SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Regent Student Film Showcase Submission Manual Contact: festivals@regent.edu Phone: 757.352.4102
Table of Contents Showcase Submission Agreement Submission Application Biographies Project Details Titles Loglines Synopsis Type of Film Category Genre Niche Budget Public Showing Marketing Information Website Social Media Platforms IMDB Page Press Kit Technical Specs Date of Completion Run Time Film Location Picture Format Aspect Ratio Shooting Format
Showcase Submission Agreementt Regent Endowed Films All Regent-Endowment productions and Regent-funded projects are the sole property of Regent University. Students should also understand that pitched, but unproduced scripts are exempt from this, and are considered to be the sole property of the student. However, scripts that Regent University selects to produce as endowment films, will be purchased by the university for a minimal fee. In this case, the script becomes sole property of Regent University. Writers may buy back any script after one year of festival rounds. Class Projects, Senior Projects and Thesis Films A project produced as a class assignment, which is not a Regent-funded project, remains the intellectual property of the producing student(s). However, when the project is submitted for a grade, and uses Regent equipment or support personnel, Regent University is granted non-exclusive rights in perpetuity to display, duplicate, distribute and submit said project to festivals, at Regent University s discretion, for purposes of promoting the university, with no financial remuneration to students. Owner of Intellectual Property Rights Any prizes, statues, trophies or awards from films that Regent enters into festivals shall be presented to and retained by Regent. Students may request from the festivals additional copies of certificates or statues at their own cost but Regent will only pay for the one that Regent exhibits on campus. At Regent s option in each instance, students may buy back the rights to scripts produced at Regent for a minimal fee, but Regent retains the non-exclusive rights to the films produced for classes and submitted for grades for purposes of display, duplication, distribution, and submission to festivals. Regent will not remake any film without specific releases from the intellectual property rights owner. Students are allowed to submit to festivals on their own, but must check with Regent s festival coordinator to make sure that films are not entered twice to the same festival. Nothing in this section shall affect the ownership of the intellectual property rights to any project.
Submission Application Biographies A biography is required from the producer, director, writer and any other significant position on the project. Each biography should include a brief synopsis of academic and professional achievements. Project Details Titles: Include an English title, original language title if the film is in a foreign language and a Latin title if appropriate for the film genre. Example: English Original Title: Home Alone Spanish Title: Mi Pobre Angelito Logline: A one to two sentence summary of the submission that states the central conflitct of the story that provides a synopsis of the story s plot and an emotional hook to stimulate interest. Example: A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebells about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controlers. - the Matrix Synopsis: An outline of the story plot. Three synopsis are required for the Showcase: a short synopsis consisting of no more than 50 words, a medium synopsis consisting of no more that 100 words and a long synopsis consisting of no more than 300 words. Film Type: The types of films a project can fall into includes a movie or film, music video, television episode, webisode or made for video (DVD) Categories: A project may fall into more than one descriptive category. Options include animation, feature, short, new media/web, multimedia, documentary, experimental or narrative fiction. Example: Super Size Me - Documentary Genre: The picture category based on similarities in either the narrative elements or the emotional response to the film. A project may also qualify for more than one genre. Options include the following: action, biography, documentary, fantasy, horror, adventure, comedy, drama, film-noir, animation, crime, family, music video, romance, mystery, western, musical, sci-fi, thriller, talk-show, sport, war or history.
Example: Black Panther - Action/Adventure Niche: Some films fit into a specific niche and are aimed at a focused target audience. Options could include African American, Asian, Children, Christian, Disability Culture, Hispanic, Islamic, Jewish, Latino, Women or Student. Example: Fiddler on the Roof - Jewish film/musical Budget: Each entry is required to submit an estimated budget for the project. Budget productions should include pre-production, production, post-production and distribution/marketing. Marketing Information All projects submitted to the Showcase must include the following social media and marketing platforms: - Website or Facebook page - Any social media sites dedicated to the project - Official IMDB page * The press kit must include all the marketing information listed above as well as the following list of items: - Director s, Producer s and Writer s biographies - BTS photos from the film set - Publicity stills - A 30-60 second trailer or promotional - Any publicity or sponorship accrued for the project - Logline, tag line, and short and medium length synopsis - Anecdotes from set (optional) Technical Specs Be aware of what format the project is shot in as well as the aspect ratio. If the film is shot in black and white or colorgraded to black and white, different festivals specifically look for black and white films. The specs required for submission follows: - Date of Completion: the date that all post production elements were finalized - Running Time: how long the film runs from first frame to last frame - Filming Location(s): include city, state, and country - Picture Format: options will include color, color and B/W or B/W - Aspect Ratio: options can include 1.33(4x3 video), 2.35(scope), 1.78(16x9 video) - Shooting Format: options can include HDV, RED, 2K, 4K, anamorphic or film * IMDB page must be current and include the list of cast and crew, the official poster and a trailer.