Music Video Contest

NYC based indie hip hop record label, Crown Digital Records, will be holding their First Ever Music Video Contest for Mr. Ozwald's single A Night To Remember, with a $1,000 grand prize offering.

The contest will run from May 1st - June 5th, features a prize of $1,000 and local guest judges Joe Rosati, Late Night host of Z100 and Peter Shankman of Help a Reporter Out, who will help choose and name a winner.

All contest details are available here:
http://crowndigitalrecords.com/blog/?page_id=107

Netflix Filmmaking Contest

My main man, Maxie Collier over at UrbanArtsClub.com shared this info with me about a new contest for first-time filmmakers, so I'm passing it on to you...

Netflix and Film Independent will award one $150,000 cash production grant, plus turn-key resources like film stock, processing, camera rental, and post-productions services, for a total price value of more than $350,000.

Peep the contest link for yourself here:

http://www.netflixfindyourvoice.com

New Microsoft/Trigger Street Video Contest

I'm a staunch Mac Man, but I realize that 90% of the rest of the world is not. And that's okay, 'cause I still I love you anyway. And just to prove it, here's a post that's just for the Microsoft PC user crowd.

Microsoft and Kevin Spacey's production company, Trigger Street Films, just launched a user-generated video contest called The Ultimate Video Relay to complete a film by "Fanboy" director, Kyle Newman (also a fellow NYU alum). Kyle shot the first part and you shoot the rest, upload it and the audience will vote for the winning entries.

13 identical filmmaker prize packages will be awared in all. There's even one prize for people who vote. Each prize package consists of a PC Laptop, Pinnacle Studio editing software, a Sony HDR-SR11 Camcorder, and of course a copy of Windows Vista operating system software.

• Click here to see the start of the collaborative movie.
• Read more info in this NY Times article on the contest.

Star Wars Nerds Unite!

If you are one of the legions of filmmakers who are hard-core Star Wars fans, you my want to get a piece of this action... LucasFilm, AtomFilms, and SpikeTV have teamed up to sponsor a Star Wars fan video contest.

They are looking for Star Wars spoofs, documentaries, animation, and other film projects by fans. George Lucas himself will pick the top film which will be shown at Star Wars Celebration IV and on Spike TV. Check out the Contest Guidelines and post your entry on the website.

Hey, this may be your only chance to pitch Lucas that great Star Wars spinoff you've been going on about for years (or you could ask him what the hell he was thinking when he created Jar Jar Binks). Either way, sounds like fun for fans.

Check out some of the past Star Wars fan films.

It's really hard to resist ending with some corny Star Wars tagline, but I will mercifully spare you. Peace out.

-Ant.