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THE 2WEEKS 2MAKE IT 2011 WINNERS!!

June 2nd, 2011

It gives the South Yorkshire Filmmakers Network enormous pleasure to announce the winners of the 5th Annual 2Weeks 2Make It Music Video Competition!

GRAND PRIZE: Wilful Missing/Little Red Light Productions: 'The Waltz'. The filmmakers get £750.00, free equipment hire featuring the new Sony F3 camera from Pro Vision (Leeds), a full day's colour grade from VTR North and subscriptions to Radar Music Videos, Shooting People and the SYFN. The musicians get a distribution deal through The Orchard in New York, the world's largest digital music distributor PLUS a day's worth of recording and mixing time at G2 Studios.

AUDIENCE AWARD: Early Cartographers/Joe Bream&Pete Richmond: 'Thread'. The filmmakers get £100.00 and subscriptions to Radar Music Videos, Shooting People and the SYFN. The musicians get a Blackstar amplifier courtesy of Rich Tone Music.

RUNNER-UP PRIZE: Treebeard/Red Rhino Films: 'Over the Hills'. The winners get a case of Peak Ales 2W2MI Beer, subscriptions to the SYFN and a Gift Certificate to La Luna restaurant in Sheffield.

A Special Mention also went to Northern Torch for 'Take My Hand' by Ben Saffer & Co.

Winning musicians Wilful Missing were positively thrilled they won the competition, and Martin Currie from Little Red Light Productions was seemingly in a state of shock. And to think they came very close to not handing it in on time and missing their chances of being in the competition: it was very tight for them. Sleep? Not a chance. Breaks? Virtually non-existant. Here's what Albert Freeman of the band had to say:

"Wow, what an amazing evening, I'm still in shock from winning! :) What a great feeling. There was some stiff competition. After viewing them all, I felt ours was in the top 5, but I would have found it hard to pick my favourite from those 5. So I don't envy the judges having to pick one winner. I hope all the filmmakers feel inspired after the competition to pursue their filmmaking further. I almost feel inspired to pick up a camera myself.

A great deal of credit is due to you folks at the SYFN for all the time and effort you put in during the months of preparation involved. And a big hats off to Little Red Light for managing to get our video done in time".

The Audience Award, given to the 200-strong audience's favourite video of the night, came to Early Cartographers and Joe Bream's 'Filmular' team. Joe said,

"Winning the Audience Award for this years SYFN 2 Weeks 2 Make It competition was a great honour. It was fantastic to receive recognition for all the hard work that we had put in over the two weeks. We really enjoyed the process and are happy with the film, so to know that others enjoyed it too is the icing on the cake"!

This year it seems that acoustic and folk music were the way to go, but we also featured rock, indie, metal, pop, urban/club, rap, funk, and even an Iranian singer-guitarist! What variety! In any case, 2W2MI 2011 also featured its first American band, 'Beware Fashionable Women' from Pittsburgh, PA. We are proud to say that every entrant finished on time this year- 18 out of 18 started and finished in exactly two weeks, a serious feat. 

The winning videos & stills will soon be online on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/2weeks2makeit) and on www.syfn.org/2weeks.html.

You can see all eighteen of the competition videos including the winners on our YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/thesyfn.

A massive thank you goes out to all our sponsors listed above and to Sheffield Town Trust, Higher Rhythm Studios, Sensoria, Kinematic, The Showroom Cinema, The Blue Shed and the Electric Works.

Will we be back in 2012? Let's hope so! Watch this very space.... 

2Weeks 2Make It on Facebook:

See pictures of the launch event and the awards ceremony on Facebook:
 http://www.facebook.com/2weeks2makeIt

See the 2Weeks 2Make It winning videos here:

GRAND PRIZE WINNER: 'The Waltz' by Wilful Missing, Production Team: Little Red Light Productions

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER: 'Thread' by Early Cartographers, Production Team:Joe Bream&Pete Richmond

RUNNER UP PRIZE WINNER: 'Over The Hills And Far Away' by Treebeard, Production Team: Red Rhino Films / Studio Guerilla


 

See the 2010 winners here: www.syfn.org/2weeks2010.html

 
2Weeks 2Make It 2011 Blog Archive:

(Applications to this competition are now closed).

