This year's assignment:

Theme : Privacy

Surprise Element : Prop - A balloon

 

Good luck to the filmmakers!  (Click here for a list of Registered Teams)

 

 

Important Reminders:

1.  Brands

2.  Submitting your Film & Paperwork (Mailing & Upload Options)

3.  Format of your Film

4.  Releases & Non-Union Reminder

5.  Maximum Time Limit

6.  Credits

 

1.  Brands :

Just a reminder to do your best to keep all corporate logos / brands out of your film if you do not have clearance from the owner.  Films that include brands may hinder the chances for internet placement, distribution and wider exposure due to rights issues.  A few examples are:

Beverages:  If your actors are drinking beverages on screen, such as coffee or beer, make sure the hands cover the labels so the brand can not be identified.

Clothing:  Try to have your actors/extras wear clothing without any brands that can be easily identified, such as a big Nike swoosh or a Professional Sports Team logo.

Background: Watch out for brands in the backgrounds of your shots that are easily identified, such as boxes of cereal, posters and storefronts w/ logos (i.e. McDonalds, Starbucks, etc.)

 

2.  Submitting Your Film & Paperwork (Mailing + Uploading) :

Important Note!   There are 2 options for getting us your film and paperwork.  Participants can mail us the film in the correct format along with the paperwork.  Participants may also upload their film on the website and fax/e-mail us their completed paperwork.  Though it's not required, participants have the option of mailing AND uploading their films.  If you upload the file by the submission deadline in the correct file format and it works properly, than we will use the uploaded film as the master.  If there is a problem with your uploaded film, than we will use the hard copy that was mailed as the master.

 

Mailing Film & Paperwork: 

If you are mailing your Film and paperwork, the completed Film must be mailed to the Address below by 11:59PM (NYC Time) on December 1, 2009, and must also bear a postmark no later than 11:59PM EST on November 23, 2009.  All Entries and other materials mailed in packages that are either: (A) postmarked later than 11:59PM EST on November 23, 2009; or (B) are not received by the LLC by December 1, 2009; or (C) both; will not be reviewed and will be ineligible for the Film Racing Grand Prix 2009.  So, make sure to postmark and mail out your movie on or before 11:59PM EST on November 23, 2009, and make sure it will get to the LLC in NYC on or before December 1, 2009!   The address to mail the completed film and paperwork is:

 

Film Racing Grand Prix 2009

c/o NYC Midnight, LLC

130 7^th Avenue #358

New York, NY 10011

 

 

Uploading Film:

The only acceptable format for the upload is a Quicktime DV file.  To upload your film and for instructions on how to create a proper Quicktime DV file, go to http://www.filmracing.com/GrandPrix/upload.htm.  The upload must begin before the submission deadline to be considered on time.

 

Faxing or E-mailing us your Paperwork:

In lieu of mailing us your paperwork, you may fax to us at (866) 838-3714 or e-mail us the scanned documents (.pdf's recommended) to nycmmm@msn.com.  In the subject of the fax or e-mail, please include the text: "GP2009 Paperwork" and your Team Name and Film Title.

 

3.  Format of your Film :

Uploading Film:  The only acceptable format for the upload is a Quicktime DV file.  To upload your film and for instructions on how to create a proper Quicktime DV file, go to http://www.filmracing.com/GrandPrix/upload.htm

 

Mailing Film:  The finished film must be submitted in one or more of the following formats:

- mini-DV (NTSC)

- QuickTime DV File – uncompressed, supplied on a DVD-ROM (DATA DVD)

- DVD – playable in a standard DVD player

 

Each film must be clearly labeled with the following information: YEAR, TEAM NAME, TITLE OF FILM, and RUNNING TIME.

 

It is highly recommended to include backups, in case the film submitted has issues. So, if you submit on DVD, it is a very good idea to submit at least 1 backup in a different format (mini-DV or QuickTime DV File burned on a DVD-ROM).

 

No HD formats please...just a reminder that the submissions must be in Standard Definition (SD).  You may shoot in High Definition, but films submitted on High Definition (HD) formats may not be accepted. 

 

4.  Releases & Non-Union Reminder :

A Cast & Crew Participation Agreement, and all talent, location, artwork and music releases must be submitted with your film.  Releases can be downloaded at http://www.filmracing.com/GrandPrix/GrandPrix.htm

 

Please remember that all productions must be non-union.  We can not screen any films that include performances from union actors, even if they provide union waivers.

 

5.  Maximum Time Limit :

The finished film must be a MAXIMUM of five minutes (5:00) in duration (when played at its normal and viewer-discernible speed, as determined by the LLC in its sole discretion), from picture start to picture end.  The maximum length of credits is thirty seconds (0:30).  Credits are not considered part of 5:00 duration of the film mentioned above.  So, a film can be five minutes long (5:00) with an additional thirty seconds (0:30) of credits, for a total running time of five minutes and thirty seconds (5:30).

