As I pulled the hatchets down on The Hollywood News last night, a post-workday surfing sesh saw me stumble across this superb competition that the guys over at UK photographic retailer Jessops have set-up. Teaming up with Nikon and The Mob Film Company, the guys are offering filmmakers the chance to win £5000 of Nikon equipment. All that you have to do is submit a ten minute short film, that has to revolve around the theme ‘The Shot’. The judging panel is headed by none other than Paul WS Anderson, director of THE THREE MUSKETEERS, which opened yesterday. Winners also get the chance to visit Anderson on the set of his next film (we believe that he is shooting another RESIDENT EVIL movie next).
Here are the full details.
Jessops, the UK’s premier photographic retailer, has teamed up with The Mob Film Company to launch a short film competition.
Using nothing but a Digital or DSLR camera’s movie function, participants must produce a 10 minute short film entitled “The Shot”. Entries will be put before a judging panel of film and television directors, headed by Paul WS Anderson, Director of the Resident Evil series and the forthcoming 3 Musketeers 3D.
The competition, which runs until early next year, is open to everyone in the UK and offers one lucky winner a very special prize: an all expenses paid trip to spend the day with Paul WS Anderson on the set of his latest movie. In addition, the winner will also receive a £5000 camera package, courtesy of Nikon.
The competition is expected to run until January, so plenty of time to get behind it! Here’s Anderson introducing the film competition on YouTube.
For more details, head to the Jessops Facebook page.
