Mighty Asian 2008 Rules + Regulations
Jul 15, 12:01 AM by administrator
- Choose the genre. Pitch the story. Make the film.
- Free your creativity, keep it real, and have a blast making movies this summer! For the fourth year running, the Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon raises the stakes.
- MAMM is 17 days this year – running from August 10 to 26!
What’s new for MAMM 2008?
- Compulsory elements? What compulsory elements? Choose your genre, (almost) any genre, or combination of genres. That’s it.
- Pitch your story to a panel of industry professionals, just as you would have to if you were actually trying to get a film made (which you are).
- Shoot and edit a 9-minute film, a full minute shorter than in previous MAMMs – because less, is really more.
- Get awards (if you place in the top three) that help you develop as a filmmaker, and see a film project through from start to finish. There’s more to making a movie than money. Really.
- Have your awarded film shown on television, aside from being screened at the West Coast’s premier Asian film festival. You just might get your own sixty seconds of fame by being interviewed by the media, while you’re at it.
DEADLINE:
- Friday, August 8, 2008 – 6:00 PM
- By online at www.vaff.org (preferred)
- By fax to the Vancouver Asian Film Festival office: (604) 251-6828
- By mail or in person (with all required forms completed in full) to the Vancouver Asian Film Festival office: 110 Keefer Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 1X4
REGISTRATION FEE:
- Non-refundable registration fee of $50.00 per team
- Fee must be submitted by Friday August 8, 2008, 6 PM PST
- Online payment, cash or cheque will be accepted. (Please make cheques payable to: Vancouver Asian Film Festival.)
TEAM LEADER:
- Each team must designate a leader who will be the main representative for all communications between the team and the MAMM / VAFF organizers and to accept any awards on behalf of their team.
TEAM LIMIT:
- Registration will be granted to the first 15 teams that apply, in the order applications are received.
- Additional teams that register will be placed on a Wait List, pending any withdrawals. (Wait List Teams that do not get into the competition will be refunded their entry fee.)
- Competition is open to British Columbia residents only
- Films must be produced in their entirety in British Columbia.
- A maximum of 15 teams, each up to a maximum of 10 members per team, is allowed to compete. In addition to the team members, any number of additional performers may be used in the film.
- Each team may designate up to a maximum of 5 members as “key creative members,” i.e. Writer(s), Director(s), Director of Photography/Camera Operator(s), Producer(s).
- Of the key creative members, at least 2 must be from a visible minority (see definition below), and of these 2 key creative members, at least 1 of these 2 must be of Asian heritage.
- The key creative members must participate on only one film and be a member only on one team.
- At least one principle actor appearing in the final submitted film must be of Asian heritage.
- Teams must supply their own equipment and materials.
- Executive members of VAFF are ineligible to compete.
- Submitted films must not contain subject matter that contravenes the Criminal Code of Canada.
- All team leaders and key creative members * must attend the adjudicated pitch session* on August 10, 2008, between 12 PM and 6 PM PST, at the Cineworks Studio (back lane entrance) 1131 Howe Street, Vancouver. Teams that do not attend will be disqualified from the competition.
- Submitted films must have a narrative or visual narrative structure. Films with a documentary, docudrama, music video or purely experimental structure will be disqualified from competition.
- Submitted films must not significantly deviate from the outline pitched during the pitch session on August 10, 2008. Submitted films that are substantially different from the pitched outline will be disqualified from competition.
- Submitted films must conform to the genre/genre combination specified in the team registration form. Submitted films that do not conform to the declared genre will be penalized a percentage of the final score allotted to genre conformity.
- Primary production for all films must take place within the contest duration, between August 10 and August 26, 2008.
- All teams are responsible for securing their own cast, crew, budgets, locations, permits, equipment, transportation, production facilities, copyright clearances, insurance, health and safety, completion, and for submitting the completed film by the submission deadline.
- All music and lyrics used in a film must be either original, used with permission, and/or copyrights cleared.
- Submitted films must be a maximum of 9 minutes in length, including credits.
- Each team may have a maximum of 10 members/crew. Actors and extras are exempt from this restriction.
- Films must be NTSC, submitted on “mini DV” digital tape or on disk in digital Quicktime file formats: DV, DVCProHD, or HDV. However, teams may use any format to “shoot” their film. MAMM reserves the right to convert the submissions in order to conform with the gala screening format requirements.