Thursday, May 26th

2W2MI GALA COMPETITION SCREENING - WEDNESDAY JUNE 1ST

18.30 - 21.00 at the Showroom Cinema

Its coming down to the wire! Who will win? Who will walk away with the money and the distribution deal? Who will come onto that stage and pose for photographs and get all that praise lauded upon them?

Find out next week on June 1st when all the winners will be decided!

2Weeks 2Make It's 5th Gala Competition Awards Ceremony takes place at the Showroom Cinema on 1st June from 18.30 - 21.00. The tickets are selling rapidly and we're getting the prizes ready, prepping the judges, printing out our scorecards: all that fun stuff one does when you give out awards!

We'll be handing out £850.00 in cash prizes, over £1,300 in equipment and services hire, a distribution deal for the winning musicians worth thousands, a really high-quality amplifier, subscriptions to Shooting People, Radar Music Videos, the SYFN itself and even some gift certificates to local restaurants. And of course we also make a point as we do every year at giving away some BEER! Joy!

Its always a fun night, this. You get to see all the music videos on the big screen for the first time, we encourage the audience to whoop it up a bunch, and the atmosphere is always charged with the electricity of anticipation and excitement! Don't miss it, people.

Get your tickets before they sell out at www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/2weeks2make or call the Showroom Box Office on 0114 275 7727.

This event sells out every year. Get in there.

Invite your friends on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149244988478418

Stay up to date with the competition on www.syfn.org/2weeks.html and on the Facebook page for the entire competition: www.facebook.com/2weeks2makeit. Go there and 'Like' us please!


2WEEKS 2MAKE IT 2011 - THE JUDGES

An introduction to who will be judging your work this year - have a
look. And make sure to read towards the bottom of this email too for an 
extra special bonus for this year's 2Weeks 2Make It!!! SEE YOU NEXT 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT!!

THE JUDGES:



- JUDGE 1 - JON KELLY
Jon Kelly is part of the station staff at Doncaster's Sine FM 102.6,
training and mentoring local volunteers to become successful presenters
and working with local artists to provide radio sessions reflecting the 
local music scene. He presents a weekly music show highlighting new
releases and regional talent from the worlds of indie, electronica and 
dub music. The recently launched Moon Room Club, a monthly performance 
night designed to showcase creative talent, is a venture Jon has launched in 
the hope of re-invigorating the live circuit in Doncaster. A big fan
of film, he particularly enjoys the interaction between music and the 
visual arts and feels encouraged by the innovative collaborations from
past 2W2MI competitions.



- JUDGE 2 - JAMIE DONOUGHUE
A Director/Producer, Jamie runs Left Eye Blind Productions along with
co-director Matt Maude. Previously signed to Academy Films as a Music 
Video & Commercial Director, Jamie specialised in videos for newly
signed and emerging artists. Has worked with artists including Eliza 
Doolittle, The XX and Dinosaur Pile Up. Most recently he has moved into 
directing short and feature films. You will remember Jamie from our 
panel at this years' launch event.


- JUDGE 3 - ROB SPERANZA
Rob Speranza is a film producer and co-founder of the South Yorkshire
Filmmakers Network and the 2Weeks 2Make It competition. Coordinating 
the event for the past five years, Rob's experience with the format of 
the 2W2MI competition is unparalleled. He's seen over 100 music videos 
come in through 2Weeks 2Make It and has served as a judge for the 
competition since 2009. He will also be judging this year's videos 
from the 2W2MI West Midlands competition. An award-winning filmmaker in 
his own right, Rob has produced 13 short films and 3 feature films to 
date, including Entity (for release in 2012) Inbred (line producer - 
for release this summer 2011), and short film Mother, Mine (winner of 
15 international awards). He's very excited to be coordinating 2W2MI
again!


