An Extension! News About the Wordsmoker Short-Film Competition

May 27, 2012 in Wordsmoker Short Fiction

So it went something like this:

Chillbear: “I’m going to be cutting it close to the wire; my actor is in Milan.

Virus: ” — ”

Chillbear: “I hope to start filming soon. I want to get rid of all of this body paint.”

Virus: “Whatever.”

Chillbear: “I don’t really want to give anything away, you see, but I think this will be like his early work. You know: Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands. Something of the vein.”

Virus: “What the fuck are you talking about, you stupid cunt?”

Chillbear: “Kubrick movies. I wasn’t going to pull a Planet of the Apes out of my ass.”

Virus: “You suck on so many different levels. Tim Burton directed those films, you idiot.”

Chillbear: “Fuck. What did Kubrick do?”

Virus: “Lolita and Barry Lyndon.

Chillbear: “I’ve never even heard of them. Anything else?”

Virus: “Nothing comes to mind.”

Chillbear: “I need an extension.”

Virus: “Go fuck yourself.”

Chillbear: “Seriously, I’ve already got about $5k invested in this thing.”

Virus: “Whatever. Maybe some real people would like some extra time.”

Chillbear: “Yay!”

Something like that. I may be exaggerating Virus’s gentle tone. I do often try his patience. Anyway, we are extending The First Wordsmoker Short-Film Competition deadline by exactly one week. That means that whatever was happening this Thursday is occurring on the next at the exact same time. Everything else still applies.

Closing date for the competition will be Pacific midnight, Thursday, June 7, 2012.

The gods of short amateur cinema have given you a reprieve. Use it wisely.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/chillbearlatrigue/ Chillbear Latrigue

    Oh, and just because I posted this, doesn’t mean I’m ineligible to win. I’ve taken myself out of enough competitions around here. I intend to lose by my own merit, fuckers.

    • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/chillbearlatrigue/ Chillbear Latrigue

      Today may very well be the most important day of filming, but we will prevail!.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/fictionsinmotion/ Vaquero

    Can we do another one of these this summer? I’m not going to be able to finish mine in time. My first film didn’t work out and the next one I just can’t finish by the due date.

    • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/chillbearlatrigue/ Chillbear Latrigue

      I think we all had a bit of a time trying to finish before the deadline. I finished mine today, but I don’t love it. If Virus grants another deadline extension, I won’t protest, as long as I can resubmit. Although, I’m not sure how to improve on it in a way that it will make it more satisfying to me.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/militantrubberducky/ MilitantRubberDucky

    I am not skilled with video at all, so I do not have an entry in this, sadly. I am excited to see what you all come up with though!