Rules for SUMMER SILENTS Film Scramble

Mobile Bay Film Scramble 5 SUMMER SILENTS

contact: Trey Lane email: vocabularian@gmail.com

The theme for this scramble is Silent Cinema.

Submissions will be screened silent with musical accompaniment provided by local composers.

i.e. music is completely out of the hands of the filmmaker. However, teams that would like to submit “soundtrack notes” for the composer are encouraged to include notes with their entry.

Teams may include intertitles (onscreen text used to narrate story points, present key dialogue and/or sometimes even comment on the action for the cinema audience.)

Entries submitted with sound will have the audio removed before screening.

Entry fee: $10 per film.

If you missed the sign up meeting but still want to participate, read these rules and send an email to editor@modmobilian.com with SCRAMBLING in the subject line to declare your intent.

For late starters (those who don’t attend the sign up meeting) registration fee is due by Monday May 21 (submit to Crescent Theater with a completed copy of this page)

Submission deadline – 8pm Friday June 8 Crescent Theater

Screening: .June 22 11PM Crescent Theater

Maximum finished film length is 8 minutes, including credits. Tthere is no Minimum length.

Each film must feature the following in the end credits: ” Mobile Bay Film Scramble 5 filmscramble.org “

Each team must have the rights to any characters/elements contained in their film. Stock footage is ok.

Tech Specs for submissions:

H.264 encoded Quicktime file (typically .mp4 .m4v or ,mov) 720p Resolution preferred

submitted on usb thumb drive or data disc (NOT playable dvd) Participants assume responsibility for all costs, expenses, damages, and claims related to their film.

Participants grant Mobile Bay Films Scramble the non-exclusive right to screen, show, exhibit, broadcast or otherwise disseminate in any way possible,

including but not limited to theatrical release, broadcast, tv, cable television, podcast, dvd compilation and the internet,

and the right to publicize any MBFS project using the name of and images from your film.

This form must be signed and submitted with your finished film.

Team Leader_____________________________________________________________

Phone__________________________________________________________________

Email__________________________________________________________________

Signature of Team Leader ____________________________________________________

My signature confirms i have read and understand the specifications of this scramble, legal and creative.


SUMMER SILENTS Film Scramble sign up

Mobile Bay Film Scramble and the Crescent Theater present

SUMMER SILENTS

It’s time to put some of those great ideas into action, the fifth Mobile
Bay Film Scramble begins!

If you’ve always wanted to be a part of the exciting film scrambles
happening in town but never knew how, here’s your chance.

Film scrambles offer a unique challenge to all area filmmakers, from
beginners to professionals, to complete a short film within a very limited
time frame.

Three ways you can get in on it:

First:

Meet at the Blind Mule Bar & Restuarant Thursday May 17, at 8 PM.
There you will find out the specs and rules of the scramble, register, meet
other participants, have a bite to eat and a drink (or three.)
If you’d like to participate but are not a filmmaker, come out anyway.
Teams can always use actors, extras, technical assistants, prop masters,
etc.

Second:

Make your film!  And turn it in to the Crescent Theater by 8 PM Friday June
8 .  That gives you around 20 days to write, record, edit and submit
a short silent film.

Third:

Come out to the Crescent Theater on Friday June 22 at 11 PM to see all the
films.

Prizes?  Why, yes!  The winners determined by audience vote.

Mobile began hosting film scrambles in 2006 with the Mobile Arts Council
and Alabama Film Group, headed up by Margaret Broach.  After that, film
scrambles caught on, with Hailee Kuntz from South Alabama Film Festival
hosting several film scrambles.  The Student and Filmmaker Alliance (SAFA)
began hosting an annual film scramble in 2010, which paired 7th and 8th
grade writers with local filmmakers, recently celebrated their 3rd annual
competition.
Mobile Bay Film Scramble has been hosting film scrambles at the Crescent
Theater at least quarterly for the past handful of years.

Sign-Up – Thursday May 17 8PM at the Blind Mule

Submission Deadline – 8PM Friday June 8 Crescent Theater

Screening: Friday June 22 Crescent Theater 11PM


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