EXTRA SPECIAL NOTE: Judge Jon Kelly from Sine FM and Higher Rhythm 
Studios will also be looking for an act that they can do a development 
project with, which will include studio time, promotion and other forms 
of release. He will make his decision and announce it on the night!


Friday, May 20th

A BIG Thank You!

With the competition over and only the judging and award ceremony still to go, we at the SYFN just wanted to take a moment to say a huge thank you to all the sponsors and supporters of this year's 2Weeks 2Make It. Whether they've provided some of the prizes, some of the discounts or simply one of the event locations, we couldn't have done it without them. We're sure all the contestants appreciate everything that's been done for them by our sponsors and mirror our thanks.

And of course over the next 11 months until the next 2Weeks 2Make It, we will be supporting our sponsors as they have supported us in any way we can and we hope you do the same.

 

Friday, May 20th

2Weeks 2Make It Closed!

Last night, after 1,209,600 seconds (or 2 weeks, depending on how you like to look at it) the UK's most ground-breaking music video competition came to a close. And we at the SYFN are extremely happy to announce that all 18 entries were received inside the deadline.

Congratulations and applause applause to all the bands and filmmakers who took part, fingers crossed you found the competition as a pleasant mix of thrills, spills and exhaustion. You've now got 12 days (or 1,036,800 seconds) to rest-up before the Gala Competition & Grand Finale on June 1st.

 No rest for us though, as we'll be putting the finishing touches on this year's compilation DVD, editing together the Behind The Scenes documentary, arranging the Grand Finale Judging Panel and collecting together the dozens of amazing prizes that we've promised to give away!


13th May 2011:

THE 2W2MI 2001 DVD - RELEASED 1ST JUNE!

YEP, we're producing another DVD - our fifth! It'll be on sale at the 2W2MI Gala Screening on 
June 1st for an affordable £5.00. All the videos from this year's competition on one disc, and in our prettiest package yet!

If you would like to pre-order a DVD, email rob on speranza@btconnect.com and I'll set you them aside.

2WEEKS 2MAKE IT IS ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK -LAUNCH PARTY PHOTOS ONLINE

That's right - if you'd like to tweet your 2Weeks 2Make It observations or antics, simply use the hashtag #2Weeks 2Make It.

Find the SYFN on Twitter at @syfn and find the 2Weeks 2Make It Facebook page on www.facebook.com/2weeks2makeit.

We uploaded a whole mess of launch party photos to the Facebook page yesterday - go ahead and check them out and maybe tag yourselves too if you were there!

Otherwise, just enjoy.....

 

Friday, May 6th:

2WEEKS 2MAKE IT TEAMS ANNOUNCED! 

Last night's 2Weeks 2Make It Launch Event on Thursday night (5th May - Cinco de Mayo!) went very well indeed, a really fun night and a good time had by all. But there was serious work going on too, with the attending bands and filmmakers listening dutifully to our panel speakers and paying close attention to the rules of the competition. It was very much a great success! 

So now without further delay, here are the teams that will be competing in this year's 2Weeks 2Make It competition. There are eighteen teams currently at work.

[Teams are listed by Film Company name (Producer/Director in brackets) - Musician name]. 

