PLAY NOW ACT NOW call.
April 9th 2010 03:00
Play Now Act Now launches its call for entries across three festival categories in competitions spanning five months, with 30 finalists and a grand final event for the top 10 in short film, digital design and mircofiction. All work must be made by NSW residents aged 16-25 years and must engage with the issue and culture of drugs and alcohol.
Got some creative baggies of goodies? Then get creating and submit online at the official website www.playnowactnow.com.au
“Play Now Act Now is a festival like no other; an exhibition space bristling with ideas that we hope will inspire artists from different disciplines to rise to our creative challenge. I’m very excited to see how young artists will tackle the culture of drugs and alcohol with originality, intelligence and skill in our competition.” Scott Henderson, Festival Director
Metro Screen is partnering with NSW Health for the eighth year in a row to provide this drug and alcohol awareness project in the form of three online competitions running simultaneously over the next five months at PNAN
Kicking off in May the first of five monthly competitions will take entries online, permit users to vote for their favourite short film, digital design and mircofiction and host an online awards ceremony where six winners – one by popular vote, one by official selection – will take home a cash prize and a place in our grand final.
Deadline of entry for the May competition is 27 April, 2010. This is repeated every month until September with October being grand final month for Play Now Act Now.
Signature Item: All work must centre on drugs and alcohol. [*explained more below]
May competition theme: Unsocial networking
Short Film
No more than 2-mins in length, any genre goes, films to be uploaded to Vimeo.
Entry deadlines are: Apr 27 / May 26 / Jun 25 / Jul 27 / Aug 26
Sponsor: Supported by Filmink, Australia’s best film magazine.
Prizes: $100 cash for two monthly winners and place in final; two ‘first in best dressed’ win Screen Hub memberships in April. Grand final: $2,000 cash for 1st place; $750 for 2nd; $250 for 3rd; and $1,000 for overall popular vote winner.
Grand final winners to also each receive Screen Hub memberships.
Digital Design
Participants must create a single still image of digital design that can incorporate graphic design, digital photography and other disciplines.
Entry deadlines are: Apr 27 / May 26 / Jun 25 / Jul 27 / Aug 26
Sponsor: Supported by Concrete Playground, the online weather vane pointing to the cultural tornadoes that are just about to hit.
Prizes: $100 cash for two monthly winners and place in final; two ‘first in best dressed’ win Artshub memberships in April. Grand final: $2,000 cash for 1st place; $750 for 2nd; $250 for 3rd; and $1,000 for overall popular vote winner. Grand final winners to each receive Artshub membership.
Microfiction
Writers are challenged to tell their story and engage with our signature item in 250 words max.
Entry deadlines are: Apr 27 / May 26 / Jun 25 / Jul 27 / Aug 26
Sponsor: Supported by Trespass Mag, an access-all-areas pass to what’s happening in the world of generation Y.
Prizes: $100 cash for two monthly winners and place in final; Grand final: $2,000 cash for 1st place; $750 for 2nd; $250 for 3rd; and $1,000 for overall popular vote winner. Grand final winners to each receive NSW Writers’ Centre membership.
Watch the vodcast on making a short film, digital design or microfiction
Not sure how to create a short film, digital design or microfiction? Play Now Act Now’s six-episode creative vodcast series will be a must watch for practical advice and guidance on participation. PNAN have got some great interviews coming up, including Animal Kingdom director David Michôd and more.
*Signature Item more info
Play Now Act Now is about using the creative mediums to have a constructive and open discussion about the place of drugs and alcohol in our lives; it is a thematic bend through which participants must approach their entries. Play Now Act Now is a forum in which different opinions, stories and experiences can be heard and expressed.
To find out more or participate just visit the website and become a part of one of the most exciting creative arts competition in Australia for the next six months: www.playnowactnow.com.au
Source: Metroscreen.
“Play Now Act Now is a festival like no other; an exhibition space bristling with ideas that we hope will inspire artists from different disciplines to rise to our creative challenge. I’m very excited to see how young artists will tackle the culture of drugs and alcohol with originality, intelligence and skill in our competition.” Scott Henderson, Festival Director
Metro Screen is partnering with NSW Health for the eighth year in a row to provide this drug and alcohol awareness project in the form of three online competitions running simultaneously over the next five months at PNAN
Kicking off in May the first of five monthly competitions will take entries online, permit users to vote for their favourite short film, digital design and mircofiction and host an online awards ceremony where six winners – one by popular vote, one by official selection – will take home a cash prize and a place in our grand final.
Deadline of entry for the May competition is 27 April, 2010. This is repeated every month until September with October being grand final month for Play Now Act Now.
Signature Item: All work must centre on drugs and alcohol. [*explained more below]
May competition theme: Unsocial networking
Short Film
No more than 2-mins in length, any genre goes, films to be uploaded to Vimeo.
Entry deadlines are: Apr 27 / May 26 / Jun 25 / Jul 27 / Aug 26
Sponsor: Supported by Filmink, Australia’s best film magazine.
Prizes: $100 cash for two monthly winners and place in final; two ‘first in best dressed’ win Screen Hub memberships in April. Grand final: $2,000 cash for 1st place; $750 for 2nd; $250 for 3rd; and $1,000 for overall popular vote winner.
Grand final winners to also each receive Screen Hub memberships.
Digital Design
Participants must create a single still image of digital design that can incorporate graphic design, digital photography and other disciplines.
Entry deadlines are: Apr 27 / May 26 / Jun 25 / Jul 27 / Aug 26
Sponsor: Supported by Concrete Playground, the online weather vane pointing to the cultural tornadoes that are just about to hit.
Prizes: $100 cash for two monthly winners and place in final; two ‘first in best dressed’ win Artshub memberships in April. Grand final: $2,000 cash for 1st place; $750 for 2nd; $250 for 3rd; and $1,000 for overall popular vote winner. Grand final winners to each receive Artshub membership.
Microfiction
Writers are challenged to tell their story and engage with our signature item in 250 words max.
Entry deadlines are: Apr 27 / May 26 / Jun 25 / Jul 27 / Aug 26
Sponsor: Supported by Trespass Mag, an access-all-areas pass to what’s happening in the world of generation Y.
Prizes: $100 cash for two monthly winners and place in final; Grand final: $2,000 cash for 1st place; $750 for 2nd; $250 for 3rd; and $1,000 for overall popular vote winner. Grand final winners to each receive NSW Writers’ Centre membership.
Watch the vodcast on making a short film, digital design or microfiction
Not sure how to create a short film, digital design or microfiction? Play Now Act Now’s six-episode creative vodcast series will be a must watch for practical advice and guidance on participation. PNAN have got some great interviews coming up, including Animal Kingdom director David Michôd and more.
*Signature Item more info
Play Now Act Now is about using the creative mediums to have a constructive and open discussion about the place of drugs and alcohol in our lives; it is a thematic bend through which participants must approach their entries. Play Now Act Now is a forum in which different opinions, stories and experiences can be heard and expressed.
To find out more or participate just visit the website and become a part of one of the most exciting creative arts competition in Australia for the next six months: www.playnowactnow.com.au
Source: Metroscreen.
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