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“The project”

MANIFESTO

Preamble

1. “The project” is a web-television touring format based on a fair and constructive competition among five filmmakers and their respective cast and crew. Among the finalist directors, three will be UNDER-35, while for the othertwo places, for the crew and cast there will be no stipulated age limits. The prize up for grabs is the production of a film by the director, the cast and crew of the winner project of the competition.

2. THE IDEOLOGICAL IDENTITY of “The Project” and the film production company program’s, GAC factory, is based on principles of integration between peoples, gender equality and inclusion within the social-work fabric of ethnic minorities and individuals with disabilities. Therefore, every role in Gac Factory is open to applications from all the social classes, regardless of: ethnic origin or nationality, religion or belief, physical or neurological abilities, socio-economic conditions, age, marital status, marriage or cohabitation, sexual orientation or gender identity. In addition, environmental protection, translated into the possibility of constituting “green production” as a practice , is an element of primary importance, placed at the center of all the works by GAC factory.

3. “The project” was born with the desire totell about the people of cinema, the artisans of the cinema, the people who continue to do this profession with passion and the young people who dream of getting started in it. Through the creation of this format we want to tell all the stories that take place behind the camera lens, in the trucks at base camp, in the tailor shop, at the electricians’ table during the lunch break and in all the places where some people gathered to make a film.

4. The itinerant nature of this format is represented by the willingness to organize each new edition of “The project” in a different country, so that we can reach out to stories and People  with different cultural backgrounds, which the previous year we were not able to reach.

5.The initiative might seem to be aimed only to filmmakers, but the desire is to create an international stage that can give a chance to express their talent to young (and not young) authors, actors, cinematographers, cameramen, sound engineers, video and audio editors, producers, hairdressers, make-up artists, set designers and all the people who have anything to do with the reality filmmaking.

    HOW TO PARTICIPATE

6.In order to participate, each director must submit a subject and a screenplay (either in Italian or in English), of which he holds the full commercial rights, together with a short self-tape presentation (1.30 min max), to the following e-mail address:

gacfactory@gmail.com

In addition, the director should choose a page of the script that in his opinion best represents the value of his work and that convinces the viewers to vote for it in the selection process.

7. The screenplays are free-themed, everyone can place the magnifying glass on the arguments he or she most prefers.

8.The selection phase of the submitted projects will be carried out in the following way:

-for each participant will be generated a file named with the following wording -FILM NAME- DIRECTOR NAME, and eventually CO-AUTHOR -.

-Inside the file will be inserted the self-tape of the director, the subject of the film and a page of the director’s choice

-Each file will remain online on our website until the end of the selection process

-Users who have registered to the restricted area of the GAC factory website will have the opportunity to express 3 preferences on what are the ideas they would like to see realized on screen

-An on-line vote will be opened

-On the GAC factory’s social profiles, a post will be published for each participant with the title of the work and its authors, accompanied by the director’s self-tape

-The 50 most voted stories will be reviewed by the 5 members of the jury, film experts and cross-cultural communication who will choose 10 stories and 10 directors.

-The length of the screenplays submitted must be NO LESS THAN 5 PAGES AND NO MORE THAN 20 PAGES. 

THE SUBJECT MUST NOT EXCEED 1 PAGE.

-Formatting parameters: font COURIER NEW,font size value 13, or Final Draft’s default formatting (min 5 max 20 pages)

9. For CREW and CAST the selections will be made differently. All candidates for these roles will have to send their curriculum vitae, personal portfolio or show-reel (if they have made one) and a presentation self tape (1:30 min. max), explaining the reasons why they want to participate in “The project” , to the e-mail address: gacfactory@gmail.com

10. CREW: participants’ data will be entered within a database that will be delivered to the finalist filmmakers. In this way, he will be able to convene for an interview online, the most suitable profiles for the composition of their crew.

