Jasper Announces Open Call to Filmmakers for 2nd Act Film Festival 2015

2nd act 2015

 

Jasper Magazine announces an open call to South Carolina filmmakers for participation in the Second Act Film Festival 2015.

 

The 2nd Act Film Festival is a unique take on the film project. Presented by Jasper Magazine, its mission is to encourage and promote the growth of independent filmmaking in South Carolina. A curated film project, filmmakers submit their names to be considered for participation in the festival. A group of media and arts professionals will select the final group of filmmakers to participate. This year 10-12 filmmaking teams from around South Carolina will be selected to participate.

The level of filmmaking experience by the filmmaker can range from beginner to professional. If entrants have never made a film before, but are selected based on their artistic/creative work, we can assist in placing them with an experienced filmmaking team. As a festival we are looking to gather a highly creative and diverse group of voices that represent independent filmmaking in the state. Participating filmmakers will be featured in Jasper magazine and promoted heavily in events leading up to the festival screening. Filmmakers will be given the first and third acts of a three act script. The filmmaker’s job is to write the second act and make the film. There is no restriction on genre or subject matter, however, all scripts will be reviewed by the Jasper team. All films will then screen at Tapp’s Arts Center in Columbia, SC on October 9th, 2015.

The 2013 festival featured ten films and played to an overflow house at Tapp’s Arts Center. The 2nd Act Film Festival Audience Award is given to the film that the audience recognizes as the most outstanding film of those created for the festival. Participating filmmakers will also receive gifts from the event sponsors.

Complete guidelines and entry form may be found at www.secondactfilmfestival.com.

 

  • There is no entry fee for participating filmmakers and teams.
  • Selected filmmakers must currently live in South Carolina.
  • Filmmakers may select a team or create their film alone, but the entering representative will serve as “filmmaker” for the project.
  • The final group of filmmakers will be selected by a group of media professionals.
  • Filmmakers will be selected based on their prior works, as well as their passion and commitment towards independent filmmaking.
  • When entering, the filmmaker must provide a link to their own previous work, but also may provide a link for works created by team members. Only one form needs to be filled out per team.
  • Team members may work on other film projects in the festival.
  • Selected filmmakers will receive 2 script pages, the first and last page of a short film screenplay.
  • Filmmakers will write the 2nd act and produce the film.  There is no restriction on genre.
  • All filmmakers will receive the same two script pages as well as additional instructions on producing the film.
  • No dialogue or script direction can be changed in the provided script pages. Any rewriting or shifting of lines will disqualify the film. Filmmakers can add scene descriptions to the pages provided.
  • Pages written will be entirely at the filmmakers’ discretion.
  • A final draft of the script has to be submitted one week after receiving the two script pages.
  • All films have to be received by the 2nd Act film festival approximately four weeks after receiving the script pages.
  • Completed films can be no longer than six minutes, including credits.
  • Films may be shot in any format or medium of the filmmakers choosing, but must be delivered as an Apple Pro-Res 1080 file.
  • Final films will be owned in their entirety by the filmmaker but the 2nd Act Film Festival and Jasper magazine reserve the right to exhibit the films and market the films for their own promotional purposes.

 

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