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RULES
The basic rules of
the competition are:
- Films must be
shot within the 10 days (archival footage excepted). Preparation
for shooting may be done outside of the ten days.
- Films must
include at least 3 items
- Films must be
a maximum of 7 minutes long, including credits
- Unless an
item is specifically noted as being an audio item, the item must be
seen or visually represented. Drawings, photos and other visual
representations are acceptable
- To be
eligible for the student entry price and prize ALL Producers AND
Directors must be
full time students - either primary, secondary or tertiary.
Photocopies/sighting of students
cards will be required
- You must have
copyright clearance for the music, script and any other element in your
film.
We cannot accept a film that does not have these clearances.
- In regard to
animation - you may prepare before the ten days ie. do prepatory
drawings, write scripts, draw/paint/prepare backgrounds etc before the
ten days - but all 'animation' (the actual putting together of the
movement in flash or any shooting of stop-motion) must be done in the
ten days.
If you have any queries on any rules of
the competition,
please contact the Festival Office for
clarification.
TECHNICAL
REQUIREMENTS
- You need to
submit two copies of your film when you hand it in. A playable
DVD and
a high quality screening copy of the film. You can either master
the film back to tape as
your screening copy or you can submit a High Quailty .mov Quicktime
file on a HDD.
We can now accept HDV. We will accept screening tapes in
MiniDV, DV, DV Cam,
HDV & SP Betacam.
- Please put 10
seconds of black at the head of your master tape - we cannot capture
the first
few seconds of a tape and you'll loose the beginning of your film if
you don't add at least 10
seconds of black or a countdown or a slate
NOTE
If you would like your tapes
returned to you after the festival, please provide us with a
self-addressed envelope and enough stamps to ensure your tape’s
return. Otherwise,
tapes and HDDs will be available for pickup on the night of the
screening.
Please keep in mind
the open nature of the award screening when making your films
and keep violence, language and drug use etc to below an (M) level.
See www.oflc.gov.au
for details
on the
(M) classification.
Or click HERE
for a PDF of the classification guidelines, Page 9 refers to what's
allowed under an M Classification.
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