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Indie of the Month!
A monthly competition with a new theme or challenge each month.

April is:
Social Distance Film Challenge

Most of us are confined to home for the time being. We hope everyone is safe and well! This is all about using your available resources. PLEASE do not violate any safety protocols. DO NOT get a bunch of people in the same room. NO! You have to make something by yourself. Challenge yourself while keeping others safe! If you are quarantined with others that can help please still, practice safety!

However, you are free to network with other indietalk members remotely! This we encourage. Need music for your film? Editing? A writer? Network in this thread and build your QuaranTeam. If a team wins, all members will receive the award. But they must have been noted as a team member in this thread and have posted.

Requirements: This must be an original work made for this challenge (i.e. it must not pre-date this post and it must meet all requirements). Any length, any genre. Video or audio format. Yes, composers that means you too! (Audio upload/SoundCloud embed). Inspirational or pure entertainment. Covid-related or not. Funny, educational, whatever! We can escape what is going on if just for a moment, or we can be inspired, or learn. It's up to you. So create something. Anything. By yourself or remotely with others—because after all, you may be by yourself but you are not alone. We are all in this together.

Entrants: You have 21 days to submit your entries, and 1 entry is permitted. If you have entered, and are on a team as well, another team member must post the official entry.

To enter click Add Media on this page.

Voters: Voting begins after the submission period, you will see a button on each entry. Be sure to bookmark your faves! You will only have one vote so use it wisely! You will not be able to vote for yourself, and any improprieties will be detected*.

Most votes wins. Ties are broken by a 24 hour voting period.

You will see new posts in this thread when members enter, vote, and when deadlines are approaching.

Winner receives:
  • 1 year indiePRO membership
  • A special IOTM membership with an "IOTM Winner" badge
  • A "Winner" ribbon over your entry
  • A "Winner" ribbon over your avatar for the month
  • A winning contest to add to your press kit
  • Bragging rights
Enter every month and if you win, you can extend your membership each time!

ENTER!

*Anyone caught manipulating the system will banned from indietalk. Do not even try!

Good luck!
 
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BBfilms said:
well Incel (Involantary Celibate Movement) is a sex based hate group know for several domestic terror attacks and school shootings (I think I read 50+ murders have been linked to the group)

as for mine, its a child who cant go out to play with his friends (social distancing) playing with his toy who then plays back when hes not looking (maybe its magic, maybe its a childs imagination, maybe its the concept of toy story... I'll let the viewer decide lol)
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ahh yeah i didnt quite get what you were going for. i think some magic sounds would have helped.

and as for incel, oh geeze man just because a few incels have gone out and committed atrocities that doesnt mean that if you dont get laid for six months youre a terrorist. that would be like saying muslims are a religious based hate group... theyre not. its just they have some bad apples.
 
sfoster said:
ahh yeah i didnt quite get what you were going for. i think some magic sounds would have helped.

and as for incel, oh geeze man just because a few incels have gone out and committed atrocities that doesnt mean that if you dont get laid for six months youre a terrorist. that would be like saying muslims are a religious based hate group... theyre not. its just they have some bad apples.
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Muslims are a religous group though, Islamic state is the terorist group... you wouldn't call Muslums 'Islamic State' because they are completely seperate entities

I have never heard 'Involantary Celibate' used for anyone but the hate/terrorist group since thats actually the groups name - lots of people go through dry spells for whatever reason but 'Involantary celibate' has very specific negative meaning... I get that its a parody and you said at then end not to act like that but it still could be a touchy subject for some so I just assumed maybe someone had objected and either you or the platform had removed it to save the peace
 
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BBfilms said:
Muslims are a religous group though, Islamic state is the terorist group... you wouldn't call Muslums 'Islamic State' because they are completely seperate entities

I have never heard 'Involantary Celibate' used for anyone but the hate/terrorist group since thats actually the groups name - lots of people go through dry spells for whatever reason but 'Involantary celibate' has very specific negative meaning... I get that its a parody and you said at then end not to act like that but it still could be a touchy subject for some so I just assumed maybe someone had objected and either you or the platform had removed it to save the peace
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Ah well thats good to know. I think the textbook definition is just someone "unable to find a romantic or sexual partner" and anything beyond that is going to be attributed to specific communities. I even watched a documentary about them once on youtube.
 
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This type of discussion is exactly what we are supposed to have with films. Hopefully next month we can get some going during the actual contest lol.
 
Do you have a Twitter handle? I like to promote the winners.
 
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