<PLEASE READ before entering contest : TO THE ATTENTION OF THE FOUNDERS OF FILMAKA>
I’d like to let you know about Filmaka.com’s Discover Card Challenge.
What we are looking for :
Pitch us your ideas for a short 2-3 minute film that depicts how winning one million dollars would change someone’s life for the better. We’re looking for a range of ideas. The film ideas could be funny, inspirational or dramatic–but they should all be original and entertaining, must be grounded in reality and also have stopping power. The goal is for our audience to not only enjoy your film, but to pass it along to their friends. This competition is open to filmmakers from all over the world. The films should be geared toward the US audience; due to the fact that the films be seen by millions of people in the US across a host of mass media outlets – online banners, online video pre-rolls, in-store, and on TV.
Six of the written pitches will be selected for production; each pitch will each receive a $10K budget to create the film.
From the six films that are produced, the best film (as selected by the client) will be awarded an additional $15K bonus.
What goes in your pitch?
- An original title (not just the words “DISCOVER CARD”)
- Script for your 2-3 minute film (including a 5 sec end card that will be supplied to you if you are selected)
- Concept explanation
- Storyboards or sample images are strongly recommended
- Budget
- Page number, your name, phone number, and email address ON EVERY PAGE
- The url of your Filmaka profile, where we can find your PICTURE and SHORT BIOGRAPHY and examples of your work
- Your pitch should be submitted in one PDF file (NO ZIP FILES). Please do not send multiple files for each
component of your pitch.
Film competition jury members:
Bill Pullman, Colin Firth, Deepak Nayar, Dr. Herbert Kloiber, John Madden, Laura Bickford, Neil Labute, Paul Schrader, Thomas Augsberger, Tim Delaney, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Zak Penn
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Please contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Kind regards,
-/ Charles Baker
Consultant at Filmaka
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About Filmaka.com:
Filmaka is a digital studio and online community of 30,000 filmmakers in 150 countries.
CEO Philip von Alvensleben, film producer (CRASH) and digital entrepreneur (Adconion)
Co-Founders, film producers Deepak Nayar (BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM) and Thomas Augsberger (MR. BROOKS)
GMs Carolyn Gray (former VP of Digital at Fox) and Jason Haikara (former SVP of Marketing at Fox: leadership role behind AMERICAN IDOL, 24, THE SIMPSONS, HOUSE, SUPER BOWL, WORLD SERIES etc.)
Webby Award, 2009: Best Dramatic Web Series
Clients: MSN, Y&R, Red Bull, SABMiller, Cisco, FX, Ford, DIRECTV, Digital Rights Group, Snickers, Discover Card and others.
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