Frequent Asked Questions
What
is the 24 Hour Film Challenge ? It's an event where you get to stop talking about making a film
one day and really get off your backside get a team of mates together and really get out their and really make a film!+have funs doing it!!
From the creator of the 1st Cannes 24 hour film challenge in 2005 and the creator of the Historic British (National 48 hour film challenge in 2003) which produced over 488 short films in only 48 hours making cinema history in the UK for the most short films ever produced in 48hours !! Creator of the challenges around Europe JOHNNIE ODDBALL brings together another movie challenge and this year he has teamed up with the BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE SOUTHBANK CINEMA.
What do i need to do ? All you need to do is complete a registration form from the 1st Aug Closing date 9th sept , turn up to the BFI SOUTHBANK CINEMA Delegates centre at 8PM FRIDAY 12th SEPT with at least ONE MEMBER of your team to pick a random theme and title which you then have to turn into a completed and finished 3min short film in only 24 HOURS !!! BE INSPIRED TO CREATE A SHORT FILM WITH TEAM WORK AND LOADS OF FUN OVER JUST 24 HOURS OF YOUR LIFE !!! STOP TALKING ABOUT IT AND DO IT !!
Ben blaine/shooting people"its one of the best things ive ever done so much fun"
Where do i drop my films? Teams must return their completed films to the venue from which they collected there theme and title attention of "Laura Adams BFI" or "Johnnie oddball" . All creativity-writing, shooting, editing and adding of a musical soundtrack-must occur in just a 24 hour window beginning on SAT 12TH SEPT between 8:00Pm - 9:00PM deadline AT THE BFI SOUTHBANK CINEMA DELEGATES CENTRE you will be able to drop off your tapes at the RECEPTION before the deadline if you wish or via posting it ,please note you MUST put your teams theme and title on the tape & Team Name and a contact no. incase anything is wrong with your tape (INCASE WE NEED ANOTHER COPY FOR SCREENING ) we want your films to look stunning as if they were are our own .
The following screening of films completed within the event will be screened in the BFI SOUTHBANK CINEMA NFT1 a 450 SEATER CINEMA ( Sunday 14th 7:10PM SHARP) FREE tickets will be on the box office for all your cast n crew member & friends & family , who will also be free (there will be plenty of seats)
IMPORTANT NOTICE UPDATED FRIDAY 12TH SEPT 12:00 NOON
DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF TEAMS TAKING PART AND THE LIMITED TIME SLOT IN THE BFI CINEMA
WE HAVE DECIDED TO SHORTLIST THE BEST 20 FILMS
FOR SCREENING ON SUNDAY NIGHT 7PM
IF YOUR FILM IS NOT IN THE TOP 20 DON'T WORRY
WE WILL SCREEN YOUR FILM AT THE EXHIBIT CINEMA NEXT WEEK
WITH ALL THE FILMS MADE WITHIN THE CHALLENGE THIS WEEKEND
THIS WAY EVERYONE GETS THEIR FILM SCREENED & WE GET MORE FILMS MADE
If your not in the top 20 Please still turn up for the Screening on Sunday the 14th from 7:10pm
& come to the wrap party after the screenings as your receive your certificate for completing the challenge
We would also like to produce a DVD with the top ten films from the Challenge and send one to each team who take part as well as the behind the scenes stuff if you have any footage of the making of your films we would ad it to the dvd !!
We will advertise all of the films and their cast n crews on our website after the screening for future ref and upload them to our youtube 24hourfilmchallenge page for you to forward to everyone
SCREENING SUNDAY THE 14TH OCT 7:10PM
7:10pm – Completed Films will be screened @ THE BFI SOUTHBANK CINEMA
SUNDAY SCREENING
Screening starts 7:10pm sharp so have your tickets and be in the cinema no later than 7:10 or you may miss your film
We will be screening all of the Shortlisted 20 films from the challenge and then announce the Runner up and the Winners
There will be a NOT be a 5min break mid way into the event for us to ad up the scores from our judges
as the winner & runner up will have been picked earlier in the day by the judges.
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8.10pm – We will Award the Runner up and the Winners of the challenge
After the Awards please make your way to the Wrap party at the Bar which is just off the main foyer @ BFI Southbank reception.
Please join us for a free Drink and network with fellow film makers who completed the challenge with you .And collect your teams Certificates for completing the challenge
We will be putting together a DVD of the Top ten films from the challenge a few weeks after the challenge
with behind the scenes footage from some ot the teams and us
over the Weekend , there will be one for each Team
What are the films about?
