2025 7-DAY SHOOTOUT FILMMAKING COMPETITION
Rules and Deliverables
Your Digital Film File Specifications:
• 24 frames per second
• 1920x1080 (file must be native 16x9)
• Quicktime Apple ProRes HQ codec or H.264 (or comparable)
• Audio should be 48khz stereo.
Deliverables:
Your finished film as per the specifications above. Your film should not be shorter than 4 minutes and not longer than 7 minutes. This includes credits. Please put a slate at the beginning of your film. The slate should consist of a black background with white block text (Helvetica, Arial, etc.) and last for 10 seconds. Put 2 seconds of black after the slate and before your film begins. The slate must include the following, nothing else:
NAME OF FILM
TEAM NAME
TOTAL RUNNING TIME
Completed Team Submission Form
Complete the Team Submission form found here no later than 12 midnight June 18, 2025.
Password Protected Online Version of your film (Vimeo or Youtube)
Email link with password to lowcarbkeith@gmail.com no later than 12 midnight June 18.
DELIVERY OF YOUR FILM: You must email a downloadable link (Vimeo, Google Drive, Wetransfer – DO NOT USE Youtube) to lowcarbkeith@gmail.com no later than Wednesday, June 18 at 8 pm EST. Please be sure to allow enough time to meet the deadline.
DEADLINE: If ALL deliverables (Film, Team Submission Form, Signed Release Form) are not delivered by the deadline, your film will be disqualified from the competition. NO EXCEPTIONS.
TECHNICAL: Please double and triple check to make sure that your film has no technical “glitches” such as audio out of sync, etc. 7-Day Shootout management reserves the right to disqualify your submission if technical issues are serious enough to warrant such a decision.
CONTENT: Although we don’t have any hard and fast rules about what is allowed or not allowed in your film, please keep in mind that the audience will consist of people of all ages (including minors).
TITLES AND CREDITS: Title sequences and credits must NOT make up more than 30 seconds (combined) of your film.
SCREENING PRIOR TO the 7-Day Shootout: Public and/or PRIVATE screenings prior to the event will disqualify your 7-Day film from the competition.
SOCIAL MEDIA: Social media posts are limited to production stills and film poster. Trailers, posted prior to the event, will disqualify your 7-Day film from the competition.
TERMS OF SUBMISSION: By submitting an Entry into this Project, Entrant hereby warrants and represents that Entrant owns and/or controls all rights to the Entry he/she is entering in this Project, including, without limitation, the content of all video or digital recording, including but not limited to the performances contained in each Entry, with the exception of any assets provided by the Shootout for use by Entrant in connection with this Project. Entrant further warrants and represents that the Entrant has obtained permission from each person or other entity appearing in the Entry to grant the rights to the Shootout Management set forth in these Official Rules, and, upon request, will submit copies of such permissions to the Project Parties. By submitting an Entry, Entrant hereby acknowledges receipt of the Official Rules and accepts all of the Terms of Submission and other provisions contained therein, and further agrees to indemnify and hold the Shootout Management (The 7-Day Shootout Filmmaking Competition and their respective officers, agents, volunteers, sponsors and representatives) and affiliated organizations harmless from any and all claims, damages, expenses, costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) and liabilities (including settlements), brought or asserted by any third party against Shootout Management due to or arising out of the Entrant’s Entry content and materials in this Project, or the Entrant’s conduct during and in connection with this Project, including but not limited to claims for infringement of trademark, copyright, or other intellectual property rights, right of publicity, right of privacy or defamation. Entrant further hereby agrees to release, indemnify and hold harmless Shootout Management from any and all claims of infringement or prohibited use arising from advertising, presentation, web content or any other public exposure of content and material subsequently produced, presented, and/or prepared by or on behalf of the Shootout based upon Entrant’s work or the content and material contained in any Entry.
All proceeds of any paid admission to the 7-Day Shootout Filmmaking Competition Screening and Awards shall be retained 100% by the 7-Day Shootout in support of its mission.
7-Day Shootout Management reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entry for any reason prior to the event and/or rescind, withdraw and/or revoke any awards, prizes or designations a film may have received as a result of entering the 7-Day Shootout.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE: By participating in the 7-Day Shootout Filmmaking Competition, Entrant hereby agrees to release, indemnify and hold 7-Day Shootout Management and its officers, agents, and affiliated organizations harmless from any and all claims, whether made by Entrant for disqualification, or whether made by any third party, for damages or liabilities arising from or relating to Entrant’s participation in the Project.
QUESTIONS? Call or email Keith McDaniel 865-742-8783 lowcarbkeith@gmail.com
7-DAY SHOOTOUT AWARDS TO BE PRESENTED
Best Poster
Best Use of Elements
Best Original Score or Use of Music
Best Sound Design
Best Production Design
Best Editing
Best Cinematography
Best Writing
Best Ensemble Cast
Emerging Filmmaker
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Audience Favorite
Best Director
BEST FILM
(Email your PDF poster to lowcarbkeith@gmail.com no later than 8pm on Friday, June 20, 2025)
All 7-Day Shootout Films (which are delivered by the submission deadline and meet technical requirements) will be screened as part of the 7-Day Shootout Filmmaking Competition Screening on Saturday, June 28, 2025. Awards will be presented following the screening.