- The VAFF logo must appear in the end credits. (Logo to be supplied by VAFF.)
- Films must be submitted in person, by the team leader or a designated team member, to the Vancouver Asian Film Festival office at 110 Keefer Street, Vancouver, BC between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM on Tuesday August 26, 2008. Films submitted after 9 PM PST on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 will be disqualified from competition.
- All qualifying films will premier at a gala screening and wrap party approximately two weeks after the final submission deadline (location TBA; check www.VAFF.org for updated details).
Some basic genre types, and the key element/question that a film of that genre typically has and typically would answer.
Source: John Truby (www.truby.com)
Pick Your Genre QUIZ
HORROR
- Key element: Defeat a monster
- Key question: What does it mean to be human, and what qualities are inhuman?
MYTH
- Key element: Go on a journey of self-discovery
- Key question: What is my destiny?
ACTION
- Key element: Engage in combat
- Key question: Do I fight or flee?
DETECTIVE
- Key element: Find the truth
- Key question: Who is guilty and who is innocent?
CRIME
- Key element: Catch a criminal
- Key question: Is anyone allowed to live above the law?
THRILLER
- Key element: Escape danger
- Key question: Is my suspicion that I am in danger, justified?
LOVE
- Key element: Get love
- Key question: How much can I love, in spite of the obstacle(s) in my way?
FANTASY
- Key element: Explore an imaginary world
- Key question: How do you live in this imaginary world?
SCIENCE FICTION
- Key element: Dealing with the tools of a futuristic world
- Key question: How do I create a better world than the one I’m in now?
COMEDY
- Key element: Get success/romance, with humour
- Key question: Do I lie, or show my true self?
MIXED
- A combination of two or more genres
- Determine your primary genre first, then add story elements/beats of other genres where appropriate
- Registered teams will be given a specific time slot for their pitch session after registration, which will take place on August 10, 2008, between 12 PM and 6 PM PST, at the Cineworks Studio (back lane entrance) 1131 Howe Street, Vancouver.
- The pitch is a concise verbal and/or visual presentation of each team’s idea for their proposed film, made in person to a panel of judges by the team leader and designated key creative team members.
- The team leader and at least 2 key creative team members must attend the pitch session.
- The pitch must be no longer than ten minutes.
- The pitch must describe the premise, hook and essential beats/plot points of the story, and should include short descriptions of the principal characters and a clear idea of the genre/genre combination, tone, pacing, and target audience/market of the proposed film.
- Each team must bring four copies of a one-page outline or synopsis of the proposed film, either in point form or as a narrative paragraph.
- The judges may ask the team leader and key creative members questions about any part of their pitch, and the answers will count toward the team’s final score.
- The pitch session counts toward a significant percentage of the final score, reflecting its importance in the film industry as a primary method for filmmakers to attract or secure development financing for a screenplay to be written, or for a film to be produced.
- Logos, trademarks, trademark names are not permitted in the films without submitting written permission by the owners for their use to the VAFF office by the film submission deadline of August 26, 2008.
- Copyrighted music and songs must also be accompanied by written permission by the songwriter, band, or rights owners and must be submitted to the VAFF office by the film submission deadline of August 26, 2008.
- It is understood that the filmmakers allow the Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon and the Vancouver Asian Film Festival the right to use all submitted films in their entirety for promotional and fundraising purposes, including use of clips and images on the website, at events, in advertising, fundraising and sponsorship materials and activities, and any media outlets.
- Ownership of the submitted films remain with the filmmaker(s).
- Members of visible minorities in Canada include: Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, South East Asian (e.g. Cambodian, Indonesian, Laotian, Vietnamese), South Asian (e.g. Punjabi, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi, Pakistani), Black (e.g. African, Haitian, Jamaican, Somali), Arab (e.g. Armenian, Egyptian, Iranian, Lebanese, Moroccan), Latin American, and other (an other non-white racial group not identified).
- (Source: Employment Equity Act)
- UBCP (Union of BC Performers) will not provide performer waivers for MAMM-related films.
- Teams wishing to use UBCP performers in their film must abide by the UBCP performer payment regulations and application deadline for Ultra Low Budget Films. MAMM teams should consider applying by July 26, 2008.
- UBCP regulations state that teams must apply for and qualify for their Ultra Low Budget Agreement at least 2 weeks prior to principal photography and agree to pay ALL performers (union and non-union) in the production the minimum daily payments. (http://www.ubcp.com)
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