Each team will be given a random theme and title for their 3 min short film:
themes
like : Horror , Comedy , thriller , Acton drawn fromTWO FILM CANS before
the start of the competition?. In the past, genres have included: documentary,
comedy, mystery, Acton thriller , kung fu , Drama and spoof to
name a few. In addition, all teams are given one Title for their film
, which they must incorporate in their film which can not be changed !!
Who sees the films?
Films have been screened in festivals all over the world from our events
in the past - some have even won major festivals. Of course the filmmakers,
actors, family and friends are there to support their premier of their
weekend's work. But its also something you have completed and made , hopefully
it will get you seen and hopefully inspire you to go on and make even
more and more!
“The best education in film is to make one” Stanley Kubrick,
1977
Everyone wants to see what everyone has done and you learn from each other.
The event has a creative energy only filmmakers can understand. Winners
of the event are distributed on a "BEST SHORT 24 FILM ” DVD.
In 2004, the winning films where screened on the channel 4 WEBSITE, UKscreen
and screened film london talked about the challenge and advertised the winning teams film plus
loads more…We have been offered a slot on a student cable network in the USA which will also screen all the films to over 20,000 students
Who are the filmmakers?
The 24 Hour film challenge is open to all filmmakers, pro, novice &
first timers in DIGITAL FORMAT. Rules state that all team members (crew
and cast) must be volunteers; actors need to give their consent in writing
to the director before they start shooting. Most teams have in the past
consisted of filmmaking professionals and teams who have done these events
before which is great for 1st timers as they meet them and can ask them
questions they would never have been able to ask before. We have attracted
some real talent on both sides of the camera over the years. One film
won best short at the London Film Festival 2004 and 2003 winners from
the 48hr event are featured on the CHANNEL 4 WEBSITE plus paul wiffern won best film in cannes 24hr film challenge 06 which i supported again this year
How long are the films?
The films must be a min max 3 minutes long which including titles and credits.
Note: no shorter than last year. (Tighten up those films, and editors
- cut in camera to save yourself time, improvise and be HARD about rushes
in final cut name your footage so you don't loose it somewhere !!
Where and when are they shown?
we will select a panel of 6 film makers or industry people and a director who took part in the events
before ,They will then select there fav top 10 films which we will then put on
to a dvd for every team to have ,
There is
no guarantee their will be any standing-room for excited crews and friends
wanting to attend the films like last year where we filled out ever single
screening back to back .as its a 450 seater cinema !! Additional screenings will be scheduled if needed at the if club screening events in Balham to join our screening network visit http://www.theifclubsite.com
What cities has the 24 & 48 Hour Film challenge visited?
Johnnie oddball created The 1st UK Film challenge at the Curzon cinema in london in 2002, and in 2003 the challenge was run in 4 major cities across the Britain with the UK FILM COUNCIL as sponsors the event was run in LONDON - MANCHESTER - - EDINBURGH& BRISTOL all at the same time over 48 hours , the event added more cities including one of the first European events
held in BERLIN in may 2004 then it visited BULGARIA at End of SEPT 2004 then the event went
on to PARIS at the end of OCT 2004, it was the 1ST 24 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE launched in the CANNES
FILM FESTIVAL in 2005 at the British pavilion sponsors inc AMD and Avid the event had 22 teams taking part from all over Europe and USA , Rocket films who where one of the teams who took part in the very 1st cannes 24 hour film challenge in 2005 asked if they could run the event the following year in cannes which was wild they have run the event every year since and have kept the event alive ... the following year johnnie created the 1st Halloween 48 hour film challenge 05 (horror films only )which was held in the BFI IMAX CINEMA in london's Waterloo THE 400 seater cinema was full for 2 hours for the 1st ever Halloween 48 hour film challenge in 2006 the Halloween challenge returned the following year to the place where it all started the Curzon cinema in Soho . THIS YEAR THE BFI INVITED US BACK TO DO THE 1ST BFI 24 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE 2008 maybe they will run it every year !
How is the event advertised?
By word and mouth at 1st we keep it secret to only hardcore guerrilla film makers
at 1st so we make it low key so only the underground film makers can find out
about it at 1st !, Then event is advertised over the Internet and through
press releases to film networks and forums plus film schools ,colleges,Universities,
film clubs,maybe advertised in TIMEOUT and TOTAL FILM MAGAZINE ,Plus we loads of industry film makers who just come onboard to
have fun each year and help others with their films behind the scenes,we also use online filmmaking
networks like shooting people talent circle UKscreen etc and
many more underground networks and FACEBOOK which helps to spread the guerrilla film makers
word. In every city, the 24 Hour Film challenge generated interest from
local and national media networks inc tv and film . The results: streamed
on the Propeller TVs' Website and The on our youtube and facebook pages Too, articles in
the Guardian, scotish Times , showreel Magazine,camcorder magazine and
film maker magazine in the USA as well as stories in local newspapers
and at the launch party held at the American pavilion at the Cannes film
festival 2004 a year before the event back in cannes film festival in 2005 which was covered by CNN and E entertainment TV network and MTV filmed some of the film makers over the 24 hours of the events.
