ATTENTION FILMMAKERS: You Could Win A 1 Million Dollar Development Deal with Dreamworks in the"On The Lot" Reality Series Competition

Yes, you have read that right:
"Mark Burnett & Steven Spielberg are looking for the next GREAT FILMMAKER... Welcome to your chance to win a ONE MILLION DOLLAR DEVELOPMENT DEAL with DREAMWORKS... Anybody from anywhere around the world can enter ( 13 and older please)." This is such a fantastic opportunity that I had to post it right away. I will be back shortly with the rest of my fall round-up of opportunities for talented creative professionals. But I just had to post this as soon as I found out about it even though it is out of sequence for my fall round-up. Please hurry because film submissions are due on February 16th, 2007! Here are some of the details that I have summarized from their website:

www.thelot.com/ - "On The Lot is a groundbreaking new show brought to you by reality show mastermind, Mark Burnnett, and legendary producer and director, Steven Spielberg. Over the season, the 16 filmmakers will produce short films in every genre every week and the viewers will vote on who gets eliminated. The winning filmmaker will take home a $1 Million development deal!"
www.thelot.com/submit - Here are the steps (that they outline) to submit your film:

1. Login or Sign Up as member-It's free!
2. Enter the film title and select a genre (Comedy, Drama, Action, Funny, Horror, Love, Trailer, Thriller, Animation)
3. Upload your film
4. Print and fill out the application ( http://www.thelot.com/OTLOnlineApplication.pdf ) and mail to: On The Lot Submissions; P.O. Box 149; 9663 Santa Monica Blvd.; Beverly Hills, CA. 90210
5. Once you have uploaded your film and mailed in your application and DVD copy of your film, they do need time to review everything. Please allow up to 2 weeks for your film to be posted and you are officially submitted as a potential contestant for the show. Then film lovers around the world will be able to view your film, rate it, comment on it and blog about it!

Specific rules and guidelines can be found on this link:

www.thelot.com/faqs/

And contact them with questions at:

thelot@fox.com

The following can be found at:

www.thelot.com/about/

On The Lot HURRY, FILM SUBMISSIONS DUE FEBRUARY 16TH!Coming Soon To FOX
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About On The Lot
Aspiring filmmakers can take the first step toward fulfilling their dreams of becoming a Hollywood director by taking part in FOX's new reality competition series ON THE LOT. Video submissions and application forms are now being accepted at thelot.com. Applicants must submit a self-directed short film, up to five minutes in length, that may be shown on the website on a future date.


Mark Burnett
Creator/Executive Producer, ON THE LOT
One of the driving forces behind reality television and a true visionary, Mark Burnett has a long history of executive-producing Emmy Award-winning television. Burnett’s entrepreneurial spirit pioneered the success of the reality...

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Steven Spielberg
Creator/Executive Producer, ON THE LOT
Steven Spielberg is a principal partner of DreamWorks SKG, which he co-founded with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen in October 1994 and which was sold to Paramount Pictures in early 2006. Under their leadership, the studio...

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ON THE LOT, executive-produced by Mark Burnett and Steven Spielberg, will give aspiring filmmakers from around the world the chance to earn a $1-million development deal at DreamWorks.

Airing next spring on FOX, this unscripted series will feature a cast of 16 undiscovered filmmakers who will compete to win the support of the show's viewers, as their fate will be decided by a weekly audience vote.

The competition will air over two nights weekly, with a one-hour "Film Premiere" episode, followed the next night by a half-hour "Box Office" results show.

After a global search, applicants will be winnowed to a group of 16 talented filmmakers. These finalists will be brought to Hollywood, where they will be divided into teams and begin the journey toward their "big break."

Every week, the hopeful filmmakers will produce short films from a chosen genre, running the gamut from comedies to thrillers, personal dramas to romance, sci-fi to horror. They'll have access to the best resources the industry has to offer -- professional writers, cast and crew, and maybe even Hollywood celebrities.

After the teams have battled time frames, budgets and all the usual chaos that goes along with filmmaking, their films will debut and be critiqued in front of a live audience during the "Film Premiere" episode. Judges will include a high-ranking motion picture executive, a prominent film critic and a succession of well-respected guests, such as directors who are experts in the week's featured genre. But the filmmakers ultimately will be judged by the harshest critics of all … the public.

It will be FOX viewers whose votes determine which film should be left on the cutting-room floor. On the next night's "Box Office" results show, the director whose feature garners the fewest votes will be sent home.

The competition continues and directors are eliminated until only the most talented filmmaker is anointed the winner and heads to DreamWorks … ON THE LOT.

Mark Burnett & Steven Spielberg are looking for the next GREAT FILMMAKER : Submit Your Film
So, you think you’ve got what it takes? If you’re good, you might just get on our new show and win a $1 MILLION DEVELOPMENT DEAL.

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