The Spring Fifty Hour Film Contest will be held the weekend of March 29th to the 31st.
Due to a conflict with the Easter Holiday I have moved the date of the spring 50 back one week. It will now take place the weekend of April 5th- 7th.
The prompt will be the same for both the Vermont and Albany Area participants.
Due to low turn out for the fall contest we combined the two Albany entries and the Vermont entries and sent them off to the judges. The Results are:
Best Overall film: Lian Productions – Gravity
Best Cinematography: Adapt Films – The Fighter
Best Screenplay: W.O.Y.A.N – Min Dum Drøm
Best Editing: Senioritis Productions – Delinquent
Best Sound: Exclusive Studios – The Bocce Sisters
Great job to all that participated! We hope to see everyone again in the spring!
The Runners up
Patriot Films – Mulligan’s Mulligan
Reel Life Productions – Someone in Mind
Since we don’t have many teams registered for this fall’s fifty I am going to use the fall VT prompt and combine the two contests. If you are competing from Albany your prompt is:
***** Below is the Prompt for the Fall 2012 50 Hour Film Contest *****
Click here for a printable PDF file of this prompt
Your Prop: Eggs
The prop MUST make a clear appearance in the film to qualify for judging. The level of integration of the prop into the film’s plot is completely up to the film team.
Your Character: A Waiter or Waitress
This character a waiter or waitress must be physically shown in the film in some way and not just talked about. ie “My dad used to wait tables when he was in college” doesn’t work.
Your Required Dialogue:
You must use five of the lines above! This dialogue must be kept in intact sentences or phrases , but the order, the timing or usage of these sentences is entirely up to your group. These five sentences MUST be able to be heard clearly in the final movie.
Your Genre: Sports Film
Definition of the sports genre for the purposes of this 50 from “filmsite.org”:
Films that may have a sports setting (football or baseball stadium, arena, or the Olympics, etc.), event (the big game, fight, race, or competition), and/or athlete (boxer, racer, surfer, etc.) that are central and predominant in the story. Sports films may be fictional or non-fictional; and they are a hybrid sub-genre category, although they are often dramas or comedy films, and occasionally documentaries or biopics.
A list of popular sports films for reference:
As always refrain from any filming of nudity, strong language or other behavior that wouldn’t be able to be shown on Broadcast TV.
Good luck and have fun! Any questions email tom.preska@gmail.com
Teams registered for the Albany 50:
Please click on the tab above and fill out the registration form if you haven’t already. The prompt will be posted here on Friday around 2:30pm. Good luck!
I only received 5 films for this fall’s fifty. I am considering not holding a fall premiere night and just rolling the top films into the spring premiere where hopefully we will have a few more film teams. Films are currently being judged. I will keep you updated with the plans.
***** Below is the Prompt for the Fall 2012 50 Hour Film Contest *****
Click here for a printable PDF file of this prompt
Your Prop: Eggs
The prop MUST make a clear appearance in the film to qualify for judging. The level of integration of the prop into the film’s plot is completely up to the film team.
Your Character: A Waiter or Waitress
This character a waiter or waitress must be physically shown in the film in some way and not just talked about. ie “My dad used to wait tables when he was in college” doesn’t work.
Your Required Dialogue:
You must use five of the lines above! This dialogue must be kept in intact sentences or phrases , but the order, the timing or usage of these sentences is entirely up to your group. These five sentences MUST be able to be heard clearly in the final movie.
Your Genre: Sports Film
Definition of the sports genre for the purposes of this 50 from “filmsite.org”:
Films that may have a sports setting (football or baseball stadium, arena, or the Olympics, etc.), event (the big game, fight, race, or competition), and/or athlete (boxer, racer, surfer, etc.) that are central and predominant in the story. Sports films may be fictional or non-fictional; and they are a hybrid sub-genre category, although they are often dramas or comedy films, and occasionally documentaries or biopics.
A list of popular sports films for reference:
As always refrain from any filming of nudity, strong language or other behavior that wouldn’t be able to be shown on Broadcast TV.
Good luck and have fun!
As of right now we have 6 teams registered. Please click on the tab above and fill out the registration form if you haven’t already.
I will be releasing the prompt at 2:30 and will post it here. Good luck!
The Fall 2012 VT 50 is next weekend!!
Please register your teams for the fall 2012 contests. Please remember to read through all the rules of the contest. Lots of important info there.
Click here to go to the registration form
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Teams Registered for the Vermont Contest
The Fifty Hour Student Film Contest is holding a fall contest for Albany NY area high schools November 16th – 18th. For information or any questions please email tom@fiftyhourfilm.com. There are an amazing number of resources available on this site for new teams. Please read The Rules as well as the section on How to Win! also check out the gallery of past films on Vimeo.
Time to prepare for the Fall 50! This fall’s Vermont contest starts November 2nd! Gather your team, reserve your cameras and equipment and Make great movies!