Will we see every film and will there be a
"Best of" selection?
Yes Every film made within the event will be entered into competition
, and 20 of the best films will be put onto a dvd for all the teams to keep after the event !
The awards are not just to celebrate the winning films, its an experience
for everyone to be part of .Every team will get a team certificate and one team dvd of the top ten shortlisted films from the event and the behind the scenes stuff and interviews if we can get it .
The films
will be released to festivals all over the UK by the if club to promote the film makers
films (so make sure you have your email or WEBSITE details in your credits !,
Plus we will be putting a dvd together for each team to have a copy ,
the winning three films will be streamed on the youtube website
What are the Prizes?
See the PRIZES in menu
WHAT KIT
IS REQ TO TAKE PART IN THE CHALLENGE ?
Min req= 1: A DVCAM style camera or one of the new MINI DV Cameras available
(must be mini dv format size tapes only )-
2: A Computer apple Mac or a powerful PC -
3: Editing software i.e
(FINAL CUT PRO or AVID or ADOBE PREMIER PRO , SONY VEGAS
4: Standard ratio for screening 4.3 only please as we can't keep changing the settings on the project for every film sorry (NO WIDESCREEN OR 16.9 LETTERBOX PLEASE)
Please hand Your Finished film back to us for screening on MINI DVtape FORMAT ONLY , NO LARGE SIZE DVCAM TAPES OR DVDS PLEASE FORMATS AND ALL FILMS MUST BE PAL NOT NTSC OR 25P , why cos we can't edit them together onto two tapes for screening in the cinema on sunday ,Your films must include at the start your theme and title of the film and at the end with your cast n crew credits and all within the 3mins given please,The films MUST be completely edited with your own music or un/copyrighted music / sound effects or you have consent from owner of the music owners in writing please note any tracks without copyright cleared will not be screened due to broadcasting laws and festival screenings , your free to ad emails address or website details on the end of the film all within 3mins please !
Films must be handed in on Mini dv size tapes or DVCAM mini dv Size tapes
only
NO dvds vhs betacam umatic hi8 Super 16mm 35mm Prints? or super 8 please
! THIS IS A DIGITAL ONLY EVENT SORRY NO HD CARDS
The Reason is so we can edit them together in time for the screenings as all films are put onto one or two mini dv tapes for screening to save time
IF THEY ARE NOT ON A MINI DV SIZE TAPE we can can't screen it !
MAIN RULES : >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
1/FILMS MUST NOT INCLUDE ANY UNCOPYRIGHTED MUSIC SOUND EFFECTS OR MATERIAL WHICH YOU DO NOT HAVE COPYRIGHTS FOR ,YOU MUST OBTAIN THE COPYRIGHT RELEASES (BEFORE SUBMISSION) OR CREDIT WITH THANKS
2/FILMS MUST NOT CONTAIN ANY SEXUAL VOLIENCE OR PORNOGRAPHIC CONTENT PLEASE
3/WE RESERVE THE RIGHT NOT TO ACCEPT A FILM IF YOU DONT FOLLOW THESE RULES
4/FILMMAKERS MUST BE OVER 18 YEARS OLD UNLESS AN ADULT IS PRESENT WHILE YOUNSTERS MAKE THE FILM
5/LATE ENTRYS WILL NOT BE IN THE COMPERTITON BUT MAY STILL GET SCREENED SO TEST YOUR COMPUTERS BEFOREHAND
6/ALL FILMS MUST BE IN ENGLISH (OR HAVE ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
7/ NO UNCOPYRIGHT FOOTAGE OR OTHER MATERIAL
if you have any questions or queries please send an email to johnnie at
johnnie oddball 07956410193 (over the 24 hours of the event)
Be part of a new wave of guerrilla film makers , its about creating teams of film makers who then go one to make more films and really learn hands on what film making is all about with others , not reading it from a book !!
Creator of the challenge .... johnnie oddball
IN THE 1ST CANNES 24 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE 2005
SAMUAL LJACKSON , KEVIN BACON , SHARON STONE , ROMAN POLANSKI , NEAL MARSHAL
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