Independent Short Film: And Everything Was Alright
June 7th, 2011
This Independent Short Film was submitted by a subscriber and I thought it was hilarious. Thanks, Swafat!
And Everything Was Alright from Placeholder Films on Vimeo.
I get a few links sent to me now and then, short films that fans of this blog have made. As you can probably imagine, they are all over the map in terms of production quality, but I don’t want to ignore anyone or tell them that their work isn’t of the same caliber as the type of material I usually post. It would be too insulting, and would deny people the opportunity to grow and get feedback. My obvious preference is that they would not just send me a link to their video, but that they would take the time to fill out the Featured Filmmaker interview I created so I could post more information about them and not just their film, but so far, that hasn’t been the first instinct of my readers.
So here’s a thought:
For every few short films that people submit to me, I could post a blog entry with all embedded clips and a voting form, basically transforming the blog post into an online short film competition. Cool idea?
How many films per competition? Anyone out there willing to sponsor a competition (for example donating prizes) in exchange for publicity? Mluti-tiered competitions? For example, if each competition had 4 entries, then after the fourth competition, we could re-evaluate the four winners in a second round, then after 64 submissions, the for winners of the second round would compete in a third round of voting, etc? The lower the number of films per round, the more rounds (and winners) there would be.
If someone wants their short film featured on thie site, I would then require that either the filmmaker fills out the Featured Filmmaker interview, or that they specifically write that they want it to be featured in the competition. Otherwise, unless an Independent Short Film is REALLY impressive, it probably won’t get its own blog post. (And if your film IS that good, why wouldn’t you want it to compete?)
Send me a message, I want your input. Click on Contact Us over there on the right, under the word Pages. Or shoot me a message on twitter, @HeidelbergChad and let me know what you think.
Oh, and one other thing: I believe in artistic expression, and I REALLY hesitate to play the role of a censor, but I do try to keep this site relatively clean and family friendly. I’m not against posting something questionable, but if I do, I will always provide a written warning. However, there are some things that I receive that I can’t bring myself to post. For example, there was an Independent Short Film I previewed that not only had dialogue throughout that I wouldn’t want my children to hear, but it also included a scene with nudity in which a woman was violently raped to death. Regardless of how interesting the rest of the film may be, it’s not going to end up here. Maybe that’s arbitrary and unfair, but I just can’t present such content to my audience in good faith.
So anyway, let me know what you think about the competition idea: How many films per round, know any sponsors? Multi-Tier?
Thanks!
Originally posted 2009-08-31 14:14:59.
