Could You Make A Good Film In 24 Hours? These Creators Did!

Oct. 8, 2012 - PRLog -- The criteria for the 1st annual YPSI 24-HOUR FILM SHOOTOUT(sm) was simple.
Take an innocent looking manilla envelope that contained the description of three elements that had to appear in a short, seven minutes or less, film. Then submit your completed project 24 hours later, in order to be eligible for cash prize consideration.

After a capacity crowd viewed the films, at the iconic Riverside Arts Center in downtown Ypsilanti,  the event moved down the block to the Mix Marketplace for the Afterglow where the 2012 winners were announced to a lively crowd.  

A panel of judges selected the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Finishers and the Honorable Mentions for the juried portion of the contest.

The winners were:

1st Place: 'Return to the Same City'
Director:  Martin Thoburn
Award:  $1,000 and The Ypsi Trophy for “Best of Show”

2nd Place:  'Theatre 2'
Director:  Kyle Surma
Award:  $500

3rd Place:  'The Wurst Bar in Town'
Director:  Andrew Conner
Award:  $250

Peoples Choice (Audience) Award:  'The Showdown'
Director:  Adam Wright
Award:  $500 and The Ypsi Trophy for “Peoples Choice”

Honorable Mentions Selected By The Judges:

'There’s No Pain in Love and War'
Director:  Roy Wilson

'The Showdown'
Director:  Adam Wright

'Di & Luke, In the Fall of Life'
Director:  John McCarthy
      
The organizers of this inaugural event, were very pleased with the results and the support it received in the S.E. Michigan community.

"Now that we have successfully completed this first outing, we can begin to work on next year's event with the goal of surpassing this years benchmarks", said Tony Dixon, a member of the organizing committee and the Managing Partner of Dark Elf Entertainment, Inc.