Six weeks to enter Jameson First Shot 04

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Six weeks to enter Jameson First Shot 2014 --

Wed, 20 Nov 2013 09:55

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Aspiring filmmakers have only six weeks left to enter the Jameson First Shot 2014 competition and the opportunity to direct Uma Thurman.

Thurman will take the lead role in three shorts written and directed by up-and- coming filmmakers in 2014. The actress follows on from creative director Kevin Spacey and Willem Dafoe s starring roles in 2012 and 2013 respectively.

One lucky winner from South Africa will get the opportunity to produce his or her script supported by Spacey and Dana Brunetti, Academy Award nominated producer and president of Trigger Street Productions and his team.

The entry rules are:

Entrants must be at least 25 years old to enter

Entrants must write their script based on ONE of the three themes: Legendary OR Humorous OR A Very Tall Tale

The script must be no longer than seven pages on A4 paper in size 12 point Courier font

Do not depict anyone under 25 in the script

Do not show excessive violence or scenes of excessive drinking, use of weaponry, drink driving, drug taking or drug references

The script should include a maximum of seven cast members

Scripts must be submitted in English

One entry per person no writing teams multiple submissions will be void

The success of the first two years of the competition has resulted in nearly 12 million people tuning in to watch the winning films starring Spacey and Dafoe on Jameson s YouTube channel.

The 2014 competition aims to discover another three exceptional writers / directors from South Africa, Russia and the USA the same three countries as the previous years.

Submit scripts online by logging on to www.jamesonfirstshot.com by 2 January 2014.

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