[Discuss MovieFest] Details of Regional Finals

Thu Aug 10 02:55:38 CDT 2006

Hi Jo

Why is there no regional final in Auckland  are we supposed/expected to
travel all the way to Hamilton to see our movies and get votes in? There are
a number of Auckland schools participating this year and I thought the
screenings might be more accessible for us as they were two years ago.

Also for next years Movie fest  my I suggest a giving the title as this
year, and adding a week into the term  it is quite difficult getting movies
done while teaching classes as well  my team have had to spend many extra
hours after school, before school and lunchtimes just to get it done!
Just some suggestions as requested

Cheesy [Claire Cheeseman]

ichat: cheesenz at aim

Summerland Primary,
62 Summerland Drive,
Henderson,
Auckland 0612

Ph: 09 836 7460 - Fax: 09 836 7461  - clairec at summerland.school.nz -
www.summerland.school.nz

On 10/8/06 3:16 PM, "Jo Booth" <jo at moviefest.org.nz> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Generally in the past if you haven't made the deadline through some
> reason or another, and you've paid for entry then we give you a free
> entry next time.
> 
> As mentioned in the email we are running an Auckland screening around
> the 26th August - so do go and check out the movies! I've secretly
> watched one early entry and it's looking good.  We'll also have a DVD
> of the entries out - and there is some discussions going on at the
> moment about allowing distribution of your movies (past and present)
> internationally in UK, Eupore and China on mobile phone networks.
> 
> If you've got any feedback that you can give so that next time we can
> make it easier for you all to make movies, then let us know!  It's
> difficult to cater for such a wide range of ages and talents, from
> primary to 76 year olds.. and there was some discussion about
> staggering the three categories or something to give some of you
> slightly better chance - what with holidays and such like.
> 
> I'll be coming up to the Hamilton Screening, and Graeme Moffat,
> another of our trustees will be at the Christchurch one.
> 
> While it's not an official position, don't stress too much if you
> don't make Fridays post. If you've completed a movie - send it anyway
> - while it may not be eligible to win - we'll do our best to make
> sure it gets seen.
> Also if you desperately trying to cut your movie down to meet the 5
> minute limit, then send us a directors cut ass well -- if there is
> room on the screeners, we can include a few more seconds -- but make
> sure you do also supply an eligible 5 minute version as well, even if
> you have to cut the scene where the hero dies :)
> 
> -Jo.
> 
> On 10/08/2006, at 14:55 , CAgoston wrote:
> 
>> > We have decided that we will not enter this year but would love to
>> > see the
>> > others if this is possible and would like the opportunity to
>> > participate
>> > next year.
>> > Thanks Carolyn and Team at St Thomas's
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: entrants-bounces at moviefest.org.nz
>> > [mailto:entrants-bounces at moviefest.org.nz] On Behalf Of MovieFest
>> > Entrants
>> > Sent: 10 August 2006 11:25
>> > To: entrants at moviefest.org.nz
>> > Subject: [MovieFest Entrants] Details of Regional Finals - and
>> > submissions.
>> >
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > Now that you have *finished* making your movies, it's time for you to
>> > send them to us if you have not already. They must be sent to the
>> > Moviefest Charitable Trust, PO Box 40-732, Upper Hutt 5140,
>> > Wellington by 5pm Friday 11th August to ensure we receive them by the
>> > following Monday. We'll be sorting then on Wednesday 16th - so don't
>> > worry if you haven't heard from us before then.  Details of Movies
>> > received will appear gradually on http://MovieFest.org.nz/06/movies
>> > as we enter your Movie Details Forms - so check there if you're
>> > wondering if we've got it.
>> >
>> > The time for the judging process to commence is now upon us and just
>> > to remind you know how this will work, we will repeat the procedure
>> > for you.
>> >
>> > The judging will be done in three levels. The first or preliminary
>> > judging will check all movies for content and make sure they adhere
