Topic: BFCU Monthly Challenge
Welcome to the BFCU Monthly Challenge thread! I thought I'd experiment and see if people were actually interested in going ahead with this, and I think it would be a fun way to kick off the BFCU.
The challenge is to create a short animation - no less than 30 seconds, and it's recommended not over 2 minutes (though you can make it as long as you like) - based on a set theme. Each entry will be classed as part of the BFCU (if you don't know what that is, click here), and therefore you can use any characters in this thread, invent new characters, and you can even collaborate with other members and submit entries between you - or, if in a pair, you do entries that tie into each others', as in one person does Part 1 while the other does Part 2, if ya' get my drift.
On this page, all the winners and their themes will be listed, and all entries will be added to a BFCU YouTube playlist that will be created once the first month is over.
If you've expressed interest in being part of the BFCU, you're under no obligation to enter this contest. Likewise, if you haven't already expressed such interest, you're more than welcome to enter! It goes without saying that you don't have to enter every month too.
How does it work?
It's extremely similar to the Animation Challenge, in that once a theme is chosen, you have a set amount of time to make an entry. Unlike the Animation Challenge, you have a month to create this short - each theme is selected on the first day of a month, and the challenge ends on the last day of that month. Entries can be submitted any time during the month.
Because of the timeframe, the winner (who'll be selected within 5 days of the deadline) will choose the theme for the month afterwards, e.g. the January winner will choose March's theme, while the February winner will choose April's, and so on. The winner will also judge their theme's month's entries.
Prizes
The satisfaction that you've won the challenge! And you get to choose the theme after next.
YouTube Titles
The title of your entry can be whatever you want it to be, but please format it like this. If my entry was called Revenge of the Snacklebiters, then I would title my entry:
Revenge of the Snacklebiters (BFCU, January 2013)
So that's the name of your film, followed by (in brackets) BFCU, the month of the entry, and the year. This refers to YouTube titles by the way, when you upload your video - you don't have to put that extra info in the video itself, though at the end of your video you must put the words:
For the BFCU Monthly Challenge
…in whatever font, size and format you like. You could even have it plastered on the wall of a set in the final shot! Just as long as it's there.
Dos and Don'ts
There are a few rules on the BFCU, which I'll go over really quickly.
Yellow rather than flesh tone. It's just for consistency between brickfilms; something we decided on in the original BFCU thread.
No blood, though a reasonable level of violence is fine.
No offensive language. Again, keeping things PG-13.
No licensed themes, or movie, book or comic characters. That said, you can use mythology, folklore, and any material in the public domain to your heart's content.
No copyrighted music - go royalty-free! Incompetech is a good place to start.
Nothing else to say except good luck! The first challenge will be in the next post.
Last edited by jampot (January 1, 2014 (04:19am))
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