Date of Event:
Sunday, October 25th Time: 12-5pm
Map & Schedule

Location:
Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, 1028 Scott Boulevard, Covington.

Website:
www.screentestfilm.com

Description:
Many Films. One Story.

Covington and Greater Cincinnati are full of talented filmmakers who can tell a great story. The Covington Screen Test Film Project was created to bring some of this great local talent together to submit a variety of films that combine to tell one story about community, commerce and collaboration… The story of Covington. These films can fit into a variety of categories:

The Filmmakers: Greater Cincinnati’s filmmakers are more than just artists, post houses and equipment suppliers. They are community leaders. Business owners. Their stories are Covington’s story. If you have a film about a unique Covingtonian filmmaker (yourself included) and their contribution to our town, or are keen on making one, submit it to the Screen Test Film Project by October 1, 2009. Example: BFB makes a short film about what they do, what their various successes have been, what services they provide, and how Covington has been a part of it all.

The Locations: Historic neighborhoods. Thriving commerce centers.Picturesque spaces. Each has its own unique appeal, and each provides a backdrop for the art, the business, and the home of many Greater Cincinnati filmmakers. If you have a film about a unique Covington locale and its contribution to the story of Covington, or are keen on making one, submit it to the Screen Test Film Project by October 1, 2009. Example: BFB makes a short film about an off-center character’s metaphorical bike tour through Main Strasse.

The Collaborative Film
For inspiration, we’ve produced a seed for this story, a “Film Zero” if you will, that combines some of the people, places and things that make Covington… well, Covington. Watch Film Zero, entitled “Messages,” here. Go ahead. I’ll wait.

Did you watch it? Great. We won’t tell you what the film means to us, except to say that from our perspective, it is a decidedly Covington story.

Now it’s your turn to tell your side of this story with a film that only you could make. Your talent, your style, your vision. Maybe you’re inspired by what may have happened leading up to the events of Film Zero. Or by what happens after. Or who this unseen character is, or what’s on the painting. Or maybe you just want to make a film about… peas. I think we’d all like to see that film.

Whatever inspires you about Film Zero, take that and run with it. Make a romantic comedy. Make a documentary. Make a Film Noir… film. Just make your film and submit it to us by October 1, 2009.

And since we’re aiming for a truly collaborative event, we’re not even limiting submissions to filmmakers. Anyone who can help tell this story – Artists, musicians, designers, interpretive dancers, mimes – anyone is invited to participate through any medium. But lets keep the mimes to a minimum. Minimum?

On October 25th, we’ll take all these unique pieces and bring them together at the Carnegie Center in Covington to tell one, unified story that could only happen here…

Register for the Covington Screen Test Film Project right now, and tell your side of the story.

The Event:
Everyone who participates in Screen Test, every GC filmmaker, and any member of the community interested in filmmaking, is invited to come experience the result of our month-long web experiment at the Carnegie Center.

We will screen the best films, films submitted as part of the Film Zero collaborative film, and we invite everyone to socialize, connect and network during the event in the lobby. Food and drinks will be provided, as will opportunities to showcase your art and enterprise.