 

6.  Credits :

Please remember to include the credit "Created in 100 hours for the Film Racing Grand Prix 2009 - www.filmracing.com"

 

Registered Teams

10PM out of Jelgava, LV, Latvia (Alex Kuznetsov)
4QR98 Pass out of Oakland, CA, USA (Jesse Tarnoff)
Aloft Films out of Luling, TX, USA (Anne LaBarbera)
Angry Golem Productions out of Herndon, VA, USA (David Schreck)
Angry Ostrich Productions out of Seattle, WA, USA (Julia Bruk)
Big Horn Productions out of Fountain Valley, Ca, USA (Gary Christopherson)
BRIEFCASE PRODUCTIONS out of BRONX, NY, USA (David C. Diaz)
CHOYCE films out of Tomball, TX, USA (Choyce Ybarra)
CoffeeBlack out of Salem, MA, USA (Emile Doucette)
Concept 81 out of Surrey, BC, Canada (Jonathan MacEwan)
Cut Video out of Miami Beach, FL, USA (Oleg Tsykanov)
DEPOSITO out of NEW YORK, NY, USA (TONI COMAS)
DMedia out of Toronto, ON, Canada (Denis)
Door Eleven Productions out of Revere, MA, USA (Dom Portalla)
el niño arts out of Brooklyn, NY, USA (Pedro Gonzalez)
Evil Feather Films out of Shirley, MA, USA (Robinson)
Faerfy Films out of Qualicum Beach, BC, Canada (Jayson Minard)
Fast Moon Films out of Brooklyn, NY, USA (Dan Kuvalakis)
Feather In The Wind Productions out of Eagan, MN, USA (Mark Payne)
Fiction Factory out of Plano, TX, USA (Keven White)
Film it Forward Productions out of Vancouver, BC, Canada (Milton Ng)
Fredbeck Films out of Chicago, IL, USA (Chris Fredbeck)
Fuego Productions out of Portland, OR, USA (Marcos Aguirre)
Fumystyka out of brooklyn, NY, USA (Diego Rooks)
Geniot out of brooklyn, NY, USA (Andy Seestedt)
Geronimo Deadly out of Toronto, ON, Canada (Simon Box)
Goldfish out of Mississauga, ON, Canada (David Guthrie)
half-watt Pictures out of Riverside, NJ, USA (Lee Vetter)
ImprovBoston out of Quincy, MA, USA (Dennis Hurley)
Imps out of Toronto, ON, Canada (John Reed)
Innetesco out of Mississauga, ON, Canada (Michael Ciuffini)
J. Smith out of New Albany, IN, USA (Jeremy Smith)
JamesDocs out of Montreal, QC, Canada (James McElligott)
Juicebox out of Fullerton, CA, USA (Evan Moore)
Keith Rivers Films, LLC out of Kirkland, WA, USA (Keith Rivers)
Kusnadi-Pink Box Entertainment out of Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA (Pat Kusnadi)
Magnificent Nine out of Brooklyn, NY, USA (Justin Hewko)
Mannequin out of Ottawa, ON, Canada (Rami Mikhail)
Mighty Mice out of New York, NY, USA (Ashley Hufford)
Monsieur Soeur out of Portland, OR, USA (Michael Entler)
no BIG deal productions out of New York, NY, USA (Chris Van Kirk)
Open Road Studios out of Deer Park, NY, USA (Michael Toscano)
Player 2 Productions out of Richmond Hill, ON, Canada (Devin Mahesh)
Plots For Tots Films out of Sunrise, FL, USA (Bryan Adams)
Psycho Sane Films out of Coatesville, PA, USA (Jeremy Ginsberg)
Raina Oberlin out of na, na, na (Raina Oberlin)
Red Eye Flight out of Ocean City, NJ, USA (Bill Martin)
Revolving Door Productions out of Cataumet, MA, USA (Greg Scott Cody)
RezAliens out of Miami, FL, USA (Andrew Schwartz)
Rockit Projects Productions out of Chicago, IL, USA (Brooks Sullivan)
Silo Productions out of Valley Village, CA, USA (Lance Ochsner)
Stillwater out of Carmichael, CA, USA (Jacob Schantz)
Sureel Productions out of Hialeah, FL, USA (Sergio Freay)
Team Roocke out of Bellmore, NY, USA (Charles Roocke)
Team Splash out of Huntington Station, NY, USA (RJ Weyant)
Team Uppercrust out of Hallandale, FL, USA (Daniella Bagdadi)
The Bob Mapplethorpes out of Houston, TX, USA (Carlton Ahrens)
The Faucet Drinkers out of Lexington, MA, USA (KJ Wang)
The MacArthur Genius Grant out of New York, NY, USA (Ian Marks)
The PA's de Resistance out of Toronto, ON, Canada (John Sargeant)
Think Tank Production Group out of Addison, IL, USA (Milan Jajic)
Veezaloo Studios out of Staten Island, NY, USA (Mike Veasey)
Very Clever Media out of Chicago, IL, USA (Christopher Rathjen)
Wild Moon Productions out of Seattle, WA, USA (Dave Beresford)
Yacking Cat Productions out of Midland Park, NJ, USA (Greg Fenkart)
YAFI Underground out of St. Louis Park, MN, USA (Andrew Rose)
Young Folks Comedy out of Mount Holly, NJ, USA (Jonnie Carmelia)