BEATS PER MINUTE: 48 HOUR MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION
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Location: Alamo Downtown
SHOOTING WEEKEND: Feb. 16-18, 2007
Sponsored by VULCAN VIDEO, PROTOTYPE VINTAGE, BIRDS BARBERSHOP,SYNAPSE FILMS, FEATHERS BOUTIQUE, ANTONE'S RECORDS, BACKSPIN RECORDS, AUSTIN LYRIC OPERA and END OF AN EAR RECORDS
You may be familiar with our popular Bloodshots competition in which teams of intrepid filmmakers push themselves to the limit to make a horror film in only 48 hours. We thought it would be fun to do the same thing with music videos. The catch is, until we give you the CD you will not have any idea to what song you'll be making a video. So you and your crew of pasty white Coldplay fans may find yourselves looking all over the east side for crunk juice. OR you and your posse of dangerous tattooed lunatics might have to learn to dance like Justin. You just never know. The only thing you can really predict is that you'll have a lot of fun. once everybody's checked in, we'll say "Go!" and immediately you and your team start scrambling: listening to the song, decoding the lyrics, making the shot list, borrowing and stealing guitars, wigs - whatever it takes to make the most entertaining video of them all.
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Thank you all for participating in this years BPM contest. You've been through the tough part. Now comes the most fun of all: sitting back with a beer, watching all the videos, listening to the jury's comments and trying to bulldog everyone you know into voting for your video. Here is the breakdown of screening times:
GROUP A screens Wednesday February 28 at 9:45 at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown
Group A consists of:
Buzzcocks - "Orgasm Addict"- The Raddest Fuckin' Team In The World
Kim Fowley - "Motorboat" - Bloody Amateurs
Manowar - "Hand Of Doom" - Damn The Man
AC/DC - "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" - Beef Rap
Bon Jovi - "Wanted Dead Or Alive" - A.B.O.
Cameo - "Word Up" -Ground Floor Collective
Eric Burdon and War - "Spill The Wine" -Matt & Rematt
Diana Ross - "Upside Down" - Playbot
Final Approach - "Dime Bag" - The Day Job
Carl Douglas - "Kung Fu Fighting"-Team Ted
Peter Cetera - "Glory of Love"- Black Magic Rollercoaster
Teddybears - "Hey Boy"- Architects On Wheels
GROUP B screens Thursday March 1 at 7pm also at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown
Group B consists of:
Zombies - "Care Of Cell 44" - Fovea Films
Eddie and The Hot Rods - "Teenage Depression" - Rollerfeet
Spank Rock - "Lindsay Lohan's Revenge" - Katherine Pine
Donna Summer - "On The Radio" - Wannabees
Blues Image - "Ride Captain Ride" - The Sleep
Troggs - "Strange Movies" - Team Catastrophe
Vicki Lawrence - "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" - Hopeless Amateurs
Bad Company - "Bad Company" - Fresh Nu Hell
Screaming Lord Sutch - "Cause I Love You" - No Game Industries
Rick James - "Mary Jane" - Shade Tree
Erasure - "A Little Respect" - Big Ponies
Bonnie Hayes - "Girls Like Me" - Pall Rock
The Best Of Screening and Awards Ceremony will take place on Sunday March 4 at 9:45pm.
Teams that have won an award will be alerted by email, though we won't tell you which award you've won in advance, so don't ask. Award-winning teams will attend this screening at no charge (max 5 members per team). Winners will receive great prizes from our sponsors. The grand prize is $100 and a completely, mind-blowingly radical trophy that will make you break down and cry when you see it just from the sheer Awesomeness of the thing.
UPDATE
The following teams have won awards in the BPM Competition. Congratulations
all. And thanks to all who competed for making this the best thing that ever
happened on Earth! It was very close and we were very pleased with the way
the screenings went and we continue to marvel at the kind of talent pool
that exists here in Austin.
WINNING TEAMS
ABO
Big Ponies
Damn The Man
Dirty Sanchez (K. Pine)
Fovea
Matt and ReMatt
Pall Rokk
Playbot
Rollerfeet
Shade Tree
Team Catastrophe
The Day Job
The Raddest Team In The World
The Sleep
Wannabees
All teams on this list will receive up to 5 admissions to the Sunday March 4
9:45pm Best of and Awards screening at the Alamo Downtown. The grand prize
is a big fat $100 and a mind-melting trophy. Plus there will be many cool
prizes from our sponsors.
Show Specials:
Kid Policy: 18 and up; Children 6 and up will be allowed only with a parent or guardian. No children under the age of 6 will be allowed.
Screenings (click on a show time to buy tickets):
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