The AAFilmab, MTV World, and Asian CineVision is proud to announce the winners of the 3rd Annual 72 Hour Film Shooutout!!. Congratulations to all of you and thank you for inspiring all of us here at the AAFilmLab.

GRAND JURY AWARDS

GRAND JURY AWARD
Team: Cat Rat Dog
Film: Goodnight Mr. Lee
Members: Peter Chin and John C. Kim




1ST RUNNER UP
Team: Melt Papaya
Film: Pandamania
Members: Jessica Chung and Chris Tsou




2ND RUNNER UP
Team: Kerjen
Film: Stinky T
Members: Peter Wang, Heland Lee, and Jackson Loo

THE TOP 15

1818Sawtelle
Draw

A2 Films
The Editor

Cat Rat Dog
Goodnight Mr. Lee

Freshrock Filmworks
The Leak

Infrastructure DV
The Last Game

Inspirasian
One Chinese Dude

JESK
Seize the Day

K & A Productions
Girls Night Out

Kerjen
Stinky T

Melt Papaya
Pandamania

Super Seiko
To Be

Tea Bag
Mao Got Your Tongue

Team Reflex
OCD + ESQ = 8C

The Moonlighters
The Final Countdown

The Sleepy Panda
The Greatest Game Ever Played

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

BEST ACTOR
Chiko Lai
Film: Rest Stop
Team: Pretty Sweet

BEST ACTRESS
Diana Chang
Film: Rest Stop
Team: Pretty Sweet

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
"The Panda" played by Noel Santos and Chris Tsou
Film: Pandamania
Team: Melt Papaya

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
Carlos Misenas
Film: The Last Game
Team: Infrastructure DV

BEST DIRECTOR
Peter Chin and John C. Kim
Film: Goodnight Mr. Lee
Team: Cat Rat Dog

BEST EDITING
Peter Chin, John C. Kim, and Wei Ling Chang
Film: Goodnight Mr. Lee
Team: Cat Rat Dog

BEST STORY/WRITING
Jessica Chung and Chris Tsou
film: Pandamania
Team: Melt Papaya

MOST ORIGINAL FILM
Seiko Higuma
Film:To Be
Team: Super Seiko



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Judging is now underway and will be finalized within the week!  We know it’s been a long break, but get ready because we have two important events coming your way.  The Wrap Party at MTV hosted by Suchin Pak in Times Square and also the Top 15 Screening at the New York Asian American International Film Festival.  See details below.

Shootout Wrap Party - Wednesday, July 12th, 6 - 8 p.m.
MTV in Times Square, 1515 Broadway 7th Floor

Please RSVP to
Teams are limited to 4 guests total (this may change based on RSVPs), identify your team within your email.  First come, first serve, only those that RSVP and receive email confirmation will be admitted.

6 - 7 p.m. We mingle at MTV
7 - 8 p.m. Awards and annoucements

TOP 15 WINNERS
Top 15 finalists that will be screened at the 29th Annual Asian American International Film Festival will be announced.

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Individual awards for Best Story, Director, Cinematographer & more will be announced. Each award will be followed by a 30 second clip of the winning film.

TEAMS: Please elect one team member to receive the Individual award. In order to expedite the evening, there will be no speeches from the individual award winners.

GRAND JURY AWARDS
We will then announce the 2nd runner up, 1st runner up, and the winner of the Grand Jury Award for the 3rd Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout. The top three films will be played in entirety.

TEAMS: The whole winning team can come up to receive the award.  Please be considerate and appoint one person to speak on behalf of your team.  Limit speech to 30 seconds please.


Top 15 Shorts Program - Sunday, July 16th, 1:00 p.m.
29th Annual Asian American International Film Festival
The Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street)

“In the third annual 72 HR FILM SHOOTOUT, winning teams showcase shorts written, shot, edited and produced in 72 hours around a central theme. Did pressure and time constraints get to them? Followed by Q&A.”

It is a rare opportunity to have your film shown on the Big Screen.  Don’t miss it!  Get your tix at:
72 Hour Shootout Shorts Program-Asian American Film Festival

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The 72 Hours is up!  We rejoice with you all.  We cry with you too.  As previous contestants, we know the highs and lows of this competition, and want to congratulate you all on just being a part of it.  Remember, the films you created exist beyond the limitations of this competition, and have joined the larger cause of expression through independent Asian American Film.  We eagerly await all of your submissions!


SAVE THE DATES!

Wednesday, July 12th- Wrap Party at MTV, Times Square, NYC
  »Grand Jury Awards Top 3 Films
  »Announcement of Top 15 Films
  »Announcement of Individual Awards


Sunday, July 16th - Screening of Top 15 at Asian American International Film Festival, NYC


If you can’t make it to NYC for the Wrap Party, don’t worry, competition results will be posted simultaneously on this website!

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THIS YEAR’S THEME IS...

OBSESSIVE/COMPULSIVE

PLUS: Music Challenge

Every team is required to incorporate music into their film.  Examples include an original score, characters whistling a tune, or a music video.  Although musical creativity will not be a component of judging, it is a required element that the organizers would like filmmakers to utilize to enhance the narrative of their film as it relates to the theme.

>>DOWNLOAD THE HANDY SUBMISSION CHECKLIST & THEME DOCUMENT!!!

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Weekend contact (Saturday, Sunday and Monday, 12-6:00pm): Tana 917.881.8031


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A Note About Techniques Used in Film Music
Music is often used in films to involve an audience emotionally. Members of the audience can follow the story line as the visuals unfold, and can understand the emotions of the characters. However, as Brown (1994) says, it is the combination of the visuals with music that makes the viewers feel those emotions. For example, when watching Psycho we not only attribute fear to the unfortunate heroine when we watch her murder; we also feel fear, a sensation heightened by the visual impact of the camera work and the shocking musical accompaniment. Indeed, Brown (1994) writes that a critic for Time magazine objected violently to this scene because he considered it gruesome and far too explicit. On closer examination of the film, though, the portrayal of the murder does not actually show the knife entering the victim’s body. What causes the horror is the combination of Herrman’s score and Hitchcock’s macabre genius in editing the camera shots.

Music is used in two modes within films: diagetic and non-diagetic. Diagetic music is music which occurs within the narrative of the film. It is attributable to some source seen in the film, such as a radio, a record player, a musical instrument, a juke box or an orchestra in a concert hall. The characters of the film can hear this music. Non-diagetic music is music which is not part of the narrative, not attributable to a source in the film, and is unheard by characters in the film. This type of music is usually used to add affective colour to the film, and play on the emotions of the audience. It can be used to cue the audiences to feel uneasy; to build up tension; to flag an approaching disaster or to signal a love affair. Some composers, such as Korngold (composer of the music for the 1940 film ``Sea Hawk’’) associated particular characters with a non-diagetic musical theme, in the leitmotivic style (see below) most commonly attributed to Wagnerian Opera. This type of music is, for the most part, used to cue events in the narrative, although non-diagetic music playing at a counterpoint to the narrative can achieve interesting results.

http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~judyr/ghostwriter/music/paper/node7.html

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One of our sponsors, The Orchard, is providing participants of this year’s 72Hr Film Shootout access to its extensive catalog of independent music. Participants can license music for use in the competition for a discounted sync fee of $50 per song. The Orchard administers sync rights for more than 800,000 diverse tracks from independent labels all over the world, spanning 73 countries and every music genre, and licenses its catalog for a wide variety of uses, including film/TV, ads, video games and interactive.

Contact Annie at or 646-732-6339 for inquiries. 
http://www.theorchard.com/

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