…a one shot film. Clearly they are catching on.

Okay, so it’s a big budget number, so perhaps slightly against the spirit of ‘credit crunch’ commercials, but it’s still a great one shot idea.

A few quick thank you’s to people who’ve helped us to get the Festival up and running.

On Logo Design:

Joe Holt at www.albionlondon.com

On the ‘Melting Lion’ film …

If you have a script for a One Shot film but don’t have anyone to shoot it for you, fear not.

We are already getting interest from directors wanting scripts to shoot. Just fire off the script to us and we’ll see if we can sort something out.

If you want to shoot a One Shot film but don’t have a script, fear not.

We are already getting interest from writers with scripts they want shooting. Just fire off your details to us and we’ll see if we can sort a script out for you.

This is a ONE shot film festival so things are happening one at a time. As planned, of course.

Yesterday, we had our first blog mention (thanks Sérgio), and today our first submission (thanks Robert). And still a lot of days to go. It makes us feel hopeful and feeling we’ll get there.

One day at a time.

We’ve had a load of response to the Festival, mostly positive.

It’s clear there is a desire for an online advertising festival out there, but there have been a few questions and comments that need clarifying:

Q: Are you aiming for people to submit One Shot commercials that have actually run, or are you looking for amateur/student films that have been specifically made for the festival?
[Ben Kay - ITIABTWC]

A: Both. We’re not distinguishing …

Times are tough [or so we're constantly told] – marketing and media budgets are hitting rock bottom. But does this mean the end of TV and film advertising? Not a chance.

For a start, there’s more and more money pouring into online advertising, and there’s nothing an online audience likes more than moving pictures. The cutbacks just mean that us creatives have to be cleverer with the ideas – ads can still be amusing, involving, and make as much of a point without the big budgets.

So we thought it was time to celebrate simple cleverness in advertising …

As we keep saying, the idea of a One Shot Festival is totally cutting edge and of the moment. And here to prove it is a One Shot ad from the 1980’s. Enjoy

Hello,

1,2,3…testing, testing. This is our first post for the One Shot Film Festival blog. Coming soon, all sorts of stuff about the festival, and about one-shot films – films that have no cuts, except, if necessary, a ‘cut to packshot’.

It’s early days in the development of the Festival, although we already have a bunch of high level creatives on board as our awards jury. But we’d welcome any feedback, help, criticism [oh go on then, if you must!] and other contributions …