FESTIVALS

 

The Final Cut Film Festival

In the fall of the year, Wilmington, NC is host to a 24 hour film festival called "The Final Cut Film Festival." The point of this festival is to shoot and edit a movie in 24 hours. The festival committee gives each team a list of requirements (items, locations, actions, and a mandatory line of dialogue) that must be included in the film. Filmmaker packets are handed out on Friday and the teams then have the next 24 hours to shoot and edit their masterpieces. Then the judges lock themselves away for the next 24 hours and vote on the top ten films to be shown at a screening Sunday night.

 

Final Cut 2005

Team Name: Cinematic Hoodlums

Team Members: Jonathan Hewett, Mike Joyner, William Redd, Ivario Mañon, Marine Jillette, Joe Miller

The Film: The Skeleton

Actors: Mike Joyner, Cari Michelle Moskow

Requirements:

Location: Wilmington Waterfront

Action: Receiving a letter

Item: Candles

Mandatory Dialogue: "These/those are the biggest _____ I've ever seen."

Awards/Placement: None

  

Final Cut 2006

 

 Team Name: Local Idiots

Team Members: J Lublinkhof, Brea McClain, Liz Cothran, William Redd, Jonathan Hewett, Heather Todd, Mike Joyner, Adam Love

The Film: Jersey Jones and the Treasure of Zeb

Actors: J Lublinkhof, Brea McClain, William Redd, Liz "Coltrane" Cothran

Requirements:

Actions (in order):

1) A character responding to a ringing.

 2) A foot chase near a (substantial) body of water.

 3) A character finding/reacting to something treasured.

Item: Zebra Piggy Bank

Mandatory Line of Dialogue: "I can't, I've got ______."

Awards/Placement: None (edit not finished in time for screening.

 

The One Take Film Festival

Similar to the Final Cut, the One Take Film Festival is a 24 hour film festival. Teams once again have a mere 24 hours to make a movie, the difference is; the film MUST be shot in ONE TAKE. No editing can be done (except in-camera edits). What this means essentially is that teams must shoot their films in order because they cannot rearrange scenes later on. Again, there are the stipulations given by the festival committee which must be adhered to. The same timeline is given for the filmmakers and the judges with a top ten screening on Sunday night.

 

One Take 2006

 Team Name: Armageddon Productions

Team Members: Jonathan Hewett, William Redd, Ivario Mañon, Jason Thomas, Marine Gillette, Carolyn Gzregorzyk

The Film: Crush

Actors: Carolyn Gzregorzyk, Anthony Woods, Bri Lindsey, Phil Bruen, Armin Nasseri, Rich Welling, William Redd, and Jason Thomas

Requirements:

Locations: George Henry Hutaff Memorial Clock, Horse Fountain, a bench, a porch (must use 2 of the 4)

Items: A street name sign, a napkin (one of the two)

Actions: Tying a shoe, asking or checking the time (one of the two)

Mandatory Dialogue: "That's going to leave a mark."

Awards/Placement: Top Ten Selection

 

 

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