Description
Many a stellar filmmaking career started with a short – just ask Steven Spielberg, whose short film Amblin won him his first gig directing for Universal Studios.
If you have a vision for a short film you’d love to make but lack the dosh with which to do so, then this is the brief for you.
We’re offering eight IdeasTap members £5,000 funding each and expert mentoring to turn their short film ideas into reality. Narrative, documentary, conceptual, a music video, animation – the format is down to you – what we’re looking for are engaging and, above all, original ideas.
Your finished film will be no longer than five minutes long. With it, you must be proposing to do something that has not been done before and something that you would not be able to do without the funding.
Remember to read those Ts and Cs carefully. And good luck!
Click here to download the Ts and Cs.
This brief closes at 5pm on Friday 16 March 2012 and is open to IdeasTap members aged 16 to 25. If you have any technical queries, email info@ideastap.com. Late entries will not be accepted under any circumstances, including technical issues – so make sure you don’t leave your application to the last minute.
Image: Sound Super Zoom Super 8 Camera by electricporcupine on a CC BY 2.0 license.
Follow this brief to download the application form
How to respond
1. Firstly join the brief by clicking Follow this brief in the yellow box in the left of this page.
2. Read the Ts and Cs thoroughly.
3. Click on Apply now in the yellow box in the left of this page.
4. Enter the title of your project.
5. Outline your idea, and why it is innovative and original, in 100 words or fewer.
6. Fill out the application form and upload it. Make sure it’s saved as a .doc, not a .docx file.
7. Click Submit. Once your application is submitted you can’t make changes, so make sure you’re happy with everything before you do this.
8. Make sure that you have a photo on your profile. As with all IdeasTap briefs, you have to have a photo to be eligible.
Click here to download the Ts and Cs.
This brief closes at 5pm on Friday 16 March 2012 and is open to IdeasTap members aged 16 to 25. If you have any technical queries, email info@ideastap.com. Late entries will not be accepted under any circumstances, including technical issues – so make sure you don’t leave your application to the last minute.
Download application form