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Story 8 / 10
Cinematography 4 / 5
Sound 4 /5
Performance 3.5 / 5
Editing 4 / 5
Comments: good framing, flat VO at times, good music, clever story
Story 5 / 10
Cinematography 5 / 5
Sound 4.5 /5
Performance 4 / 5
Editing 5 / 5
Comments: great lighting in open, good edit, well framed, a little derivative, great art direction, unclear story
Story 7 / 10
Cinematography 4 / 5
Sound 4 /5
Performance 4 / 5
Editing 4 / 5
Comments: well written, too many credits
Story 7.5 / 10
Cinematography 3.5 / 5
Sound 4 /5
Performance 4.5 / 5
Editing 3.5 / 5
Comments: very clever, some parts hard to hear
Story 6.5 / 10
Cinematography 4 / 5
Sound 3 /5
Performance 3 / 5
Editing 4.5 / 5
Comments: nice open, framing, music too epic, physical acting good
Story 7 / 10
Cinematography 4 / 5
Sound 3.5 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 4 / 5
Comments: good framing, long lens, good racks, good sound mix
Story 6 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 4 / 5
Editing 3 / 5
Comments: good performance by kid, deliberate pacing
Story 5.5 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 3.5 /5
Performance 3.5 / 5
Editing 3 / 5
Comments: good idea, well executed
Story 5.5 / 10
Cinematography 3.5 / 5
Sound 3 /5
Performance 3 / 5
Editing 3 / 5
Comments: nice 720
Story 6 / 10
Cinematography 3.5 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 3 / 5
Editing 3.5 / 5
Comments: good light, sound but badly mixed, good cam
Story 6.5 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 3.5 / 5
Comments: liked the idea, lighting needed work
Story 6 / 10
Cinematography 2.5 / 5
Sound 3.5 /5
Performance 3.5 / 5
Editing 2 / 5
Comments: liked the guitar guy, random story
Story 5.5 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 3 / 5
Editing 3.5 / 5
Comments: good edit at top
Story 6 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 3 /5
Performance 3 / 5
Editing 2.5 / 5
Comments: harsh light
Story 5 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 3.5 /5
Performance 3 / 5
Editing 2.5 / 5
Comments: good sound, needs insert shots, music too epic at times, story too vague
Story 5.5 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 3 / 5
Editing 3 / 5
Comments: Cool idea, not executed fully, inside joke-ish
Story 4.5 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 3.5 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 3 / 5
Comments: ambiguous story
Story 5.5 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 3 / 5
Editing 2.5 / 5
Comments: needed tight shots, clever credits
Story 5 / 10
Cinematography 2.5 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 3 / 5
Editing 3 / 5
Comments: fun concept
Story 5 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 3 / 5
Comments: music too epic, fun idea
Story 4 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 3 / 5
Editing 3 / 5
Comments: music too epic, cliché, stumbles at end
Story 4 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 3 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 3 / 5
Comments: lost all momentum near the end
Story 5 / 10
Cinematography 2.5 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 3 / 5
Editing 2.5 / 5
Comments: clever, needs better VO perf to work,
Story 4 / 10
Cinematography 3.5 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 3.5 / 5
Comments: nice open, good framing, nice edit, not much story
Story 5 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 3 / 5
Editing 2.5 / 5
Comments: rough sound, flat acting
Story 4 / 10
Cinematography 2.5 / 5
Sound 3 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 3.5 / 5
Comments: nice edit, random story
Story 4.5 / 10
Cinematography 2.5 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 3 / 5
Editing 3 / 5
Comments: interesting concept but wasn't implemented well, ending was confusing
Story 4 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 1.5 /5
Performance 3 / 5
Editing 3.5 / 5
Comments: clever idea with heart, didn’t like VO edit or performance, nice edit
Story 4.5 / 10
Cinematography 2 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 3 / 5
Editing 2.5 / 5
Comments: too over the top
Story 5.5 / 10
Cinematography 1.5 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 3.5 / 5
Editing 1.5 / 5
Comments: well written but wordy, needs music, good acting by girl
Story 3.5 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 3 / 5
Comments: random 720 shot, too long for what it is
Story 4.5 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 1.5 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 3 / 5
Comments: campy, fun, was this already shot?
