Congratulations to our 2007 winners!
We had some really funny shows last night. Everyone that entered should be proud of themselves. It isn’t easy to put together a flick in 48 hours. There are a lot of people that talk about producing films that never do. You guys rose to the challenge and accomplished something that most people would never dream of trying! Congratulations to all of our participants! You put together some great shows and you made the festival a successful fun event. We will be adding the winners to our theater in the coming days so you can see them again.
We especially want to congratulate Joe Carey and his team “Mansquitos Revenge”. Their entry “The New Adventures of Teddy and Lon” was hilarious and won 1st place. Nice job!
Second place went to team “Wakanakaclockworkweener” for their entry “The Friendship of Joel Caney and Robert Torrent”.
Third place went to “12:22 Productions” for their entry “Wild West Corn Dogs”.
Once again, congratulations on a job well done!
-Chris Dorsey
Coordinator
“What a great opportunity for young filmmakers to show their craft for good causes. Everybody wins!”
“The Wild West Film Fest has been bringing it to the Lawrence film scene. It is one of the best examples of what filmmakers are looking for in a festival.”
“The Wild West Film Fest puts filmmaking back into the hands of the people. It’s indy film in it’s purest, grittiest form. A great opportunity for local filmmakers to get their work seen by audiences.”
And good job to the audience favorite that wasn’t mentioned.
In the future, would it be possible in the interest of fairness to include a seperate division for professional ad agencies/film companies?
I personally liked Mooniac, Goodbye Pancakes and Mafioso. Those were really funny as well. I think the top ones deserve what they got.
We don’t really want to divide the entries into pro and amateur. In the past we have had highschool teams produce films that have scored higher than professional teams. We think it is part of the learning experience to have all projects judged against a high standard, that is how filmmakers grow.
-WWFF
Has there ever been a large cash prize involved before this latest contest?
SUPERDUDES ROCK!
I think having all filmmakers compete against each other truly keeps everyone working towards elite levels of filmmaking. As you well can see those “PROFESSIONAL” type filmmakers did have some advantages but it looked as if the amatuers rocked no matter what level of skills. As an amature filmmaker who has participated in this contest for the past three contests – I love the Wild West Film Festival and all that it offers to all filmmakers – It’s great to see amature, students and professionals all strive to make a film in 48 hours. The best part is just the thrill of being in the showcase – placing in anything is simply icing on the cake! Oh by the way do you think at all possible filmmakers could get their judges score sheets at the Scarefest so we can learn from the comments on how to make our film skills even better?
OH yea by the way….. COngratz to all the WWFF contestants and yea…
SUPERDUDES ROCKED!
We REALLY enjoyed Wild West Corndogs. It was original, funny and very entertaining. We thought they did a great job producing it. Congrats to the winners.
These were fun films! Who knew corn dogs were so versatile?
I’m a bit confused about how the rules are applied.
The rules state no copyrighted music, yet Teddy & Lon used it.
“Luck Be a lady” & “Hungry Like the Wolf” are both copyrighted, even though these particular versions were produced by the filmmakers during the 48 hours.
Was this a violation of the rules, or are you interpreting them more broadly? I’m not wanting to take anything away from Teddy & Lon, I just want to be more clear about how literally to follow the rules if I enter the next festival.
Can you enlighten us?
Copyright … is not infringed by the inclusion of the work in a film or in a television broadcast if its inclusion in the film or broadcast is only incidental to the principle matters represented in the film or broadcast. Of course, a judge will decide the “incidentalness” of the use so be careful.
Example of Fair Use. A television film crew, covering an Italian festival in Manhattan, recorded a band playing a portion of a copyrighted song “Dove sta Zaza.” The music was replayed during a news broadcast. Important factors: Only a portion of the song was used, it was incidental to the news event and did not result in any actual damage to the composer or to the market for the work. (Italian Book Corp, v. American Broadcasting Co., 458 F. Supp. 65 (S.D. N.Y. 1978).)
It’s doubtful the songs you mentioned would be considered copyright infringement.
You typically may reproduce only a small piece of a work — a common guideline is 10 percent. Also, if the use is “tranformative” — that is, use that does not merely reproduce the original work but transforms it into something new….
Copyright is a slippery thing, so, while I can’t speak for the WWFF, I’ll bet they are simply trying to prevent filmmakers from grabbing the latest Shins song and slapping it on a soundtrack for the film.