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Jun
20
2008
THE THEME for The 5th Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout
07:00PM by 
MatteChi
The theme for the 2008 72 Hour Film Shootout is:
Museum of Chinese in America
A first goodbye
But also don’t forget these important steps!
Your Film:
- Provide two copies of finished product on miniDV tape (NTSC Standard Definition Format).
- Your film, including credits, should not exceed five (5) minutes in length.
- Finished film must begin with:
10 seconds of bar and tone
Team name, date, title, running time
10 seconds of black - Films must include the following credit:
“This film was made possible in part by the support of the 5th Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout presented by the Asian American Film Lab.”
Required Shootout Submission Documents:
- Submission Information Form
- Final roster for your team including each person that participated during the 72 hours.
- Affirmation of Team Leader.
- Participants Agreement for all participating team members including team leader.
- Parent/Guardian Release (only required for members under 18 years of age).
Submitting Your Work:
The participating group must complete its film/video work and have it postmarked by Monday, June 23, 2008. All teams must send their submissions via mail carrier (USPS, FedEX, DHL, Airborne delivered packages are the only ones that will be accepted) to arrive at the Entry Address, Museum of Chinese in America, Attn: 72 Hour Film Shootout, 70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10013 by 10:30 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. It is HIGHLY recommended teams use OVERNIGHT carrier. Filmmakers may opt to use non-overnight delivery services to save money, however at their own risk. NO DROP-OFFS (including messenger service) WILL BE ACCEPTED. Only works that are received by the above deadline via the aforementioned official mail carriers will be admitted into the Competition.
Mailing Address:
Museum of Chinese in America
Attn: 72 Hour Film Shootout
70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10013
(212) 619-4785
Stay tuned for the announcement of the screening of the top ten Shootout films and Awards Ceremony at the New York Asian American International Film Festival will be held on July 13, 2008. Wrap Party to follow!
We wish you luck and look forward to your films.
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06/21/08 04:44 AM
So you have to write an entire movie based on just that?
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06/21/08 09:28 AM
Dunno. Names out of a hat probably…
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06/21/08 10:34 AM
I’m kinda stumped as to what to do. Good thing I’m not in this shootout heh
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06/22/08 01:33 AM
Dunno. Names out of a hat probably…
It might seem that way but the deciding the Theme is a very serious responsibility for us at the AAFilmLab.
Without going into detail, this year’s Theme had meetings of six people lasting up to five hours. (Would it be correct to say that’s 30 man-hours per meeting?) That’s not including each person doing their own independent brainstorming for Theme ideas beforehand. Meetings are spread out over several weeks. Each Theme idea is argued, defended or eliminated until a final Theme is determined best overall. Trust me, it is quite a feeling when the Theme is finally decided!
In fact, I would dare to say that when the Theme seems so randomly out of the hat, yet inspires such an amazing range of storytelling and creativity, is when we know we’ve gotten the Theme right!
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06/22/08 02:19 AM
Do you guys actually participate yourselves for fun?
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06/22/08 03:02 AM
How far ahead do you guys plan? It seems like so much work.
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06/22/08 04:38 AM
So now we know how, how about why? Why did you guys choose this theme?
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06/22/08 10:23 AM
How many teams are participating this year?
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06/22/08 01:36 PM
How far ahead do you guys plan? It seems like so much work.
The Shootout is always in the works one way or another. In fact, this year’s Theme was the evolution of an idea from over a year ago.
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06/22/08 01:37 PM
So now we know how, how about why? Why did you guys choose this theme?
That’s a question for every Team to find their own answer! ^_^
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06/22/08 01:39 PM
How many teams are participating this year?
46 Teams qualified for entry this year.
http://ningin.com/aafilmlab/comment/2008_shootout_teams/
We’re looking forward to seeing each and every one of their films!
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06/22/08 02:58 PM
So many questions! haha
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06/22/08 06:19 PM
~_~ That’s no fair! Haha
Over a year ago? Wow, that’s a really long time! Do you guys get paid to do this?
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06/22/08 09:51 PM
40 teams? Omg doesn’t it take forever to watch?
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06/22/08 11:02 PM
Well they’re only 5 minutes long right?
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06/23/08 03:38 AM
Yeah or under. Anything over gets disqualified.
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06/23/08 07:39 AM
40 x 5 = 200 minutes. That’s a little over 3 movies.
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06/23/08 10:16 AM
That’s a lot of movies. They won’t announce the winners till July though so its not like they’re pressed for time, right?
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06/23/08 11:20 AM
They have to judge all of them too and decide which are the winners.
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06/23/08 02:28 PM
Are they watching them all right now?
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06/23/08 04:06 PM
Have you guys started planning for next year’s theme?
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06/23/08 06:01 PM
When do we get to see the videos?
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06/23/08 08:36 PM
Do we get to vote too? :D
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06/23/08 11:39 PM
Yeah there’s an audience award. ^^ Can’t wait.
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The Theme
This year we've added a separate award category sponsored by The Museum of Chinese in America's (MOCA) Chinatown Film Project. If you include Chinatown as location or narrative device in your film, you are eligible to be considered for the "Chinatown Award" which includes post-production services worth $3000 from Deluxe New York, a brand-new state-of -the-art post-production house.
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06/20/08 09:52 PM
How do they come up with the themes?
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