Thread: Film2Music Short Film Contest - Grand Prize $10,000

We put up brief video statements by composer and competition sponsor Kubilay Uner and by three of the six members of our esteemed panel of judges:

• producer/director James C. Hart (CSI, Chicago Hope)
• producer Jackie George (Demolition Man, Richie Rich)
• animator/producer Dave Bossert (Fantasia 2000)

Go to the competition website at www.film2music.com to watch them.

Registration $9 - Hmm, sorry to be sceptical but this looks like a schill game to me.

Forgive me for asking but... have you even been to the website?

There are far better ways to screw people out of their hard-earned cash than to

- release a CD's worth of non-pop instrumental music
- try and reach the relatively small number of people worldwide that may actually be capable of shooting a good and interesting short film to such music in less than three months
- gather six of the most accomplished people in the LA film business to be your panel of judges,
- charge a 70% LOWER registration fee than the very cheapest film contests out there (most here in the US are $50, $100 and more, and none are under $25)
- include an entire album's worth of music downloads as part of the registration process, since you have to have the music to be able to shoot to it (the album sells for US$9.99 on iTunes, and $12.99 on CD Baby and Amazon)
- and then administer a contest for three months, plus then the judging process afterwards, and then the screening and reception...

Go to the competition website to see some statements by the judges. Check their IMDb pages (linked from the judges page.) Check out my composer website (linked from the competition website.) Then, if you still don't feel comfortable, simply don't enter.

If you (or anyone else) have questions, you can contact me easily via the competition website and I will gladly answer to every concern. This contest is completely on the level, and many extraordinary people are publicly supporting it with their time, help and good name.

Kubilay Uner
Composer
www.film2music.com

now now ladies! calm your pants! seems like a good idea im sure $9 or about £4 will put some people off but im sure this kind of thing needs funding especially when there is a cash prize!

good luck to you.

Hmm, well call me a cynic then rather than a scepic.

Spedning so much time on the internet, we tend to get a feel for SPAM and dodgy 'competitions'. Unfortunately you haven't done yourselves any favours in the way in which you've marketed yourself. In fact it looks exactly like all the other SPAM posts ever posted here.

Perhaps it would have been better if you'd supplied admin with a Press Release promoting the event?

Just sent you a press release via PM.

As for everyone else, I invite you to visit the website.
There's plenty of information there that should help answer any concerns some of you may have.
I am very proud of this event and have sunk an extraordinary amount of time and money into it.

The main reason I am doing this is that I want to find a better way to bring my 'non-pop' instrumental music to the average listener. The one thing I feel this kind of music does best is take the listener on a journey without pre-defining via lyrics what that journey should be. Every listener makes his/her own. What better way to illustrate that point than have multiple, vastly different short films created to the same pieces of music, and engage people via the online voting process to watch as many of them as possible?

It's also a great creative challenge to the filmmaker to on the one hand follow a fairly strict formal roadmap presented by the music, but on the other hand have no restrictions on interpretation/content. And no verbal or narrative safety net, it's ALL images.

This is the reason the judges came on board. They are genuinely curious to see what you folks come up with.

Kubilay
www.film2music.com

Send me some music gratis and I will give it a go....

Yeah, give us the music!