>> > to the time criteria. This will be done over two days in Wellington
>> > and will be a very time intensive activity. We are interested in
>> > inviting suitable people to come along and assist and if you are
>> > interested, please let us know soon. Entrants are welcome to offer
>> > their services but there will only be space for a limited number and
>> > they will not be able to vote for their own movie. At this stage we
>> > will be reducing the number of movies down to nine in each category.
>> >
>> > The second level of judging will take place at the regional finals
>> > where three movies from each category will be reduced down to one in
>> > each category and these will be judged by local video/film
>> > professionals.
>> >
>> > The best three movies from each of the three categories decided at
>> > the regional level will be appraised by the five judges who have
>> > already been announced. They are all experienced in the film and
>> > video industry and two can boast five academy awards between them.
>> > They are; Miranda Harcourt, a well known New Zealand actress,
>> > Rosemary MacLeod, a well known script writer and columnist, Hugh
>> > Macdonald, a director who learned his craft at the New Zealand
>> > National Film Unit, Alex Funke, a cinematographer who is currently
>> > head of the Miniatures Unit for Peter Jackson and Mike Hedges, a
>> > sound re-recording mixer at Peter Jackson's Park Road Post. The last
>> > two judges worked on both the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and King Kong
>> > movie winning academy awards for both projects.
>> >
>> > MovieFest Regional Finals
>> >
>> > The Northern Regional Final will be held at the Berkley Normal Middle
>> > School in Berkley Avenue, Hamilton on Saturday 26th August. There
>> > will be one hour long screenings at 1:00pm and 2:00pm and there will
>> > be a cost of $2.00 per person. Please make any enquiries about the
>> > Northern Final to hamilton.screening at MovieFest.org.nz
>> >
>> > The Central Regional Final will be held at the Time Cinema in
>> > Sutherland Road in Lyall Bay, Wellington on Sunday 27th August.
>> > Screenings will commence at 10:00am and will run hourly until 2pm.
>> > There is a cost of $4 per adult, $2 per child and $10 for a family of
>> > five and registered teams to MovieFest will get a 50% discount off
>> > this price. Tea and coffee will be available between screenings at no
>> > charge. Please make any enquiries about the Central Final to
>> > wellington.screening at MovieFest.org.nz
>> >
>> > The Southern Regional Final will be held at the St James School, 25
>> > Rowan Ave, Aranui, Christchurch on Saturday 26th August. There will
>> > be hourly screenings from 9:00am until 2:00pm. Please make any
>> > enquiries about the Southern Finals to
>> > christchurch.screening at MovieFest.org.nz
>> >
>> > There is also the possibility of a Northern Region finalists'
>> > screening at a school in Auckland. We will confirm details of this
>> > screening if and when they have been finalised.
>> >
>> > MovieFest National Final & Awards Ceremony
>> >
>> > The screenings for the national final will be held throughout the day
>> > in the Ilott Theatre in Wellington's Town Hall on Saturday 30th
>> > September. This will be followed by a ninety minute Awards Ceremony
>> > during which the prizes will be awarded to the winners, intermingled
>> > with an entertainment programme. Tickets to the screenings and Awards
>> > Ceremony can be purchased from Ticketek at a cost of $10 per adult,
>> > $5 per child and $25 per family of five. There will be a number of
>> > tickets provided at no charge to the nine finalist teams.
>> >
>> > The national winner of each of the categories will receive a prize
>> > package valued at $1000 courtesy of Panavision New Zealand Ltd. The
>> > two runners up of each category will receive prizes of iPod Shuffles
>> > from Renaissance Ltd, New Zealand's Apple distributors, and video
>> > editing software from Imaging Technology, respectively.
>> >
>> >
>> > Check the forums at http://MovieFest.org.nz/forums or the Discussions
>> > email list for feedback and discussion.
> 
> 
> 
> Jo Booth - MovieFest Trustee
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