11.The figures allowed in each director’s crew will be the following:

n.1 first director assistant 

n.1 second director assistant

n.1 edition secretary

n.1 organizer

n.1 assistant to the organizer

n.1 production inspector

n.1 runner

n.1 cast director

n.1 costume designer

n.1 tailor

n.1 make-up artist

n.1 hairstylist

n.1 coordinator

n.1 DOP

n.1 operator

n.1 assistant

n.1 machinist

n.1 DIT

n.1 chief electrician

n.2 electricians

n.1 location manager

n.1 set designer

n.1 assistant set designer

n.1 sound engineer

n.1 microphone technician

n.1 editor

n.1 soundtrack composer 

12. ACTORS: the profiles of all candidates will be viewed by the directors to begin evaluating the possible interpreters of their stories, nevertheless, everyone will have the opportunity to participate in open-casting days, which will be will be held at the project site a a few days after the selection of the directors.

13. Each project will be assigned an intern, who will be a person who has never had anything to do with the film industry but who will have demonstrated a great passion for filmmaking.

14. Based on the needs of the set, some “ADDITIONAL” workers may be called. In order to receive an additional, a request will have to be made to the GAC factorty team, justified by the department head that’s making the request. The organization will evaluate the request and it is allowed  they will try to send in the help of a team, the head of another crew department.  Is this is not possible for established reasons of incompatibility, additional figures will be convened ex-novo, always drawn from the data-base of professional figures; these people will be offered overnight stays in our facilities only for the night(s) following the work day(s). Even if the time of these people spent on set is less than the owners, this is to be considered an opportunity to demonstrate their qualities, because adjuncts will also be able to join the winner crew for the making of a movie.

15. The five participants who will advance to the final stage will have 10,000 (ten thousand euros) euros budget each.

How it can be spent :

-set construction

-realization of stage clothes

-make-up and hairstylist realization

-realization SFX and VFX

-equipment, camera and lighting rental

-crew and cast board

-any and all (props,props camera…)

It is useful to remind participants that one of the items in the final evaluation criteria is “Resources invested” : this does not mean that those who spend less will obligatorily have a higher score than the others, despite this it is recommended to weigh all expenses in the best way you can, because they will be placed under the magnifying glass of the judges and along with the other values will determine the winner of the competition.

THE MONEY THAT WILL NOT BE SPENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECTS WILL BE DONATED TO CHARITY.

The only figures who will receive remuneration in money will be the chief electrician, the production inspector and the location manager, however, their compensation will not appear in any item in the budget because it will be paid by “The project” organization.

16.Within the various crews, the people who will fill the roles of: HEAD ELECTRICIST, PRODUCTION INSPECTOR, LOCATION MANAGER and ORGANIZER will be chosen by the GAC factory. The reason for this decision, as far as the first two roles are concerned, is directly related to the safety parameters that the GAC factory sets as a prerogative for the realization of a risk-free program. As for the organizer and location manager, the motivation concerns the ideological identity of “The project” : we are convinced that the greatest achievement in terms of collaboration between people with different backgrounds is to integrate an indigenous group with strong ties to the places where filmmaking takes place with people from all over the world. The goal is to bring forward innovative and original ideas respecting the culture and traditions of the places where one is privileged to work.

17. The final prize for the winning team is the opportunity to make a feature film sponsored and produced by the GAC factory.

-The subject of the story may be submitted directly by the winning director, who, if He deems necessary, will be assisted by us in the development of the screenplay

-The crew base of the winning film will remain the same one that took part in “The project” , winning the said competition. However they will be complemented by other elements from the other troupes in the competition, who will be deemed worthy of a recognition of the kind, based on the actions and decisions carried out both in professional and in human terms towards  the crew members, the cast and the environments in which they have operated.

 BEGINNING OF COMPETITION

18. The 10 semifinalists (7 under 35 and 3 over 35) will undergo a motivational interview in which they will have to tell their stories and explain the reasons for which they would like to realize their project. In addition, the same, will have to join a technical test that will be as follows organized as follows:

-each director will draw from a first ballot box a page  of a screenplay by a film or a play, from a second bag a number from 1 to 5, which will sanction which cast is to perform the scene drawn in the first urn

-each director will have a crew, cast, a green screen and a few pieces of set design 

-each director will have 1h to shoot the scene he has been assigned, and then he will have another hour to edit it

-The evaluation parameters will be as follows:

*motivational interview 1-10

*stress managing 1-7

*actor direction 1-5

*video editing 1-5

*audio editing 1-5

*shooting techniques 1-5

*general aesthetic value of the product 1-5

-The sum of the scores of each parameter will determine a ranking, the top 5 (3 under 35, 2 over 35) in the ranking will be the finalists of “The project”

19.Each contestant will be entrusted to one of the judges, who will act as a coach in the preparation and in the post-production phase. judges may be summoned to the setONLY for one day. The judges will also decide by mutual agreement who will be the organizers (previously selected by us) to whom the projects.

