Audio Network Sponsors 'What if..? Film Competition'

Audio Network is pleased to announce that it has joined the sponsors of the What if..? Film Competition

All teams participating in the competition are entitled to use as many tracks as they like from the Audio Network music library at a cost of just £5 per CD inclusive of VAT, postage and packing.

The prizes also include sets of 72 CDs and licenses donated by Audio Network for each of the category winners to use as much music as they like in their productions over the next 12 months. [Click here to order CDs and a license for your film soundtrack]

The What if..? Film Competition
A UK-wide challenge to 14-26 year-olds to make a 5-minute science fiction film.

Whilst we all love movies like I Robot (2004), Star Wars (1977) and Aliens (1986), they cost a lot of money to produce and take years to complete. Yet there are many films that do not rely on massive effects budgets or big action scenes and are sometimes not even promoted as ‘sci-fi’: Sliding Doors (1998) or Groundhog Day (1993) deal with alternative realities and time travel in very light-hearted ways. Donnie Darko (2001), on the other hand, creates an atmosphere of strangeness that could easily be associated with the sci-fi genre.

SCI-FI-LONDON sees the genre as a playground for the imagination and aims to encourage students to see that the strength of sci-fi is in its ideas, not just special effects.

The What if…? film competition challenges young people to create a story that is compelling and thought-provoking. Equally, participants will learn how to look at issues from a different point of view, think about the consequences of one’s actions, and to tell a story.

Suggested themes include Consequences, Alternative History and Parallel Worlds. Stories could develop such as “WHAT IF… some people in a playing field find a meteorite, and develop telepathic powers enabling them to hear other’s thoughts? What would they do with the power? What would it uncover?”

The “What If…?” film competition is open to secondary schools, further education colleges, universities, film schools and recognised youth groups in the UK, and takes place between September and December 2004. Judging takes place in January 2005 and the winners will be premiered at Curzon SOHO as part of the SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival.

The film can be made in any style – animation (Flash, traditional cell, puppets, claymation etc), live action, stills or a combination but must not be longer than 5 minutes.

Awards will be given for technical excellence, best direction, best story, best film, best soundtrack and prizes will include film making equipment, a premiere of the winning films at SCI-FI-LONDON and streaming of the films on the SCI-FI Channel’s website.

For more information or to get involved contact Louis Savy on 07753 746621 or louis@sci-fi-london.com