Friday march 25 20:00 EYE Film Instituut
Tickets € 7,- (studenten € 6,-)
Students of Sound and Music Academies from all over Europe will compete in creating the best soundtrack for an existing short film. Five films ranging 1 to 4 minutes in length and covering numerous genres will form the basis of this challenge. The viewer will get an idea on how different soundtracks can influence, atmosphere, form and even narrative structure. This year Unheard Film has teamed up with the EYE Film Institute Netherlands and selected two shorts from their historical film archive to give our contestants the chance to reflect on Dutch cinematic history.
Films
The Last Dream, Giovanni Bucci (Italy 2010)
Mem, Polynoid (Germany 2009)
Cookies: Touch Me, Joshua Homnick (USA 2007)
Cherry Picking, (EYE)
Golden Dreams, Joop Geesink (EYE)
Applications
The participant can choose any of five short films stated above. Remember, some films are "harder" to do than others; our jury will take this into account. The members of the jury will also focus on innovative ideas and creating a bridge between composition and sound design.
Your admission must be sent to the Festival before February 20th 2011, as a stereo audio file (wav, aif, mp3). Further details on how to send it will be sent by e-mail. 15 nominated soundtracks will be screened on the evening of Friday March 25th at the Festival in Amsterdam; afterwards the winner will be announced.
The Judges
This year two juries will be looking at the nominees. First off, there are the Unheard Film Festival judges:
Arno Dierickx (Director)
Pieter Perquin/Perquisite(Composer)
Tom Bijnen (Sound Designer)
Also, the International Film Music Critic Association will send two delegates to pick their favorite:
Kees Hogenbirk (Editor Skrien)
Paul Stevelmans (Chief Editor Score Magazine)
Prizes
15 nominees will be screened on March 25th. Afterwards a winner and runner up will be announces by the judges.
But what are the prizes? First off there's a Total Bundle from the stables of Plugin Kings Fabfilter worth € 539,-. For the runner up there's an FX Bundle worth € 429,- ! Furthermore Swedish clothing and headphone brand WeSC is handing out 2 goodie bags worth € 200,- each to the winner and runner up.
Rules
The applicant declares he/she studies at a European Academy or University. The Applicant gives permission to the Unheard Film Festival to screen, archive and distribute in small quantities its admission for The Battle. It is not allowed to use existing music or any form of copyrighted material. Collaboration with a fellow student is possible.
Final deadline for admission is February 20th 2011
Tickets € 7,- (studenten € 6,-)
Students of Sound and Music Academies from all over Europe will compete in creating the best soundtrack for an existing short film. Five films ranging 1 to 4 minutes in length and covering numerous genres will form the basis of this challenge. The viewer will get an idea on how different soundtracks can influence, atmosphere, form and even narrative structure. This year Unheard Film has teamed up with the EYE Film Institute Netherlands and selected two shorts from their historical film archive to give our contestants the chance to reflect on Dutch cinematic history.
Films
The Last Dream, Giovanni Bucci (Italy 2010)
Mem, Polynoid (Germany 2009)
Cookies: Touch Me, Joshua Homnick (USA 2007)
Cherry Picking, (EYE)
Golden Dreams, Joop Geesink (EYE)
Applications
The participant can choose any of five short films stated above. Remember, some films are "harder" to do than others; our jury will take this into account. The members of the jury will also focus on innovative ideas and creating a bridge between composition and sound design.
Your admission must be sent to the Festival before February 20th 2011, as a stereo audio file (wav, aif, mp3). Further details on how to send it will be sent by e-mail. 15 nominated soundtracks will be screened on the evening of Friday March 25th at the Festival in Amsterdam; afterwards the winner will be announced.
The Judges
This year two juries will be looking at the nominees. First off, there are the Unheard Film Festival judges:
Arno Dierickx (Director)
Pieter Perquin/Perquisite(Composer)
Tom Bijnen (Sound Designer)
Also, the International Film Music Critic Association will send two delegates to pick their favorite:
Kees Hogenbirk (Editor Skrien)
Paul Stevelmans (Chief Editor Score Magazine)
Prizes
15 nominees will be screened on March 25th. Afterwards a winner and runner up will be announces by the judges.
But what are the prizes? First off there's a Total Bundle from the stables of Plugin Kings Fabfilter worth € 539,-. For the runner up there's an FX Bundle worth € 429,- ! Furthermore Swedish clothing and headphone brand WeSC is handing out 2 goodie bags worth € 200,- each to the winner and runner up.
Rules
The applicant declares he/she studies at a European Academy or University. The Applicant gives permission to the Unheard Film Festival to screen, archive and distribute in small quantities its admission for The Battle. It is not allowed to use existing music or any form of copyrighted material. Collaboration with a fellow student is possible.
Final deadline for admission is February 20th 2011
Ludwig Göransson, winnaar van The Battle 2007 woont en werkt tegenwoordig in Los Angeles
"The Battle has meant a lot to me!"
First of all I made a lot of really nice Dutch friends! But I also became good friends with the director of the movie I was scoring for the Unheard film competition, Huub Kistemaker. I visited him for a week in Arnhem last summer and we're still in contact and we'll hopefully do a lot of work together in the future. I'm also currently doing a lot of freelancing job for Massive Music which is great because it's really fun and the guys over there are really cool.
What would I recommend to other young composers?
Don't be a copycat. There is already one John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman and 1000 film composers that sounds like them! It's great if you know how to write like all the big film composers but the most important is to somehow find your own voice. Listen to a lot of different styles in music. Play a lot of different styles in music! Learn how to play guitar."
"The Battle has meant a lot to me!"
First of all I made a lot of really nice Dutch friends! But I also became good friends with the director of the movie I was scoring for the Unheard film competition, Huub Kistemaker. I visited him for a week in Arnhem last summer and we're still in contact and we'll hopefully do a lot of work together in the future. I'm also currently doing a lot of freelancing job for Massive Music which is great because it's really fun and the guys over there are really cool.
What would I recommend to other young composers?
Don't be a copycat. There is already one John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman and 1000 film composers that sounds like them! It's great if you know how to write like all the big film composers but the most important is to somehow find your own voice. Listen to a lot of different styles in music. Play a lot of different styles in music! Learn how to play guitar."
Please contact jesse@unheardfilm.nl for instructions to upload your soundtrack
