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JJ Abrams and others to judge Make a Fair Deal Video Contest! Got vid skills?

POSTED BY: Anonymous1
UPDATED: Monday, December 24, 2007 04:32
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ANONYMOUS1

Monday, December 24, 2007 4:32 AM

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How to win it? Produce a video of any genre about how you would get a fair deal made in the writers' strike.

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Three reasons why people should enter:

- The judges include an Oscar and BAFTA winning writer, and JJ Abrams (I don't think he's mentioned on the website, but he's judging). They're huge names.

- You're putting your work right under the noses (or most accurately, eyes and ears) of the creative Hollywood community. You couldn't ask for a more talented, diverse and important group of people to see something you make.

- United Hollywood's videos are into the millions of views in total on Youtube. If The CW launched your work, they would need a multi-million dollar advertising campaign to deliver probably a smaller audience that you're potentially going to get if you entry is good. Think about that for a second.

Basically, I see people all the time saying they want to write, direct, produce or star in something. This is about as good a platform as you're going to get. For serious. You don't even need to do it all yourself. Got a good idea, think you can write? Write something, find somebody online to direct and produce it. You get the picture.

There's a lot of talented people out there who struggle to find a platform into the industry. Here's a platform. Make something amazing with it, and you'll get noticed.

http://whedonesque.com/comments/15040

The rules http://fairdeal4writers.com/?page_id=11

contest ends January 20th, the winner will be announced on the 28th.