Get rolling and rolling.

The idea of incorporating biking into film works and events has been touched on before here at Media Match, and it is one that intrigues and inspires us. For those of you who thrive on tight deadlines, we have just found out about this interesting competition, but your entries need to be submitted within the next nine days: the City of Chicago is hosting a public service announcement (PSA) video contest in association with Bicycle Film Festival Chicago, Goose Island, The Chainlink, Active Transport Alliance, and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. The call for entries is soon to close (submissions must be uploaded by 11:59pm (Central) on Sunday May 20th 2012), but you can still put something together and enter to win some great prizes and exposure.

The contest is in part to celebrate Bike Chicago 2012 (a series of events throughout the summer) and also timed around Bike To Work Week (June 11 through June 15). Video finalists will be screened at the Bike Chicago Movie in Millennium Park on Tuesday, June 12 and the winners will be announced at the City of Chicago’s Bike Rally on Friday, June 15. Other bike-related prizes include a Trek commuter bike courtesy of Goose Island, a pair of Chicago Bicycle Film Festival passes and many other goodies from sponsoring companies.

Rules

The videos must be 30-90 seconds in length, all bike footage must obey rules of the road, be filmed within the City of Chicago, and incorporate themes of the ‘Bike it Everywhere, Chicago!’ campaign (including, but not limited to; bike safety, shop by bike, exploring neighborhoods, environmental impact, racing, and more). There is no fee to enter the contest, and videos are to be submitted via The Chainlink. Full rules are here

Timeline

- Submissions must be uploaded to The Chainlink by 11:59pm (Central) on Sunday, May 20, 2012.
- Finalists will be notified by Monday, May 28, 2012.
- General Public will be allowed to vote on the finalists from Wednesday, May 30, 2012 through Wednesday, June 13, 2012.
- Finalists will be shown at the Bike Chicago Movie in Millennium Park on Tuesday, June 12, 2012.
- Winners will be announced at the City of Chicago’s Bike Rally at Daley Plaza on Friday, June 15, 2012.

For more information and details on Bike Chicago 2012, check out bikechicago.us

by Lee Jarvis.

Open Youtube competition for filmmakers

Your Film Festival is the latest collaboration from Youtube and Scott Free (the film and TV production company formed by brothers Ridley and Tony Scott), following their critically acclaimed documentary Life In A Day.

This time around, they invite content creators worldwide to submit their best 15 minute short stories, in any genre or style, and of any format – short film, web-series episode, TV pilot or other video pieces. The competition is free to enter, and will offer the storytellers a chance to reach a wider audience and ultimately, win a life-changing prize; a $500,000 production grant, plus a development deal with Scott Free Productions.

“Short filmmaking is exactly where I started my career 50 years ago, so to be helping new filmmakers find an entry point like this into the industry is fantastic,” says Ridley Scott. “It’s great to be partnering with YouTube again for this global search for the next generation of exciting filmmakers.”

Submissions are judged by Scott Free and thinned down to 50 semi-finalists, after which the public voting opens, further whittling the pile down to ten finalists. Those finalists then have the luxury and prestige of traveling to Italy to watch their work being screened at the 69th Venice International Film Festival in August. Following that, a special film industry jury will name the grand prize winner.

You have until March 31st to submit your video, so we encourage all Media Match filmmakers, producers, directors and motion graphic artists to get involved and give it a shot! Feel free to post your entries below and we will check them out and vote for who we like too!

Good Luck!

by Lee Jarvis.

One week left for submissions!

The Vimeo Festival + Awards are back for their second season, and the deadline for you to submit is fast approaching. Submissions close on Monday 20th February so this is the last call to enter your projects into one (or more) of their 13 categories. Entries are open to everybody, from hobbyist trying to break into the film industry to students to professional filmmakers and everyone in between.

