SHOT ON RED Film Festival Submissions Open

[Damien Molineaux]

4K DCP resolution?

4K DCP resolution?

Hi,
We have a short, (not so short, 27 min.) which we mastered in 4K (our first). We have shown it in 2K (it was selected at the Locarno film festival), with no problems. We went to test it in the first 4K (recently equiped) cinema around here (most of Europe is still 2K), it seemed to play, there was sound, but no image. We made a new test file, and this time it was not recognized by the server, a GDC. Upon checking the server's specs, in 4K, the only resolution accepted is 4096x2160. Our film is 1.85, which in 4K is 3996x2160. For 2K, 1998x1080 is a standard format, is 3996x2160 (1.85 in 4K) not a standard? Are all servers limited to one 4K resolution?

Does this mean I have to make a new 4K master in "pillar box"?

Cheers,
Damien

 

[Robbie Comeau]

Sorry if this has been said already, but what's a good export setting from Premiere Pro?

 

[Mark T Workman]

OK, you guys have me laughing pretty hard about this (since it's free!) as I had generally been shooting and processing my little tv show's clips at 4K 29.97 before outputting to 1080p for the web! However my super computer's boot drive shorted out about six weeks ago and I was told my back up failed too so those 4K masters are toast, lamenting the loss of my show title too! I still have all the original files though as those drives yet live and I am now back on line with new working boot and an improved system. I guess I might try to fill out the form anyway. What is the final day to get you a master file, next Friday?

 

[Brian Henderson]

Final day for the file submissions is next Friday, the 16th. The FTP site is being hammered right now so USB drives are preferable.

 

[Peter Majtan]

I am having major problems with the submission form.

In the browser:
- it will not allow me to execute the "required" italic format of the signature (form says "control + I" - I've tried control, command, nothing works)
- upon clicking the submit button it will not show any confirmation - so I am not at all sure that it was sent...

In Acrobat:
- no entry in to the form can be saved
- when clicking submit button al I get is "Operation Not Permitted"

I am left with either painstaking reconstruction of the PDF in Illustrator or printing the form - filling it up - scanning it and then emailing...

Anyone else is having problems?

Peter

 

[Tim Whitcomb]

I am having major problems with the submission form.

In the browser:
- it will not allow me to execute the "required" italic format of the signature (form says "control + I" - I've tried control, command, nothing works)
- upon clicking the submit button it will not show any confirmation - so I am not at all sure that it was sent...

In Acrobat:
- no entry in to the form can be saved
- when clicking submit button al I get is "Operation Not Permitted"

I am left with either painstaking reconstruction of the PDF in Illustrator or printing the form - filling it up - scanning it and then emailing...

Anyone else is having problems?

Peter

Yes peter... but I just gave up and submitted the form SANS italics
and i also have no idea if it was sent so I also filled out the PDF and then saved it (or I took a screenshot) and emailed it in as a Jpeg

 

[Will Keir]

Well here we go guys. Time to pull an all nighter. Wish all you other crazy editors good energy finishing your projects. Hope you see you in December.

Best,

Will

P.S. My Film will be called "The Beautiful Land."

 

[Phil McCarty]

Hi, I just submitted my first short film, an adaptation of David Sedaris' "The Learning Curve", starring Matthew Gray Gubler from Criminal Minds and 500 Days of Summer, shot by the world's greatest DP, Quyen Tran. RED EPIC, we shot 5k 5:1.

These stills are uncorrected/untouched, but you'll get the basic idea. Couldn't be more proud of this film.

 

[Tim Whitcomb]

200 to 300 pages of complaints about the price cut and only 15 pages here? Crazy world we live in... regardless what happens - thanks so much for this awesome opportunity!

 

[Evin Grant]

One film submitted, one music video to go...

 

[Tim Whitcomb]

Great looking stuff Jason.. hopefully you can reconform to 4k not just for this festival, but because we know some 4K players are going to be on the market before the end of the year and all the companies releasing them are going to be gobbling up 4K content to show for christmas.

Holy shit... cant believe none of us picked up on the implications of this!

 

[Peter Majtan]

Final day for the file submissions is next Friday, the 16th. The FTP site is being hammered right now so USB drives are preferable.

Brian, does this combine with the lower-res screener?
I.E. - we are able to submit a lower-res screener for the evaluation as long as we deliver 4K for the actual festival.
So does this mean that we have until the 16th to submit the lower-res screener along with the press-kit?
And - if so - by when we would need to submit the full 4K version?

I am locking the final look of our short and this clarification would greatly help with resource/time management...

Thanks in advance...

Peter

 

[Tim Whitcomb]

Brian, does this combine with the lower-res screener?
I.E. - we are able to submit a lower-res screener for the evaluation as long as we deliver 4K for the actual festival.
So does this mean that we have until the 16th to submit the lower-res screener along with the press-kit?
And - if so - by when we would need to submit the full 4K version?

I am locking the final look of our short and this clarification would greatly help with resource/time management...

Thanks in advance...

Peter

Dont meant to answer for them but based on what Brian told and what I have read.
1. Application by tomorrow
2. Low Res screener by 16th
3. Press Kit (only upon acceptance) unless that changed??
4. 4K deliverable I imagine at least a day or two before the fest. We are talking 25 to 26 days from now as the Fest is Dec 5th and 6th.

 

[Chris McKechnie]

I thought the finalists were going to be notified on the 16th, maybe that's being pushed back? We shall see.

 

[Peter Majtan]

Dont meant to answer for them but based on what Brian told and what I have read.
1. Application by tomorrow
2. Low Res screener by 16th
3. Press Kit (only upon acceptance) unless that changed??
4. 4K deliverable I imagine at least a day or two before the fest. We are talking 25 to 26 days from now as the Fest is Dec 5th and 6th.

I hope that is the case Tim, cheers...

 

[Will Keir]

Just finished my rough cut.

... Kiw Res screener by the 16th? WTF am I doing?

 

[Will Keir]

I am having major problems with the submission form.

In the browser:
- it will not allow me to execute the "required" italic format of the signature (form says "control + I" - I've tried control, command, nothing works)
- upon clicking the submit button it will not show any confirmation - so I am not at all sure that it was sent...

Same thing here on a Mac. Either my submission didn't go through or they now have 20 copies from Will Keir.

 

[Robbie Comeau]

How big should a 14 minute film be If I exported it ProRes LT?

My file came to 33GB

 

[Brian Henderson]

There are some issues with the submission form - easiest solution is to print, sign, scan and email it to us. Sorry for the extra steps.

 

[Phil McCarty]

There are some issues with the submission form - easiest solution is to print, sign, scan and email it to us. Sorry for the extra steps.

Well... if you have a Mac with an iSight (or have the ability to hook up a camera of some sort) you can just use Preview's built in signature feature in order to sign directly onto the PDF, and then email that in, without all the printing and scanning.

http://www.tuaw.com/2011/08/10/mac-101-capture-your-signature-using-os-x-lions-preview-app/

--Phil