It's time once again for the UWOL and DVC shooters to get together for fun and charity! This year we are running it quite a bit earlier than in the past. Y'all will be done in time to get your Christmas shopping done! Another nice aspect will be that the charity of the winner's choosing will be notified in time for a great gift at Christmas.

Sign up now for a start date of November 10 (you'll be given the theme at that time) with a submission date of December 10. That's an entire month to shoot and polish your 5-minute masterpiece!

With the exception of the extended 5 minute limit, rules for both DVC and UWOL apply and are pretty similar. UWOLers may post to their personal YouTube or Vimeo pages as well as to the UWOL Vimeo page. Details on upload info later.

Our great sponsor, Guy Cochran of DVeStore (http://www.dvestore.com), is working up a prize for the winner! So you get to give and possibly receive even more than the joy of giving! :)

Throughout the sign-up period and duration of the challenge we will give opportunities for you to donate, with the money going to the winner's favorite charity, as mentioned earlier. Details on how to donate coming soon, but know this: You don't have to donate to sign up, nor do you have to sign up to donate. We've had some generous benefactors help give nice donations to some great charities over the years. Warms the heart, I tell ya...

For now, let's get this going. Sign up and join the fun!!!

Okay, I am up for this one again, Lets go everyone !!

Hoping to have an acting class full of students for help on this one. IN!

Might have a new camera for this so I'll throw my hat in.

oh sod it. i can't do any worse than last time - count me in too (i'll speak slower this time, i promise).

It's time for me to get off the Wall of Shame, even if I can only manage a video about Legos shot on my phone (which is more or less what my talent pool and equipment consist of right now). I'm in!

Can't beat a bit of familial competition ;) I'm in!

At least half the fun of these contests is reading all of you guys' comments. :) Hoping you get that new camera, Kevin!

It's time for me to get off the Wall of Shame, even if I can only manage a video about Legos shot on my phone (which is more or less what my talent pool and equipment consist of right now). I'm in!
Ha ha! Can't wait to see what you do with so little in your arsenal this time, Daniel. Nice to see you back, Soldier...we've missed you.

Count me in, been a while since I've completed anything video-wise.

We need a couple more uwol'ers in here too.
Count me in! :)

Count me in please!

I'm very busy with a new film project, but I'm in!

IN! Benji and I are in the same country this time, so we'll be able to collaborate again.

....in....

I'm in :D .....................................

Here's the info on donating. Remember, it's not a have-to, so if you don't have it, don't worry about it. But if you've got some to spare you'll feel great helping out some great charity out there! Also, anyone who donates, whether or not they complete a film, is a JUDGE. :)

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/dvc-uwol-charity-challenge/501863-charity-donation-faq-pool-total.html#post1690673

Damn y'all. I thought my video days were behind me, now that I've moved to an interesting new environment that severely curtails the use of any and all photographic and video equipment. And I've put most of my gear into storage as a result.

But maybe some sort of inspiration will strike that will still let me come up with something with the minimal gear and conditions I have available.

So I'll put my name down too. Fingers crossed.

I need to have some fun. Please, count me in.

I hope to give this a try. I've got a great charity in mind, just need to find the time to make a film.

Add one entry in my name

Sounds like fun. I'm down too.

The schedule says no, but my heart says yes - so I'm in for a game :)

Hey, is it bad when you blow a dust-storm off of all your camera cases?

sign me up!

Good evening,

We have been in a tail spin sence June, house still in chaos with renovations. at least 2 months more to go!!!

But I have managed to participate in them all to date, so I will have to make an effort to get one in on this!!!! Besides I have two cameras setting here bored to death!!!

I'm signing up Shaun Roemich.

Ha ha! Well then, if that's the way it's played I'm signing up Pete Bauer.

I'm signing up Chris Hurd (maybe Canon will loan him one of those new hollywood cameras so we can see how it shoots)....


Lorinda, just a quick question about what is allowed for this contest - I take it we can do a UWOL style documentary, or even a fiction/dramatic short? How about a non wildlife related documentary? I just want to be clear what the scope is for the combined DVC/UWOL challenge? I'm going to be traveling during the second half of the month so I need to lock down an idea as soon as the theme is announced to be in with a shot!

Fine. Then I'm signing up Dylan Couper. Twice. No, thrice. Same goes for Lorinda Norton...who, oddly enough, has not already explicitly signed up...so quadruple on her!

