📝REGISTRATION:
*Registration is online only
📽️THEME: “Laughter is the Best Medicine”
Details:
While not necessarily the creation of a comedy film, your film should incorporate a theme that pays tribute to the healing power of laughter, or perhaps the absence of laughter and its derogatory effects. Alternately, you may choose to incorporate humor in whatever ways you wish throughout your film, serving as an example of laughter itself.
📽️CONTEST KICKOFF INFO
At 6:00pm on Friday, March 6, participants will log on to our official website to receive the required elements for their films, including:
📽️FILM GUIDELINES
Categories for Adults and Students(middle and high school)
When registering, filmmakers will provide details about their equipment and editing software.
This helps us divide participants into two fair competition levels: Regular Tech and High Tech.
AWARDS FOR:
📽️QUESTIONS:
Reach out to Michael Todd at
[email protected]
📽️VIEWING OF THE FILMS:
Film Festival Date: Friday, March 13th
Festival Time: 7:00pm
Festival Location: Our College Square Mall Location across from American Eagle, in the old Cinema!
Admission: $5 at the door
*Registration is online only
- Student Filmmakers (under 18 or currently in high school): No registration fee required.
- Adult Filmmakers (18 and older, not in high school): $20 registration fee due at the link provided.
- Deadline to register is March 5th.
📽️THEME: “Laughter is the Best Medicine”
Details:
While not necessarily the creation of a comedy film, your film should incorporate a theme that pays tribute to the healing power of laughter, or perhaps the absence of laughter and its derogatory effects. Alternately, you may choose to incorporate humor in whatever ways you wish throughout your film, serving as an example of laughter itself.
📽️CONTEST KICKOFF INFO
At 6:00pm on Friday, March 6, participants will log on to our official website to receive the required elements for their films, including:
- A location in Morristown, TN
- A prop to include in your film
- A specific line of dialogue
- A song that must appear in your film in some way
📽️FILM GUIDELINES
- Length: 5–25 minutes
- Deadline: 6:00pm on Sunday, March 8
- Your film should be filmed, edited, and uploaded to our Google Drive or transferred from a USB device to our drop-off location (to be announced).
- All films will be given a movie rating prior to the screening at the film festival (G, PG, PG-13, or R). Films with an R-rating will be shown after an intermission, providing individuals with children the opportunity to leave prior to their screening, if so desired.
Categories for Adults and Students(middle and high school)
When registering, filmmakers will provide details about their equipment and editing software.
This helps us divide participants into two fair competition levels: Regular Tech and High Tech.
AWARDS FOR:
- Best Visual Effects
- Best Picture
- Best Actor
- Best Cinematography
- Best Use of Prop
- Best Choice of Prop
- Best Use of Line
- Most Groundbreaking Film
📽️QUESTIONS:
Reach out to Michael Todd at
[email protected]
📽️VIEWING OF THE FILMS:
Film Festival Date: Friday, March 13th
Festival Time: 7:00pm
Festival Location: Our College Square Mall Location across from American Eagle, in the old Cinema!
Admission: $5 at the door
NEW FILM CHALLENGE — DOUBLE THE TIME, DOUBLE THE FUN!
You’ll have 48 hours to write, film, and edit your movie
No professional camera required — phones welcome!
Open to all levels of film directing.
Whether you’ve never made a film before or you just want to try something new, this contest is for you.
You’ll have 48 hours to write, film, and edit your movie
No professional camera required — phones welcome!
Open to all levels of film directing.
Whether you’ve never made a film before or you just want to try something new, this contest is for you.
Welcome to the 48-Hour Film Contest!
We are excited to have you join us and can’t wait to see your film next week at the Theatre Guild’s Film Festival!
The contest begins tonight at 6PM and from that point on, you may begin filming, editing, and whatever else you need to do to create your 48-hour cinematic masterpiece.
Here are a few things to keep in mind, as you do so:
And now for the moment you’ve all been waiting for–the revealing of this year’s requirements:
➡️Theme: Laughter is the best medicine
➡️Location: A Railroad Track
➡️Song to Include: “Did He Call Today, Mama” by Dora Hall
Link to the recording here: Did He Call Today, Mama
For those unfamiliar with the late great Dora Hall, you’re welcome in advance.
➡️Line of Dialogue: “Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!”
➡️Prop: A thermometer
We are excited to have you join us and can’t wait to see your film next week at the Theatre Guild’s Film Festival!
The contest begins tonight at 6PM and from that point on, you may begin filming, editing, and whatever else you need to do to create your 48-hour cinematic masterpiece.
