The Shoot Out 24 Hour Filmmaking Festival

It is affirmation that The Shoot Out Boulder was creating an interest in community based film-making when international film-making festivals come to Denver such as Film Racing 2010 and The 48 Hour Film Project. Now in their 7th year, The Shoot Out 24 Hour Filmmmaking Festival Boulder returns for the weekend of September 24-26, 2010.

The Shoot Out Boulder asks filmmakers to trust their courage, imagination and determination by making a 7-minute film in just 24 hours using in-camera editing. The challenge and skill involved becomes evident with the list of required technical, material, and timing ‘rules’ for creating the films.

An unique feature of The Shoot Out Boulder not found in other competitions is the in-camera editing requirement.  While this rule may appear to add an unnecessary hardship to the creative process, it is actually a means to level the field for participants.  For someone that isn’t familiar with non-linear digital editing (using the computer to cut together scenes), in-camera editing is easier to explain and do.  All the director needs to know is how to turn on and turn off the camera, and to shoot in continuity (tell the story as it happens).  For the more experienced director, in-camera offers some challenges that require more thought and prep in preparing the storyboard and shot list, but the skills learned may help later to “shoot for the edit”.

The participants in The Shoot Out Boulder are not just film professionals, but come from all walks of life, consisting of friends and families and all age groups.  It is from their combined efforts over a short weekend that gives Boulder the freshest and most creative films to behold at the Top 10 Gala screening on Sunday, September 26 at the Boulder Theater. That screening event is probably the number one reason why The Shoot Out Boulder is so much fun to participate in.

The cost per team is $100 which includes two participants and two tickets to the screening event. 17 & under teams are $75. Additional team members are $25 and $20 respectively and includes a ticket to the venue screening. Additional venue tickets can be purchased for $15 each. The screening is open to the public with tickets available at the Boulder Theater Box office.

Call for entries will start on August 4, 2010 online at http://theshootoutboulder.com. Check out the website for new rules for 2010. If you are interested in learning more about in-camera editing, a pre-event all day workshop that is being co-presented with Boulder Digital Arts will occur on September 18th in downtown Boulder.  Visit BDA’s website for more details.