Lorinda, just a quick question about what is allowed for this contest - I take it we can do a UWOL style documentary, or even a fiction/dramatic short? How about a non wildlife related documentary? I just want to be clear what the scope is for the combined DVC/UWOL challenge? I'm going to be traveling during the second half of the month so I need to lock down an idea as soon as the theme is announced to be in with a shot!
Simon, you can of course shoot UWOL style, or DVC style video. Or combine the two if you want.

Count me in

...I take it we can do a UWOL style documentary, or even a fiction/dramatic short? How about a non wildlife related documentary? I just want to be clear what the scope is for the combined DVC/UWOL challenge? I'm going to be traveling during the second half of the month so I need to lock down an idea as soon as the theme is announced to be in with a shot!
Either or a combination of the above is fine, Simon!

Fine. Then I'm signing up Dylan Couper. Twice. No, thrice. Same goes for Lorinda Norton...who, oddly enough, has not already explicitly signed up...so quadruple on her!
Ha ha ha...Pete, you are so good at dishing it right back, and not just in double or triple portions, but quadruple! Hope you'll seriously think about coming on in. I cracked up at your film from the last DVC/UWOL Challenge and would love to see what masterpiece would spring from your brain again this year. :)

I'd like to try out my new Cinema EOS C300 for this challenge.

Count me in, please!

Fine. Then I'm signing up Dylan Couper. Twice. No, thrice. Same goes for Lorinda Norton...who, oddly enough, has not already explicitly signed up...so quadruple on her!

AH DAMNIT!!


fine


im in

OK, why not, Bob

Been too long... count me in.

PS. been away from this for a while.. can someone point me to the rules regs etc.. Thx.

Welcome back, Dave. I had to search for the link to the DVC rules so now it's posted and stuck at the top of the forum. Thanks--it needed to be done a long time ago. :)
http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/dv-challenge-our-semi-regular-contest/502430-official-rules-dv-challenge.html

Rules for UWOL shooters:
http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/uwol-challenge-our-newest-contest/113245-what-rules-how-can-i-play.html

With the exception of the extended 5 minute limit, rules for both DVC and UWOL apply and are pretty similar. UWOLers may post to their personal YouTube or Vimeo pages as well as to the UWOL Vimeo page. Details on upload info later.

Welcome back, Dave. I had to search for the link to the DVC rules so now it's posted and stuck at the top of the forum. Thanks--it needed to be done a long time ago. :)

Maybe a little notice about the time limit?
Normal it is 3 minutes, and for the charity challenge it is extended to 5 minutes.
You'll find the 5 min rule only in this start up tread I think :)

Thanks guys.

Sign up now for a start date of November 10 (you'll be given the theme at that time) with a submission date of December 10. That's an entire month to shoot and polish your 5-minute masterpiece!

It's the 10th in Korea!!! :)

Well, I'm 30 min late signing up, but topic not announced yet, so...

...I'm in.

It's already 10am of the 10th in Latvia. ;)

Just for you guys on the other side of the world, this night owl is gonna cave and post now...hang on. (It's about 1:30 am here.) :)

!!! Thanks, Lorinda! :)

almost the 11th (11/11/11) here in oz!!

In theory, I am in. In practice, like everyone else, remains to be seen :)

Heads up!! If you never got out of the gate, or if you started and hit a snag thinking you couldn't get done by the submission date, or if you plain old got lazy--this is the announcement for you!
http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/dvc-uwol-charity-challenge/503405-surprise-bonus-week-more.html

And also, the more submissions we get the bigger the prize!
http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/dvc-uwol-charity-challenge/503184-priiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiize.html

So don't be a humbug this Christmas! If you signed up, get your video done! If you haven't signed up yet you've got more time, so get in the game!

And remember...it's for a good cause. :)
http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/dvc-uwol-charity-challenge/501863-charity-donation-faq-pool-total.html

Been working on an idea for this over a couple of weeks but with far too little footage absolutely nothing seemed to come together until this morning. Not sure I will be able to finish but at least I'll bump the numbers up on this by giving Dylan's promo idea a go.

Atta girl, Marj!! I'm sure it will be great.

When you are finished send a link to your uploaded video to thedvchallenge@gmail.com with the following:

Subject line: DVC/UWOL Charity Challenge 2011

Body:
Your Name
Name of Your TV Show/Trailer
Link

As for the UWOL vault, we still haven't got things completely set up yet but that doesn't mean I can't set up another portfolio for this challenge. If you want your UWOL video archived there shoot me an email and I'll send you the password when the page is ready.