Source Film Festival 2012 - Games

[quote][IMG]http://www.sourcefilmfestival.com/media/images/logo.png[/IMG][/quote] That's right folks, rev up your Source Filmmaker and get ready to film! The Source Film Festival is a community-made event and is designed to spotlight the talent within the SFM community. Copy Pasted from the Website [B]REGISTER HERE: [/B][URL]http://www.sourcefilmfestival.com/film/register[/URL] [B] Deadline for all films currently is October 27th[/B] [B]Festival Info[/B] Source Film Festival has the soul purpose of spotlighting and supporting the amazing talent that exists within the Source Filmmaker Community Winners will be decided by an online panel, which is still in the process of being elected/recruited. [B]Festival Pricing[/B] The Source Film Festival is [B]completely FREE [/B]for anyone to participate. You must register as an attendee to view the films during the festival. There is no fee to submit a film to the festival, however we ask that you only submit 1 film. [B]Award Categories [/B]Below are the categories in which awards will be given. Prizes are still in the works, but this list should give you a good idea of what we are looking for, it can also help in planning of your film if you want to go after a specific award. 1.BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 2.BEST ORIGINAL SCORE 3.BEST ORIGINAL STORY 4.BEST VOICE ACTING 5.BEST PICTURE 6.BEST SOUND DESIGN 7.BEST OF SHOW 8.BEST USE OF HATS 9.BEST USE OF BACON 10.COMMUNITY CHOICE 11.MOST DRAMATIC 12.MOST ROMANTIC 13.MOST ADVENTUROUS 14.MOST UNIQUE 15.MILLION HAT AWARD 16.WTH DID I JUST WATCH [B]Submission Guidelines [/B][B]SUBMISSION GUIDELINES[/B] Below are the submission guidelines that must be followed in order to have your film accepted into the festival. [B]Micro Films [/B]Micro Films are films that are under a minute long [B]Short Films [/B]Short Films can run any length, but must be 1 minute or longer. [B]Creation [/B]Your film must be created entirelly with the Source Filmmaker, with the following exceptions: Sound and Music files can be created in Third Party Apps Custom Models & Textures can be created in Third Party Apps Your film must contain the Source Filmmaker Logo at the end. [B]Content [/B]Your film may contain any content, however excessively obscene content willl not be shown at the festival. It is the sole responsibility of the Participant to secure authorization and permission from the copyright owner(s) of any and all copyrighted content or materials included within the submitted Film. [B]Exclusive [/B]Films submitted do not need to be exclusive to the festival, however there is an option upon submitting to mark your film as exclusive, this provides the film with more prominent placing on the homepage. If you mark your film as exclusive, than you cannot release the completed film on any other online forum until after the festival's conclusion. [B]DEADLINES[/B] All finished films need to be submitted by October 27th. Any videos submitted after October 27th 2012 may not be included in the festival.

It's things like this that the outside world should pay attention to in regards to the art form of video games. Whether or not we have a bunch of stretched limbs and internet video redubs remains to be seen, however hopeful I may be.

This should be fun. I already have an entry in mind.

so do the winners get any form of prize considering all the prices being gathered

I want to enter but I really want my full name private. :\

This is awesome, definitely gonna submit [QUOTE=Rammaster;36843845] Your film must contain the Source Filmmaker Logo at the end. [/QUOTE] How do you do this again?

[QUOTE=inebriaticxp;36844665]This is awesome, definitely gonna submit How do you do this again?[/QUOTE] Add it in Via Third-Party Software? That's how I do it.

yeah could be fun i suppose, would get me off my ass and complete my project.

[QUOTE=Gamerman12;36844684]Add it in Via Third-Party Software? That's how I do it.[/QUOTE] Ah I see. I thought it was already in SFM and you could add it like anything else Darn

[QUOTE=inebriaticxp;36844711]Ah I see. I thought it was already in SFM and you could add it like anything else Darn[/QUOTE] It is made in sfm, you can find it in tf_movies/elements/sessions/logo/sfm_logo.dmx

[Quote]It is the sole responsibility of the Participant to secure authorization and permission from the copyright owner(s) of any and all copyrighted content or materials included within the submitted Film.[/Quote] So does this mean it's rather impossible to participate with a music video, with the music being a track from a band that's well-known? Unless I personally write the record company and ask for permission to use it in a video? Or is it enough to know that it is ok for videos containing the music from a certain record company being uploaded to YouTube?

