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vitualis
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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 05:08 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Firstly, thanks to all the entrants into the first VideoHelp.com Short Film Competition. It has been hard work on our side getting this competition off the ground, but it pales into insignificance compared to the obvious planning, effort and thought that has gone into the excellent short film submissions.

Secondly, thanks go to all the other moderators who have helped me design and run this competition and spent time discussing and judging each short film.

Third, a general thanks to all the members of VideoHelp.com for taking an active interest, downloading the short films and rating them in the "Member's Choice Award".

Last but not least, thanks of course goes to Baldrick.

Now, the prizes!


The Cunning Plan
http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=290057

First place and winner of "The Baldrick" (prize $200)
Best Cinematography (prize $100)
Best Screenplay / Acting (prize $100)
Best Technical production (prize $100)
Winner of the Member's Choice Award (prize $200)

Total prize money: $700

Undoubtedly the best short film of the competition, the favourite of the VideoHelp members, and my personal favourite. Congratulations to Kristy Linderholm.


Paul's Reverie
http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=290065

Second Place Winner (prize $200)

A favourite amongst several of the other judges, congratulations to Thomas Shaddox for an excellent short film.


Wasp
http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=290068

Third Place Winner (prize $200)
Best Soundtrack (prize $100)

Total prize money: $300

A truly remarkable short film from a self described amateur. Superb combination of "live action" and animation and with the stunning use of surround sound effects, wins the "best soundtrack" award. Congratulations to Bo Johansen.


Good Day
http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=290060

Fourth Place Winner (prize $200)

A unique and artistic film, quite different from many of the other entries. Congratulations Mani Ghodratnama for producing an excellent short film.


Baldrick - City of Tomorrow and The Baldrick
http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=290056
http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=290066

Equal Fifth Place Winners (prize $100 each)

Excellent efforts and perhaps under-appreciated, these two films were particularly well received by the judges for keeping well to the theme word.

Congratulations to Onnie Granados and Eric Thomasma!


There you have it! The winning films of the VideoHelp.com Short Film Competition 2005. If we could, we would give everyone a prize, however, it is a competition after all.

All prize winners should contact me by e-mail (my e-mail address was in your application package) if you want to receive your prize. Monetary prizes are sent through PayPal only. Thus you will need to either provide me with the e-mail address you use for PayPal (or if you don't already have an account), just an e-mail account you are willing to use with PayPal. The prize money has been generously been provided by Baldrick, VideoHelp.com administrator.

Best regards.
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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 05:33 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
well done all, not just those who entered but those who organised it and voted cool.gif

and I'm pleased that Cunning Plan won as it was my favourite, well done Kristy biggrin.gif cool.gif punk.gif

can't wait for next years 'Baldrick' awards wink.gif
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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 06:20 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
thumbs_up.gif icon_salut.gif to all winners ! Its time to celebrate band.gif

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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 06:26 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Just curious, 3rd place winner gets a bigger prize than 2nd place winner?

Anyway, good effort all-round, I must say. I hope this competition carries on every year?

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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 08:49 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
The top 5 ranked clips all received the same (size) prize... Being best in a category would win an additional prize.

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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 09:56 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
700 bucks!

way to go!

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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 11:03 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I'd like to thank the academy...

Seriously, thanks to everyone involved in the preparation and execution of the Short Film Competition 2005, especially Vitualis, Offline and Baldrick. It was a fun and worthwhile experience.
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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 11:58 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
although my personal ranking probably would be different - it is not my money thats being awarded to winners, so:


thumbs_up.gif thumbs_up.gif

I believe this was one of the most interesting and independent initiatives I have seen. Thank you for organizing it and hail to the chief - The Baldrick biggrin.gif
Also I'd like to give my personal thanks to all of the contestants for their effort.

I also have some extra award.
Me and two 10-year old little guys were dying laughing after seeing "Mr.Slug vs Mr.Salt" piece.
They were extremely disappointed that their favorite didnt qualify in the top 5, thus I suggested they shoul give their own award if they really like it so much.
After short consideration 1 little guy decided he give it one of his Bionicles (a toy), while the other guy was too selfish to give anything hehe.
Nevertheless - here it is:



KIDS CHOICE AWARD
in the amount of $9.99 (equivalent of 1 Bionicle toy)
goes to
M. Cleveland
for
"Mr. Slug VS Mr. Salt"
biggrin.gif



Please PM me with your paypal-registered email address to receive the award.
Also:
May I suggest the theme/subject for the next competition:
"The Bald Rick" ? wink.gif
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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 12:17 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
DereX888 wrote:
May I suggest the theme/subject for the next competition: "The Bald Rick" ? wink.gif


Somebody should throw a dictionary against a wall, and the first page that comes out has the word. Toss the page in the air, and it picks it's own side. Finally, flip a coin that lands on the page. The word it covers most is the theme word.

Better yet, have some really rteally young kid open up the dictionary and point to any word.
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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 13:26 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
gadgetguy wrote:
I'd like to thank the academy...

