This year, the Cinema Pacific Fringe Festival will be an exercise in media creativity inspired by director Lee Hsing's 1958 comedy, Brother Wang and Brother Liu Tour Taiwan . Participants are invited to re-appropriate images and sounds from Brother Wang and Brother Liu into a 2-5 minute video/audio remix that responds to the film. The best entries, selected by a jury of filmmakers and curators, wi
ll be displayed during the Cinema Pacific film festival and the Fringe Festival website. The three top jury winners will receive cash awards.
2014 Submission Guidelines
DEADLINE: MARCH 3, 2014
SOURCE MATERIAL
Write to [email protected] for instructions on how to access a digital file of Brother Wang and Brother Liu Tour Taiwan. Artists can use any combination of footage, typography, music, and effects they have created themselves with at least one minute of images and sounds from Brother Wang and Brother Liu. They may also mix in other appropriated images and sounds that are in the public domain, such as archival footage from the free, online Prelinger Archives and music and sounds from Jamendo. Material appropriately licensed with the Creative Commons is encouraged. For more information on the Creative Commons, visit creativecommons.org/. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Submissions for the Cinema Pacific Fringe Festival must meet the technical standards for video submissions found on Vimeo found here. The basic information for these standards include using the h.264 video codec, AAC audio codec (320 kbps bit rate and to 44.100 kHz. sample rate), and setting minimum resolution to 640x480. SUBMISSION SITES:
Please submit remixes to Vimeo or Youtube and send an email to [email protected] with the submission link. If you are having trouble downloading the film, please send a detailed email to [email protected] and we'll help you out.
