DV Award Modeling Scholarship - Deadline October 12!

The DV Award Modeling Scholarship is awarded to a current University of Advancing Technology undergraduate student (on campus or UAT-Online) who has a passion for 3D modeling and design. This is a project-based scholarship open to any student seeking any Bachelor of Arts degree. To be awarded the scholarship, the student must present their 3D model for a custom trophy to be presented to the “Audience Choice” winner at the 2012 UAT Digital Video Festival. This model may be created using any software of the student’s choice, and must be fully ready for 3D printing using the University’s uPrint rapid prototyper. For 3D printing purposes, the model must be no more than 6” by 6” x 8” and must be one complete enclosed mesh with no holes.

Eligibility Requirements:

Must be a current UAT student in good academic standing

Must be enrolled in a designated Bachelor of Arts program of study

Application Process:

To apply, students must submit the following information on or before October 12, 2012.

A completed scholarship application

A current FAFSA on file with UAT

A minimum of three (3) renders of the model – front, top, and side – as JPEG images

The model file in a standard format such as Maya Binary or FBX

The model file in STL format for printing

Please submit application materials to Professor Paul DeNigris at pdenigri@uat.edu

Celtx wants to give you money!

Celtx - the students' choice for screenwriting software (because it's awesome and it's FREE) - is giving away MONEY for your films. Check out the video below!


These are the rules for the Seeds program from their website:

• We want to see your single best storytelling video of 15 minutes or less.
• If you’re an individual or a team, share it with seeds@celtx.com through your Celtx account. If you’re entering on behalf of a school share it with schoolseeds@celtx.com.
• That’s all you need do. There’s no entry fee and it’s open to all Celtx account holders.
• The deadline for sharing is midnight, 15 April 2012. Selected creators/videos will be announced on or before 30 April 2012.

This is how they’ll be giving away the money:

• 10 x $2,000 grants for individuals or teams
• 5 x $1,000 grants for schools (grade school to high school)
• All selected storytellers and projects receive promotion through Celtx networks on YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo & Google+.

(Original post courtesy of nofilmschool)

Inter-College 48 Hour Film Challenge - March 2nd thru 4th

It’s Back!

The Valleywide Inter-College 48 Hour Film Challenge!
March 2nd through 4th, 2012

Kickoff – Friday, March 2nd, 6:00 pm
University of Advancing Technology - Theatre
(2625 W. Baseline Road Tempe, AZ 85283)

Turn in your finished film by 7pm on Sunday, March 4th at the Screening and Awards Ceremony in the UAT Theatre.

To participate – email UAT Professor Paul DeNigris (pdenigri@uat.edu) by March 1st.

The Rules:

1. Each school may be represented by as many teams as they choose.
2. A line of dialogue, prop, and genre will be assigned at the kickoff. The line of dialogue must be spoken onscreen and the prop must be handled by a character in the film!
3. ALL preproduction, production, and post MUST be done during the 48 hours immediately following the kickoff.
4. Professors may provide creative and technical advice to their students – but CANNOT do any of the work for them!
5. Films must be NO LESS than 2 minutes and NO MORE than 4 minutes long, including credits!
6. Films must be turned in as an H.264 file. No exceptions! Make sure you leave yourself enough time at the end for compression.

US Department of Education Video Challenge - $1500 Scholarship Prize!

From Challenge.gov:

The U.S. Department of Education challenges high school and college students to help get information to their peers about how much it costs to go to college. This challenge asks students to create short videos that will inform students and families of a new resource that makes it easier to calculate how much it might cost to go to a particular college. On October 29, 2011, all colleges and universities were required by law to provide a “net price calculator” on their websites. This is one of several Department initiatives to make the price of college more transparent and help students and families make informed decisions about investing in postsecondary education. “Net price” is a new and important piece of information about college costs; it helps students and families estimate what it would likely cost to attend a college after accounting for grants and scholarships that don’t need to be repaid. Unfortunately, too few people know what “net price” means, and where to find a college’s net price calculator on its website, or how to use net price – along with other information – when comparison shopping for higher education. Help us get the word out!

 Go to http://netpricecalc.challenge.gov/ for more info. Deadline is January 31st!

