India Film Project 2013

ONLINE PARTICIPANT

A. Time Period

India Film Project filmmaking hours are scheduled to begin from September
20
th
,8:00pm onwards and end on September 22
nd
,8:00 pm.
The online participants need to submit their movie by logging it to the official
website.
Apart from Uploading the film, the teams are required to send DVD (2 copies),
which should reach before 26
th
Sept.
The upload link will start as soon the competition begins and will be closed after 1
hour at end of competition.
Only films submitted before the deadline will be officially part of the competition.

B. Tasks Each team has to perform following tasks in the given period.

Scripting
Location and Design
Shooting
Editing
Dubbing and Background Music
Rendering
Uploading on www.indiafilmproject.co

C. However, the team can perform these tasks before the 48 hour period.

Organizing
Crew
Organizing
Cast
Securing
Equipment
Scouting/Securing Locations
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D. Entire film must be shot within the filmmaking period and need to provide a proof as
and when needed.

A team cannot use stock footage or footage created earlier.
A team can use animation and special effects, but only if made during the
filmmaking hours.
Photographs can be used in a film, only if the team has the rights to them.

E. Team Leader (preferably along with team) must get online on September 20
th
, 2013,
7:00pm at official website www.indiafilmproject.co for the opening ceremony

The theme of competition will be revealed during the opening ceremony.
Along with theme, 4 different genres will also be provided during the launch of
competition. Teams are free to choose any one genre.

F. All team members must be volunteers.

G. A team can use digital camera (higher than 480p video capture) or any type of
video or film camera may be used, however, a maximum of only three cameras may
be used to shoot film. Microphone must be an integrated part of a camera or an
external microphone should be used.

H. Teams are encouraged to work with a local composer and musicians to write and
record music for the films. It is permissible for a participating group to use pre-recorded
music; however the team must have the rights to any music used in its film.

I. The finished film must be a minimum of 5 minutes in duration, and a maximum of
8 minutes in durationnot including end credits.

J. End credits at the end of each film are limited to a maximum of 60 seconds. The 60
seconds is over and above the maximum length of 8 minutes.

The end credits must mention: "This film was made for India Film Project 2013"
Opening titles are considered to be part of the film, and hence count in total
duration of your film.

K. The final video must be uploaded in MOV/MPEG-4/WMV format. The film titles
should have:
5 seconds of black
A title card with: team name, Film name, Genre, and Year.
2 seconds of black
Your film





India Film Project 2013




L. Apart from uploading the movie online, the team has to send 2 copies of DVD via courier
within four days of submission, i.e.- Before Thursday, Sep 26, at,
INDIA FILM PROJECT,
c/o Freeway Entertainment Company,
Anand Mangal 1,
Behind Femina Town,
C.G.Road,
Ahmedabad- 380009,
Gujarat.

M.Each team must submit all the signed agreements for cast, crew, music and
locations, etc along with the DVD submissions. All these documents will be sent to
team leader via e-mail before the competition. The film will not be selected until the
documents are received.

N. For being eligible for the Project:

Films must be the original work of the team and must not infringe third-party's
rights
Must be suitable for publication and not contain obscene or indecent material
Must not contain obscene or pornographic material; may not contain defamatory
statements about any person, company, organization or entity
Must not invade privacy or other rights of any person, company or entity
Must not in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations; and may not
contain any copyrighted elements not owned by team.
Films containing prohibited or inappropriate content as determined by the IFP,
in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate will be disqualified.


O. India Film Project and Project Parties may, in their sole discretion, disqualify Films
deemed to be inappropriate or otherwise non-compliant.

P. India Film Project team may add to or amend these rules at any time prior to the
beginning of the filmmaking period, without informing the participants.


- Contact us: indiafilmproj@gmail.com

Helpline No.: +91 97272 99070