Calling all Film and Television Students that have ever turned a doorknob. Now you can make a film about death by doorknob.
Our beloved retired Professor Skip Landen began the tradition of students making short films about how one might meet their end with a doorknob. Now is your chance to continue the tradition.
Prizes Include:
1st Place: $3,000
2nd Place: $2,000
3rd Place $1,000
The Parkie 100 Knob Award: $500.00*
Honorable Mention: Movie tickets and other prizes
* This prize is open to any Park student or team of students who have not yet enrolled in a Park production class higher than the 100 level. Please indicate your current or most recent production class completed on the entry form if you wish your entry to be considered for this prize. Your entry will automatically be entered in the overall competition as well, but will be judged only against other 100 level Park students for the $500 prize.
Golden Doorknob Rules:
1. Open to all Park School Students.
2. Films must be on the subject of how one might encounter death involving a doorknob. An expansive interpretation is encouraged--the fatal moment might be delivered by knob or door directly or indirectly and could also be an open door that tells of death in the future. Let your imagination run wild! The films are narrative (tell a story) and must have a beginning, middle and end but must not exceed 5 minutes in length. There is no minimal length.
3. May be live action or animation and may be shot on film, digital or made by a software effects program such as Flash.
4. The deadline for submitting films is April 3, 2009. Winners will be announced in April, 2009. Four copies of the completed project must be submitted by playable DVD, authored by iDVD or DVD Studio Pro to Steve Gordon, Park 373, by the deadline date.
5. Films will be judged by a panel of faculty and industry members.
6. Cash Prizes will be awarded to winning films: First Place: $3,000; 2nd Place: $2,000 ad Third Place: $1,000.
7. The Park School reserves the right to use films for promotional purposes, in perpetuity. Copyright of each film will belong the filmmakers. Each filmmaker must keep on file clearance forms for actors or copyrighted material appearing in the film.