20. The crews may be composed freely. The only facilitation will be the possibility of having access to our database of professional figures who have declared a willingness to participate in this initiative.

Exceptions are the HEAD ELECTRICIST, PRODUCTION INSPECTOR, LOCATION MANAGER and ORGANIZER, who will be chosen by the GAC factory organization, as extensively explicated in section 15 of this document.

21.Each team will have 2 weeks of preparation, one week of set(5 days + 1 extra), one week of post-production.

22. A special feature of the project will be the “Logbook” , a room with a video camera and a microphone that are always turned-on. It will be possible to use the “Logbook” room to make observations about something or someone on the set, one can do this anonymously or not, one can use it to vent, to tell one’s story, to tell his point of view, to tell some particular event or some feeling… Everything recorded will be published in full and without editing cuts on our website in a special section will be created within the website, where for each day of processing you will be able to view the relevant contents of the logbook

-each director will be required to give a daily report of the work of his crew and cast

23.When all the films have been edited, a film named “THE PROJECT VOL.1”, consisting of the 5 short films made, will be distributed in movie theaters for two week, and on affiliated platforms one week after the theatrical release.

24.From the day of the film’s theatrical release, an on-line voting will be opened, which will allow all users who wish to do so, to express the their preference, to decide which of the five directors will win the final prize.

-you will be able to vote in the same way as in the selections initial selections (item 8), but this time you will be able to give only one preference

Final

25.The final episode will be organized on the model of the awards night of a film festival première.

26.At the beginning of the evening the names of the three finalists, chosen exclusively by the public through online voting, will be announced.

27.Before announcing the short film winner, at the end of the episode, the following category ywill be awarded (prize given by the judges):

-best leading actor/actress

-best supporting actor/actress

-best photography

-best producer

-best make-up

-best hairstylist

-best cameraman

-best editing

-best soundtrack

-best screenplay

-best set design

-best costumes

-best visual effects

28.The final prize for the best film is awarded by the judges in a public vote. Only in case of a tie ,audience preference will be taken into the account (using only the data of the teams that reached the finals in ex equo), as the sixth vote.

-Ex. if the two teams that ended up on the ballot were not part of the main preference of the public(the project to which the audience gave more preferences), only the values of the teams that resulted in the tie stalemate will be taken in consideration.

29.Voting parameters for awarding the final award :

-INCLUSION OF DISABLED INDIVIDUALS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES 1-10

-GREEN PRODUCTION                                        1-10

-TEAM WORK                                               1-10

-RESOURCES INVESTED                                      1-8

-GENERAL AESTHETIC VALUE                                 1-10

-GENERAL NARRATIVE VALUE                                 1-10

-COMPLIANCE WITH DELIVERY TIMELINES                      1-10

-QUID                                                    1-5

THE GAC FACTORY SPECIFIES THAT ALL THE MONEY THET CREWS DOES NOT NEED TO SPENT WILL BE DONATED IN CHARITY.

30.The jury’s verdict and if that is not enough, the verdict of the audience will be unequivocal and will declare the winner of “THE PROJECt vol.1”.

N.B. Within this poster, the figures have been

all expressed in the masculine form as a mere matter of utility. We apologize if anyone should feel excluded by this choice and we would like to remind you that our identity ideology is strongly centered on principles of integration and equality.

                          GAC jr

 ALL RIGHTS TO THIS SCRIPT ARE RESERVED BY MR. GIUSEPPE ALBERTO CHIARADIA, NATO A TREBISACCE (CS) ITALY, IL 19.03.1998 P.IVA CHRGPP98C19L353A P.IVA 03865060788