These are the basic guidelines for filmmakers taking part in the Darklight 4 Day Movie. We'll be in touch with all of the invited filmmakers to clarify and answer any questions and Lenny will be giving everyone a call to go over ideas and direction for the films. Get in touch if there's any questions please!




Technical Guidelines for movie submissions:



1.

All movies are to be shot between 12.01am to 11.59pm on Thursday, June 26th 2008 within the M50.
2.

Participants are asked to hand in a complete 3-5 minute movie in digital format before 7 p.m. Friday, June 27th.
3.

Deliver your media on a hard- drive please.
4.

Our preference is for finished work to be handed in as a Final Cut Pro project with associated uncompressed media. However, this is not mandatory.
5.

Deadline for completed submissions is 7 p.m. Friday June 27th. Turn your submissions in to FilmBase on Curved Street, Temple Bar between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
6.

All submitted work will be used as the source material for a feature film mixed/edited by Lenny Abrahamson and Declan Lynch.
7.

In addition to complete video pieces, we are also asking that participants hand in up to 15 minutes of their raw, uncut footage. If this footage needs to be captured, please also submit the camera you used to record it along with the tape.
8.

Make your movie in digital format- please go for the highest specifications possible. We realise that not everyone has access to the best equipment, cameras etc. Be creative and make do with what you have. If it moves we may use it. We are open to everything, from a cameraphone to the latest HD camera.
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If you must submit WMV/AVI or other formats (MP4, MPG etc) feel free to do so. But please- no weird ones. And please don't compress your video if you can avoid it. We will do our best to play out anything you give us, but please make it easy on us.
10.

All movies submitted for the feature film will be available for use in the remix. This means we will be at liberty to recut, remix and remaster both your completed movie and your source footage. We don't guarantee that all submitted work will be used in the feature film, however we will use as much as we can.
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Movie submissions will be returned at the request of the participants. Movies will be held for no more than 4 weeks. Generally speaking, we operate under Creative Commons license for the purposes of this project- you own your movie/digital footage, and we ask your permission before distributing anywhere at all other than the festival. We'd like to have all the movies on the website for example, but only with filmmakers consent. If anyone has a problem with this approach please contact us directly.
12.

Try to source original music for your movie. We are looking for creativity and originality. Do not use material that you don't have rights to in your movie, it is less likely we will be able to use your movie in the final version of the remixed feature.
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Technical Advice: expect all sorts of equipment failures, sleep deprivation errors, running out of time for your edit to be completed - don't expect a polished, professional product. Enjoy the process. Submit whatever you have, everyone is in the same boat.


These guidelines are available publicy at this address: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=d2wq658_25dt4gjdff