Phoenix Comicon Call for Entries

The 2012 Phoenix Comicon Film Festival call for entries has begun! This year we invite one and all to submit to the film festival and to the Phoenix Comicon Film Challenge.

For the Film Festival, Phoenix Comicon is looking for films in the following genres: Sci-Fi, Thriller/Horror, Fan Film, Animation, Pop Culture/Documentary, Comedy, Film Noir/Mystery, Comics/Anime/Gaming. For the Film Challenge, the task is to make a film that is 15 minutes or less in one of the following genres: Steampunk, Horror, Original Animation, Original Superhero/Supervillain and Star Trek.

You have from now until March 31st, 2012 to submit your film.

The rules for the Phoenix Comicon Film Festival are as follows:

1. Two (2) copies of the film(s) must be submitted in a DVD Region 1 playable format. 
2. All films entered should fall under at least one of the listed genres.
3. All submissions must be made by the filmmaker(s). No anonymous submissions will be accepted.
4. All foreign language films must have English subtitles.
5. All films will be pre-screened by Phoenix Comicon staff.
6. No submissions will be returned, therefore, do not send the only copy.
7. We are not responsible for any submissions lost or damaged in delivery.
8. Participants do not need to attend the convention or festival to be eligible.
9. Notice of selections will be announced on or before May 1st by email and posted on the Phoenix Comicon website.
10. The Phoenix Comicon is a family-friendly event and preference will be given to films appropriate for all-ages viewing. Submissions not suitable for all-ages will be considered for late night screenings.

For information about the Film Festival, please contact: filmfestival@phoenixcomicon.com
For information about the Film Challenge, please contact: filmchallenge@phoenixcomicon.com

To download the 2012 Phoenix Comicon Film Festival Entry Form, click here.

UAT Takes Home Four Awards at IFP/Phoenix 'Breakout Film Challenge'

On Friday November 18th, IFP/Phoenix hosted the screening and awards party for its latest filmmaker challenge, the seven-week "Breakout Challenge." Rather than giving filmmakers a prop and line of dialogue that they would be required to use (as is the case in a 48-Hour Film Challenge), IFP/Phoenix gave filmmakers some themes to choose from AND some additional deliverables to produce. Instead of just making a 5-minute film, participating filmmakers also had to produce a 30-second teaser trailer, a poster, a press kit, and other marketing materials.

Two teams of UAT Digital Video students participated.

The team of Erica Faccone, Bryan Simcox, Wes Peterson, and Sean Walter produced the drama "Wish You Were Here," which took home the awards for "Best Use of Theme" and "5th Place Film." Here's their trailer:



Meanwhile, the team of Trevor Spotted Eagle, Samantha Hammond, Jamil Abubakar, Caleb Evans, Ib Gillett, Jared Oppie, Tyler Dennis, Ariel Navarrette, and Paul Rosario, working under the supervision of Professor Paul DeNigris, produced the sci-fi thriller "Reset." Their film won awards for "Best Visual Effects" and "3rd Place Film." Here's the trailer for "Reset":



Congratulations to both our teams!

UAT Digital Video student wins 'Best Director' in GCU-hosted Inter-College 48 Hour Film Challenge

UAT Digital Video student Trevor Spotted Eagle picked up the 'Best Director' trophy Sunday evening on the campus of Grand Canyon University at the awards ceremony for the latest Inter-College 48 Hour Film Challenge.

The challenge began on Friday evening when 4 teams from GCU and 1 team from UAT were given their marching orders; films were required to include:

- line of dialogue: "I enjoy the taste of lies"
- prop: snowglobe
- character: Harry Colon, linebacker

Each team received a different genre, and Team UAT's was "mystery." Working all weekend, the team produced the slick psychological mystery-thriller "The Taste of Lies," which featured a detective character tasked with solving a murder her own alter ego had committed.

This was the third matchup between UAT and GCU in the Inter-College 48 Hour Film Challenge, which began as a twice-yearly tradition in 2010. One of GCU's entries "Narwhal" took home the 'Best Actor' and 'Best Film' trophies this time around. UAT will be hosting the next installment of the challenge in April or May.

Inter-College 48 Hour Film Challenge Kicks Off This Friday!

Our good friends at Grand Canyon University are once again hosting this event. Let's keep the UAT / GCU rivalry alive! We've beat them twice and they are out for vengeance! Event kicks off on Friday November 4th at 6pm at the Ethington Theatre on the GCU campus (33rd Avenue and Camelback).

