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Announces the Winners of the preliminary contests in the?2002 SK Telecom Mobile Film Creation and Production Festival?
Will hold?Mobile Film Academy?for amateurs on the 26th and 27th of October.
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SK Telecom holds `2002 SK Telecom Mobile Film Creation and Production Festival` and supports production of 20 movies. The company is also accepting public entries by mail and on-line for the Amateur division. The photo shows the making of a mobile movie to enter in the contest.
A Flood of Movies is Being Produced for Cellular Phones!
SK Telecom is seeking to nurture the film professionals who have a mania for creating a new era in filmmaking. To accomplish this, the company held the?2002 SK Telecom Mobile Film Creation and Production Festival?in three divisions (professional and amateur) and selected 20 preliminary winning teams in the professional division.
SK Telecom gave 10 million won as production support money to each preliminary winning team for their scenarios at the seminar held at the company’s main auditorium on the 25th of October. Movie Professionals and expert content producers participated in the seminar to discuss matters regarding Mobile Film Production.
A total of 420 movie scenarios were entered in the professional division, so the 20 winners had to overcome odds of twenty one to one. Many qualified professionals participated in this contest. This included the university movie department which has a winning history in a variety of movie festivals, as well as independent movie production personnel and broadcasting production PD.
The 20 movie scenarios supported by SK Telecom include ’The Lord of the Ring’ from the (Independent Film Conference), ’The descendents of Mars’ by the movie department of Dongkuk University, and ’The Wrist Watch’ from Steel Film. Some of these movies will represent the new future of mobile film imaging due to the fact that they are produced to comply with the special characteristics of mobile communication. As an example, some of them are designed with a game format and others are using interactive forms that let viewers directly participate in the action of the movie.
These winning scenarios were carefully selected by the panel of judges according to such criteria as, the degree of completion of scenario, creativity, and compatibility with the mobile environment. The panel of judges was composed of prominent experts such as Director Jang Youn Huyn, Kang Han Seub (professor at Seoul Art University), You Ji Na (professor at Dongkuk University) and Cho Dong Won (president of D&D.com). The selected scenarios are to be turned in as completed products by the 30th of November, and the final award judgment will be on the 23rd of December.
SK Telecom will also strongly plant and grow the mobile film culture by providing various educational programs and events. Under this plan, the company invited the Director Jang Yun Hyun, who is well known for his famous movies ’Connection’, ’Yoen Poong Yenga’, and ’Tell Me Something’, to hold a ’Mobile Film Academy-Mobile Film Production Workshop’ for the public on the 26th and 27th of November.
The?2002 SK Telecom Mobile Film Creation and Production Festival?is also proceeding to select the winning scenarios in the divisions of Mania and Amateur for all individuals or groups who are interested in film production.
Candidates who want to enter the contest can make application by sending their finished film products through the mail, or on-line to (mfilm.nate.com). The deadline for the Mania division is the 30th of November and for the Armature division it is the19th of December.
SK Telecom is going to show the first mobile movies in November. The company is preparing three movies, ’Hoodlum’ directed by Lee Hee Chul, ’My Good Partner’ by Lee Sang Woo, and ’How’ by Chang Jin. These movies are composed of 10 series and each series runs 2 minutes. They will represent the special characteristics of mobile movies. Each episode is connected with one theme and has its own completion. They also apply an Interactive format which allows the viewers to choose their own ending for the movie.
SK Telecom is seeking to nurture the film professionals who have a mania for creating a new era in filmmaking. To accomplish this, the company held the?2002 SK Telecom Mobile Film Creation and Production Festival?in three divisions (professional and amateur) and selected 20 preliminary winning teams in the professional division.
SK Telecom gave 10 million won as production support money to each preliminary winning team for their scenarios at the seminar held at the company’s main auditorium on the 25th of October. Movie Professionals and expert content producers participated in the seminar to discuss matters regarding Mobile Film Production.
A total of 420 movie scenarios were entered in the professional division, so the 20 winners had to overcome odds of twenty one to one. Many qualified professionals participated in this contest. This included the university movie department which has a winning history in a variety of movie festivals, as well as independent movie production personnel and broadcasting production PD.
The 20 movie scenarios supported by SK Telecom include ’The Lord of the Ring’ from the (Independent Film Conference), ’The descendents of Mars’ by the movie department of Dongkuk University, and ’The Wrist Watch’ from Steel Film. Some of these movies will represent the new future of mobile film imaging due to the fact that they are produced to comply with the special characteristics of mobile communication. As an example, some of them are designed with a game format and others are using interactive forms that let viewers directly participate in the action of the movie.
These winning scenarios were carefully selected by the panel of judges according to such criteria as, the degree of completion of scenario, creativity, and compatibility with the mobile environment. The panel of judges was composed of prominent experts such as Director Jang Youn Huyn, Kang Han Seub (professor at Seoul Art University), You Ji Na (professor at Dongkuk University) and Cho Dong Won (president of D&D.com). The selected scenarios are to be turned in as completed products by the 30th of November, and the final award judgment will be on the 23rd of December.
SK Telecom will also strongly plant and grow the mobile film culture by providing various educational programs and events. Under this plan, the company invited the Director Jang Yun Hyun, who is well known for his famous movies ’Connection’, ’Yoen Poong Yenga’, and ’Tell Me Something’, to hold a ’Mobile Film Academy-Mobile Film Production Workshop’ for the public on the 26th and 27th of November.
The?2002 SK Telecom Mobile Film Creation and Production Festival?is also proceeding to select the winning scenarios in the divisions of Mania and Amateur for all individuals or groups who are interested in film production.
Candidates who want to enter the contest can make application by sending their finished film products through the mail, or on-line to (mfilm.nate.com). The deadline for the Mania division is the 30th of November and for the Armature division it is the19th of December.
SK Telecom is going to show the first mobile movies in November. The company is preparing three movies, ’Hoodlum’ directed by Lee Hee Chul, ’My Good Partner’ by Lee Sang Woo, and ’How’ by Chang Jin. These movies are composed of 10 series and each series runs 2 minutes. They will represent the special characteristics of mobile movies. Each episode is connected with one theme and has its own completion. They also apply an Interactive format which allows the viewers to choose their own ending for the movie.