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 ArcLight Documentary Film FestivalEnter to Win $10,000 Join ArcLight Cinemas' Documentary Festival for your chance to win $10,000. Entries are being accepted now until May 31st. In order to submit your film into the festival, you must register on www.withoutabox.com and submit a trailer, no longer than 2 minutes in length. The top 7 trailers of each of the 5 categories will then be posted on ArcLight's social media pages for voting. The top voted for films of each of the categories will be shown at ArcLight Hollywood from Oct. 14-17. For more information, go to http://bit.ly/THlaki. |
 International Film & Video Competition Seeks EntriesOpen to Corporate, Education, Entertainment, Documentary and Student productions. Entries from all student filmmakers are invited in the US International Film & Video Festival. The work can be for a class or internship or spec work as long as the student is not a paid employee in the film industry. Entry fee is $50. Work needs to have been produced between September 1, 2011, and the entry deadline of March 1, 2013. Winners receive a Student Certificate and promotion on the competition website and in presentations worldwide. Find more information at www.filmfestawards.com. |
 NPPC Video Contest – CollegiateCreative College Students, Help Spread the Positive Message The National Pork Producers Council is seeking creative college students to help spread the positive message of the U.S. pork industry by creating a unique, educational and inspirational videos that highlight the positive role pork farmers play in America and/or that explain and disprove the negative portrayal of American pork farmers by various animal rights activist groups. What's the goal? Educate the American consumer about the safe, nutritious pork produced by and the environmentally sustainable practices used by the U.S. pork industry. Prize is $10,000. For complete rules, visit: http://www.nppc.org/nppc-video-contest-collegiate. |
Documentary Insights How do you choose your characters for yourdocumentaries? "That is a very good question. Your subject is one of the top two or three most important elements of a documentary. First of all, it's good if the potential subject likes the camera. It's good if they play to the camera and if they like to be filmed. Certainly I've had situations where someone seems fine, but once you start shooting, they become reluctant in front of the camera. So if you start with someone who is naturally an extrovert that really helps. Of course it is important to choose a subject that relates to what you want to say. As a filmmaker, you want a character whose story is iconic – that has a story that captures all the permutations of the issue you are exploring. It's also very important to have someone who is sympathetic as a person – because audiences identify with main character very intensely. Though often you can calibrate this in the edit room. ~Kirby Dick Academy- and Emmy Award-nominated documentary director. Excerpt from interview conducted by Stephanie Hubbard. Published in StudentFilmmakers Magazine. |
What do you believe makes a documentary different or stand out from any other genre of film, and why choose "documentary" as the form for "telling your story"?"For me, documentary film was the most powerful way that I could communicate people's stories and ideas and the way that I felt I could create the most change. Documentary filmmaking allows me to watch real people as they face challenges that life throws their way, as they evolve and grow, as they share their innermost emotions, and struggle for better futures. This is the most compelling way that I could find to tell stories, and I felt like audiences seeing films about real people struggling would at least create a dialogue or inspire action that would ultimately and hopefully lead to change for the better."
~Barbara Kopple
Two-time Academy Award-winning director and producer.
Excerpt from exclusive interview conducted by Wynona Luz for StudentFilmmakers.com.
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