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Sing During the Storm

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Spontak

Olivia plummets. She flies. She nosedives and then soars. Swept up in a whirlwind of emotion, Olivia finds a moment of catharsis from the comfort of musical birds after discovering her dad's medical condition.

RUNNERS-UP


The Sound of Resilience by Ariel Rose

The Voice Note by Sameeha Sabnis


Olivia is sitting in her room in upstate NY. She's in her early 30s and has received some bad news lately. Her father’s health is declining and she’s coming off a recent break-up. As she sits in an easy-chair thinking about her current situation, a loud train goes by further rattling her upset state of mind.


This month’s challenge invites you to combine sound and music to help tell this story and to bring Olivia and her internal landscape to life. Thinking about her character and her situation, write or produce this scene where sound richly plays a major role in capturing emotion to tell her story. Your final submission can be either a written scene or a completed audio piece, with sound and music intentionally and creatively highlighted throughout. Scripts should be no longer than 5 pages and produced audio pieces no longer than 3 minutes. We’ll select one winner in each format.


SUBMISSION LIMITS


Scripts should be no longer than 5 pages. 

Produced audio pieces should be no longer than 3 minutes.

Scripts: PDF format only

Accepted audio file formats include: AIFF, ACC, FLAC, MP3, MP4, OGA, OGG, and WAV



Deadline to submit: June 30 , 2021 at 2PM PT.



CHALLENGE RULES


Our monthly challenges are open to everyone in the Sundance Collab community. One entry per person, per challenge. All submissions will be viewable to the community. All submissions will be given equal consideration and the final winner will be determined by the consensus of the designated Sundance judges.  


Only those submissions that meet the criteria outlined in the submission guidelines can be selected as the winner.


The challenge closes on June 30, 2021 at 2PM PT.


If you have questions regarding the challenge, please email collab@sundance.org. Please do not contact members of the jury directly.



PRIZES

Winner will receive: 

  • The winner will have their work featured on Sundance Collab
  • One-on-one mentorship session with a Sundance Advisor
  • Sundance Collab  Annual Creator Membership (12 months) which includes:
    • Invitation to monthly Member-only Advisor Q&A Live webinar
    • Opportunity to receive feedback from a Sundance Advisor on work-in-progress you post to Share Your Work
    • Eligible to participate in online Writing Groups (coming soon)
  • Final Draft screenwriting software (12-month license)

Runners-up (two will be selected) - Sundance Collab Annual Creator Membership (12 months) 


Submission Guidelines

One entry per person, per monthly challenge. The limits for monthly challenge submissions are the following: 

Scripts should be no longer than 5 pages.

Produced audio pieces should be no longer than 3 minutes.

Technical Details

Accepted script file formats: PDF format only


Accepted audio file formats include: AIFF, ACC, FLAC, MP3, MP4, OGA, OGG, and WAV


Other: If your file format fits outside these formats, please contact us and we will see if we can accommodate it.



(Please do not use copyrighted material without permission as part of this monthly challenge.)

Chanell Crichlow
Juror
Los Angeles, California, United States
Chanell Crichlow is a low brass multi-instrumentalist, Composer, and Performer residing in Los Angeles, California. She formed PitchBlak Brass Band in 2010 at the start of what became a vibrant brass band Movement in New York City and across the globe. The group received high acclaim in both Downbeat Magazine and The Source Magazine during their tenure.
Kalaisan Kalaichelvan
Juror
Toronto, Canada
Kalaisan Kalaichelvan is a composer, music producer and classically trained pianist based in Toronto, Canada. His music spans across the screen, theatre, dance and visual media. Kalaisan has worked with some of the most exciting emerging filmmakers on a variety of films that have been recognized for “Best Music” at the Santorini Film Festival and the Largo Film Awards. He is a 2021 Fellow of the Sundance Composers lab and is currently serving as one of the 2021 Slaight Music residents for the Canadian Film Centre.
Glenn Kiser
Juror
Palm Springs, California, United States
Glenn Kiser is the Director of the Dolby Institute, Dolby’s initiative to bring education and inspiration to filmmakers and content creators about the creative use of sound and picture in storytelling. Previously, Kiser was the VP & General Manager of Lucasfilm’s Skywalker Sound, where he oversaw sound work on film projects such as AVATAR, THE INCREDIBLES, the STAR WARS prequels, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, and the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and HARRY POTTER films.
Natalie Metzger
Juror
Natalie Metzger is an award-winning producer, director, and writer, who explores the dark, surreal side of human nature with her visually rich and thoughtful work. She is a Spirit Award nominated producer whose credits include the upcoming WEREWOLVES WITHIN (which will be premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival and distributed by IFC Films), THE BETA TEST (Berlin Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival), THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW (MGM/Orion), GREENER GRASS (Sundance Film Festival), THUNDER ROAD (Grand Jury Award - SXSW), THE ROBBERY (Sundance Film Festival), MATPAT’S GAME LAB (Streamy Award), and Lil Dicky’s FREAKY FRIDAY (over 664 million views), among numerous others. Metzger is currently in post-production on a new sci-fi series as well as Yogi Berra documentary IT AIN’T OVER. more...
Emily Rice
Juror
Emily Rice is a British born composer for film and TV, who started her musical life as a cellist playing in orchestras and rock bands. She has recorded and conducted her work at Warner Brothers, Capitol Records, and The Wiltern. She scored the Netflix series THE I-LAND and is in increasing demand as a composer for indie films. Emily’s most recent scores include the documentary feature FOR THE LOVE OF RUTLAND, and narrative feature MISS JUNETEENTH which featured in U.S dramatic competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. more...

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