See your DV instructor for more details. Ask about earning Extra Credit for participating!

Somewhere (dot dot dot) also nominated for 2 awards!

Hot on the heels of our "Extraordinary Colleagues" announcement earlier today comes news that ANOTHER 48-Hour Film Challenge entry, "Somewhere (dot dot dot)" as also been nominated for 2 awards - BEST EDITING and BEST STORY!



"Somewhere (dot dot dot)" was produced by the UAT Digital Video student team under the leadership of Damien Rufus, Monica Thies, and Jace Oppie for the January 2011 "Beat the Clock" challenge.

Winners from each of the three rounds of the 2010-2011 Beat-the-Clock Specialty Awards will compete for finals in each respective category. IFP Phoenix members vote on these awards and winners are presented with a trophy. Voting is open to IFP/PHX members only, March 11th through March 22. To become a member and be eligible to vote, go to: http://www.ifpphx.org/page/join-ifpphx

Teams that competed all year were assigned ranking points and are also eligible for the BEST TEAM award. The winner of BEST TEAM will be announced at the April 5 screening and awarded a cash prize. In addition to Best Picture and Best Team, individual awards are also bestowed and consist of nominees from all three rounds.

Come watch the top 18 scoring films screen at the Phoenix Film Festival on Tuesday, April 5th at 7pm,  with the awards ceremony following.

Extraordinary Colleagues nominated for 4 awards!

The UAT / Locked Horns Productions 48-Hour Film Challenge entry "Extraordinary Colleagues" has been nominated for the Best Directing, Best Editing, Best Actress (Kathleen Cameron) and Best Story awards in this year's 48-Hour Challenge Finals!



Winners from each of the three rounds of the 2010-2011 Beat-the-Clock Specialty Awards will compete for finals in each respective category. IFP Phoenix members vote on these awards and winners are presented with a trophy. Voting is open to IFP/PHX members only, March 11th through March 22. To become a member and be eligible to vote, go to: http://www.ifpphx.org/page/join-ifpphx

Teams that competed all year were assigned ranking points and are also eligible for the BEST TEAM award. The winner of BEST TEAM will be announced at the April 12 screening and awarded a cash prize. In addition to Best Picture and Best Team, individual awards are also bestowed and consist of nominees from all three rounds.

Come watch the top 18 scoring films screen at the Phoenix Film Festival on Tuesday, April 5th at 7pm,  with the awards ceremony following.

Valleywide Inter-College 48 Hour Film Challenge - REMINDER!

It’s Back! The Valleywide Inter-College 48 Hour Film Challenge!

March 25th through 27th, 2011

Kickoff – Friday, March 25th, 6:00 pm
University of Advancing Technology - Theatre
2625 W. Baseline Road Tempe, AZ 85283

Turn in your finished film by 6:30pm on Sunday, March 27th at UAT

A panel of industry judges will choose the winners and trophies will be awarded at our Screening and Awards Ceremony – Wednesday March 30th at 7:00 pm in the UAT Theatre

To participate – email UAT Professor Paul DeNigris (pdenigri@uat.edu) by March 23rd

Valleywide Inter-College 48 Hour Film Challenge

It’s Back! The Valleywide Inter-College 48 Hour Film Challenge!

March 25th through 27th, 2011

Kickoff – Friday, March 25th, 6:00 pm
University of Advancing Technology - Theatre
2625 W. Baseline Road Tempe, AZ 85283

Turn in your finished film by 6:30pm on Sunday, March 27th at UAT

A panel of industry judges will choose the winners and trophies will be awarded at our Screening and Awards Ceremony – Wednesday March 30th at 7:00 pm in the UAT Theatre

To participate – email UAT Professor Paul DeNigris (pdenigri@uat.edu) by March 23rd

The Rules:

1. Each school may be represented by as many teams as they choose.
2. A line of dialogue, prop, and genre will be assigned at the kickoff on March 25th. The line of dialogue must be spoken onscreen and the prop must be handled by a character in the film!
3. ALL preproduction, production, and post MUST be done during the 48 hours immediately following the kickoff.
4. Professors may provide creative and technical advice to their students – but CANNOT do any of the work for them!
5. Films must be NO LESS than 2 minutes and NO MORE than 4 minutes long, including credits!
6. Films must be turned in as an H.264 file. No exceptions! Make sure you leave yourself enough time at the end for compression.

