Power of Making On Screen 

Call for Submissions:
You are invited to create a short film that celebrates making - Each film can be between 10 and 120 seconds in length and will celebrate the power of making – it may explain, illustrate and/ or observe ‘making’ skills, techniques and process. 

The films will be creative, inspiring, exciting and perhaps unexpected, and will explore a diverse range of skills and look at how materials can be expressed in imaginative and spectacular ways.

Around 40 of the submitted short ‘making’ films will be selected for inclusion in the forthcoming V&A/CC exhibition Power of Making (6th September – 2nd January 2012) and screened throughout the duration in a dedicated area of the exhibition known as the ‘Tinker Space’.

We are looking for short films that depict and/or creatively respond to the making process of an object, including; crafting, experiments, demonstrations of making skills, use of tools, equipment /machinery, hacking objects etc., Films do not need to be highly polished and edited and we welcome material from hi and lo-fi sources such as digital camera or mobile phone. 

Keywords that describe the ways in which skills and craftsmanship should be demonstrated in the type of film we are looking to select, are; 

 
•	Innovative 
•	Engaging   
•	Skilful
•	Improvised
•	Witty
•	Meticulous
•	Dexterous
•	Experimental
 

Submission requirements and guidelines:

•	You can submit as many films as you wish – they can be old work or new work, however we cannot accept nudity, sexually explicit scenes, swearing and violence.
•	Your film must be non-commercial; all your own work, and you should have obtained copyright or relevant permissions for all images and films used in your piece.
•	Acceptable film lengths range from a minimum of 10 seconds to a maximum of 120 seconds of content. 
•	Each submitted film must include a black front screen with text credits WHITE ON BLACK –to include your name and title of the film/work, your geographical location (town & country) and the date the film was made. This front end section should be no longer than 5 seconds in total.
•	Each film may have acknowledgements at the end which should not exceed 5 second on screen. Each film must end with a 1 second FULLY BLACK screen.

How to enter:
•	Go to craftscouncil.org.uk/powerofmaking for full instructions on submitting your film(s) to the dedicated Vimeo site, and if your work fits the brief we will publish it. If selected by our Panel of Experts, your film will feature in the Power of Making exhibition.
• Should be no longer at 136 seconds long (max 10secs Title credit / max 120secs film content/ 6secs end-screen).
 
Closing date for submissions is Sunday 31st July 2011
For more information see craftscouncil.org.uk/powerofmaking or contact [log in to unmask]


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