boards.ie Film Festival

monkeyfudge

I just wanted to get some feedback on the idea of organising a boards.ie Film Festival.

Anyone would be able to submit a short film or documentary, or even animation. And we'd hold a screening some evening and select some winners under various categories.

I've held a few public screenings of COMET's work in the past and it's always great for people to be able to see their finished projects with a live audience.

So let me know if you'd be interested in submitting something as it won't work if we don't have enough people contributing. And also if you have any suggestions or ideas of how the festival might work then let me know.

I can supply the venue, projection and audio equipment.

RuggieBear

Yes - but I can't be there and will submit a film by post.

that sounds like a great idea. I'd love to go to a screening of boardsie talent......BoardsDance.

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

Actually now that I think about it.. someone should really be making a boards.ie documentary that could be screened at it.

dlofnep

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

Hey, I'll be apart of it. I'm shooting a short film very soon infact, so it works out well for both of us. I'll submit my entry.

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

dlofnep wrote:

Hey, I'll be apart of it. I'm shooting a short film very soon infact, so it works out well for both of us. I'll submit my entry.

Good, good... hopefully we'll be able to organise something before the end of the year.

I'll even see if I can pull something together myself by then.

qz

Yes - but I can't be there and will submit a film by post.

Any space for Boardsers who aren't planning on making anything, but want to come along and watch? Pretty-please?!

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

qz wrote:

Any space for Boardsers who aren't planning on making anything, but want to come along and watch? Pretty-please?!

oh yes... there should be a good bit of room...

It's a room that I'd originally got the OPW to build to act as a television studio... but then we figured we wouldn't be able to afford the rent on the thing, so it became a sort of common resource for the whole building.

It is on the northside of Dublin though, right next to Northside Shopping Centre and Colaiste Dhulaigh. So it may not be the most convienent of locations.

I suppose we could look at hiring the IFI, if there was enough interest and if we charged an entrance fee.

dlofnep

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

monkeyfudge wrote:

Good, good... hopefully we'll be able to organise something before the end of the year.

I'll even see if I can pull something together myself by then.

Ok excellent. My short will only be about 4 minutes long however, so we may want to fill up a few more spots.

Jim

Although I wont have any work to show at it I'd certainly be up for helping with the organisational side of things.

THEZAPPA

Yes - but I can't be there and will submit a film by post.

id be glad to help with the organising.

shnaek

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

I'll submit a short too. Sounds like a good idea.

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

dlofnep wrote:

Ok excellent. My short will only be about 4 minutes long however, so we may want to fill up a few more spots.

4 minutes is a perfect running time.

I think all the entries should ideally be kept to under 5 minutes actually.

dlofnep

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

Perfect, sounds fine to me. I'm planning on having the shoot complete by next week. Have one place filled, popped up some posts to fill the other.

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

I've just added a poll so that I can get some idea of the sort of numbers we're talking about.

I've put in an option for those who aren't currently based in Ireland but would still like to submit a film by post.

dlofnep

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

We have 2 short films, great!

BlitzKrieg

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

if weare aiming for this to be shown at a much later date (around easter time) then i will have roughly about 7 films. 4 really short (less then 2 minutes) and 2 that are about 5 minutes each and my current big project which is about 10-12 minutes long.


If its before then, i would only have the small pieces which i shot in university and i personally feel they are very amaturish (would still put them in, just perfer to do an evolution set piece). I know another boardsie member in my college who has a few films i'll see if he wants to throw a few in.

Actually now that I think about it.. someone should really be making a boards.ie documentary that could be screened at it.

I always felt that some of the all time classic threads of boardsie history should be converted over to animation.

also maybe we should ask those in the animation board if they have any pieces they want to put in.

dlofnep

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

East is ages away. We should have one at least every 6 months.

BlitzKrieg

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

you think we can get enough films submitted to have one every six months?

also where were you thinking of having this monkey?

dlofnep

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

I don't know.. Not initially but as people show more interest? Sure, I don't see why not.

BlitzKrieg

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

well lets focus on getting the first one off the ground and if it goes well, me and fudge will throw out a request for entries for another one. (the gap might be a tad wider then 6 months though)

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

BlitzKrieg wrote:

also maybe we should ask those in the animation board if they have any pieces they want to put in.

I've already stuck a thread up over on the animation board pointing people in this direction.

I was thinking about hosting this at the Northside Civic Centre. I can get the large conference room there. It's free and it has huge white walls so there won't be any faffing about with projection screens.

But as I said earlier, I'd consider booking the IFI if I felt the event was going to be big enough.

dlofnep

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

Sounds good to me, Well, I'll have my short shot next week and edited by next weekend. So anytime in the next few months is good for me!

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

How about Mid to late November?

Oh.. and if anyone wants to see this place beforehand then I'll also be hosting the TechCamp in the same place.

They have a forum set up already if you want more information on TechCamp.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?forumid=594

BlitzKrieg

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

monkeyfudge wrote:

I've already stuck a thread up over on the animation board pointing people in this direction.

I was thinking about hosting this at the Northside Civic Centre. I can get the large conference room there. It's free and it has huge white walls so there won't be any faffing about with projection screens.

But as I said earlier, I'd consider booking the IFI if I felt the event was going to be big enough.

thats great!


So what date are we aiming for *roughly* a december/january festival?

if so, we have about 6 short films at the moment and how long is the minimum for using the conference room? and how much time would you feel we will need.

personnally i feel we should try at least get an hours worth of *stuff* (animation, films, other) at least to make the event worthwhile, and then another hour or two aftermath social *beers*

but before any of that lets get the entries first.

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

Well... do we run it on a weekday evening? Or do we run it during the day on a Saturday? If we do it on a Saturday we could even run a few workshops on film production... haha... or am I getting a bit too ambitious now?

We can use the conference room for as long as we like as long as I book far enough ahead of the schedule.

The only draw back is that people won't be able to just show up on the night, I need a list of all the attendees beforehand to give to secuirity.

dlofnep

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

Weekend, that's the only time I could make it to Dublin.

BlitzKrieg

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

who can we get for workshops, apart from yourself and mycroft most of the people here are either studants or are just starting out.

We could to fill the event up, combine with other creative areas of boards. Music, photography, art, to have a sort of convention for an hour, then a screening for the 2nd hour.

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

BlitzKrieg wrote:

who can we get for workshops, apart from yourself and mycroft most of the people here are either studants or are just starting out.

We could to fill the event up, combine with other creative areas of boards. Music, photography, art, to have a sort of convention for an hour, then a screening for the 2nd hour.

Argh... I think we really are getting a bit ambitious. Perhaps we can organise something like that for the next one.

This time around we could just allow each person to introduce their own piece and then let them do a Q&A session afterwards.

We have a Final Cut Pro based video editing suite right next door to the conference room and perhaps anyone who is interested could be given a demonstration at some point. Or actually.. even better just run final cut pro off a powerbook and project the demonstration up onto the walll of the conference room. You could do that after all the screenings have taken place and while the judges are deliberating.

EDIT: This is what the room looks like by the way:

This was an event we held their recently. Notice the nice big white walls, so there is no need for a projection screen.

BlitzKrieg

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

dunno why...but was peaking over old posts and i spotted Mycroft talking about that 48 hour make a film competition and got thinking.

combine...48 hour make a film challange.

with.

the theme of boards.ie and have the screening be the screening of the entries. start competition on friday evening and have the screening sunday evening.

So instead of having to worry about if enough boardsie members can put in films, make it a competition.


or is this even more ambitious?

have a number of teams which must have at least 1 member being a boardsie being a poster (actor, editor, director etc doesnt matter)

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

Okay... I'm trying to sell this idea to my board of management at the moment.

I don't know if we'll be able to call it a boards.ie film festival... but perhaps we can come up with an independent title for the festival and say it is in collaboration with boards.ie and the Media Co-op... and perhaps DCTV....

Anyone got any suggestions for an interesting title?

Perhaps something as gaeilge...?

Beagán Scannán Feilé perhaps? I think should mean 'a little film festival'

Or can someone think of something more cutting edge?

father_ted9t9

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

monkeyfudge wrote:

Okay... I'm trying to sell this idea to my board of management at the moment.

I don't know if we'll be able to call it a boards.ie film festival... but perhaps we can come up with an independent title for the festival and say it is in collaboration with boards.ie and the Media Co-op... and perhaps DCTV....

Anyone got any suggestions for an interesting title?

Perhaps something as gaeilge...?

Beagán Scannán Feilé perhaps? I think should mean 'a little film festival'

Or can someone think of something more cutting edge?

If there is any organisation help needed i will gladly oblige, and also myself and a few mates have 2 shorts we would like to enter if poss!

Miguel_Sanchez

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

I will have a film completed by late October/start November that I could enter.

It'll be about 12-15 minutes long though.

TCamen

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

Myself and a group of like-minded film student/graduates have made a few shorts this summer (3 around 3-4mins and one 10mins) -- I'm gonna email the rest of the group and see if they'd be interested (I can't see why not tbh)

Also, I'd be interested in helping organise the festival if needed - My area is producer/production management so I enjoy organising

Crash

I have a short which i may be filming in October, so depending on how it goes i'd put it in definitely

for somewhere to show it - doesnt the sugar club have a projector for screenings (it being an old cinema) and good sound? could tie it in with a boards pissup later

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

Yeah... I'm pretty sure I've been invited to the Sugar Club for screenings in the past.

The IFI can be rented as well... but it may not be easy to get it for a Saturday.

If we go with the facilites that I have then it will cost about €250 for the day, as they need to put on extra secuirity and cleaning staff.

Does anyone else want to look into chasing The Sugar Club and the IFI or anywhere else? See what sort of cost would be involved in using a screening room during the day on a saturday... I think we're looking at a date at some stage in December at this stage.

