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How does this differ from the
"A Five Dollar Movie" contest?
Well the fact that “A Five Dollar Movie” contest doesn’t
exist and our does!
What's the
purpose of the contest?
A
MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE.COM is the first $1,000,000 movie funded
entirely through the World Wide Web. Once funding is secured, Make
It Happen Films will produce the movie and distribute it
domestically and internationally. Funding will be secured through
pixel advertising on A MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE.COM. Any individual or
business may purchase ad space on our homepage. Space can be
purchased for $1 per pixel with a 100 pixel minimum and no maximum.
Each buyer of advertising space will receive a personalized icon
that will link directly to the website of his/her choice. The size
of the icon is dependent on how many pixels are purchased. To
guarantee buyers of advertising space a steady stream of new and
repeat visitors to the site, a screenplay contest will run
simultaneously with the advertising campaign. The screenplay contest
winner will be chosen by the world via online voting; and Make It
Happen Films will produce the screenplay with monies generated
through advertising.
How did
the idea for this come about?
Matteo Ribaudo crafted the idea after reading
about a
British
University
student who was able to generate1 million dollars for his
tuition through pixel advertising on his website. He
wanted to use this same principle, but to finance a feature
film. He also wanted the World Wide Web community’s involvement
in picking the script, thus the Screenplay contest was born. “It
will truly be a movie that the world wants to see”.
To whom is the contest open to?
We
are accepting submissions from anyone 18 and older. Employees,
contractors, or immediate family members of the principals of A
MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE.COM and Make It Happen Films are ineligible to
submit screenplays.
For those not quite clear, what's the result of
winning?
Those
who win the screenplay contest will win either $10,000 or $5000
(depending on the number of submissions) and have their screenplay
made into a feature film.
Who is involved in this contest?
Matteo
Ribaudo and Sean King, the producing partners on Make It Happen
Films, and Russ Emanuel, who is a junior partner on the project and
the web designer.
Are you seeking distribution with studios, or
financiers?
It
depends on how much money we raise. But we are definitely open to
this idea.
How much have
you raised so far?
As of today, we have raised $68,400
with 19 companies that have already bought pixel ad space.
Have any major companies donated so far?
Several including Kodak (our biggest donator so far), Music Plus TV,
Pro8mm, and Copter Vision.
What sort of screenplays are you accepting?
All
genres will be accepted except pornography.
How are you judging the scripts, and who will be
judging them?
All
submissions will be judged by a panel of talent executives at a
variety of studios, management companies and agencies who will
select the top 10 finalists. The top 10 screenplays will then be
available online for anyone in the world to vote for the screenplay
they would like to see produced by Make It Happen Films.
How can people get involved in this contest?
For those interested, please go
to our official A MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE.COM website at:
http://www.amilliondollarmovie.com
Or at our company website MAKE
IT HAPPEN FILMS at
http://www.makeithappenfilms.com
For web design information, you
can contact Russ Emanuel at his Russem Productions website at:
http://www.russem.com
What's the deadline for the contest?
The entry deadlines are:
Early Bird Deadline:
May 15 – June 30, 2006 - $35
Regular Deadline:
July 1 – September 30, 2006 - $50
Late Deadline:
All late submissions should be postmarked or submitted no later than
October 31, 2006.
October 1– 31, 2006 - $75
After this, the notification process will take place on the
following dates below:
November 1 – 30, 2006 (Top 50 Scripts Announced)
December 1, 2006 (Top 10 Scripts announced and public online voting
begins)
December 1 – January 31, 2007 (Online voting period)
February 2007 (Winner announced)
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