Little Red Light Productions (Martin Currie) - The Willful Missing 
Filmular (Joe Bream) - Early Cartographers 
Melting Point Media (Gavin Randall) - The Monday Club 
Let There Be Light Productions (Jason Marris) - Tianenmen 
Idea1Films (Nikki Bierton) - Playground Mafia
Helen Turton (Team Fiction) - inFictions
Buchamessed (Ben Saffer) - Northern Torch
Dereks Don't Run (Daniel Naylor) - Danto Aiyya 
Fightback Films (Fionn Watts) - Disarm 
Almost Film Productions (Rudy Riveron Sanchez) - Faster the Chase 
Focus Photo and Film (Lucy Ray) - Great Deeds 
Prefix Studios (Luke Hardisty) - Grey Cooper Love Party
Red Rhino Films and Studio Guerilla (Nick Thompson) - Treebeard 
Northern Entertainment (Dominic Mills) - G R O V E R 
Jessica Balla - Beware Fashionable Women 
Team Epic Monkey (Ryan Pugh) - Bloodbare 
SHU (Todd Wright) - Who Killed the Cranks 
Final Hour Films (Ben Wilkinson) - Twins 

Congratulations to Nikki Bierton of Idea1Films for winning the Kinematic raffle, for access to Kinematic's horde of equipment during the two-week period. Many thanks to Daren Eagles of Kinematic (see www.kinematic.tv for more) for making this possible!

Nikki has this to say about her win:

"It was awesome, it's going to help us so much with the project. It's brilliant of Kinematic and SYFN to offer such a great reward; we're definitely going to make full use of it and work our peachy butts off!!" 

Well said, Nikki.

In a bizarre twist of the odds last night, Melting Point Media and The Monday Club were paired together again for the 2nd year in a row! Crazy stuff! We are also happy to see rockers Tianenmen back again for a record fourth 2Weeks 2Make It run - and this time they plan to win, as they told me last night...good luck to them guys!

The 2W2Mi 2011 panel, consisting of Jamie Donoughue (Left Eye Blind Productions), Kerrie Mckinnon (the 2010 2W2MI filmmaker winner), Stephen Carley (of band Yo Yo Static and the Shockettes, the 2009 2W2MI winner), Roo Piggott (Sunshine HQ), and Rob Speranza (SYFN and 2W2MI Coordinator), did a great job prepping the crowd for what is going to be a thrill-filled couple of weeks for them all. We hope the audience learned a great deal.

Pictures from the Launch night are here: www.facebook.com/ 2weeks2makeit.

The deadline for entries is 19th May at 21.00 (9.00pm). A very big, fat GOOD LUCK to all the participants and enjoy! You've got 2WEEKS 2MAKE IT! 


2nd May 2011:

GALA COMPETITION SCREENING AND GRAND FINALE: 
1ST OF JUNE.

The 2Weeks 2Make It Gala Competition Screening has been arranged for Wednesday, 
June 1st, 6.30pm - 9.00pm, at the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield (just opposite the train station).

This is your first chance to see all the completed 2Weeks 2Make It entries for 2011 and your ONLY chance to see which music video our distinguished judging panel decides is the winners.

Go to http://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/2weeks2make to find out more about our fabulous screening location, then telephone  0114 275 7727  to book your tickets.

Remember to pack the Showroom to the rafters with friends, family and workmates to make your moment of glory all the sweeter and to guarantee that your video receives a massive reaction and has more chance of winning the Audience Award.

Wednesday, June 1st, 18.30 - 21.00 (6.30pm - 9.00pm) at Sheffield's Showroom Cinema, be there!


29th April 2011:

2WEEKS 2MAKE IT LAUNCHES THURSDAY MAY 5TH!! 

The launch venue has also been set this week for 2Weeks 2Make It 2011 and we're proud to say that we'll be kicking it all off at the Electric Works building right across Sheaf Street from the Sheffield Rail Station (S1 2BJ). Its in the midst of the 'Sheffield Digital Campus' and you can see more about them on www.electric-works.net. Electric Works are supporting the event this year and we'd like to tip our hats to them - a big thank you to Sarah and the lovely people over there! And to Ben Smith over at Red Star 3D for bringing it up to them in the first place!

If you want to attend the launch event as a special guest and you are not applying to 2W2MI, this may be possible - please email rob@syfn.org to explain what you'd like to do. 

There's just a few days left to get your applications in if you want to be part of the UK's most ground-breaking music video competition. 