At the moment I'm pretty busy with other things... but I'm working on getting DCTV involved in this so that hopefully one day all of you will be providing content for the channel.

chillywilly

Yes - but I can't be there and will submit a film by post.

id be interested in coming to the screening:)

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

Okay...

I got a quote from the Sugar Club for using their place for a screening for a day.

Rental cost: €1500.00 + 21% VAT: €1815.00

Rental includes security, all staff, in house PA, sound system, LCD
projector (runs off VHS and DVD), screen and sound engineer.

We might be looking at charging €30 to enter a film, and just €15 to attend the screening then we'd have enough to cover the costs if 20 people entered films and 80 people attended to view the screening.

If we use my premises.. entering a film could be free and entrance to the screening would be €6.50... but we'd only be able to have about enough room for 40 people to attend to view the screening.

I guess it all depends on how big we want to make this. It might be best to start off small.

BlitzKrieg

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

i say start off small, we need to encourage boardsie's to come back in future and to have a suger club which is only half full overpriced and with only a small selection of shorts would put alot off. But if we work hard on promoting a small one which is well organised we might encourage more visitors next time.


also as it stands in the poll we only have 13 people so far who have films, so we dont know if we'll make it to twenty entries (at £30 a film i doubt many people will put in more then one.) unless its £30 for a set amount of time and it all depends how much they can fit within that time limit.

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

Well if we use my premises then we won't have to charge a large fee to enter a film.

I can get the use of the room for nothing but there are some costs involved in opening up the buidling on a Saturday.

1 Extra Security Guard
7 hours @ €21.50 an hour = €150.50+ 21% Vat.

Cleaning
3 hours @ €19.35 an hour = €58.05 + 21% Vat.

So we need to cover a cost of about €250. If everyone attending the festival pays €6.50.. we should be able to cover it.

The downside is this room can only hold about 40+ safely. But I think that's okay as we want to start off small anyway.

BlitzKrieg

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

40+ is a safe number... Not many people outside of boardsie will be interested, we have 21 people already, advertise it like a boards beer that will grow to at least 30, then throw in people not linked to boards but linked to filmmakers (friends, cast, crew, family) and we'll hit around 40 roughly.


Now lets talk about time frame. How long are we aiming for this festival to be?, how long are we allowed have? We still thinking of a workshop or two?

THEZAPPA

Yes - but I can't be there and will submit a film by post.

I would love to go and watch the films,but im busy with school so I wont be able for making any movies.

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

BlitzKrieg wrote:

Now lets talk about time frame. How long are we aiming for this festival to be?, how long are we allowed have? We still thinking of a workshop or two?

Well... we've got 7 hours to play around with... so that's 10am - 5pm, but that's a little bit of an early start, so I'd say we could run it from noon until around 5pm.

That should be plenty of time to show all the films, let people talk about their work and give a workshop in using Final Cut Pro.

dlofnep

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

Sounds good monkeyfudge. A 12 start would give us all a chance to make it up to it for those living outside Dublin.

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

THEZAPPA wrote:

id be glad to help with the organising.

How about being our alluring check-in girl for the day?

I promise I'll play some of Frank over the sound system before the day is out.

BlitzKrieg

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

12-5 ok.

so how should we arrange it?

simple like so:

show film/films from specific filmmaker, brief Q+A with filmmaker, move on?

I could if every person entering sends a copy of their films on minidv and technical information (time it was shot in, equipment etc) edit them all into a program where the basic info (who and on what) is given before the piece and a number of filmmakers are shown together and then have a Q+A session. Would allow for a more streamlined process and shave off valuable minutes that could be wasted in moving people up and down between films if we had everyone in blocks of 2-4 different filmmakers.

THEZAPPA

Yes - but I can't be there and will submit a film by post.

monkeyfudge wrote:

How about being our alluring check-in girl for the day?

I promise I'll play some of Frank over the sound system before the day is out.

hehehe,yeh that would be good.

dory

Yes - but I can't be there and will submit a film by post.

I'd be interested in going, if I can get to where ever it's on.

No too sure of my way around Dublin.

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

Don't worry... it's easy enough to find.

I have maps which I'll publish here once we have a date sorted out...

BlitzKrieg

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

to help with the date organising...can we have every person who has said they want to enter a film, put forward a date that suits them best.

I know somepeople (myself and dfolnop) are in some part of making some of their films, so lets all put forward the period that best suit them (example november onwards...)

we are expecting to see 14 replies on this.


to get it going.


December 2005 onwards would suit me best.

monkeyfudge

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

The 17th of December is a date that I have strong feelings for...

But perhaps it's too close to xmas.

BlitzKrieg

Yes - but I'd only like to attend and view the screenings.

BUMPITY!



PEOPLE!


if your all fine with december 17th then keep ignoring this thread, if by the end of next week (there abouts) there are no requests for change of date, there will be a new thread giving details for sending in your entry. until then...keep up your artistic expression. (or however you film)