MAAC Anna Nagar is organising a short film competition ‘From Script to Screen in 48 hours’ in honour of International Women’s Day from 22-24 February 2013. An event exclusively for women, it will be a platform for upcoming women filmmakers to exhibit their creative ideas to a wider spectrum. Participants can make their films in any medium, may it be 3D Animation, Live Action or Stop Motion.
To encourage budding filmmakers, MAAC Anna Nagar has made available its resources to all participants. Mentors from MAAC will be present through the making of these films to guide and assist the filmmakers with storyboarding, creation of CG environments, props, chroma keying and tracking for visual effects shots, matte painting and digital painting. In addition, a support team of MAAC volunteers will be available to aid the participants. The participating teams can also shoot in MAAC’s Green Screen Room or in their premises. With all these elements playing their parts, participating teams are assured of a hassle free environment to work in, right from Pre production through Post production.
Interested candidates can call 0091-44-42666066, the registration is free of cost. The rules for the competition are simple: participating teams need only to bring their own equipment and submit the final films in a YouTube® ready format.
All entries will be uploaded on MAAC Anna Nagar’s YouTube® channel, and voting will be carried on through MAAC Anna Nagar’s Facebook® page. The films will be available till 28 th Feb, 2013, for public voting. The top ten videos in the list, based on the voting, will enter the finals, and will be sent to the jury consisting of eminent women filmmakers. The winner will be declared on March 6th and will be felicitated in a ceremony that will be organised by MAAC Anna Nagar on the same day. The event is expected to be graced by reputed filmmakers, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan & Pushkar Gayathri .
Anandh Ramesh, Director and Chief Mentor of MAAC Anna Nagar said, “Women are making their mark in every field. However, there have not been many women in the limelight in the filmmaking industry’s technical side like direction or cinematography or editing. This is not due to a lack of talent, but due to lack of opportunity. MAAC Anna Nagar aims at giving that opportunity to upcoming women filmmakers so that their talent is acknowledged.”
Mr. Shajan Samuel Sr. Vice President MAAC (India) commented, “MAAC Annanagar has been doing several innovative activities to establish new age media as a mainstream career. Now is the time where conventional careers have been challenged by people who think differently and are willing to dissect the status quo. It’s no different in the movie making Industry as well. Two of India’s hit movies in 2012 were directed by female filmmakers, English Vinglish by Gauri Shinde and Talaash by Reema Kagti.
In order to make these celebrations eponymous MAAC Annanagar pays a tribute to the liberated, women of India by celebrating International Women’s Day with the announcement of a movie making competition “Script to Screen”.