Sign up for Dallas Video Association’s Guts and Glory Film Race — if you dare!

by PegNews wire

Have you got the guts to bet the pot without seeing the cards? Got the guts to bungee jump off Reunion Tower without checking the line? This Halloween, it's "No Guts, No Glory" as eight teams of filmmakers shoot a 3-minute movie, without looking. Here's what we mean:

Each team will shoot shot after shot, every scene of their movie in order, on-camera. They will then perform the music, sound effects, and voices live the next week at VideoFest in the Angelika Theater, in front of a live audience.

Here's the catch: It'll be the first time they see their own movie. It'll be unedited with all its flaws. It's America's Funniest Home Videos meets French auteur filmmaking. For all of you who take a thousand digital photos until you look good, you probably don't have the guts! These filmmakers -- they've got the guts and they'll get the glory!

Race details:

The 8 teams will meet at the starting line in the Angelika Theater Cafe at Mockingbird Station at 6 p.m. Oct. 31. At sundown (7 p.m.) we will reveal a surprise theme, location, and prop they will need to incorporate into the film. They will receive their 100 feet of 16 mm reversal film or color Super 8. Then it's on!

The teams will race to make their films and cross the finish line at the Angelika by sundown (7 p.m.) on Nov. 1. The films will be viewed for the first time at the Angelika on Friday, Nov. 6, as a part of VideoFest. Anything goes and anything could happen as these teams battle for the distinction of Best Overall, Best Cinematography, Best Live Performance, and other awards.

Registration is $100. Need more info? Go here.

posted by JM; info from Video Assn. of Dallas