Here are a few things to keep in mind, as you do so:
- Your film should be between 5 and 25 minutes in length
- Your film should be submitted by uploading to the private Google drive link that you will receive tomorrow. If you have trouble uploading to this drive, contact me, and I will figure out another way to receive your completed film
- You must include all of the components below in your film; however, you have the freedom to choose how you do so.
- If you have any questions or run into a problem, text me anytime at: 423-327-2172. I’m here to help
And now for the moment you’ve all been waiting for–the revealing of this year’s requirements:
➡️Theme: Laughter is the best medicine
➡️Location: A Railroad Track
➡️Song to Include: “Did He Call Today, Mama” by Dora Hall
Link to the recording here: Did He Call Today, Mama
For those unfamiliar with the late great Dora Hall, you’re welcome in advance.
➡️Line of Dialogue: “Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!”
➡️Prop: A thermometer
📝REGISTRATION:
*Registration is online only
📽️THEME: “Laughter is the Best Medicine”
Details:
While not necessarily the creation of a comedy film, your film should incorporate a theme that pays tribute to the healing power of laughter, or perhaps the absence of laughter and its derogatory effects. Alternately, you may choose to incorporate humor in whatever ways you wish throughout your film, serving as an example of laughter itself.
📽️CONTEST KICKOFF INFO
At 6:00pm on Friday, March 6, participants will log on to our official website to receive the required elements for their films, including:
📽️FILM GUIDELINES
Categories for Adults and Students(middle and high school)
When registering, filmmakers will provide details about their equipment and editing software.
This helps us divide participants into two fair competition levels: Regular Tech and High Tech.
AWARDS FOR:
📽️QUESTIONS:
Reach out to Michael Todd at
[email protected]
📽️VIEWING OF THE FILMS:
Film Festival Date: Friday, March 13th
Festival Time: 7:00pm
Festival Location: Our College Square Mall Location across from American Eagle, in the old Cinema!
Admission: $5 at the door
*Registration is online only
- Student Filmmakers (under 18 or currently in high school): No registration fee required.
- Adult Filmmakers (18 and older, not in high school): $20 registration fee due at the link provided.
- Deadline to register is March 5th.
📽️THEME: “Laughter is the Best Medicine”
Details:
While not necessarily the creation of a comedy film, your film should incorporate a theme that pays tribute to the healing power of laughter, or perhaps the absence of laughter and its derogatory effects. Alternately, you may choose to incorporate humor in whatever ways you wish throughout your film, serving as an example of laughter itself.
📽️CONTEST KICKOFF INFO
At 6:00pm on Friday, March 6, participants will log on to our official website to receive the required elements for their films, including:
- A location in Morristown, TN
- A prop to include in your film
- A specific line of dialogue
- A song that must appear in your film in some way
📽️FILM GUIDELINES
- Length: 5–25 minutes
- Deadline: 6:00pm on Sunday, March 8
- Your film should be filmed, edited, and uploaded to our Google Drive or transferred from a USB device to our drop-off location (to be announced).
- All films will be given a movie rating prior to the screening at the film festival (G, PG, PG-13, or R). Films with an R-rating will be shown after an intermission, providing individuals with children the opportunity to leave prior to their screening, if so desired.
Categories for Adults and Students(middle and high school)
When registering, filmmakers will provide details about their equipment and editing software.
This helps us divide participants into two fair competition levels: Regular Tech and High Tech.
AWARDS FOR:
- Best Visual Effects
- Best Picture
- Best Actor
- Best Cinematography
- Best Use of Prop
- Best Choice of Prop
- Best Use of Line
- Most Groundbreaking Film
📽️QUESTIONS:
Reach out to Michael Todd at
[email protected]
📽️VIEWING OF THE FILMS:
Film Festival Date: Friday, March 13th
Festival Time: 7:00pm
Festival Location: Our College Square Mall Location across from American Eagle, in the old Cinema!
Admission: $5 at the door
AUDITION INFO
March 4th & 5th
5:00 to 7:30
MALES (8 roles total)
FEMALES (5 roles total)
Be prepared to do cold reads from the script.
You are welcome to bring a prepared 2 min. monologue but not required.
NO registration needed.
March 4th & 5th
5:00 to 7:30
MALES (8 roles total)
- 3 males, playing late 50s–early 60s
- 5 males, playing 30s–40s
FEMALES (5 roles total)
- 1 female, playing late 60s
- 2 females, playing mid-30s–early 40s
- 2 females, playing early 20s
Be prepared to do cold reads from the script.
You are welcome to bring a prepared 2 min. monologue but not required.
NO registration needed.
