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July 14, 2012An Interview with author Luke Andreski about the launch of the Dark Green Books Short Film and Video Competition
In Luke Andreski’s attractive home in Bristol, UK, we drink Earl Grey tea while gazing out over Redland Green park. We have been discussing the e-revolution in book publishing generally, but now we approach the subject of the Dark Green Books Short Film and Video Competition.
William T: Dark Green Books have recently launched a short film and video competition based on your work, offering $1000 in prizes.
Luke A: Yes. The Dark Green Books Short Film and Video Competition was launched on 1st June 2012 with the release of two short films by Gregory Metcalfe. These provocative films can be found on http://www.youtube.com/user/VideoAndFilmComp2012 and have already been extensively viewed and ‘liked’.
Can anyone enter the competition?
Given the sometimes controversial nature of my work we decided to restrict submissions to competitors aged eighteen or over. Other than that, the competition is free and open to anyone, amateur or professional, anywhere in the world.
What sort of submissions are you looking for?
We are looking for short films or videos which powerfully evoke the themes or sentiments expressed in my work. They must be films offering either impact or insight but which, in either case, are rooted in the piece of writing that the video-maker has chosen to reflect. The seventeen works covered by the competition are all available for download from www.lukeandreski.com but submissions can also be based on the free extracts available on my website and the free soundtracks available on Soundcloud (http://soundcloud.com/luke-andreski). Nine of the works are also available on Amazon.
Who will be judging the competition?
The judging panel will be announced in October. The panel will include a well-known novelist, a poet and a film-maker.
Will there be a shortlist?
There will be both a long list and a shortlist. Long listed submissions will be displayed on the Dark Green Books competition channel: www.youtube.com/user/VideoAndFilmComp2012. The long list will be announced on December 20th and the shortlist in January.
Is this competition effectively a notice board for your work?
An astute question, to which the answer is “Yes… but only in part…” Dark Green Books, the Limited Edition and eBook publisher of which you and I are amongst the co-founders, are hoping that not only will this competition bring new readers to my work but that it will also generate a number of unique and powerful videos which will be works of art in their own right – bringing new and promising video and film directors such as Gregory Metcalfe and Steve Le Mare into the public eye. We also see this as a template for future competitions based on more than one author.
And now to the prizes…
The prizes are $700.00 for the winning video, $200.00 for the runner up and $100.00 for the third best submission. Plus a number of free downloads from www.lukeandreski.com… I have always treasured the first cheque I ever received for my work for £50 – and one of the most enjoyable outcomes of this competition will be to hand people cheques which are almost more fun framed and hung on their studio walls than spent!
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We finish our tea, and then the discussion moves on to the conflict between economic wellbeing and the environment – a subject close to our hearts. ‘And your new book, which is all about this conflict?’ I ask. Luke looks pensive. ‘Progress is slow – but I hope to publish the next instalment of Green Messiah in August.’
Competition rules and submission guidelines for the Dark Green Books Short Film and Video Competition are available via shortfilmandvideoaward.wordpress.com.
The first instalment of Luke’s novel, Green Messiah, can be found at www.lukeandreski.com.
Orphan – a short film by Gregory Metcalfe
May 30, 2012Gregory Metcalfe’s inaugural video for the Dark Green Books Short Film and Video Competition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QaRQNSyJ8I&feature=colike.
William Tarkovsky – www.williamtarkovsky.com
The Dark Green Books Short Film and Video Competition
May 29, 2012Announcing the
Dark Green Books
Short Film and Video Award 2012
Calling all film makers – amateur, professional, aspiring or established – anywhere in the world! Create a powerful and popular Youtube video based on the works of Luke Andreski and win…
First Prize
$700 plus seven free downloads from www.lukeandreski.com
Second Prize
$200 plus three free downloads from www.lukeandreski.com
Third Prize
$100 plus two free downloads from www.lukeandreski.com
Luke Andreski is the controversial author of To The Bridge, Hunch and Now We Are Green.
Candidates for the Dark Green Books Short Film and Video Award 2012 are invited to meet the challenge of creating videos, suitable for upload onto Youtube, based on free samples of Luke Andreski’s works. Submissions must reflect, extrapolate, express or represent the selected work in ways that are engaging, insightful, powerful or enduring.
The competition runs from 9 a.m. GMT June 1 2012 to 12 p.m. GMT November 29 2012 and is inaugurated with two films by Gregory Metcalfe, both available on http://www.youtube.com/user/VideoAndFilmComp2012.
Entry is free and competition rules and submission guidelines are available from http://shortfilmandvideoaward.wordpress.com/ and lukeandreski.com/terms_and_conditions.aspx. The panel of judges will be announced in October.
To enter the competition an email, containing a link enabling download of the short film or video, must be sent to VideoComp@darkgreenbooks.com.
Wishing you creativity and the very best of luck!
William Tarkovsky – www.williamtarkovsky.com
Dark Green Books – www.darkgreenbooks.com
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