And the winners are…
Posted: June 25, 2012 Filed under: Mobile Bay Scramble 5 Leave a comment »The Winners for Best Short:
First Place: What Does Gertrude Stein Know?
by Vernon Fowlkes & Claude Moore
Second Place: 1211
by Wiatt Cram
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The Winners for Best Soundtrack:
First Place: What Does Gertrude Stein Know?
music by Jerrid Jones
Second Place: A Lonely Day in Death’s Embrace
music by Bob Kohrman
Congratulations to all participants! Truly a stellar selection of shorts this time around.
SUMMER SILENTS screenings
Posted: June 20, 2012 Filed under: Mobile Bay Scramble 5 Leave a comment »Mobile Bay Film Scramble and the Crescent Theater present
SUMMER SILENTS
a Short Silent Film competition Screening
The 5th Mobile Bay Film Scramble is wrapping up!
Teams had 22 days to write, record, edit and submit a short
silent film.
Submissions were drawn at random by local composers, who then
created the soundtracks.
Screenings:
Friday June 22 Crescent Theater 11PM
Saturday June 23 Crescent Theater 9PM
Tickets are on-sale now
online<http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/251468>
and at the
Crescent Theater.
$7 in advance, $10 day of show
Rules for SUMMER SILENTS Film Scramble
Posted: May 17, 2012 Filed under: Mobile Bay Scramble 5 | Tags: Mobile Bay Scramble 5 Leave a comment »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
Posted: May 12, 2012 Filed under: Lower AL Film News, Mobile Bay Scramble 5 2 Comments »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




