| | Scripts for a 3-5 minute mockumentary. We're looking for clever, funny, satirical material(preferably all three). They can pushthe envelope… but they have to be funny! We consider a mockumentary tobe fictionalin subject matter but delivered in the style and film grammar of a real documentary.
Mockumentaries can also be parodies of the documentary form itself. E.g. "The Civil War Documentary Documentary" moc doc poked fun at the lengthy, repetitious and stock laden nature of Ken Burns’ monumental documentary series. Another great moc doc, "The Font Doctor", mocked the “Inside Hollywood”type of documentary while the hilariouis "Clowns at War" bore morethan a passing resemblance to the NFB/CBC "Canada at War" epics.That being said, go easy on the faux-BBC announcer, eh, we had 42last year. Finalists will be selected onthe strength of the completed script or detailed script outline,originality of concept and creative treatment. Winners will needall of the above, a creative team, and the ability to go to cameraswiftly. Maximum length of the completedfilm is five minutes. PREVIOUS WINNERS INCLUDE: | | | 2004Winners | | | The Subject | DavidOppenheim | | A Decorating Story | DaveManning | | The Perfect Documentary | DylanReibling | | The Van Diemen Sessions | Alan Gregg & Ani Aycan | | Jew Jube Lives | MichaelCohen | | Best in Snow | LauraTurek | | Who Cries for the Piñata | NeilGrahn & Wes Borg | | The Magical Life of Alice Wilkinson | DebTaylor & John Davie | | | | WINNERSFROM PREVIOUS YEARS | | | The FontDoctor | Serif or Sans Serif?That is theQuestion | | Rakes | Warning: Garden implementsare lethal | | The CivilWar Documentary Documentary | The post traumaticexperiences of Civil War survivors | | It | A harmless playgroundgame? You must be kidding. | | Big Hair | Hair today, groantomorrow, Big Hair in B.C. | | George
Hopper | A sad, tad
story | | | | | DocumentaryBoot Camp | What, no cappuccino? | | LittleHolland | The true delightsof lesser known cultural enclave | | Shriekof the South Shore Yeti | A Sasquatch moviefrom Nova Scotia, with a reel twist | | The Re-Enactors | The men and womenwho bring history to life | | FirstPerson Plural:Copy Cat | A Sherrol Morris interview | | ProjectTerror | One man versus theUrban Beast | | Clownsat War | Canada's battlefieldbuffoons | | Birdman | Killer on the street,a seedy exposé | | WhistleblowersAnonymous | Faces have been disguisedto protect informants | | Snoring | Art form or primitivelanguage? | | Dianein the Rotary | Motoring madness caughton camera | | The Bylaw | No slaughtering before9pm |
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