Here is a list of what the pre-screeners are asked to look for in a film.
Pre-screening is the most preliminary stage in a festival.
Rows of DVDs and stacks of press kits are meticulously run over.
Anyone in the business of independent media making is familiar with the 'aura', the almost mythical nature of stories that surround the process.
I found this bit hilarious from Linda Blackaby's list :
1. At what point in the film did you laugh?
2. At what point did you lose the film?
3. At what point did the structure go haywire?
4. Why should anyone pay $10 to watch this film on an evening out?
5. When did you feel that despite the stunning cinematography, the subject matter lacked innovation?
6. Did you feel that the subject matter was done hundred times over?
7. Did the balance between 'good film' and 'good cause' go off the hook?
8. Did the film go too far in trying to do something too 'cool'?
9. Did you feel the filmmaker was trying to be gimmicky for no reason?
10. At what point you feel that the 'film on screen' and the 'film in the press kit' seemed like two different scripts?
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