Phoenix Film Festival "Show Us Your Shorts" Contest!

ATTENTION FILMMAKERS!
SHOW US YOUR SHORTS AND WIN!

Who loves short shorts? We love short shorts! Grab your camera and create a :30 second promo for the Phoenix Film Festival (PFF). Get people excited about attending this year's festival while showcasing some of Arizona's local talent.

ONE GRAND PRIZE
-Two festival passes to the 2011 Phoenix Film Festival (takes place March 31-April 7, 2011)!
-Your film showcased on the festival homepage!
-Bragging rights!

Three runners up will also have their films shown on the festival homepage.

RULES
-You must use the official PFF logo, dates, and location image found at phxfilm.com/​logos.zip
-Your film must be 30 seconds long. No more. No less.
-Your film must be PG rated. No nudity, no swears, no gratuitous violence.
-You must own the rights to everything in your film (music, etc.) or it must be royalty-free

TO ENTER
-Download and use one of the required logos at www.phxfilm.com/​logos.zip
-Shoot and edit your promo
-Submit your completed promo to our Vimeo group by 11:59 PM on March 14, 2011. Title your film, "PFF Promo Contest Entry." Be sure to include your full name in the video description.

JUDGING
Films will be judged on creativity, originality, and effectiveness of message. We want your short to get people pumped to come watch films at Arizona's biggest and best film festival.

NOTES
You may submit up to two entries. Good luck!

ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY 11:59 PM ON MARCH 14, 2011!

stillmotion Short Film Contest

Found this cool opportunity on the planet5D blog a couple of days ago. Planet5D and the folks at stillmotion education are partnering for a short film contest, and the grand prize is one of these babies, a Kessler CineSlider:

The theme is "discovery" and the due date is March 7th. Entries must be 30 to 60 seconds long, must be uploaded to Vimeo, and the link emailed to shorts@stillmotion.ca

Read all the rules here!

48 Hour Film Challenge Screening this Friday Night!

Come out and support Team UAT as they screen their film "Somewhere (dot, dot, dot" at then 48 Hour Film Challenge screening!

BTC Winter Film Challenge Screening
When: FRI 01.21
Time: Party 5:30 PM, Awards 10:00 PM
2 Screenings, 6:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Where: Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Phoenix Art Museum

Join us for the Beat the Clock 48 Hour Film Challenge Screening presented by the Phoenix Film Festival and IFP-Phoenix. This year, the event will be an entire evening of celebrating film. The event will be held at the Phoenix Art Museum with two screenings, pre- and post- parties and an awards presentation.

This is the schedule of events for Friday, January 21.

5:30 PM Doors open at the Phoenix Art Museum with food, drink and music.

6:00 PM The first screening begins in the Whiteman Hall while food, drink and music continue in the Great Hall.

8:00 PM The second screening begins and the party continues.

10:00 PM The awards are presented to the winning films in the Great Hall.

10:30 PM The evening comes to a close until the finals at the Phoenix Film Festival in April.

*Tickets: $15 and include the screening of your choice, the parties and the award presentation. If you wish to attend the screening twice, you will need to purchase two separate tickets. Purchase tickets at the links below:

48 Hour Challenge 6pm Screening - 6:00 PM Screening Tickets

48 Hour Challenge 8pm Screening - 8:00 PM Screening Tickets

IFP/Phoenix "Beat the Clock"Winter 48-Hour Film Challenge

ATTENTION UAT DIGITAL VIDEO STUDENTS!

THIS IS THE LAST 48-HOUR FILM CHALLENGE YOU CAN ENTER TO HAVE A FILM CONSIDERED FOR THE 2011 PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL!

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR... REGISTER YOUR TEAM TODAY!

BTC 48-Hour Winter Film Challenge January 14-16

When: Friday, January 14

Time: 5:30 PM Kickoff

Where: UAT Theatre

Can you make a great 3-minute film in just 48-Hours? The first 33 teams to register will test their skill.

