Ford seeking directors for Mustang movies
Click above for more high resolution photos of the Mustang Bullitt
If you want to be the next critically acclaimed filmmaker, the Ford Mustang may be your ticket to an audience of millions. Ford and Filmaka.com are teaming up on a contest to see who can create the best Mustang-themed script. Would-be filmmakers can choose from one of eight Mustang stories or pick a tale of their own, then write a script about it. The people with the top 20 scripts as chosen by Ford and Filmaka.com will get a budget of $5,000 to produce their film, along with contacts at local Mustang clubs for the use of vehicles to shoot. Those 20 winners will have two weeks to submit their finished work, and nine winners and an alternate will receive an additional $5,000 in prize money. The top 10 will also get the chance to create a promo that will appear on network TV. The grand prize winner gets the opportunity to direct a film for promotional materials for the 2010 Mustang.
That's a pretty cool contest for aspiring filmmakers everywhere, but there isn't much time at all to get in on the fun. The contest ends on August 26 (today!), and the top 20 winners will need to have their initial work completed by September 16.
Gallery: 2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt
[Source: Ford]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Epyx 8:05AM (8/26/2008)
$5K!! What the hell kind of movie can one make with $5000? That would be the lowest budget film since Clerks.
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Red 8:29AM (8/26/2008)
As a film student, I can personally attest to having worked with a SUPER low budget. Some of the guys and girls in my class did some truly amazing things with a crappy digicam and some creative lighting. Their acting, on the other hand....not so much.
But you'd be very surprised what could be done especially by film students or just creative people. Like Clerks you pointed out.
Epyx 8:38AM (8/26/2008)
Red, I know I was just being snarky early in the morning!
elindiano 9:24AM (8/26/2008)
yep 5k is a joke. good luck guys
Randy 11:05AM (8/26/2008)
For $10,000 El Mariachi was made and is the precursor to Tarantino's "Desparado" and then "Once Upon A Time In Mexico". So a full motion picture can be made. Hell, you can make almost any Clint Eastwood Western for 10-20k
Here are more figures for you.
Movie / Budget to Make
The Brothers McMullen 25K
Blair Witch 35K
Gabriella 50K
Super Size Me 65K
30 Second Mustang Commercial cost versus a full movie? PRICELESS
Red 8:22AM (8/26/2008)
Kinda sucks we're just hearing about it the same day it ends. *cough cough*
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catgirlshyla 8:57AM (8/26/2008)
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geo.stewart 9:50AM (8/26/2008)
yeah,
enough time for an idea but not a full script.
IDEA: The Last Mustang
Mustang drives around (shots all over the country) looking for another mustang. sees only econoboxes and SUV boats. gets more and more frantic. frenzied. dejected.
Finally runs into a Mustang club. relief. embraced, nurtured. happy
Jason 8:22AM (8/26/2008)
I guess this is what happens when you cut a lot of money from your advertising department.
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James 8:27AM (8/26/2008)
Shouldn't they have been advertising this long ago, so people that actually wanted to get in on this could?
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Allan 8:35AM (8/26/2008)
Sounds like they ran out of ideas for Knight Rider episodes....
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Torrent 1:59PM (8/26/2008)
Or they realized that the Camaro is getting a helluva lot of attention from Transformers.
Lou 8:41AM (8/26/2008)
On that 5K budget, I would take the original chase scene from Bullitt and try to electronically replace Steve's 68 Stang with the new one and the bad guy's Charger with a Black Challenger. Then take out the VW that keeps showing up and the extra hubcaps that come off the Charger...I do love that movie!
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catgirlshyla 8:56AM (8/26/2008)
Gee, for 5K, i'd just pocket like $4,950 of it and make a 30 minute commercial about Ford NOT MAKING ANY MORE STUPID VARIANTS OF THE SN-195 MUSTANG CHASSIS!!
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dodgeviper88 8:58AM (8/26/2008)
Am I the only one who seems to be getting sick of Mustang in almost every movie there is? I mean with all this advertising I feel the Mustang is not even desirable anymore since it's almost in your face anywhere and everywhere. Plus the unlimited limited editions Mustangs.......
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Ian 9:23AM (8/26/2008)
Guys when you put up this thing you forgot to point out the urgnecy! The script has to be handed in TODAY!
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kaslings 9:48AM (8/26/2008)
I'm gonna guess a Bullit remake with the new charger and Mustang is going to be out of the question for 5 grand.
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John R 10:13AM (8/26/2008)
THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP AUTOBLOG!!! [yah, jerks...]
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JD 10:15AM (8/29/2008)
Sounds like a sad copy of the BMW films, doesn't it? Those were actually cool, thanks to Clive Owen. And a bigger budget than $5k. And real directors. And cars that weren't a Mustang...... Hmm. The more I type this out, the worse this idea sounds.
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Isuzu32 12:44PM (8/26/2008)
Please, do our product placement, marketing and advertising for us!
That slow motion burnout video from a few weeks ago would have been even better with the brand new bullit mustang.
Or something like that old Saab commercial with all the jumps and up on two wheels stunt driving.
Here is a better idea, just like Top Gear does soccer with VW Polos and Renaut Clios, they could do full contact American style football with all brand new GT500s.
I win!
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