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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Figured some people on the PIGMI list might be interested in getting involved in this!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> dlfmailout-bounces@dlf.org.au [mailto:dlfmailout-bounces@dlf.org.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>kit devine<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 1 March 2012 12:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> dlfmailout<br><b>Subject:</b> [DLF] Machinima Filmmaking Competition<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A'>For immediate release</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A'>Wednesday 29 February 2012</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Australia to host Machinima film challenge</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Machinima artists to compete on the international stage <span style='color:#2A2A2A'>as Tom Papas and Chantal Harvey, producers of<i> Project 48 Machinima, </i>announce the largest cash prize of its kind.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What Is Machinima? Machinima is filmmaking in real-time, using interactive 3D environments and gaming technologies. This new cinematic art form is taking over the world, enabling artists with small budgets to create films that can mirror scenes and sets from bigger budget producers. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>Tony Dyson, creator of Star Wars iconic robot R2-D2, will be heading the judging team. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>The 6th annual<i> Project 48 Machinima </i>will be hosted in Australia for the first time, in partnership with the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre and JMC Academy </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A'>in March 2012. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>In a wild and sleepless weekend, Machinima enthusiasts from around the world will make a 3-5 min short film from scratch—that is: writing, shooting and editing in only 48 hours. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>On Friday, March 30 at 7pm teams will get a character, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre, that must be included in their film. By Sunday, April 1, the movie must be complete and uploaded by 7pm. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>“As the competition can be accessed globally online”, Papas says “expectations are set high with a $3000 first place</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>cash prize raising the stakes”.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>In addition <a name="_GoBack">there</a> is a local prize of $1000, open exclusively to the</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>South Western Sydney Region<span style='color:#2A2A2A'> Machinima filmmakers. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>Each completed film is guaranteed a screening at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, on <b>Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 April 2012</b> in Australia, and virtually in Second Life in the following week.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>However, regardless of the cash prize incentives, all participants’ work towards the production of a successful film that will be screened at the International Championships held in the USA, which will mark the opportunity for screening at the Cannes Film Festival.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>Registration for the competition is $48, Screening session admission is FREE.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>For more information on registration, please visit </span><a href="http://www.casulapowerhouse.com/" title="http://www.casulapowerhouse.com/"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white;text-decoration:none'>www.48machinima.com</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>. To book a spot at the Film screening event contact the Casula Powerhouse on 9824 1121 or visit <a href="http://www.casulapowerhouse.com">www.casulapowerhouse.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ecxmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ecxmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Media Contact</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ecxmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tom Papas </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ecxmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Producer/Festival Director</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ecxmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>0407 295 520 or <a href="mailto:tom@48hourfestival.com">tom@48hourfestival.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>The</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A'> <i><span style='background:white'>48 Hour Festival</span></i> <span style='background:white'>is a Not-for-Profit organisation licensed by the 48 Hour Film Project Inc<i>.</i>(USA) to host the international competition - <i>Project 48 Machinima </i></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>Resembling film within the new medium of a computer game, 48machinima will exhaust both artistic and cultural talent within a 48 hour time frame. The genre’s convergence of filmmaking, animation and game development should allow room for a broad range of results, uniting international participants with its singular 48 hour time constraint. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>Competition Times<br>Kick-off<br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>Friday 30 March 2012, 7pm<br>Drop-off<br>Sunday 1 April 2012, 7pm</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>Screening Times<br>1st Screening <br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>Saturday 14 April 2012, 9am to 7pm<br>2nd Screening<br>Sunday 15 April 2012, 9am to 7pm</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>Tickets: FREE<br>Age: Open to all ages</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>