[QUOTE=Spektugalo;36845251]So does this mean it's rather impossible to participate with a music video, with the music being a track from a band that's well-known? Unless I personally write the record company and ask for permission to use it in a video? Or is it enough to know that it is ok for videos containing the music from a certain record company being uploaded to YouTube?[/QUOTE] I think all that means is they will put you in charge if music companies start yelling.

Can we still use third party software like Sony Vegas? (I tried exporting a video with the screen black at the end with the revolver sound shooting, but the video didn't have that in it when it finished.)

They used to not allow it, but I contacted them about it, they said: [quote]I am wondering if it is a miss-direction that we cannot use Movie Editing software, especially when we need to add the SFM logo at the end, which is impossible to most people. And what if we are to create credits, it's hard to do this all without video editing software. This seems like a huge hindrance to us.[/quote] They Replied: [quote] "You are right. We will amend the rules." [/quote]

You can't import external dmxs. So you can't just add the logo on the end. :(

[QUOTE=Smashman;36846110]You can't import external dmxs. So you can't just add the logo on the end. :([/QUOTE] Read my above post.

Well it was less this thing and more the importing I was referring to.

i wanna know how much money we win!

[QUOTE=Rebbacus;36846760]i wanna know how much money we win![/QUOTE] i don't know how much winners win (if anything at all), but I know whoever's organizing this might win quite a bit considering you have to pay for doing anything else than simply submitting one movie. (which is why this isn't really appealing to me. just the way this is presented screams "scam" to me for some reason)

I don't see what there is to lose as long as you enter only one video, and even then if you think he is going to steal your video and upload to his youtube or wherever, just put a watermark somewhere at the the bottom corner of the screen.

[QUOTE=nomad1;36847546]I don't see what there is to lose as long as you enter only one video, and even then if you think he is going to steal your video and upload to his youtube or wherever, just put a watermark somewhere at the the bottom corner of the screen.[/QUOTE] Honestly, it all seems very official. Besides, couldn't he just steal the videos anyways?

Eh. The $10 fee per add is a complete turn-off. And I'd rather have something officially announced by Valve.

oh boy, I now have a reason to work on Espionage again.

The only requirement should be that it has to be rendered within the SFM. The restrictions are dumb, and the "fee's" are laughable. I hope people see's this BS for what it is.

[QUOTE=USAFMike;36849091]Eh. The $10 fee per add is a complete turn-off. And I'd rather have something officially announced by Valve.[/QUOTE] Actually, it's per extra film you submit. Don't worry. [QUOTE=JoshuaC;36855318]The only requirement should be that it has to be rendered within the SFM. The restrictions are dumb, and the "fee's" are laughable. I hope people see's this BS for what it is.[/QUOTE] This is something that VALVe would probably do, you're not seeing why he has such strict guidelines, because he wants to show what SFM can actually do alone, without editing outside of the program.

[QUOTE=Gamerman12;36855491]Actually, it's per extra film you submit. Don't worry.[/QUOTE] Actually, I already know that. That's why it's a turn-off. Don't worry.

Isn't OP the one who is hosting this?

Wow, even the website logo looks like something thrown together in less than ten minutes with Photoshop. I agree with everyone else, I'd rather wait for something official from Valve.

I'm not going to enter this because it might fail. I'm waiting for the Saxxys 2012.

It kinda looks a bit dodgy, especially the VIP thing "Pay to get better chances to win", even though it's not mentioned what exactly you win, except for the virtual award itself. Also, it doesn't say anywhere who's really hosting the festival... I thought about participating, but then only with one video, so I don't have to pay anything. On the other hand, it might be a really cool thing, but anything that involves money and vague information is a bit suspicious ;) Btw, didn't it say something along the lines of "The Filmfestival is not linked to Valve" until a few days ago?