FILM ENTRY FOR WAFF 2013
If you are interested in submitting a film for WAFF 2013 email film2013[at]waff[dot]ie.
RECOMMENDATIONS, GUIDELINES & RULES
Recommendations, guidelines & rules for competition entries.
The WAFF is about short adventure films. Your film should be no longer than 10 minutes. See below for our recommendations for video formats etc. You agree that your film may be utilised in part or in full as a part of promotional activities for the Wee Adventure Film Festival. By submitting your film you have agreed to these conditions.
We have put these recommendations together to ensure that the quality of all submitted films screened at the WAFF remains as good as when they were originally edited. We have, in previous WAFF's, received films shot in several different formats and we have had issues with various formats when transferring the films onto the master DVD used on the night of the screening. So in order to prevent these issues happening again we have put together some recommendations.
Here you go...
Formats such as AVI, MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 & MP4 are file 'containers' and have no bearing on the quality of the video or audio. The CODEC used to compress the video and audio is the deciding factor in the final quality. Aim to use the best quality codec you can and with the lowest compression rate.
Examples of high quality video codecs are;
Please try to provide your film entry in the form of a video file and not as a DVD, SVCD, VCD (this will help us to maintain the video quality of your film).
Ultimately, we will accept film entries in any and all video formats. However, ensuring you maintain as much of the original video quality of your footage as possible, can only mean you will have a better chance in the competition.
These terms, conditions and recommendations may change at any time without notice. For further info contact: John[at]waff[dot]ie
Visitors to this website are reminded that all adventure sports are activities with a danger of personal injury or death. Participants should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions and involvement. ©2011 Wee Adventure Film Festival.
The WAFF is about short adventure films. Your film should be no longer than 10 minutes. See below for our recommendations for video formats etc. You agree that your film may be utilised in part or in full as a part of promotional activities for the Wee Adventure Film Festival. By submitting your film you have agreed to these conditions.
We have put these recommendations together to ensure that the quality of all submitted films screened at the WAFF remains as good as when they were originally edited. We have, in previous WAFF's, received films shot in several different formats and we have had issues with various formats when transferring the films onto the master DVD used on the night of the screening. So in order to prevent these issues happening again we have put together some recommendations.
Here you go...
- Shoot your video footage in the highest quality allowed by your video camera.
- Shoot, edit and save your footage using 'Progressive Scan', rather than 'Interlaced' video i.e; 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080p and not 480i, 576i, 1080i.
- Save your video edit in the highest quality possible (the higher the quality you give to us, the better your film will look during the competition).
Formats such as AVI, MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 & MP4 are file 'containers' and have no bearing on the quality of the video or audio. The CODEC used to compress the video and audio is the deciding factor in the final quality. Aim to use the best quality codec you can and with the lowest compression rate.
Examples of high quality video codecs are;
- H.264 (also called 'MPEG-4 Part 10' or 'MPEG-4/AVC')
- DV (progressive scan)
- DivX & XviD (quality should be set to very high/max)
Please try to provide your film entry in the form of a video file and not as a DVD, SVCD, VCD (this will help us to maintain the video quality of your film).
Ultimately, we will accept film entries in any and all video formats. However, ensuring you maintain as much of the original video quality of your footage as possible, can only mean you will have a better chance in the competition.
These terms, conditions and recommendations may change at any time without notice. For further info contact: John[at]waff[dot]ie
Visitors to this website are reminded that all adventure sports are activities with a danger of personal injury or death. Participants should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions and involvement. ©2011 Wee Adventure Film Festival.
FILM ENTRY ARCHIVE
The Wee Adventure Film Festival has been celebrating amateur and professional short films since 2008. Check out our archive of films below.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
WAFF 2011 winners
Best Professional Film : Bikes and broken - Kim Mavromatis and Ben Heidrich
Best Amateur Film and the "Wee Adventure Film Festival's People's Choice":To be continued... Sean Nee and Maxie Hill
Best Professional Film : Bikes and broken - Kim Mavromatis and Ben Heidrich
Best Amateur Film and the "Wee Adventure Film Festival's People's Choice":To be continued... Sean Nee and Maxie Hill