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Cheat sheet: - film festival submission 2/3

The Cheat sheet: some selected items A full cheat sheet includes all the items a festival may ask for and runs for several pages with thanks to Katie McCullough of Festivalformula  Why fill out a cheat sheet? You need a cheat sheet if you're submitting to several film festivals if you're using different film festival platforms You need to be ready for any questions the programme makers may put to you your answers need to be consistent across all submissions Be selective about the film festival you choose to submit to. Your film may belong to more than one genre: human rights     horror     disability    BAME    fantasy    romance    music     faith     documentary    dogs    cats    women director    adventure/sports     science fiction     film noir  comedy    student    drama    migrant    environment    erotic    food    LGBT    terror   thriller    Western   debut Research the film festivals: learn where similar films to yours were selected. 

Submit to a film festival 1/3

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Submit to film Festivals Brilliant talk by at the Plymouth Rebel Film Festival  by Katie McCullough and Ian Bignall of Festival Formula Visit every film festival platform  There are lots, it's free, Film Freeway is the best known.  You can search by country and category such as ' animation ' and add filters for submission fee and length of film . By far the best site because it's free to use and includes most festivals.  It reminds you of deadlines and it's easy to upload your bio, headshot, stills and trailer. Your profile is easy for programme makers to scan through. The only disadvantage: it's so easy to register for film festivals that some 'fly-by-night' festivals feature which have no website and aren't 'affiliated' ie aren't acknowledged as genuine on the film circuit; you may not get an official 'selected  laurel' . Registration is free and you may not need to look further. But  Film Fr

Is the stool more eloquent than the pulse?

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I've always found the stool  more eloquent  than the pulse   A quote from the Madness of King George, from a physician carrying the royal bedpan.  Though observation of excretions are important, they are rarely used in medical illustration.  Saggittal sections, though are common as illusatrations of the human body Anatomy is the traditional bedrock in illustrating medicine for doctors and nurses and yet it can be used inappropriately: sagittal sections of male and female partners during sexual intercourse, for instance, are an example of extreme violence if taken literally. The same applies to coronal section of the brain. Dissection plays a smaller part in medical training than it used to; perhaps because we seek images that convey the living quality of health and disease. Scans have become popular in TV science programmes but do they really convey as much as we are led to believe or are they just a convenient way of drawing attention to one part of

one step back

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setbacks Creative stop motion is an adventure : "Si l'on sait exactement ce qu'on va faire, à quoi bon le faire ?" If I knew exactly what I was about to do, what's the point of doing  it? Pablo Picasso So there are days when you do something new in animation and nothing goes to plan;  you do takes and retakes and when you review the shot,  it's just not good enough because it's overexposed out of focus the camera moved the lighting changed  something crept into shot the composition isn't right What to do when this happens? Take a break. You've probably been bending down drawing or moving characters. Stand up, have a coffee, stop worrying. It might be time for lunch. Walk out. If it's a sunny day, take the camera off the tripod and go and take photos in nature. Rediscover your love of layout, colour and light. Be open Pack up for the day. Remember, this is how long it takes, learning the craft, learning