<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
LinkedIn
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Skype: charles_baker_media
San Francisco, CA USA
(please feel welcome to connect on these networks)
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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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tiana linden
May 10, 2010
Hello
What is the date limit for this competition?
thanks
tiana
Natalie
April 28, 2010
"Filmaka retains 100% intellectual property rights of all materials"…all filmmakers should be aware of clauses like this before they enter these types of competitions so that they avoid their ideas being pilliged.
Iain Alexander
April 26, 2010
To the attention of the founders of Filmaka
Dear Filmaka,
I am the founder of the Film Industry Network and we recently promoted your competition (http://www.filmindustrynetwork.biz/create-branded-content-for-discover-card-via-filmaka-com/) awarding filmmakers a $10,000 production budget to shoot a 3 minute video for discover card about what it would be like to win a million dollars. Out of the 6 productions produced from submitted pitches, the filmmaker would be awarded an additional $15,000.
Yesterday we were made aware of an issue that affects anyone entering this contest. It is our understanding that Filmaka retains 100% intellectual property rights of all materials submitted to this particular competition under clause 6 of its rules of entry, which has been copied below.
It is my duty to ensure that all competitions announced through the network are in the best interests of its 40,000 members who span 156 countries.
How is this fair to filmmakers? Surely a highly regarded brand such as Filmaka should be championing and protecting the rights of film talent whether they are writers, directors, producers actors or film crew.
We are keen to promote the best competitions from the around the world and have been doing so since the launch of the network in 2007. We remain committed to this cause. This letter will be published on the Film Industry Network blog this afternoon and will be freely available to members. We look forward to publishing your reply.
Yours Sincerely,
Iain Alexander
Founder/ CEO
http://www.filmindustrynetwork.biz
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6. GRANT OF RIGHTS: By submitting a Bid and/or a Short Film to the Challenge, you
hereby grant to Discover Card and Filmaka in perpetuity, exclusive ownership of your Bid and
Short Film which may be exploited in any manner whatsoever, and assign your Bid, your Short
Film, and all ancillary and derivative rights thereto in all media now known or hereafter devised
in any and all languages (the “Grantâ€). No Bids or Short Films will be returned to Bidder or
Producer.
The Grant also includes the right to change, add to, take from, translate, reformat or reprocess the
Bid, Short Film, or any derivative works based thereon in any manner Discover Card may in its
sole discretion determine. To the fullest extent allowable under any applicable law, you hereby
irrevocably waive or assign to Discover Card your so-called moral rights or droit moral. If under
any applicable law the above waiver or assignment of moral rights or droit moral is not effective,
your Bid and/or Short Film may not be eligible.
Each Bidder hereby acknowledges that his or her Bid and/or Short Film, and all other materials
submitted in connection with the Challenge (the “Work”) shall be deemed to be a work made for
hire for Discover Card , and that Filmaka and Discover Card shall be the exclusive owner, IN
PERPETUITY, throughout the world, of all right, title and interest in and to said Work,
including without limitation, all copyrights in and to the Work, and all renewals and extensions
thereof, and that Discover Card shall have the right to exploit the Work in any manner and media
they shall elect throughout the world without restriction without any additional permission or
compensation. In the event that for any reason, the Work, or any part thereof is deemed not to be
a work made for hire, then Bidder hereby assigns upon receipt of production payment, all rights
in and to such Work to Discover Card and to execute such documents as may be necessary to
evidence such assignment.
By submitting a Bid to this Challenge, Bidders agree that Filmaka may obtain other Bids that are
similar or identical in theme, format or other respects to that submitted by Bidder. Bidders
expressly waive any and all claims that they may have against Filmaka or Discover Card based
on any claim that any Bid entered into the Challenge is similar or identical to their Bid. In the
event that more than one Bid or Short Film with similar or identical elements is brought to
Filmaka’s attention, the first such Bid or Short Film received will be accepted. Bidders further
agree that neither Filmaka nor Discover Card shall have any liability to Bidders for any direct,
indirect, contributory, vicarious, secondary or other infringement or protection of any copyright
in or to Bidder’s Bid.