short film festival

The festival discovers, supports and develops new talent in filmmaking, providing a platform for emerging and established filmmakers from around the world, and a unique meeting place for the industry.

Encounters Festival presents one of the world’s leading International Competitions for short film and animation, and is also an official gateway to the world’s most prestigious awards; BAFTAs, European Film Awards and Cartoon d’Or and a qualifying festival for the The Academy Awards®.

Each year the Encounters Festival Grand Prix winners qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the Annual Academy Awards^®.

The 21^st Encounters Festival in 2015 presented the annual International Competition showcasing the best new short film from around the world, alongside an intensive 3 day industry programme which featured masterclasses, panel discussions, talks and workshops with leading figures from the film and animation industries.

Connecting industry and audiences, the festival celebrates the creativity, diversity and impact of short film.

So whether you are a filmmaker looking to launch or develop your career, an Industry professional wanting to stay abreast of what’s new or  a film lover wanting to soak up the festival atmosphere by watching great films and special events, come along to the next festival for a truy inspiring week of short film celebration!

In 2015 Encounters Festival celebrated 21 years as the UK’s leading short film and animation festival.

The sections that i highlighted are the parts that are relivent to how i will be getting my film out there as short film festivals are important to distributing my film i need to gain an understanding of white one i should enter into. this explains it when i come to that stage i will know ans be able to do it.

Sell a Movie to Netflix

Unlike many video on demand platforms, the majority of Netflix deals still happen the traditional way. A filmmaker finds a distributor. The distributor negotiates a deal with Netflix. And then the filmmaker gets paid a licensing fee for one or two years.

Think of Netflix the same way you think about HBO or Showtime. What’s in it for Netflix to pick up your movie? Will your movie help attract new subscribers or retain current subscribers?

How Do You Attract Netflix?

There are two popular ways to attract Netflix. You can go old school, whereby you get into major festivals and markets (like AFM, Sundance, SXSW, Toronto, et al) and garner the attention of the NetFlix acquisitions team. Or you can work with a distributor or sales agent with a Netflix relationship.

In both instances, if you want to score a Netflix deal, your movie better have star talent, thousands of social followers and tons of traditional publicity. If not, then getting a Netflix deal (that actually pays money) will be challenging.

Alternatives To Netflix Distribution

When it comes to Netflix, many filmmakers argue that the exposure is more valuable than profit. If that’s true, then let me remind you that piracy is also good for exposure and involves less work.

If you are truly looking for exposure, the subscription service offered by Amazon Prime is one of the best alternatives to Netflix. Amazon Prime has millions of subscribers and is a great platform for “discovery.” And unlike Netflix, Amazon Prime actually pays you every time someone streams your movie. This makes Amazon Prime very filmmaker friendly.

The only downside is, you cannot currently distribute to Amazon Prime on your own. To get your content on Amazon Prime, you will need to work with a direct Amazon aggregator. (While there are many great aggregators, if you want to work with me directly, feel free to submit your content via my current employer Distribber.)

Once you are live on Amazon Prime, one simple promotional tactic involves asking cast and crew to reach out to family and friends. Searches and comments on Amazon can raise engagement, which can further help get content featured in Amazon’s recommendation engine. And while we are on the subject of promotion, you may want to download my film distribution checklist.

the content highlighted are the things that will help me to atract Netflix to my film so that they can put it on there and from there i will need instently be getting a good number of view because of the number of people who are subcribed to them.

research film regulation

i would like my film to be classified as a 15 so these are the things i can have and cant have in my movie.

What does the 15 symbol mean?

No-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent a 15 rated video. 15 rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age.

Are there any limits on what sort of theme a work can have at 15?

No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.

What might I see in a 15 rated film or video?

Any of the following:

•   strong violence
•  frequent strong language (e.g. 'f***').
•   portrayals of sexual activity
•   strong verbal references to sex
•   sexual nudity
•   brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
•   discriminatory language or behaviour
•   drug taking

How much strong language is allowed in a 15?

