Wow, a year after our first DVC we have just wrapped up the biggest challenge yet. 31 completed entries is a pretty impressive number, and I'm proud to be a part of this with all the rest of you.
Just submitting a film is like winning. Talk is cheap and everyone and their uncle are filmmakers these days, so when you actually get something up on screen you are one huge step ahead of everyone else. So here's to you guys and girls!
Next, a big thanks to Guy Cochran at www.dvestore.com for putting up a VIDEO IPOD as a prize! Guy has been with us for a long time and while I still haven't figured out a way to enter and win my own competition, he keeps tempting me to do so with great prizes.
And of course to our own Mike Teutsch who has donated one of his custom made video dollies as a prize. A prize any filmmaker can use!
Also big thanks to Mark Aardsma of ATS Acoustics, a manufacturer of acoustic panels for studios, control rooms, home theater, etc. who has donated a $150 gift certificate to their online store, www.atsacoustics.com
Then there is a big personal thanks to everyone who has donated cash, bought t-shirts (new ones on sale now!) or volunteered in any other way. It is always appreciated!
One personal big thanks to Rob Lohman who has been a huge help both with running the DVC5 as it expanded. Rob, you rock!
And finally to Chris Hurd for giving us a home here on DVinfo.net, the best darn video forum out there!
Ok, now on to the part you really care about... Who won the darn thing?
Well, there were some really fantastic entries. However, there was a pretty even consensus as to the winner... but first the finalists.
There was a massive near tie of top films, so instead of posting a Runner Up, I will post in no particular order:
THE FINAL FIVE:
Michael Fossenkemper - TheWrongTurn
Robert Kirkpatrick - The Autumn Queen
Bill Gardner - Love Bites
Steve Shilson - Tracks of Reality
BradleyMarlow - INTROSPECTACLE
Congrats guys, these five were great!
And yet.... there can be only one champ...
AND THE WINNER OF THE DV CHALLENGE #5 IS:
BILL GARDNER - LOVE BITES
Three cheers for Bill, fantastic entry!
Thanks you all and I hope to see you all back for DVC6!
And now...
The films!
Day 1
Bill Gardner
Love Bites
Good quality: ~58 Mbytes, 480x360, 24p
http://www.wrgardner.com/LoveBitesHiBW.wmv or http://dsp.ucsd.edu/~wgardner/LoveBitesHiBW.wmv
Fair quality: ~20 Mbytes, 320x240, 12p
http://www.wrgardner.com/LoveBitesLoBW.wmv or http://dsp.ucsd.edu/~wgardner/LoveBitesLoBW.wmv
Steve Shilson
Tracks of Reality
Windows Media Player Verison (31.7mb)
http://www.steveshilson.com/TracksofReality.wmv
Quicktime HI (34.4mb)
http://www.steveshilson.com/TracksofRealityQT.mov
Quicktime LOW (12.8mb)
http://www.steveshilson.com/TracksofRealityQTLOW.mov
Bradley L. Marlow
INTROSPECTACLE
http://www.wyomingwinking.com/f/Intr...le_blm_320.mov
http://ia310113.us.archive.org/2/ite...c5_blm_wmv.wmv
Robert Martens
No Other
http://www.gyroshot.com/movies/noother/noother-wm9.wmv
http://www.gyroshot.com/movies/noother/noother-wm7.wmv
Day 2
Lorinda Norton & Hugh DiMauroTechniques
http://www.bluejeanvideo.com/clips.htm
Phil Gioja
Take Me Back
http://www.centerstreetproductions.com/dvc5
Dick Mays
Jeremy’s Letters
www.theatre4film.com/JeremysLetters.mov
www.theatre4film.com/JeremysLetters.wmv
Meryem Ersoz
Still Life
mp4 link (small version):
http://ia310117.us.archive.org/2/items/dirMErsozplanetEproductionsinc/StillLifeSequence_1MPEG4_Improved_NTSC_Large_Progressive.mp4
h.264 link (larger, higher rez version):
http://ia310103.us.archive.org/2/items/dirMErsozplanetEproductionsinc_1/StillLife2.mov
Day 3
Mark Utley
Fruit Pursuit
http://www.mumps.ca/fruitpursuit
Kris Holodak
Lost In DC
http://home.comcast.net/~kholodak/gif/Lost_in_DC.mov
Chris Barcellos
Proof Of God
http://makeyourfilm.net/Download.html
Darryl Ahye
Sherman Reflects
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zvzF4mkOF9c
Day 4
Michael Fossenkemper
The Wrong Turn
http://www.turtletonestudio.com/films/DVC5.html
Mugurel Dragusin
Theory
http://www.digitallymotion.com/theory428x240.wmv
Volker Krieger
Phoenix West
www.vk-videokunst.com/phoenixwest.mov
Quicktime
www.vk-videokunst.com/phoenixwestdivx.avi
.AVI
www.vk-videokunst.com/phoenixwestmp4.mov
(QT 720x576, 12 MB)
Joe Winchester
G.R.E.