The categories in which you can enter include Animation, Captured, Documentaries, Experimental, Motion Graphics, Music Video, Narrative, Remix, and Series, along with four new categories for 2012; Fashion, which explores the blurred boundary with visual arts; Action Sports, acknowledging the increase in thrilling, fast-paced adventure video via more accessible, durable and wearable HD cameras; Advertising, and it’s expanding territory as short entertainment; and, Lyrical; incorporating videos that showcase the natural world or personal experience with dramatic styles and effects such as extreme slow motion or time lapse.

An independent jury consisting of category winners from 2010 plus two industry experts/ famous faces / pioneers will be the judges, and prizes include $5,000 grants to winners in each category, plus a whopping $25,000 grand prize, all hoping to inspire and enable the filmmakers to create and produce further projects.

“More and more creators earn visibility, credibility and, ultimately, work by showcasing their videos online.” said Jeremy Boxer, Director of the Vimeo Festival + Awards. “The aim of the Vimeo Festival + Awards is to become the gold standard for creative online video. We designed the program to focus on discovering the best new talent and to give that talent a platform that will catapult their careers to the next level.”

If you are interested, need inspiration, or further clarification, then check out the new promo video below, take a quick peek at what happened last time around, or view the full 2010 show.

Vimeo will accept submissions through February 20, 2012 for a $20 (U.S.) fee per video ($5 for Vimeo Plus and PRO members) at vimeo.com/awards. Entrants can submit any original work that premiered anywhere online between July 31, 2010 and February 20, 2012 or any original work that has never been premiered before. All entries must comply with the Official Rules of the Vimeo Festival.

This year’s Vimeo Festival + Awards event will be happening in New York from June 7-9, and tickets will be available soon.

by Lee Jarvis.

“Stop Motion” – The Last Laugh
Directed by Eriq Wities, see more of his work at www.OpenContent.tv The Song used is “Chase” by the band Partyline.

“Human Tetris” – Not so Noisy
TETRIS played by real human-beings sitting in an auditorium. Directed by the Swiss artist Guillaume Reymond in November 2007.

“Human Skateboard” – Sneaux Shoes Video
A unique, if painful, skate video.

“Guitar: Impossible” – Mystery Guitar Man
Over 1000 cuts. 6 hours of guitar tabbing. 1 hour of shooting. God knows how much editing.

Coldplay – Strawberry Swing (EMI)
Big budget stop-motion. Chris Martin acts out his dreams for this 2009 music video.

Bruce Lee vs Iron Man – Patrick Boivin
The two heroes fight it out one frame at a time.

“DEADLINE” – Bang-yao Liu
My absolute favourite: so creative! Created as part of a final student project.

Lee Jarvis.

JUMP

JUMP | media facade | urban screening from urbanscreen on Vimeo.

The project “Jump” is focusing on mapped video projection with a strict reference to architectural structure. The house front has been rebuilt in a studio setting with a proportion of 1:1,4. The setup becomes a stage for artists and performers. Later the captured video content is projected on the building.
Music by Jan Jelinek

PINWALL

Pinwall | interactive facade pinball | urban screening from urbanscreen on Vimeo.

Pinwall is a interactive facade pinball game. The project was realized in context of “Viertelfest Bremen” 2007.
Music by Flanger

555 KUBIK

555 KUBIK | facade projection | from urbanscreen on Vimeo.

The conception of this project consistently derives from its underlying architecture – the theoretic conception and visual pattern of the Hamburg Kunsthalle. The Basic idea of narration was to dissolve and break through the strict architecture of O. M. Ungers “Galerie der Gegenwart”. Resultant permeabilty of the solid facade uncovers different interpretations of conception, geometry and aesthetics expressed through graphics and movement. A situation of reflexivity evolves – describing the constitution and spacious perception of this location by means of the building itself.

Production: urbanscreen.com
Art Direction: Daniel Rossa – rossarossa.de
Technical Director: Thorsten Bauer
3D Operator: David Starmann shineundsein.de
Sound Design : Jonas Wiese
Realized with mxwendler.net mediaserver

Lee Jarvis.