There could potentially be a great deal. At 15 there is no upper limit on the number of uses of strong language (e.g. ‘f***’).
Occasionally there may be uses of the strongest terms (e.g. 'c***'), depending on the manner in which they are used, who is using the language, its frequency and any special contextual justification. However, continued or aggressive use will not normally be passed 15.

What about discriminatory or offensive terms?

There may be racist, homophobic or other discriminatory language, and the work could explore themes relating to this.
However, at 15 the work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

How much sex and nudity is allowed at 15?

At 15 sexual activity can be portrayed, but usually without strong detail. Some sex scenes can be quite long at this category.

Though nudity may be allowed in a sexual context there will usually be no strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.

There can be strong references to sex and sexual behaviour, but especially strong or crude references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context.

Sex and sex references are treated the same irrespective of sexuality

Can there be strong violence?

Yes, at 15 violence may be strong. It should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury, however, and the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable.
Strong sadistic violence is also unlikely to be acceptable.

What about sexual violence?

There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence (for example descriptions of rape or sexual assault in a courtroom scene or in victim testimony) but any portrayal depiction of sexual violence must be discreet and justified by context.

What about horror works?

At 15 there can be strong threat and horror as long as there is no sustained focus on sadistic or sexualised threat.

Can you see drugs in a 15 rated film or video?

At 15 drug taking may be shown but the work as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse (for example, through instructional detail).
The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances like aerosols or solvents is unlikely to be acceptable at 15.

What about dangerous behaviour or things teens might copy?

We consider the risk of potential harm to impressionable teenagers. For example, dangerous behaviour such as hanging, suicide and self-harming should not dwell on detail which could be copied.
Whether the depiction of easily accessible weapons is acceptable will depend on factors such as realism, context and setting.

How can I find out more about a specific 15 film?

Please check the BBFCinsight for the film or video you are thinking of watching. You may find BBFCinsight on this website or on our free App as well as on film posters, DVD and Blu-ray packaging, and on some listings. You will also find it attached to some film and video content which is available to download. It provides comprehensive information on exactly why a film or video has been given a particular category. All the issues are discussed in detail and parents in particular can use this information to make informed decisions when choosing viewing material for their children.

The text that i highlighted above are the rules and things that i should consider when i am making my film so that i will be able to get a 15 classification. The things in yellow are the things that i am able to do and use in my movie but staying in the guidelines of intensity. The things in blue are the things that i should avoid doing because it will start going outside the 15 class. 

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what is seen above is an edit decision list this is a code which analysis the order of the footage you edited and saves it so that you are able to access it anywhere in the whole as long as you have all the footage taken by the camera man. this is a very effective way of moving

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in the horror playlist this channel 'ponysmasher' is the most viewed and subscribed out of all the videos with 65,210 subscribers. when i was going the videos that the channel share and post they are a mix of animated and short horror films that seem to be very popular. looking in the short film that have been posted and most of them are adult based. so most of the characters are mainly adults so they are not really teenage based on this particular channel. when looking in the comment section i came to find that most of the comment are coming from users who seem like they are 'adults' and most of them are male users. 

so looking this makes need to change some of the things in my short film to suit the wider audience so that i can get more views instead of isolating one section of my audience. 






The next channel i looked at was called future shots which also shows horror film but they are much more popular having 261,129 subscribers and on the video in the horror playlist having almost

20,000,000 views on a short horror film. on this channel from the looks of the videos they are posting there seems to be much more child actor

unlike the other channel, so this may imply that this channel has a wider audience who watch and share the videos. 

when looking at the looking at the comments you see that most of the people are adults that are talking about the short films  






my idea was based on a character in a Tv Soap called Eastenders 

Eastenders shows to get about 8.26 million views a week which shows to be quite popular in this country.

Is on at pre-watershed time so its audience share is much wider so it is for the whole family