Just a reminder of all of our prizes this year. The goodies on offer total over £4000 and include: 

- an international distribution deal, worth over £1000 for the GRAND PRIZE winning musicians, 

- £750 cold hard cash plus a total camera, lighting and sound rental package featuring the amazing Sony PMW-F3 from Pro Vision Equipment, a full professional colour grade from VTR NORTH, and a full year's membership with Shooting People for the GRAND PRIZE winning filmmakers, 

- a Blackstar Amplifier, worth £200 for the audience's favourite musical act, from Rich Tone Music 

- £100 and another full year's membership to Shooting People for the audience's favourite filmmaker, 

- crates of 2Weeks 2Make It beer, or the free equipment package from Kinematic for use during the competition that's up for grabs as a raffle prize! 

To top it all off, we'll also we offering 2Weeks2Make it-ers an exclusive discount to the Sensoria Pro Day sessions on the 5th and 6th May. Why not ask me about this? Email rob@syfn.org. 

There's more information about previous 2Weeks 2Make It winners, plus an explanation of how it all works on the SYFN website, just go to www.syfn.org/2weeks.html and get your applications in pronto! We will accept applications that are postmarked during the bank holiday weekend, and you may also submit electronically (email is the best)!

Hey and check out the article about the 2W2MI contest in The Star (Sheffield newspaper), which went out on Tuesday 19th April on http://bit.ly/hGw5Dr. 

 

SYFN AND 2WEEKS 2MAKE IT OFFER EXCLUSIVE SENSORIA PRO DISCOUNT

Sensoria Pro and the SYFN are teaming up to offer SYFN members a 10% discount off the seminars happening at Sensoria Pro next week: the 5th and 6th of May. And there's a further discount for 2Weeks 2Make It-ers! 

2Weeks 2Make It participants will also be able to attend seminars on Thursday for £25, a discount from £48. If you are interested in booking a place at these seminars please see the link below for more information and then write to info@sensoria.org.uk and address the email to Jo Wingate or Nigel Humberstone. They will sort you out. 

See the full event page and all seminars at http://2011.sensoria.org.uk/category/programme/pro/# . 

Enjoy and hope to see you at Sensoria!

 

21st April 2011:

KINEMATIC AND VTR NORTH JOIN 2WEEKS 2MAKE IT WITH REVOLUTIONARY PRIZE OFFERS

With less than two weeks to go until our deadline for applications on May 2nd you'll no doubt be putting your team together, making plans to hire equipment and asking around to recruit some extra helpers.

So what better way to put a smile on your face than to deliver the good news that not one, but two of Yorkshire's most respected media outlets are offering you the chance to win their services.

VTR North deliver creative post-production, sound design and visual effects from a cutting-edge facility right in the heart of Leeds, and they're offering a free 8-hour day's colour grading for the winning filmmaker's next project. Combine that with the camera, sound and lighting package donated by ProVision and the £750 cash prize from SYFN and you've got everything you need to make your next short film or music video.

Go to  www.vtrnorth.co.uk  to see their impressive showreel.

Today's second headliner are Kinematic, who are offering a complete camera, lighting and sound package, worth several hundred pounds, for use during the competition! This will be up for grabs at the 2Weeks 2Make It Launch Event as a raffle prize, with the winner being announced right there and then on the night.

Visit  www.kinematic.tv/ratecard.pdf  to see their extensive list of resources.

It's worth noting that in 2Weeks 2Make It 2007, Carl Timms' team (who made a video for the band 'Paddy Orange') won the Kinematic Kit Raffle and made such good use of the opportunity that their video won the overall competition that year!

Continue to stay up-to-date with 2Weeks 2Make It via  www.syfn.org/2weeks.html  and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/2weeks2makeit and get those application forms in by Monday, May 2nd.


