short film competition

"The Island"

A competition open to students on the Isle of Wight and run in conjunction with island Schools, Colleges and Academies.

There will be three age groups:

under 14
14 to 16
16-18

Each film must be 60 seconds or less (including titles and credits) and be on the subject of "The Island". That could mean the Isle of Wight, any other island, or you may want to create an island. Or, you may prefer to interpret the subject matter as yourself being the island, or an aspect of your life on the island.

The film can be created using any means you want - live footage, animation, stop-motion, abstraction, computer generation - anything.

We don't want there to be any restrictions because we want to leave the subject matter of your films as open as possible to allow for maximum freedom of expression.

In the creation of an experimental film the only rules are those you might impose on yourself. Let your imaginations go!

Films must be completed and submitted no later than Friday 21st September and the first three in each category will be featured in the Visioneca Festival on Saturday 27th October. Under 14's in the first session, 14-16 in the second session and 16-18's in the third session. Films will be judged on their creativity.

Films should be submitted either as Quicktime or mpeg 4 files and preferably through participating schools and colleges. If this is not possible please contact me at paul@paulwindridge.com

It is also hoped that there will be an evening at one of the participating colleges where we will show every single entry, but more on this at a later date.

To the winning film maker in each of the three categories (under 14's, 14-16 and 16-18) there will be a copy of Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 10 and Adobe Premiere® Elements 10

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