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Entries for 2010 round of short film production open
Short Film Otago is now calling for entries in its 2010 round of production. Entries will close on Monday 9 August 2010.
The call for entries coincides with the launch of a new website which highlights the films made to date through Short Film Otago.
Over the past 3 years, Short Film Otago has produced 6 films which can now all be viewed online at www.sfo.org.nz. Two of these, “Paradise” (in 2009) and “Eden” (in 2010) have been accepted for showing at the New Zealand International Film Festival.
Short Film Otago is a registered charitable trust, funded by the Otago Community Trust. It’s mission is to generate well written and edited scripts, and then over-see full production on two or three of the best scripts each year.
Entries are open to anyone in the Otago region or who has a strong connection to the region. The written concepts can be fully finished scripts, or one-page outlines, or works in-between. The scripts themselves must be strong, original stories that are visually interesting and have an ideal length of ten to fifteen minutes.
When entries close the SFO Board read the submitted projects then meet to discuss them.
The number of projects is reduced to a short list of 4 to 6, and the writers of these scripts are paired with script editors to work on the next draft or drafts. The writers and editors are paid for this process, which has a deadline.
After this process, the SFO board again reads the scripts, and they are reduced to the final 2 or 3 which will go into production.
Each production is assigned an experienced Executive Producer, with a solid industry background, who may continue to work on the script with the writer.
A team is assembled for each production. A call will go out for crew through the SFO website, and through other industry sites/email groups; also the EP may approach people whom they think would be a good Producer or Director for the project.
More information about the initiative is available on the web-site www.sfo.org.nz or by email on contact@sfo.org.nz.
For any further information about Short Film Otago please contact Judith Curran 027 235 8794, Stephen Downes 021 174 9411 or Katie Brockie 021 188 1282