Large quicktime (25.6mb)
http://www.carolking.com/joe/G_R_E_large.mov
Small quicktime (5.3mb)
http://www.carolking.com/joe/G_R_E_small.mov
H.264 Quicktime (78mb)
http://www.carolking.com/joe/G_R_E_h264.mov
Day 5
Rich Zlam & Kate Spiegel
Mirror Mirror
http://www.ourmedia.org/node/202167
Cory Cone
The Escape Artist
http://cory.xstreamhost.com/short%20films/theescapeartist.mov
Tyler Baptist
2.5 Kids
www.mumps.ca/video/twopointfivekids.mov
(MOV - 55.7mbs) High Quality
www.mumps.ca/video/twopointfivekids.wmv
(WMV - 24.4mbs) Medium Quality
Mitchell Stookey
The St. Louis Light
http://cory.xstreamhost.com/short%20films/stlouis.mov
Day 6
Bill Hamell
Give Away
http://cinebydesign.net/giveaway/giveaway.wmv
Windows Media
http://cinebydesign.net//giveaway/giveaway.rm
Real Media
Sean McHenry
A Memory Of A Dream
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3812835321742829711&q=memories+of+a+dream&pl=true
Scott Cozad
The Dream Stone
http://slygo.com/dreamstone.asp
Bruce Broussard
Who am I
http://www.broussardvideoproductions.com/downloads/whoami.mov
high resolution
http://www.broussardvideoproductions.com/downloads/WhoAmI_med.mov
full HD
http://www.broussardvideoproductions.com/downloads/WhoAmI_high.wmv
Day 7
Andrew Hood
Burnt
http://media5.uploadjar.com/file.php?file=uploads/dvc5_burnt_v3xvid.avi
mirror:
http://www.gimehost.com/lCUqrdnCsR6B9TKARak0
http://www.gimehost.com/FLQOUiEya1dume7Eqify
Edward Slonaker
The Road Taken
http://www.elpilon.com/dvc/roadtaken.asf
http://www.elpilon.com/dvc/roadtaken_swf.html
Robert Kirkpatrick
The Autumn Queen
www.crowfeatherfilms.com/dv/autumnqueen.mov
Joff B. Rein
Badcop
http://www.streamload.com/xid/EL/RD3BNZNL4U/badcop.wmv
http://www.streamload.com/Deliver/Deliver.asp?cxInstID=55689474&nodeID=560103437&returnPage=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Estreamload%2Ecom%2FNodes%2FNode%2Easp%3FcxInstID%3D55689474%26nodeID%3D968835671
Brendan Marnell
Raptors Bouncing
http://www.archive.org/download/Raptors_Bouncing/RaptorsBouncing.mov
Andrew Khalil
Who am I
www.putfile.com/akhalil
Joel L. Young
Death After Life
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5345057329269760055
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