Seriously, thanks to everyone involved in the preparation and execution of the Short Film Competition 2005, especially Vitualis, Offline and Baldrick. It was a fun and worthwhile experience.

I'll second that!!! smile.gif smile.gif smile.gif

And to get some money as a bonus, is just frosting on the cake!!! smile.gif

I hope there's a Short Film Festival 2006! And if there's enough interest, it might be nice to open it up a little and have separate areas for amateur and professional entries ... whistle.gif .... rolleyes.gif ...

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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 13:38 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
vitualis wrote:

The Cunning Plan

Undoubtedly the best short film of the competition, the favourite of the VideoHelp members, and my personal favourite. Congratulations to Kristy Linderholm.

Author, author!!! smile.gif

Perhaps Kristy will take some time from his or her busy schedule to share a little bit about themselves and the making of this movie? smile.gif

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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 15:31 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. And "Congratulations" go to...

Drumroll...

...Each and every contestant, irrespective of prize money awarded or not - every entry has clearly appealled to someone. The planning, effort, time, weed and beer that was put into these projects is admirable.

...The admin team for their time and effort in getting this off the ground: Vitualis, offline and Baldrick. But also the supporting mods who were in the wings playing an equally vital role.

...The voters, for taking the time to download the clips, figure out how to get the codecs installed to watch them and for actually watching most, if not all, of them.

All in all - I'd say the "Short Film Competition 2005" was an inaugral success!!!

When can we look forward to the announcement of "Short Film Competition 2006"? Preferably sooner rather than later - that'll give everyone more time to ponder, prepare, shoot, edit and submit in time for a December deadline.

I've certainly been inspired by these entries and, with more time, will most likely submit.
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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 15:57 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
okay.. now that the competition is over i've got a few things i'd like to get off my chest.

1) why did the prize monies suddenly change?

the baldrick went from $500 to $200
the "best" awards went from $200 to $100

link to current page;
http://shortfilm.videohelp.com/2005/09/awards-and-judging.html

link to google's cache;
http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:kPJyzDqBKFYJ:shortfilm.video ... k&cd=1

2) i believe kristy's entry should have been disqualified, or atleast questioned.. although undoubetly the best film (hell, it's even my favorite).. it appears that kristy is a professional, or at worst semi-professional.. hell, her name is listed at imdb.. ozzymango brought this up in her entry thread, which raises some very interesting questions..

and hopefully he can get some type of interview to have those questions answered..

3) most of the entries (including my own, but especially "inside divx"), had nothing to do with baldrick, even a mild reference.. and should have been disqualified.. although the field would have significantly shrunk..

4) i'm glad a few people liked my entry.. most people seemed to despise it though.. but i did the best at being the worst, so i guess that counts for something tongue.gif

and a special thanks to DereX888 & his kids for their award. laugh.gif
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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 16:22 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Well, I thought I saw different amounts before too...
yet it ain't my money, so I have no comments on that.
Lets all be happy there were *any* awards, since its not like Baldrick had to do it, right? smile.gif

But I agree with your #2.
Perhaps next time the entry rules will be more strict and no professionals allowed?


@lumis:
theyre NOT MY kids, although one of them is my bro wink.gif
I prefer not to have any children until I'm at least 50... or better yet: never wink.gif
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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 17:57 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
lumis wrote:
okay.. now that the competition is over i've got a few things i'd like to get off my chest.

1) why did the prize monies suddenly change?


We didn't have as much total prize money as I originally thought. sad.gif

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2) i believe kristy's entry should have been disqualified, or atleast questioned.. although undoubetly the best film (hell, it's even my favorite).. it appears that kristy is a professional, or at worst semi-professional.. hell, her name is listed at imdb.. ozzymango brought this up in her entry thread, which raises some very interesting questions..


I did not disallow professional or semi-professional applicants. I'm still not entirely sure that I should. It appears at least that Kristy's entry at least is a personal effort rather than a project that is part of a studio.

If Steven Spielberg decides to put in an entry the next time round and it was something that he made with his own two hands rather than through the resources of his studio, should it be disqualified? Tough question.

This time around though, I had not thought about the possibility when I was designing the comp.

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3) most of the entries (including my own, but especially "inside divx"), had nothing to do with baldrick, even a mild reference.. and should have been disqualified.. although the field would have significantly shrunk..


Some of the references were vague. We decided not to be strict with the theme word in this comp though "brownie points" were given to those entries that used the theme word well.

It is likely that we will use a less difficult theme word next time, and yes, probably disqualify films that do not include the theme.

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4) i'm glad a few people liked my entry.. most people seemed to despise it though.. but i did the best at being the worst, so i guess that counts for something tongue.gif


I have my personal favourites but I think that all the entrants should be applauded for at least putting in the effort. wink.gif

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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 18:10 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
vitualis wrote:
I did not disallow professional or semi-professional applicants. I'm still not entirely sure that I should. It appears at least that Kristy's entry at least is a personal effort rather than a project that is part of a studio.

