Tallahassee, Fla.
"We are pleased to offer the chance for interested members of the public to showcase their talent and creativity," said Jeanne Curtin, President of the Tallahassee Film Festival. "The Tallahassee Film Festival is going to be an exciting weekend of film and entertainment for Tallahassee and the 24-hour Film Festival is an exciting way to preview the best of our local talent and to encourage the public to be a part of the filmmaking process."
A second seminar will be held April 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Both seminars will offer tips on script writing, filming, casting and editing. The cost is $15 per person.
The Tallahassee Film Festival is one of three initiatives borne out of the Knight Creative Communities Initiative (KCCI), which is a year-long, cutting-edge program designed to inspire Tallahassee’s creative class of young professionals and to help drive Tallahassee’s economy. The festival celebrates professional and emerging talent in the film, music and related arts industries and will be held May 15-17, 2008.
Two weeks prior to the weekend of the film festival, contestants of the 24-Hour Film Contest will be provided with a common theme for their short film and then must create and submit their film within a one-day period. The Tallahassee Democrat will feature the top entries on their Web site, Tallahassee.com, and members of the public will be able to vote on their favorites, with the winner announced during the festival.
The contest is open to anyone in the community who assembles a team of one to five people to compete. Each team must use a commercial digital camera and common computer editing programs to shoot and edit their films.
To qualify for entry
"Part of the mission of the Tallahassee Film Festival is to expose the Southeast to the cinematic arts," said George Fernandez, a Tallahassee Film Festival volunteer who will host the seminars. "The 24-Hour Film Contest will help make that mission a reality."
To learn more about the 24-Hour Film Contest and the Tallahassee Film Festival, visit www.tallahasseefilmfestival.com.
ABOUT THE KNIGHT CREATIVE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE
The Knight Creative Communities Initiative (KCCI), a joint venture of The Knight Foundation and Richard Florida’s Creative Class Strategies Team, is a year-long, cutting-edge program designed for Tallahassee residents to build authentic sustainable regional prosperity. In January 2007, KCCI selected Tallahassee as one of three regions in the nation to participate in this project, primarily due to its high concentration of jobs in government and education and its consistent inability to attract and retain members of the creative sector, which renowned social theorist Richard Florida argues is the driving force of economic development. More than 30 "community catalysts" were selected to assess the region’s potential for economic growth, establish a broad community vision, and determine three key initiatives that aim to bring greater economic prosperity to the region. To learn more, visit http://kccitallahassee.wordpress.com
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or e-mail kccitallahassee@gmail.com. , each team must submit an entry fee of $50. Each film should be no longer than five minutes and no shorter than three minutes, including titles and credits. No more than $100 can be spent on the production of the film. Any film received after the 9 a.m. due date will be disqualified. All films should be shot on DV, edited on PC or MAC platforms, and then burned onto DVDs. All films in the contest will be accepted in DVD format. 
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