Story 5.5 / 10
Cinematography 2.5 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 2 / 5
Comments: clever idea, not well executed
Story 4.5 / 10
Cinematography 2.5 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 2.5 / 5
Comments: VO driven
Story 5 / 10
Cinematography 2.5 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 3 / 5
Editing 2 / 5
Comments: epic idea without epic production
Story 4 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 2.5 / 5
Comments: more motion in animation, needs better sound,
Story 3.5 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 2.5 / 5
Comments: good efx but random
Story 5 / 10
Cinematography 2.5 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 2.5 / 5
Comments: VO needs work, idea not executed
Story 4 / 10
Cinematography 2.5 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 3 / 5
Comments: original music but needed some sync sound
Story 4.5 / 10
Cinematography 2 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 2.5 / 5
Comments: inconsistent sound
Story 3.5 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 3 / 5
Comments: nice cam animation, unclear story
Story 4 / 10
Cinematography 2.5 / 5
Sound 1.5 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 2.5 / 5
Comments: music didn’t work, dry perf, no driving narrative
Story 4.5 / 10
Cinematography 2 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 2 / 5
Comments: rough editing, needed a better hook
Story 4 / 10
Cinematography 2.5 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 2.5 / 5
Comments: VO driven didn’t work, nice framing, high shutter distracting, poor VO perf
Story 3.5 / 10
Cinematography 2 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 2.5 / 5
Comments: lighting rough
Story 4.5 / 10
Cinematography 1.5 / 5
Sound 1.5 /5
Performance 3.5 / 5
Editing 2 / 5
Comments: good acting from the kids (although watch the eye darts), not-so-great from the Dad, decent implementation of the concept
Story 4 / 10
Cinematography 2 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 2 / 5
Comments: music too epic, story unclear
Story 4.5 / 10
Cinematography 2 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 2 / 5
Comments: fun concept but not executed
Story 4 / 10
Cinematography 2 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 1.5 / 5
Comments: sound needs to be much better, needs a stronger finish
Story 3 / 10
Cinematography 3 / 5
Sound 1.5 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 2.5 / 5
Comments: good natural light, too dry, no real story
Story 3.5 / 10
Cinematography 2 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 2 / 5
Comments: nice 720 shot, tough to direct kids,
Story 3.5 / 10
Cinematography 1.5 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 2.5 / 5
Comments: needed sync sound
Story 2.5 / 10
Cinematography 2.5 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 1.5 / 5
Comments: too quirky and random
Story 4 / 10
Cinematography 2 / 5
Sound 1.5 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 1.5 / 5
Comments: good open, little kid acts well,
Story 4 / 10
Cinematography 1.5 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 1.5 / 5
Comments: ADR didn’t work, clever dialog
Story 4 / 10
Cinematography 2 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 1.5 / 5
Editing 1.5 / 5
Comments: poor VO performance, good heart
Story 4 / 10
Cinematography 1.5 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 1.5 / 5
Editing 1.5 / 5
Comments: rough jumpcuts, odd casting, fun concept
Story 2.5 / 10
Cinematography 2.5 / 5
Sound 1.5 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 2 / 5
Comments: needs sync sound, no clear story
Story 4 / 10
Cinematography 1.5 / 5
Sound 1.5 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 1.5 / 5
Comments: dry performance, rough sound,
Story 3.5 / 10
Cinematography 2 / 5
Sound 1.5 /5
Performance 1.5 / 5
Editing 1.5 / 5
Comments: music too epic
Story 3 / 10
Cinematography 1.5 / 5
Sound 1 /5
Performance 2.5 / 5
Editing 2 / 5
Comments: pick 1 font
Story 3 / 10
Cinematography 1 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 2 / 5
Comments: bad sound, no light
Story 2 / 10
Cinematography 2 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 1.5 / 5
Editing 2 / 5
Comments: don’t get it
Story 1.5 / 10
Cinematography 2 / 5
Sound 2 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 2 / 5
Comments: sync sound fx don’t work, no story
Story 2 / 10
Cinematography 2 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 1.5 / 5
Editing 1.5 / 5
Comments: no clear narrative
Story 3 / 10
Cinematography 1.5 / 5
Sound 1.5 /5
Performance 1.5 / 5
Editing 1.5 / 5
Comments: need more cuts
Story 2.5 / 10
Cinematography 2.5 / 5
Sound 1.5 /5
Performance 1.5 / 5
Editing 1 / 5
Comments: obnoxious credits, ruff edits, random music
Story 2.5 / 10
Cinematography 2 / 5
Sound 1.5 /5
Performance 1.5 / 5
Editing 1 / 5
Comments: no clear story, random editing
Story 2.5 / 10
Cinematography 1.5 / 5
Sound 1 /5
Performance 2 / 5
Editing 1.5 / 5
Comments: no insert shots, bad sound and FX
Story 2 / 10
Cinematography 2 / 5
Sound 1.5 /5
Performance 1.5 / 5
Editing 1.5 / 5
Comments: overproduced credits, no real story
Story 1 / 10
Cinematography 1.5 / 5
Sound 2.5 /5
Performance 1 / 5
Editing 1.5 / 5
Comments: good music, no moving visuals, bad integration of security elements
Story 2 / 10
Cinematography 1 / 5
Sound 1 /5
Performance 1 / 5
Editing 1 / 5
Comments: needed shots of dad, no real story
Our goals for this contest are to (1) have fun, (2) get to know who is good at making Web videos and (3) showcase what Christian filmmakers are doing today. Even if your film doesn’t win, it’ll get seen. And if you win, that’s a bonus!
(Guidelines revised February 6, 2008)
The security elements for the contest are listed here. You must use three of these elements in your film:
Make sure to weave these into your story well. We need to know that you created the video within the 24 hours allotted for the contest. Also, remember that you will be judged on how well you have fit the elements into your story.
Your entry must be uploaded to YouTube no later than 6 AM on March 2nd, or it will not be eligible for the contest. For all other rules, requirements, and restrictions, please see the contest guidelines.
We're looking forward to seeing what you produce!
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This contest is modeled after “YouTube Project:Direct” and Apple Insomnia. You may wish to watch the winning videos from these contests for inspiration for our contest.
YouTube Project: Direct
2007 Apple Insomnia Film Festival