In the United States, the project is intended for play by legal residents and legal visitors of the United States.
ELIGIBILITY: In the United States, the Project is open only to individual legal residents and legal visitors of the United States and the District of Columbia. The following are not eligible: employees, contractors, directors and officers of L-Dub Film Festival ("LDUBFF"), its parent, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, distributors, web design, advertising, fulfillment, judging and Project agencies involved in the administration, development, fulfillment and execution of this Project (collectively, "Project Parties"), and the immediate family members of each (spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, and spouse or "step" of each) and those living in their same households (those persons whether related or not who live in the same residence for at least three months during the twelve-month period preceding the start date of the Project). Outside of the United States, residency requirements may vary. Void where prohibited.
TO ENTER:
1. E-mail Steev Brown. e-mail Steev Brown
2. Call or stop by the Lake Worth Playhouse and pay your team registration fee of $50. Registration ends August 30th at 11:00 am.
Lake Worth Playhouse
713 Lake Avenue
Lake Worth, Florida 33460
561-586-6410
Mail All Items other than payment to:
Steev Brown
1850 Baythorne Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33415
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Entrants will be required to sign the standard L-Dub Film Adventure
.TEAM LEADER'S AGREEMENT If under the legal age of majority in your state of residence, your parent or legal guardian must sign it on your behalf.
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All costs associated with the production of the Entry are solely the responsibility of the Entrant.
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Eligible Entries will be judged based on the judging criteria stated below.
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Entrants must be present at the designated times at the designated Event to participate.
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Basic Requirement of the Project: At the kickoff to the event, Entrants will receive an assignment and be given exactly one week to make a video (an "Entry"). See details below.
PROJECT TERMS OF SUBMISSION: By submitting an Entry into this Project, each Entrant warrants and represents that the Entrant owns all rights to the Entry he/she is entering in this Project, including, without limitation, the video or digital recording, and the performance contained in each Entry, with the exception of any assets provided by the LDUBFF for use by Entrants in connection with this Project. Each Entrant further warrants and represents that the Entrant has obtained permission from each person who appears in the Entry to grant the rights to the Project Parties described in these Official Rules, and will submit copies of such permissions to the Project Parties. By submitting an Entry, Entrant agrees to the Official Rules, and further agrees to indemnify and hold the LDUBFF, Project Parties and their respective affiliates, officers, directors, agents, co-branders or other partners, and any of their employees (collectively, the "Project Indemnitees"), harmless from any and all claims, damages, expenses, costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) and liabilities (including settlements), brought or asserted by any third party against any of the Project Indemnitees due to or arising out of the Entrant's Entry materials in this Project, or the Entrant's conduct during and in connection with this Project, including but not limited to trademark, copyright, or other intellectual property rights, right of publicity, right of privacy or defamation. Entrant agrees to release, indemnify and hold harmless LDUBFF and the Project Parties from any and all claims that any advertising, presentation, web content or any other material subsequently produced, presented, and/or prepared by or on behalf of LDUBFF or the Project Parties infringes on the rights of Entrant's work as contained in any Entry.
As a condition of entry, participants must agree to the TEAM LEADER'S AGREEMENT, which sets forth the rights of Entrant and LDUBFF with respect to the use of Entries by LDUBFF. Entries that do not include all required information and adhere to the foregoing and following requirements will be considered void and will not be considered in this Project.
If any group of individuals elects to collaborate on an Entry, they are required to designate one (1) person as the agent of the group to enter the Project, agree to these Official Rules, sign the TEAM LEADER'S AGREEMENT and accept the prize on behalf of the group. Neither LDUBFF nor any of the Project Parties are liable for any disputes between collaborators arising out of or related to the Project.