20th April 2011:

2WEEKS 2MAKE IT 2011 WILL LAUNCH AT ELECTRIC WORKS

on Thursday 5th May from 18:00 - 21:00

The launch venue has also been determined this week for 2Weeks 2Make It 2011 and we're proud to say that we'll be kicking it all off at the Electric Works building right across Sheaf Street from the Sheffield Rail Station (S1 2BJ). Its in the midst of the 'Sheffield Digital Campus' and you can see more about them on  www.electric-works.net  Electric Works are supporting the event this year and we'd like to tip our hats to them - a big thank you to Sarah and the lovely people over there! And to Ben Smith over at Red Star 3D for bringing it up to them in the first place!

Roll on May 5th!


19th April 2011:



15 April 2011:

2WEEKS 2MAKE IT 2011 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - SEE THE LIST OF PRIZES TOO! 

'2Weeks 2Make It' mixes the best and brightest up-and-coming stars of music and film from around the UK in a heart-pounding race to create a fantastic music video in just two weeks. 

And to celebrate the 5th birthday of '2Weeks 2Make It', they're pulling out all the stops to make this year's competition the most exciting and enticing ever! 

New prizes, speakers and guest judges are attaching themselves to the competition every week. So far, this in on offer:

> an internationally chart-registered distribution deal, worth over £1000 for the winning musicians, 
> bags o'cold hard cash totalling £850 for the winning filmmakers, 
> a Blackstar HT-1 Amplifier, worth £200, courtesy of Rich Tone Music, 
> free camera and lighting rental courtesy of ProVision (an F3 kit!), 
> some delicious tipples courtesy of Rhythm & Booze, 
> bottles of hearty beery beverages courtesy of Peak Ales, 
> free one-year memberships to the South Yorkshire Filmmakers Network for the winning team's members

- More prizes will be announced at the end of the month as well!

and of course, nobody goes away from '2Weeks 2Make It' empty handed, because every musician and filmmaker creates a superb music video that could boost their career to new levels of success.

The application deadline is Monday, May 2nd, but why wait!

Visit http://bit.ly/2W2MI2011 to download an application form and to find out the latest information. 

The clock is ticking! Can you 'make it' in two weeks? 

The SYFN likes to thank their supporters. They love thanking them, in fact: 

www.sensoria.org.uk 
www.circuitrecords.co.uk 
www.richtonemusic.co.uk 
www.provisionequipment.tv 
www.rhythmandbooze.co.uk 
www.peakales.co.uk 
www.kinematic.tv 
www.syfn.org 


8 April 2011:

2WEEKS 2MAKE IT HEATS UP FOR 2011!
AND A NEW PRIZE!

The applications are coming in and we're enjoying listening to the musical submissions and watching filmmaker's examples of their work! We're hard at work spreading the word to make this year's competition the most widespread its been in its existence.

We've got a new prize to offer this year from a brand new sponsor! Rich Tone Music - http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk - have offered us a beautiful prize - a Blackstar HT1R amplifier - as a great prize for one of our winning musical acts.

James at Rich Tone Music says, 'We are very proud to support 2W2Mit in Sheffield, now in its 5th year. This really is a superb way for up and coming artistes and film makers to cooperate and increase both there profile and experience. The quality and talent expressed in bringing these people together is truly inspiring. Rich Tone Music support Live music and performance and it's really important that great talent is represented really well visually. 2 Weeks 2 Make it is one of best way we know for young talent to be expressed'.

Check out the amp here: http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/products/blackstar_ht-1_r_combo_with_reverb_1_watt_tube_guitar_amplifier_-bsht1c-r.asp.

And check out Rich Tone too - their new shop has only been open for a couple of months - and its really, really nice! They're down on Broadfield Rd - visit the website and see what they've got in store, and have a mosey on down! http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk.

More prizes will be announced over the next few weeks, as well as announcements about our panel and judges for this year's launch event and competition.

You can get the application forms right here: www.syfn.org/2weeks.html.

Good luck - apply now!! 


1 March 2011:

2Weeks 2Make It 2011 Open for Applications: Competition launches on 5th May at the Sensoria Festival!

