2011 MIVA Film Festival – November 2nd

Four categories are open for submissions in our annual MIVA Film Festival this year. Only current, paid-to-date MIVA members will be allowed to submit entries. Each MIVA member has the privilege to submit up to, but no more than two entries. These two entries may be in the same category or in any two that he/she wish. Specifics about the different categories are listed below.

All entries must be submitted no later than 5pm on Friday, October 28th, 2011.

When you submit, you must then also e-mail a Paypal payment of $20 per entry (limit, one entry per category) to info@mivaonline.com.

The categories are as follows:

Wedding/Event Highlight Reel

Although it may seem self-explanatory, this entry includes any production which highlights a wedding day or special event. The Wedding/Event Highlight Reel should be 5:00 in length or less.

Wedding/Event Trailer

This category is specifically designed for entries which were produced as a preview to the upcoming film. Trailer entries should be 2:00 in length or less.

Same Day Edit

Same Day Edit is a new category for the 2011 film festival, and as the name implies are created within the constraints of an actual wedding day. This is only relevant to videos that were shot and edited on the same calendar day. Videos that would be considered Next Day Edits or Same Week Edits are NOT applicable, and must be submitted in either the Trailer or Highlight categories (dependent on run-time). Same Day Edits should be no longer than 5:00 in length.

Concept Reel

This category is designed for everything else under the sun, ranging from Love Stories to Trash the Dress, Save the Date and Video Invitations. The Concept Reel should be 5:00 in length or less.

File and Format Specifications:
Please use the same settings you would use for uploading to Vimeo or YouTube. Preferably a Quicktime H.264 file, but windows media is fine too. Please name your videos in the following format:

“StudioName_Category_NameOfFilm.mov”  (i.e. 3rd-Street-Films_Trailer_Ali-and-Alex.mov)

You need to use a FTP client to upload. For example on the mac you can use Fetch. On the PC you could use WS_FTP.