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Mash It Up Short Film Festival 2011

Are you 12 - 25?


It's easy. If you are aged between 12 and 25 years, all you need to do is sign up, make a film and enter it into the Mash it Up Short Film Festival.


Do you want to learn how to make your own short film? Interested in specialty workshops by industry experts in the field of film and animation production?

If you answered YES to either of these questions then the Mash It Up Short Film Festival is for YOU - sign up online now!
What’s Mash It Up?

It is a short film festival for people between 12 - 25 years.

Mash It Up runs FREE workshops during January 2011 on everything from acting, screenwriting, computer and stop motion animation to sound and special effects, theatrical make-up, and how to make a music video.

Bookings for the workshops have now closed.

There will also be a field visit to State Library of Queensland's digital culture centre 'The Edge' to talk film production with the experts and check out the space.

Once you've made your film, be it a music video, animation, mashup, short film or booktrailer, you can enter it into the Mash It Up Short Film Festival for the chance to win awesome CASH prizes. April 16 will see the top twenty short films from Mash It Up screened at the Redcliffe Cultural Centre.

    * View past Mash It Up film festival entries: www.youtube.com/mashitupfilmfest (link opens in new window)
    * Read the frequently asked questions

Equipment

No film gear? No worries - borrow free equipment from your nearest Moreton Bay Region Library (link opens in new window), this includes cameras, tripods and recorders  http://library.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/LOCENQ?TYP=BR&NRECS=999

Don't have a computer? Library computers with Windows Movie Maker are FREE to use with Mash It Up.
How can you be a part of Mash It Up 2011?

Interested? Go to: www.myspace.com/mashitup_filmfest (link opens in new window) for information on registering for the festival and workshops.

 win top cash prizes

    * Short Film & Mashup (12 - 15 years) - $300
    * Short Film & Mashup (16 - 25 years) - $300
    * Animation (12 - 15 years) - $300
    * Animation (16 - 25 years) - $300
    * Book Trailer (12 - 25 years) - $300
    * Studio 25 Entertainment Award for Outstanding Young Actor
      or Actress (12 - 25 years) - $300
    * 3 Encouragement Awards worth $100 each

Will my short film be screened?

The top 20 entries will be selected to be screened at the Mash It Up Short Film Festival: Redcliffe Cultural Centre on 16 April 2011 at 6.00pm.
Can I enter more than one short film?

Yes, you can create and enter more than one film in as many categories as you like.
What is the deadline for Mash It Up entries?

The deadline for Mashitup entries is 14 February 2011.
How long can my entry be?

The ideal film length is 2-4 minutes but we will accept any film under 5 minutes including titles and credits. So KEEP IT SHORT AND KEEP IT SWEET!!
Can I have an Taylor Swift soundtrack?

Probably every song or piece of music that you know is under some kind of copyright. What does this mean? It means that someone owns the song and piece of music and you can’t use them legally without asking that person or company.
What if I do use them in my entry?

Well, there are heavy fines if someone finds out - which will happen if your entry is screened publicly – at the film festival, in libraries or online. So your entry will be disqualified.
What if in my film I perform music or a song that someone else owns the copyright to?

Copyright covers music and lyrics regardless of who performs them. If you include any copyrighted music/lyrics (part or whole) in your film, unless you have permission, you are breaking the law.

However, if the creator of the music/lyrics has been dead for more than 50 years you can use it. To use out of copyright material means that you would need to perform it because commercial recordings are also copyrighted. For example, a recording of Beethoven’s 5 Symphony performed by the Brisbane Symphony Orchestra is copyrighted.

You’re better off to make your own music, sound, or noise and there are copyright free resources that you can use with abandon, on the internet. We have a list of full-proof copyright free music and sound and special effects in the resources section of Mash It Up's myspace: www.myspace.com/mashitup_filmfest (link opens in new window)


Please read and abide by the Mash It Up terms and conditions:

   1. To be eligible to enter this competition, you must be aged between 12 and 25 years and residing in the Moreton Bay Regional Council area or a member of Moreton Bay Region Libraries. Entries for persons under 16 years must be co-signed by a parent or guardian.
   2. The total duration of competition entries, including opening and closing credits, must not exceed the maximum limit of 5 minutes, with the average film estimated to be 2-4 minutes in duration.
   3. The shortlist of entries is to be screened at the Mash It Up Short Film Festival in April 2011. The shortlist will be selected by judges who are council nominated persons. Judgesʼ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
   4. Each short film producer grants non-exclusive and irrevocable licences:a) To Moreton Bay Regional Council to screen their short film at the Mash It Up Film Festival 2011 and at any film festival screenings across Australia and internationally.
      b) To Moreton Bay Regional Council and Queensland State Government, to reproduce their short film or parts of their short film by any means of communicating to the public, including theatrical screenings, internet, cable, satellite or by any medium not yet devised, for the purpose of promoting the Mash it Up Short Film Festival, and libraries. ʻParts of the filmʼ includes the use of the submitted supported material for the purpose of promoting the festival.
   5. Each short film producer consents to any acts or omissions of Moreton Bay Regional Council and Queensland State Government, in the exercise of rights under the non-exclusive licences granted above that might otherwise constitute an infringement of the short film producerʼs moral rights.
   6. Where possible entrants will utilise non-copyrighted materials in the production of their short film. This includes sound recordings, printed media, short films, music and sound effects as well as scripts. Where this is not possible please inform the Mash It Up Short Film Festival committee of any copyrighted materials that may have been used in the production of the short film. The organisers take no responsibility for breach of copyright or moral rights in the films screened. Copyright and/or moral rights breaches may disqualify entries.
   7. Short film content is to contain no stunts of a dangerous nature or positive reference to drug and/or alcohol use.
   8. The short film must be suitable for PG viewing (Parental Guidance recommended and the content is mild).
   9. The organisers reserve the right to disqualify any entries for whatever reason and to withhold prizes in any category. The organisers also reserve the right to recategorise entries.
  10. Entrants must provide a completed Photography/Videotaping permission form for all actors in their films.
  11. Entrants agree to release Moreton Bay Regional Council, including its servants and agents for any action suit claim demand or proceeding they may otherwise have against any of them arising out of or in connection with entrantʼs participation in the competition including but not limited to any action, suit, claim, demand or proceeding concerning infringement by any person of any intellectual property rights (including moral rights).
  12. By entering Mash It Up 2011 the entrant has read, understands and agrees to all entry guidelines, requirements, terms and conditions.