Ideas for competitions

Steel Drummer · Mon 12/06/2006 00:56:08

I had two ideas for a competition and was wondering if anyone would want to do something like this:

1. A photography competition, the winner gets to set the topic of the next round.

2. A short film competition (the film is no longer than two minutes or so). Same type of thing.

Evil · Mon 12/06/2006 02:28:22

I think they're both good ideas, but they'd have to be anual or something. Or for the photography, maybe every season. Would they be themed?

R4L · Mon 12/06/2006 03:43:00

didn't you have one for the photography one? maybe it was flukie... good ideas tho

sergiocornaga · Mon 12/06/2006 05:45:20

I think a themed photography competition would be nice.

Phemar · Mon 12/06/2006 05:51:15

I'm for the photography - and I'd definitely try and enter!

Peder 🚀 · Mon 12/06/2006 07:30:55

Then I must ask, how Photography?

What would be the rules?

No Digital Camera?
No adding of special effects?

etc. stuff like that.

Nice idea....

ildu · Mon 12/06/2006 08:03:34

The Photography Comp is a good idea. The short film one, not so good.

I think it shouldn't restrict any type of camera, be it digital or analog, or amateur or professional. After all, the quality of the image is 90% the theme, composition and idea, with the remainder going to picture quality. So, it's mostly up to the skills of the photographer. No special effects/enchancements goes without saying. That would totally ruin the point of the competition.

I'd also like to suggest that we leave comedy out of this. I'm going to abandon the competition if we start seeing 'funny' pics, MySpace portraits or Disco's tuna beards

as entries.

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Mon 12/06/2006 08:16:03

Spoilsport. You're just scared of Disco entering. At all.

Phemar · Mon 12/06/2006 16:23:00

Quote from: Peder Johnsen on Mon 12/06/2006 07:30:55
No Digital Camera?

I only use a digital camera and wouldn't enter if the rules restricted me from one. I think digitals should be allowed, however no special effects. (And tuning brightness/contrast doesn't count).

ManicMatt · Mon 12/06/2006 16:29:43

I think suggesting no digital camera for a competition where the pictures have been transferred onto a computer would make for a very select few able to enter. No?

And I'd like to use my mobile phone as a camera!

SSH · Mon 12/06/2006 16:31:23

Why would you possibly want to not allow digital cameras? The alternative is that photos have been scanned in, which generally leads to a worse result!

Pet Terry · Mon 12/06/2006 16:45:58

One more vote for the photographing contest!

Peder 🚀 · Mon 12/06/2006 20:21:58

I diddent say I diddent want to allow digital cameras..
I just asked yodaman if he had thought of any rules..

Kweepa · Tue 13/06/2006 02:43:03

Photography comp? I like it!

Chicky · Tue 13/06/2006 11:26:33

Woo Photography!

ps. Woo! Chicky's back from donnington festival \m/,

Steel Drummer · Tue 13/06/2006 16:34:33

Woa, thanks for the feedback. Apparently, there should be a photography comp. I think I'll mae it weekly (or bi-weekly), and the prizes will be the same as the other comps (a pixeled trophy and getting to set the rules for the next comp). A short film comp actually woudln't work too good as the film would take up lots of space. Photography comp it is! I'll get to work setting a theme for the first comp...

Hammerite · Tue 13/06/2006 16:58:12

Quote from: yodaman11111 on Tue 13/06/2006 16:34:33
Woa, thanks for the feedback. Apparently, there should be a photography comp. I think I'll mae it weekly (or bi-weekly), and the prizes will be the same as the other comps (a pixeled trophy and getting to set the rules for the next comp). A short film comp actually woudln't work too good as the film would take up lots of space. Photography comp it is! I'll get to work setting a theme for the first comp...

films wouldnt necessarily take up loads of space if you had a file format rule as to have the lowest possible download times... although dial-up users had best stay away from it anyway.

Steel Drummer · Tue 13/06/2006 17:00:10

well I had a film that was 11 minutes and it like 200 MB

I posted the competition in the competitions thread, if anyone's interested.

Hammerite · Tue 13/06/2006 17:17:55

yeah but mostly file size depends on the file format.
Do you remember what the file extention was?

Steel Drummer · Tue 13/06/2006 17:56:58

it was avi. I don't know how to convert to other formats.