SELECTION OF WINNERS: Entries will be judged by a process in which qualified panels of judges will evaluate the eligible entries based on the following judging criteria:
• Artistic Merit (i.e., Story, Creativity, Entertainment Value) (45%)
• Technical Merit (30%)
• Adherence to the Assignment (25%)
The Top Entry in the festival will be declared the winner. Entrants agree that the LDUBFF has the sole right to decide all matters and disputes arising from this Project and that all decisions of LDUBFF are final and binding.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: By participating, Entrants agree to these Official Rules which are final and binding in all respects. The Project is governed by the laws of the Palm Beach County Florida, USA, and all claims must be resolved in the Palm Beach County courts or the Federal courts located in Florida.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE: No liability or responsibility is assumed by LDUBFF or Project Parties resulting from any user's participation in or attempt to participate in the Project or ability or inability to upload or download any information in connection with participating in the Project. No responsibility or liability is assumed by the LDUBFF or Project Parties for technical problems or technical malfunction arising in connection with any of the following occurrences which may affect the operation of the Project: hardware or software errors; faulty computer, telephone, cable, satellite, network, electronic, wireless or Internet connectivity or other online communication problems; errors or limitations of any Internet service providers, servers, hosts or providers; garbled, jumbled or faulty data transmissions; failure of any e-mail transmissions to be sent or received; lost, late, delayed or intercepted e-mail transmissions; inaccessibility of the Web Site in whole or in part for any reason; traffic congestion on the Internet or the Web Site; unauthorized human or non-human intervention of the operation of the Project, including without limitation, unauthorized tampering, hacking, theft, virus, bugs, worms; or destruction of any aspect of the Project, or loss, miscount, misdirection, inaccessibility or unavailability of an email account used in connection with the Project. LDUBFF and Project Parties are not responsible for any typographical errors in the announcement of prizes or these Official Rules, or any inaccurate or incorrect data contained on the Web Site. Use of Web Site is at user's own risk. LDUBFF and the Project Parties are not responsible for any personal injury or property damage or losses of any kind which may be sustained to user's or any other person's computer equipment resulting from participation in the Project, use of the Web Site or the download of any information from the Web Site. By participating in the Project, Entrant agrees to release, indemnify and hold LDUBFF and Project Parties harmless from any and all claims, damages or liabilities arising from or relating to such Entrant's participation in the Project.
WINNERS
Winners will be posted at this web site.
PROJECT ORGANIZER
Steev Brown
1850 Baythorne Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33415
FILMMAKING RULES: The following rules apply to each participating group/production team:
A. Times:
• The L-Dub Film Adventure will occur between Monday August 30, 2010, 12:00 p.m. local time and Monday September 6, 2010. This is the "Official L-Dub Film Adventure Time Period."
• The participating group/team must complete its film/video work in time to mail it to a location to be announced, postmarked no later than Monday, September 6th.
• Only works that meet the deadline will be officially part of the competition. All films received on time and late will be screened; only those received on time will be eligible for prizes.
B. All creativity must take place during the "Official L-Dub Film Adventure Time Period." Any creative work in advance of the competition week is prohibited. Creative work includes, but is not limited to:
• Writing the script
• Rehearsing
• Costume/Set Design
• Shooting
• Editing
• Sound Design
• Rendering
• Outputting to tape or other media
C. The only work to begin prior to the "Official L-Dub Film Adventure Time Period" is:
• Organizing Crew
• Organizing Cast
• Securing Equipment
• Scouting/Securing Locations
D. All footage must be shot within the "Official L-Dub Film Adventure Time Period".
• No stock footage or footage shot or created at another time may be used.
• Animation and special effects are permitted, but must be created during the "Official L-Dub Film Adventure Time Period" (Note: Stock footage as part of a special effect in a third party special effects program is permissible.)
• Still photographs are permitted, provided that the team has the rights to them. The photos do not need to be created during the "Official L-Dub Film Adventure Time Period", however, stills created outside of the "Official L-Dub Film Adventure Time Period" may not be used in sequence to create the illusion of motion.
E. Each participating group will be assigned required elements that must appear in its film, including a message, a character, and a prop.
• The required character and prop must be seen on-screen.
• To qualify as an "Official L-Dub Film Adventure Film," each group's film must contain all required elements within the official time limit and prior to the credits.
F. All cast and crew must be volunteers.
- Any type of video or film camera may be used, however, a maximum of only three cameras may be used to shoot footage for use in your film. Sound recorders are allowed in addition to this three camera limit. Cameras used for a purpose other than recording video footage (for example, as props, editing decks, sound recorders, or to record solely behind-the-scenes footage) are allowed in addition to this three-camera limit.
- Participating groups are encouraged to work with a local composer and/or musicians to write and record music for the films. It is permissible for a participating group to use pre-recorded music; however the participating group must have the rights to any music used in its film and must provide releases for all music used. As with music, pre-recorded sound effects are allowed, but you must have rights to use them. Note: Song parodies (i.e., use of identifiable pre-existing compositions with new or altered lyrics or music) may not be included in the film without a signed release from the composition’s rights holder. This rule applies without regard to whether the song parody arguably constitutes "fair use" under US or international copyright law.
