

you want signed releases!!!

Snorricam & then some

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snorricam

Watch the videos below and think about the mass and size of the cameras which were used to create the effects in Mean Streets and Evil Dead… daunting isn’t it?

The Snorricam visual effect is relatively easy to create now that cameras are so light in weight.

Combine this with Daniel Novarro’s portal and the World is Yours!

Get out there and create!

snorricam

Evil Dead

Sam Raimi had to struggle to get the $90,000 he needed to produce the original Evil Dead. But his budget restrictions forced him to be inventive while on set, giving the horror classic its unique look.