LET THE CONTEST BEGIN!!!
CONTEST: This is the first ever INTERNATIONAL joke-short film contest! The grand prize is $2000. DO YOUR BEST BECAUSE WE ONLY WANT TO SHOW YOUR BEST!!!!
WHAT DO YOU SUBMIT? YOU submit short films based on internet jokes (you know, .....the funny jokes that get sent to you from your friend in the Dakotas who is tired of watching prairie dogs, etc.). Find a good joke, turn the joke into a quick short film screenplay, submit the SHORT FILM/MOVIE -AND THE ACTUAL EMAILED JOKE- to Boldylocks Media Group.
SHORT FILMS that are not based on an email/internet joke will not be considered.
FORMAT:
JOKE-SHORTS should be between 3 and 5 minutes in length and NOT longer than 10 minutes in length, and should be submitted in 'unlocked' DVD/ or Digital Video Tape format [shorts of less than 3 minutes will be accepted as well]. JOKE-SHORTS do not have to consist of 'human' actors only. We look forward to animation submittals and other artistic attempts to tell the Internet Joke!
WINNING: The grand prize winner receives $2,000, second runner up will receive $1000, and the third through fifth runners up will recieve $500, $250, and $250 respectively. Joke-shorts being considered for the contest must be released by the creators. A general release will be emailed or snail-mailed to the film makers upon time of acceptance. Boldylocks Media Group will not distribute, publish or exhibit any selections which have not been officially released by the film maker(s).
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR SHORTS:
Submit your Joke-Short to: Boldylocks Media Group, P.O. Box 907, La Jolla California 92038-0907 between March 1, 2007 and June 30, 2007. The deadline may be extended based on entries (quality and quantity). YOU MAY ALSO SUBMIT USING
You may submit questions here within this blog, or email them to RICCI@boldylocksmediagroup.com. Questions and or comments that are helpful will be shared on this blog as well in order to help other film makers. Further down in this blog, we will be posting example jokes that would make, perhaps, cute funny short films. If you have any jokes you think may be helpful to other filmmakers please send them and we will post them as well.
Again, the format should be DVD or Digital Video Tape.
RETURN TO THIS BLOG FOR UPDATES REGARDING SUBMISSIONS, DEADLINES, and AIR TIME For the SHOW!!!!
We look forward to viewing your SUBMISSIONS!!!! GOOD LUCK
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EXAMPLE Jokes and JOKE-SHORT Screenplays
Here is an example of a few jokes that flew around the world O'Email a few times this past year.
THE JOKE: A man standing in line at a check out counter of a grocery store was very surprised when a very attractive woman behind him said, "Hello!" Her face was beaming. He gave her that "who are you look," and couldn't remember ever having seen her before. Then, noticing his look, she figured she had made a mistake and apologized."Look," she said "I'm really sorry but when I first saw you, I thought you were the father of one of my children," and walked out of the store. The guy was dumbfounded and thought to himself, "What the hell is the world coming to? Here is an attractive woman who can't keep track of who fathers her children! "
Then he got a little panicky. "I don't remember her," he thought but, MAYBE....during one of the wild parties he had been to when he was in college, perhaps he did father her child!
He ran from the store and caught her in the parking lot and asked, "Are you the girl I met at a party in college and then we got really drunk and had wild crazy sex on the pool table in front of everyone?"
"No", she said with a horrified look on her face. "I'm your son's second grade teacher!"
EXAMPLE OF THE ABOVE JOKE AS A SHORT FILM SCREENPLAY:
Ext. Day. Grocery Store (any ‘store/market with a check out corner).
Int. Day.Grocery Store
Camera pans people in line to check out at counter POV mid torso. We hear the sounds of a grocery store market.
Camera discovery shot, stops on a man’s torso and rotates POV to the same MAN holding his items waiting to check out.
A Woman enters the frame touching the man and asking him a question. She is very attractive.
WOMAN:
"Hello!"
Her face was beaming.
Camera POV on Man’s face
The Man does not recognize the woman. He gives her the ‘who are you’ look.
Camera POV wide shot slow push towards Man and Woman. Angle on Woman -look around man-.
WOMAN:
"Look, I'm really sorry but when I first
saw you, I thought you were the father of
one of my children,"
Camera POV angle on MAN as woman leaves the store. Follow woman.
Camera POV ¾ shot on MAN.
The Man begins to think: --What the hell is the world coming to? Here is an attractive woman who can't keep track of who fathers her children! "
Camera ‘tighter shot on man. [fill shots of hands touching items]
The man begins to get a little panicky. He is thinking --I don't remember her but,
MAYBE....during one of the wild parties I attended when I was in college…. PERHAPS I AM THE FATHER OF HER CHILD.
CAMERA from behind counter follows Man as he puts down items and heads out of the store.
Camera on Man as he leaves store calling out for the woman.
Ext. Day outside of Grocery story/near woman's car.
MAN
“HEY…Are you the girl I met at a
party in college and then we got really
drunk and had wild crazy sex on the
pool table in front of everyone?"
Alternate camera POV on man speaking with woman and the woman looking a slowly repulsed.
Camera POV close shot on woman.
WOMAN
"No", I'm your son's second
grade teacher!"
Camera POV wide-shot of man as woman gets in car and leaves him standing alone.
JOKE II:
THANKS
LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUBMISSIONS!!!! BE ORIGINAL
Boldylocks Media Group
COMMENT:::::[this is a recent comment submitted by one of the film makers in competition sent to me via email.]
> Hello RicciUnder three minutes is just fine. Withoutabox suggested three minutes. I actually wanted to put 'up to five minutes' because some jokes can be 'shown' in less than a minute. I'll update the BLOG with our conversation if you do not mind because your question and my answer should be helpful to other film makers.
>
> I have a film that is just over two minutes that I think would be
> perfect for your festival. It was a joke my father emailed me
> called Muledick. I did it as a mixed media piece that's a little
> off the wall.
>
> Is it OK that it's less than three minutes? I've attached a still for you
> to check out.
>
> Thanks
Ricci.
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