Viral Grand Prix - Edinburgh International Television Festival
Posted on 11th August 2008 with 2 Comments
REV your ENGINES for the 15 Second Film Festival Experience - Mass Entry into the Viral Grand Prix at the Media Guardian Edinburgh Television Festival.
Yes, a selection of our Mini-Blockbusters have been entered into the ‘Viral Grand Prix’, which runs ahead of this year’s Media Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival.
The 15 Second Film Festival Experience’s aim is to get as many views of our nine entries as we can before the festival starts on 22 August 2008. We can do whatever we like to drive traffic to the clips, so we’re asking our supporters to get the word out as far and wide (even sneakily) as they can… let’s make this interesting.
The winner is the clip with the most traffic, and will be announced at the internet broadcast panel with Bebo’s Evan Cohen, TV veteran Peter Bazalgette and Adam Buxton, the comic and occasional viral video sensation. And not forgetting Mr Holy Moly himself.
The prize isn’t much other than glory, though there is one of those trophies that no doubt resembles the gold-coloured plastic footballer awards from school days of old… and we want it… BAD
Slap Happy
http://www.mgeitf.co.uk/home/festival-highlights.aspx/slap_happy
One Careful Owner
http://www.mgeitf.co.uk/home/festival-highlights.aspx/one_careful_owner
School Run
http://www.mgeitf.co.uk/home/festival-highlights.aspx/school_run
W8ing4godot
http://www.mgeitf.co.uk/home/festival-highlights.aspx/w8ing4godot
Doodling
http://www.mgeitf.co.uk/home/festival-highlights.aspx/doodling
Catch of the Day
http://www.mgeitf.co.uk/home/festival-highlights.aspx/catch_of_the_day
The Future is Green
http://www.mgeitf.co.uk/home/festival-highlights.aspx/future_is_green
Hammer the Cheese
http://www.mgeitf.co.uk/home/festival-highlights.aspx/hammer_the_cheese
A Period Drama
http://www.mgeitf.co.uk/home/festival-highlights.aspx/a_period_drama
“It’s driving us away from our telly screens and onto our computers. Guerrilla TV has come of age - from have-a-go bedsit enthusiasts to big brands… there’s a new competition in town - winning over traditional viewers with bite-size television.” - MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival - 2008
2 Comments
Yeah Crank Juice. I heard Sweet FA from them as well. It was all a bit messy and badly organised. I asked the people at Magic Lantern early on, before sending our films over, if there was going to be any contractual problems with them putting the films online. They told me that the films would be on “their site only” and that all our rights would remain intact. Then they go and just bung them on YouTube - were all your rights instantly go out the window. I thought that was very cheeky indeed as I’d avoided putting our stuff on there until we could get a paid channel. Then they have the festival and we hear nothing… AND the films are just left hanging online… on their channel. Disappointing really. The words “You’ve got a pretty mouth” come to mine.
