Beats Per Minute: 48 Hour Music Video Competition
- WHEN:
- Sun. 03/04 | 9:45PM
- WHERE:
- Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, at the Ritz on 6th Street map
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Theater: Alamo Downtown
Rating: Unknown
Age Policy: 18 and up; Children 6 and up will be allowed only with a parent or guardian. No children under the age of 6 will be allowed.
SHOOTING WEEKEND: Feb. 16-18, 2007
Sponsored by VULCAN VIDEO and END OF AN EAR RECORDS
You may be familiar with our popular Bloodshots competition in which teams of intrepid filmmakers push themselves to the limit to make a horror film in only 48 hours. We thought it would be fun to do the same thing with music videos. The catch is, until we give you the CD you will not have any idea to what song you'll be making a video. So you and your crew of pasty white Coldplay fans may find yourselves looking all over the east side for crunk juice. OR you and your posse of dangerous tattooed lunatics might have to learn to dance like Justin. You just never know. The only thing you can really predict is that you'll have a lot of fun. once everybody's checked in, we'll say "Go!" and immediately you and your team start scrambling: listening to the song, decoding the lyrics, making the shot list, borrowing and stealing guitars, wigs - whatever it takes to make the most entertaining video of them all.There are only a limited number of team slots available, so register now below!
There are not too many rules, the big one is no production is to begin until after we say "GO!". The point of the challenge is to complete all of the creative process of producing a video within the 48 hours.
RULES:
Eligibility
Anyone can enter BPM. There are no age restrictions and entry is open to amateurs and professionals alike. No one helping with the film, however, can be paid. Each team can have no more than 5 registered members. You can have more than 5 people helping out, but 5 is the maximum who will be eligible for prizes.
Kickoff Meeting
Friday Feb. 16th - 7:00pm, Alamo South Lamar. Only 1 member of the team is required at the kickoff meeting at the Alamo South Lamar on Friday Feb. 16th, but all are welcome. At this meeting, you will be given a CD and registration packet. At 7:30pm, all teams will leave the Alamo and being making music video magic. 48 hours later, teams must return to the Alamo South Lamar with their finished video. We will begin accepting videos at 6 PM on Sunday Feb. 18th.
Missing the 48 hour deadline
Films turned in after the deadline of 7:30pm on Sunday Feb. 18th will be screened but be ineligible for competition and prizes.
Tickets to the screenings
Your team registration does NOT include free admission for you and your team members to the Group A & B screenings at Alamo Downtown, but award winning teams get one free ticket per team member (maximum 5) to the "Best of" screening and awards ceremony on March 4th at 9:45pm at Alamo Downtown. The registration cost has been altered to reflect this change from last year.
Judging
Videos are judged on content, direction, costuming, cinematography, lipsynching, acting etc. , but also how well the randomly selected song is incorporated into the film. The majority of the prizes will be awarded from the audience voting. Teams are divided into group A and group B screenings. There is 1 screening of each group of films. Ballots will be collected after each of these screenings and tallied to determine the audience award winners, who will be notified by email in time for the Best-Of Screening on Sunday March 4th at 9:45pm.
Film Content
The films can contain violence or nudity but in keeping with TABC regulation, we cannot allow anything that would fit the TABC's standards for pornography. You may not harm real animals or unwilling people in the making of your video.
"Best of" screening
Audience and Jury Awards will be given out at this screening on Sunday March 4th at 9:45pm.You will be notified by email if your film has won an award, and your team (max five members) will get in free to this screening!
Prizes
Prizes will be announced at the kickoff meeting. Audience award prizes will be given for Best Video, Funniest Video, Best use of Song and Best Costumes. The top 5 ranking films in each of these categories (determined by audience vote) will screen at the "Best of" screening and be eligible for the jury prize.
Finished film format
What format do we need to submit the finished movie in? DVD is preferred, but mini-DV, SVHS, and VHS are all accepted. We do NOT accept DVCam. We do not have a DVCam deck, so do not let your cinematographer tell you that mini-DV and DVCam are the same thing - they are not!
Specials:
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Wednesday, February 28
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Thursday, March 1
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Sunday, March 4
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