Prizes:

$2,500 In Prizes Awarded Throughout the 2010-2011 BTC Season

Certificates for Specialty Awards, Best Acting, Directing, Writing, Technical, Line and Prop and fun awards. Top 15 teams announced; top 5 move into the Spring Finals. Audience-voted favorite (from 6-33th place) moves into finals. Cash prizes: $250 for first place, $75 for second and $50 for third.

SIGN-UP TODAY! Pre-registration required

$50 for IFP/PHX members; $65 for non-members

Not a member, Join Here!

To register, download the registration form and fax or mail it in.

FAX to 602.955.0966 or e-mail to info@ifpphx.org.

Learn more about the challenge at:

2010-2011 BTC 48-Hour Challenges

Registration Form Here!

48 Hour Inter-School Film Challenge

Professor Gregg Elder at Grand Canyon University's Film School (and also an adjunct professor at UAT) has launched an Inter-School 48 Hour Film Challenge November 13th through 15th. Teams from GCU, Scottsdale Community College, and ASU will be competing, and we need UAT to be represented!

If you're interested in being part of Team UAT in this first-ever Valley-wide film school cage match, email Professor Paul DeNigris at pdenigri@uat.edu ASAP!

Last chance to participate in the Slamdance/Adobe Re-cut Competition

Film production students in higher education worldwide are invited to enter the First Annual Slamdance/Adobe Re-cut Competition for emerging editing talent. Entrants will have the opportunity to re-edit a scene from the indie classic MALL COP by Palm d'Or winning filmmaker and GREY'S ANATOMY editor David Greenspan.

Participants will re-cut a selected scene using Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5 trial software. All submissions will receive education copies of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, so everybody wins! Three talented finalists will be rewarded with their own Adobe CS5 Production Premium education software and the Grand Prize winner will also earn round-trip transportation and four days of accommodations to attend the 2011 Slamdance to experience seeing their winning work screened at the Festival. Registrations to participate now open through Oct. 1, 2010. Final submissions must to be received by Slamdance by Oct. 31, 2010.

 Register Now!

New Short “Extraordinary Colleagues” Premieres Friday at Phoenix Art Museum

On Friday July 23rd at the Phoenix Art Museum, IFP/Phoenix will be hosting two screenings of films entered into this summer’s “Beat the Clock” 48 Hour Film Challenge - including an entry produced by the UAT Digital Video Program titled “Extraordinary Colleagues.” Written by Paul DeNigris and Steve Briscoe, the 3-minute film took the required prop - a paintbrush - as a jumping off point to tell the romantic comedy story of a comic book writer and her editor, while also telling a parallel action tale within the Sin City-esque world of the comic book they produce together.

The film will screen twice, once during the 6pm show and again during the 8pm show. The “Beat the Clock” Awards will follow at 10pm. More details can be found on IFP/Phoenix’s website. Tickets for the screenings are $15 each.

“Extraordinary Colleagues” was a co-production between the UATDV crew and Locked Horns Productions. Students Nick Wassenberg, Justin Gagen, and Mitch Faherty handled visual effects with some assistance from alumni Kalki Khaira and Ryan Whitten. Alum Ryan Luibrand handled editing duties. Students Kenny Rayl, Shawn Geary, Erica Faccone, and Kari McBride handled physical production, lead by DP Justin Gagen and directed by Professor DeNigris.

"Extraordinary Colleagues" mark's UATDV's first production using our brand new Canon 5D Mark II DSLR. Visual effects were executed in Adobe After Effects, with the comic book panels processed in Photoshop. Editing was completed in Avid Media Composer, with sound mixing and sweetening done in ProTools.

Ridley Scott Wants Your YouTube Videos

Filmmakers Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Blade Runner) and Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) are launching an experiment in "user-generated filmmaking" - a joint venture with YouTube called "Life in a Day."

To participate in “Life in a Day,” people must film a snippet of their daily routine - 10 minutes max - on July 24. Video uploaded onto a special YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/lifeinaday) will be scrutinized by a team of editors. Macdonald, serving as director, and Scott, in a producer role, will bring selected clips together into a feature-length documentary of a single day on planet Earth.

Individuals whose video makes it into the finished film will be credited as co-directors. The top 20 contributors will be flown to the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, where the film will premiere out of competition.

More on this story can  be found in the New York Times' "Media Decoder" section.