How's about something like a minimum post count of 100 posts or something ? At least that might weed out a few blow-ins. JMHO but I'd like to see an active contributor get rewarded and not just someone who can register specifically and solely for the purposes of the film competition.
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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 18:10 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I want a clarification on the whole "Theme" thing, because I read it to mean that the theme of the movie was to be "Baldrick", but it was pretty clear that most people felt that you only had to reference "Baldrick" somewhere in the film. Will you be disqualifying films that only reference the theme word, but don't really have it as the theme of the film? Or will that still be acceptable?

Edit: Just saw Jimmy's suggestion. I think that's an excellent idea.
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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 18:49 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
How many of the films had original soundtracks? I think that's what the category should have been.

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Baddox wrote:
How many of the films had original soundtracks? I think that's what the category should have been.

I know it's quibbling, but are we talking Best Music (on the soundtrack) or Best Sound Design (combined use of various sound sources on the soundtrack, including music)? I'm assuming you mean Best Original Music. Is that correct?

I love Bo's music soundtrack, but it is worth pointing out that the sound design and editing, including music, on "Paul's Reverie" is worth a special noting for it's complexity and quality beyond "just having cool original music." smile.gif But being none of the sub-categories were open for viewer voting, I guess it's up to the judges to decide what they want to use for qualification purposes.

Anyway, anybody know if the music from The Cunning Plan was original to the film (written for the movie) or not? It sorta sounds familiar but I really like it and wonder if it was written for the movie, is it from a recording, or is it a recorded-for-the-movie-arrangement-of-an-existing-tune? smile.gif

EDIT: I also very much enjoyed the sound design/editing on "Good Day," as well as the musical choices, but because the musical inclusions weren't composed for the movie but from other sources, I gave the nod to "Paul's Reverie." smile.gif

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Post Posted: Jan 28, 2006 22:32 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
vitualis wrote:
lumis wrote:

1) why did the prize monies suddenly change?


We didn't have as much total prize money as I originally thought. sad.gif

First, thanks to you and all for even having this short film competition, and rewarding prizes. smile.gif

Being this was the first time out, despite the snafus I certainly had a good time and would definitely be interested in entering a film in any future contest.

So, in that spirit -- and acknowledging that so far I've seen no actual postings from any of the judges or sponsors asking for feedback about the contest itself, only about the contest entries -- I'll offer a few obviously unsolicited comments smile.gif :

In regards to the monetary prizes, I can certainly understand how financing can fall through. But in future cases, should this occur, could a timely and not-unobvious notice be posted somewhere updating both entrants and viewers as to such a change as soon as it happens?

While this didn't and wouldn't affect my entry in any way (changes in prize amounts), that does seem a fairly large change in the contest and all effort should be made to notify entrants accordingly when there are big changes.

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I did not disallow professional or semi-professional applicants. I'm still not entirely sure that I should. It appears at least that Kristy's entry at least is a personal effort rather than a project that is part of a studio.

I also have no issues with professional entrants; in fact, I think it would be way-cool if some pro or top-notch amateur is a member of this list and wants to enter. smile.gif

My concern with "professional" entrants is only along the lines of having them declare their status at the time of entry, and that I think it would encourage wider participation of both pros and amateurs if there were separate categories for both.

How one would define a "pro" is certainly something you'd have to work out, for your own purposes.

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If Steven Spielberg decides to put in an entry the next time round and it was something that he made with his own two hands rather than through the resources of his studio, should it be disqualified? Tough question.

I think the answer to that question is very much worthy of further consideration, and depends to a great extent on the goal or goals of the contest and the judges in the first place. And I'm not sure I understand the motivation behind this contest, if indeed there is one.

Is the goal to show the best films of a certain length, period? Then one just allows all levels of entry, with no differentiation between any levels of expertise.

Is the goal to show both good movies and encourage participation of the most videohelp.com members? Then one may want to allow and encourage entry by anyone and everyone, and have a separate "award" or even category for contributions by members. And of course one would have to decide what it is to be a "member."

Is the goal perhaps an experiment to see what kinds of "promotions" videohelp.com might offer to encourage more members, more advertising, etc.? Is their hope that these contest entries might be used for specific promotional purposes already in development?

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We decided not to be strict with the theme word in this comp though "brownie points" were given to those entries that used the theme word well.

Did "brownie points" have any impact on the actual real-world points awarded to any film?

I'm not trying to pry and I mean no disrespect, I'm just genuinely curious as to whether there were any general or specific hopes and interests on the part of the sponsors and judges as to what you wanted to accomplish here. I know when I submitted my movie, I had two goals:

1) Get noticed, and make people laugh.
2) Maybe make a few $$$.

Being as I accomplished both goals, I am 100% satisfied with my own goals in this contest. smile.gif I'd just love to know if we're helping to satisfy your goals out there!!! smile.gif

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