How it works:
Now in it's 5th year, '2Weeks 2Make It' is a ground-breaking music video competition that randomly pairs off up-and-coming musicians with filmmaking teams, who then collaborate to make a music video, from start to finish, in just two weeks.

This year's great prizes include: a record distribution contract, several development awards for musicians, bottles of delicious ‘2Weeks 2Make It’  beer from Peak Ales, lots of cold hard cash and even more! Of course the real prize for the all musical acts is to get a fantastic music video for the price of a pair of designer jeans. Whilst the filmmakers get a great video for their portfolio and all it costs them is their time.

Whether you're a filmmaker or a musical act, the deadline for applications is Monday, May the 2nd.

Applicants who are selected will be invited to a launch event taking place at the 'Sensoria Festival of Music and Film' in Sheffield on the 5th of May 2011, at the Showroom Cinema/Workstation complex. You can find out more about the 'Sensoria Festival' at www.sensoria.org.uk.  

On May the 5th, there will be a merger between the 2Weeks 2Make It Launch Day and the Sensoria PRO Day. This will involve some fantastic training sessions and masterclasses aimed at both filmmakers and musicians. The day will provide all attendees with more guidance as to how to make a music video in such a short space of time, as well as how to make them look great whilst getting the most out of their budget and what clichés to avoid.

In the evening of the 5th is when all the competing musicians and filmmakers need to be present because this is when we randomly pair them off with each other and everyone's got 2WEEKS 2MAKE IT!!  Then competitors will make their ENTIRELY NEW music videos over the following two week period, with a Gala Competition Screening and Award Ceremony a few weeks after that.

There's plenty of information about the history and previous winners of 2Weeks 2Make It, plus a short video that explains how it all works in more detail at  www.syfn.org/2weeks2010.html


Why it works:
Last year's winning band, Ols Moore and the Gypsy Dogs, were signed to Circuit Records (a Higher Rhythm Company) as a result of winning '2Weeks 2Make It 2010' and received a chart registered release, the distribution of which went through iTunes and approximately 800 other online stores. Ols Moore had this to say:

'It was a great journey creating the video, from the really helpful industry day to the final days of editing. It was a busy time for us as we were putting the final touches to our debut EP at the same time. But we met some great people and made some great friends. Winning '2Weeks 2Make It' meant great exposure to a much wider audience that we may never have reached on our own.

- Ols Moore, of the 2010 winning musical act, Ols Moore and the Gypsy Dogs.

Similar success followed winning filmmaker, Kerrie Mackinnon of the team Tomorrow Morning, who had this to say of her experience in the 2010 competition:

'I'm really glad I was involved with 2Weeks 2Make It. Taking part in the competition has created opportunities to meet and work with new people on an exciting and fast-paced project and strengthen working relationships within our team. This kind of challenge encouraged us to think on our feet and tryout new techniques. It was stressful at times – we originally filmed a whole different video set in a gypsy settlement in the woods, but weren't happy with the results as it didn't look authentic enough (so actually, ours was more like '1Week 2Make It' as we rejected our first video and made a whole new one instead). We were then really shocked to have won as there were some excellent videos in the competition!

Having won, I now have an opportunity to use the prize money to work on a personal animation project I haven't been able to start for a long time. It will be an animated short film to the darkly humorous poem 'Things That Look Like Meat'.

- Kerrie McKinnon, of the 2010 winning filmmaker team 'Tomorrow Morning'.


What to do now:
You can watch the 'Ols Moore and the Gypsy Dogs' winning video from 2010 on the 2Weeks 2Make It archive page  www.syfn.org/2weeks2010.html

Download an application form right now from  www.syfn.org/2weeks.html  or alternatively you can email  rob@syfn.org  and return it before the deadline on Monday, May the 2nd.

Subscribe to the SYFN's newsletter to keep up-to-date on further developments.
- Rob Speranza and the SYFN Team.

ENDS