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The finished film must be a minimum of SEVEN minutes in duration, and a maximum of TEN minutes in duration—not including credits.
- Credits at the end of each film are limited to a maximum of ONE minute. The ONE minute is considered additional to the length of the film. (That is, a film may be TEN minutes long, with an additional ONE minute of credits, for a total running time of ELEVEN minutes.)
- The finished film/video must be in NTSC, and submitted in one of the following formats:
- (preferred) DVD
- a self-contained, SD, Quicktime file with no proprietary codecs on either: a data DVD, or a USB flash drive
- We recommend that each team submit two copies of the final film. If the Entry cannot be viewed on LDUBFF equipment, it may be disqualified.
- All films received, on time and late, will be screened, presuming they are eligible according to all rules set forth herein. To ensure the best screening of your
film, please follow the instructions below:
- HD films must be down-converted to SD.
- Sound levels should be relatively even throughout the film. (If your film has uneven sound or sound that peaks, it may be modified to protect the playback equipment.)
- Note: Projection specs vary from theater to theater and are beyond the control of the LDUBFF. If your film is very dark, it may be difficult to see in our theate.
- Before the finished film begins, the tape should have:
• 5 seconds of bars and tone
• 5 seconds of black
• A title card with: team name, date, title of film, and assigned message
• A title card with: “This film made for the L-Dub Film Adventure 2010."
• 2 seconds of black
• Your film
G. Each team must secure releases for talent, crew, music and locations (and any other applicable releases), which must be turned in to the project organizers with the finished film/video. The release forms can be found below:
TEAM ROSTER
LDUBFF CERTIFICATION
MUSIC RELEASE
MATERIALS RELEASE
LOCATION RELEASE
TEAM LEADER'S AGREEMENT
LDUB FA WAIVER AND RELEASE
The film/video will not be screened before the L-Dub Film Festival Organizers receive the signed releases.
- The Entrant must submit a Certification Statement with his/her completed Entry, certifying adherence to all Official Rules.
- To be eligible for the Project, Entries must be the original work of the Entrant; must not infringe third-party's rights; must be suitable for publication (i.e., may not be obscene or indecent); must not contain obscene or pornographic material; may not contain defamatory statements about any person, company, organization or entity; may not invade privacy or other rights of any person, company or entity; may not in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations; and may not contain any copyrighted elements (other than as owned by the Entrant and/or LDUBFF). Entries containing prohibited or inappropriate content as determined by the LDUBFF, in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate will be disqualified. LDUBFF reserves the right to make the final determination as to which Entries are eligible.
MAIL ALL ITEMS TO:
Steev Brown
1850 Baythorne Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33415
- To be certified as an "Official L-Dub Film Adventure Film," each participating group's film/video production must follow all rules herein. The L-Dub Film Festival Organizers reserve the right to screen only certified "Official L-Dub Film Adventure Films."
- No Entries (media or documents) will be returned.
- LDUBFF and Project Parties may, in their sole discretion, disqualify Entries deemed to be inappropriate or otherwise non-compliant.
- All certified "Official L-Dub Film Adventure Films" are eligible to compete for the title of Best Film in the festival.
- The L-Dub Film Festival Organizers may add to or amend these rules at any time prior to the beginning of the official time period.
Judging
Best Film of the Festival Film Adventure: The best film as judged by best use of criteria and overall quality will win the grand prize and title “Best Film of The 2010 L-Dub Film Adventure” and a $500 prize!
In addition, best director, best actor, best editor, best score, and best cinematographer awards will be given. A best film, as judged by audience participation, will be awarded as well.
Refunds
If you registered a team for the L-Dub Film Adventure in the United States and you must withdraw, refunds will be paid on the schedule below.
Refund Schedule
If you notify the L-Dub Film Adventure of withdrawal...
• Prior to August 21, 2010, you'll receive 50% of your entry fee;
• No refunds for withdrawal less than 7 days before deadline.
How to Get a Refund
To request a refund, please e-mail Steev.Brown@ymail.com. In your email, please include:
• your name
• your team name
• the date you submitted the registration
REQUIRED FILM ADEVENTURE FORMS
TEAM ROSTER
LDUBFF CERTIFICATION
MUSIC RELEASE
MATERIALS RELEASE
LOCATION RELEASE
TEAM LEADER'S AGREEMENT
LDUB FA WAIVER AND RELEASE
