Massachusetts Flash Film Festival
"Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. " -- James Cameron
The Massachusetts Flash Film Festival is your chance to be a filmmaker and compete for a $500 cash prize. The only catch is that everything and we mean EVERYTHING must be done within a 72 hour period.
AND THE WINNERS ARE!!!
1st Place, Professional: Brookline Access Warriors "Must Love Blogs"
2nd Place, Professional: Shiny Key Productions "Yard Sale"
3rd Place, Professional: Streetfrog Productions "Banana Skin"
1st Place, Non-Professional: Paracelsus Films "Death on Toast"
2nd Place, Non-Professional: Rampant Island "Peripheral"
3rd Place, Non-Professional: The Horde "Dina"
Audience Choice: "Death on Toast"
Congratulations to all the film makers.
Films are posted in the "Watch" section. Screening/Awards and Red Carpet are also posted there.
THE 2011 TEAMS!
Esthetik Punchlines - Film De Femme
Brookline Access Warriors - Mockumentary
Orchard Group - Sci Fi
Loop9p - Road Movie
Mug Shorts - Mystery
The Horde - Horror
Streetfrog Productions - Romance
Shiny Key Productions - Coming of Age
Paracelsus Films - Dark Comedy
Rampant Island - Spy
REQUIRED ELEMENTS
Character: Jamie Severin -- Absent Minded
Prop: Gum Wrapper
Dialogue: "Its So Simple A Monkey Could Do It With Its Eyes Closed."
HERE'S THE CHALLENGE:
Production teams will work for 72 hours to write, shoot, edit and deliver a 4-7 minute short film. Each team will be given a genre that thier film must fit into, as well as a character, prop and line of dialogue that must be in the film (these will be the same for all teams).
At least one member of each registered team MUST attend the Kick-off event at the Belmont Media Center (BMC) on Thursday September 22 to draw genres and to receive the required elements of character, prop and line of dialogue. Each team also turns in their signed “Team Leader Agreement form.” at this time.
Teams then have 72 hours (until 7:30pm on Sunday, September 25th) to write, shoot, edit and deliver back to BMC a 4-7 minute fictional narrative film in the genre that they drew at the kick-off and including all the required elements
All films will be screened on Saturday October 1st at the Belmont Studio Cinema. Only films that arrive “on-time” and including all required elements will be eligible for judging. Viewer’s choice ballots will be distributed to all who attend the screening to vote for their favorite. Viewer’s choice winners will also be recognized. All films will be aired on BMC channels and on the web. More details about the screening will be coming soon so check back here and on the Facebook page often.
Check out our Frequently Asked Questions and Filmmakers Rules for more information. You can also become a fan on Facebook to receive updates and reminders about the festival. Related videos such as a sample film and promos can be found here.
THE JUDGING PANEL
A panel of three industry professionals will judge each entry and select the winner.
Jay Fedigan
Jay Fedigan founded Powerglide Media. As a principal partner with Powerglide, Jay was part of the production team on numerous productions and events for corporate and higher education clients such as Bose, Gillette, Teradyne, Harvey Industries, Harvard University and Northeastern University. At Powerglide Media Jay produced, directed and edited projects, directed voice talent, directed live talent for events, conducted site surveys, directed casting for photo and video shoots, and provided on-site technical direction for large corporate events.
In 1998 he conceived and began production of The Angry Heart, a documentary about the impact of racism on heart disease among African Americans. The Angry Heart has won several awards including Best Documentary, 2001 New Hampshire Film Expo; Finalist, 2002 The Roxbury Film Festival; Finalist, 2002 Freddie Awards; Special Jury Selection Award, The 2003 Spaghetti Junction Urban Film Festival. The Angry Heart has been broadcast on independent cable and community channels and continues to be shown at health and educational events for community centers, hospitals, universities and churches all over the country. Jay speaks regularly about The Angry Heart, and health disparities at hospitals, universities, churches and many different social forums and has been interviewed on radio and television.
Jay produced and directed: Gender and the Law: Unintended Consequences, Unsettled Questions a series of video interviews and conference videos for Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard. Living the Wine Life a fun and quirky weekly show about wine; Dancing Spoon a food and wine web video show featuring food writer Michael Wheeler; The Legacy Project documenting the lives of ALS patients for Beth Israel Hospital. Among others.
Callie Crossley
Callie Crossley is the Host/Executive Editor of “The Callie Crossley Show”, a live daily call in radio program, airing on WGBH Radio, 89.7. She is a public speaker and television and radio commentator for national and local programs. She frequently appears on National Public Radio’s The Takeaway, CNN’s Reliable Sources, and the PBS News Hour. Crossley appears weekly on WGBH-TV’s Beat the Press, a media criticism program which examines local and national media coverage, and Basic Black, a public affairs show focusing on current events and cultural issues concerning black communities. Ms. Crossley was a producer for Eyes On the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, the critically acclaimed documentary series, which earned her an Oscar nomination and major film and journalism awards, including the Gold Baton of the DuPont-Columbia Award, considered the Pulitzer Prize of broadcast journalism.
A former producer for ABC News 20/20, Ms. Crossley is also Program Manager for the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, and a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, guests lecturing at colleges and universities about media literacy, media and politics, and the intersection of race, gender and media.
Ms. Crossley has been awarded two Harvard Fellowships-- a Nieman Fellowship, and a Fellowship at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. She is a graduate of Wellesley College, and holds honorary degrees from Pine Manor College and Cambridge College.
Steve Garfield
Steve Garfield is author of "Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business", Founder of Boston Media Makers and host of SteveGarfield.tv on The Pulse Network.
Steve taps into his passion for combining technology with video and blogging.
Garfield works with and advises Fortune 500 brands like AT&T, Kodak, Nokia and Panasonic and media outlets including CBS, NBC, and PBS. Garfield is a longtime video blogging expert. He lectures on new media at Boston University, Northeastern and Emerson College.
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