!!! DOCUMENTARY Quarantine Challenge !!!

Cha · 2021-02-01T12:56:45+00:00

Sign up to take part in this academic year’s first, documentary filmmaking challenge‼ No membership is required! We are forced to stay apart and study from...

!!! DOCUMENTARY Quarantine Challenge !!!

Cha

We are forced to stay apart and study from different parts of the world right now, but our distance also provides an opportunity for us to produce an excellent variety of documentaries from locations across the globe!

…this is exactly what the Quarantine Documentary Challenge encourages us to do.

Here’s how it works. On Friday 5th February, at 7pm, we will announce a subject that your documentary should be about. This will be accessible enough for everyone to research and shoot about, no matter where they are based – without having to leave their local area. You will then have exactly 1 week to research about this theme and then plan, shoot, and edit your documentary film! It should roughly be between 5–15 minutes.

You must send the documentaries to us by a week on midnight (00:00 Saturday 13th February). We will then screen the documentaries, a small panel of committee members will judge, a winner will be selected, and a prize will be gifted!

In accordance with COVID regulations, you must take part as one household. Unfortunately, you will also not be able to rent equipment. However, part of the challenge and what will hopefully make it more fun is making do with limited resources – maybe even with our phones. We are NOT looking for visual or general production quality so much as creativity in presentation, clarity & accuracy of information, and how well you’ve stuck to the assigned theme.

There is NO FILMMAKING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED, only enthusiasm and passion!

Sign up by filling the form below before 23:59 on Thursday 4th February* and join for an exciting, insightful, and creative week!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeplOiDBlP-FBoVc9eaYHYf_uIpxEFZDbGQs7RLUJV630hDBw/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
*if you’ve missed this deadline and still want to take part, message me!

Do also get in touch on Facebook (Cagri Ustaoglu) or by email (cagri.ustaoglu.19@ucl.ac.uk), should you have any other questions.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible!

Cha

The 1-week documentary quarantine challenge HAS NOW STARTED.
(If you’ve missed the sign-up deadline, and still want to take part, just send me a message and we’ll sort something out!)
The subject of your documentary must be a local monument. We leave it up to you with your respective areas of expertise as to how you want to approach it (can be historical, cultural, architectural, political, etc.).
All documentary films must be emailed to uclfilmsociety@gmail.com as a WeTransfer/Google Drive/Microsoft OneDrive link by midnight next Friday (so 00:00 on 13th Feb). If you’re having any technical issues whilst submitting, you should report them to me before this deadline. Don’t hesitate to reply to this thread if you have any questions! I wish you all the very best of luck 🙂

Cha

Hi all!

Thank you to those of you who have submitted your documentary films!! I just wanted to remind everyone else that the deadline is midnight tonight; you must be email your documentaries to uclfilmsociety@gmail.com as a WeTransfer/Google Drive/Microsoft OneDrive link.
If you’re having any technical issues whilst submitting, please let me know before this deadline and we can sort something out.

I do hope that you have found it an enjoyable and beneficial experience despite the added stress that time / resource constraints can bring. We really look forward to seeing what you created. We hope to screen all the documentaries at some point tomorrow (Saturday 13th) afternoon / evening. We will let you know nearer the time so stay tuned!

Cha

Dear all,

When considering possible dates for when to arrange this challenge a few weeks ago, we had decided to rule out reading week because UCL had advised those who were able, and planned to, to return to London during that week. However, with a number of you writing to say that you will not be moving into London next week / already have moved in, and that reading week would just generally be more convenient, we have decided to extend the deadline for the Documentary Quarantine Challenge to 7pm this following Friday (19th February).

For those of you who did manage to send in your documentary films before last night, we offer the chance for you to also work on it a little more and send in another file by this extended deadline, but this is by no means necessary.

I apologise for the initially chosen date being inconvenient for many of you, and for any confusion caused by this rearrangement. But hopefully those of you who were eager to partake in the challenge can now benefit from this extended deadline.

And just as a reminder, the subject of your documentary must be a local monument. As always, do ask if you have any questions or face any issues!

Cha

Hi all,

I hope you had a restful / productive reading week.

This is just a reminder that the deadline for you to send in your documentary films is midnight. Hopefully some of you were able to make use of the extra week and enjoyed finishing off your projects? I look forward to watching them.

We will screen them tomorrow evening, after which the winner will be announced (but of course, we’re all winners for taking part🤩). I’ll send an email round / post on this thread with more details about this tomorrow. As always, don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions!