Rules and Notes

1. This competition is open to filmmakers from around the world.
2. You will need to register your team by sending in your registration form via email. This can be downloaded from the registration page identified above. We will send you a confirmation email within 48 hours.
3. The application form should be should be sent to budget_filmmaker@yahoo.co.uk.
4. All Films can be must be received by 31st October 2007 at the latest. After registering your entry, the confirmation e-mail will include details of the address to which you will need to send the film.
5. We recommend that all films are sent in by recorded or special delivery.
6. No allowances can be made for entries that are not received by the cut-off date.
7. All films must have a Horror/Halloween theme based around "The Final Five." See the section above titled “The Challenge” for further details.
8. You can make any film you like, however it must be based around the horror genre or its variants. It could incorporate any of the following: comedy horror, horror drama, psychological horror, science-fiction horror, fantasy horror, documentary/ documentary style horror, black comedy horror, thriller horror, etc.
9. All films must include full credits.
10. The film should be no longer than 10 minutes long. (Please note that this time allocation includes all credits.)
11. All films must use the English language. (Foreign language films that incorporate full English subtitles are permitted.)
12. The film must not contain any overtly pornographic, racist, homophobic or sexist material.
13. All films must be submitted on PAL Mini DV Tape or as an AVI File (Microsoft DV encoded) on DVD or CD.
14. Films can be submitted in PAL or NTSC format. However, all NTSC films can only be accepted if submitted as an AVI (Encoded as Microsoft DV AVI file) on DVD or CD.
15. Films can be produced in standard 4:3 or wide screen 16:9.
16. You are responsible for the content of your film. Therefore, you must ensure that the sound/music/motion picture is cleared for public viewing.
17. Awards and prizes will be awarded to the top three films (in the opinion of the judges‘ panel.) Further details of these prizes can be found below.
18. The Event will be filmed by Darklight Productions. By attending the event, it will be considered that you consent to be filmed.
19. All films used will be hosted on www.budgetfilmmaker.com as part of the Halloween Challenge. By entering the competition, you acknowledge that the film will be available for electronic download on the aforementioned website.
20. All filmmakers must be over 18 years of age in order to submit a film to the challenge.
21. All films must be made between 25th September 2007 and 24TH October 2007. This is to ensure that all entries were made for the purpose of the competition, and are not films that have existed for some time previous to the commencement of the competition.
22. Please note that we are unable to return copies of any of the films sent in for the challenge.