Røde Microphones is running its My Røde Reel competition for a third year. With close to 5,000 video submissions from 89 countries in 2015, it is now the world’s largest short film competition, and has established itself as a staple amongst the global filmmaking community.
The competition returns in 2016 with an increased total prize pool and additional awards than ever before. Amateur to professional filmmakers are encouraged to take part by creating a short film of three minutes or less, as well as a behind-the-scenes reel that features a Røde product being used during its production.
Alongside the awards featured in previous years Judges’ Film award for the best short film, Judges’ BTS award for the best behind-the-scenes reel, publicly voted People’s Choice award for the most popular short film, and the Young Filmmaker award for the best short film by an entrant under the age of 18) Røde has introduction of the Female Filmmaker award to encourage and celebrate women in the film community. Each of these award winners will be presented with a production filmmaking kit valued at more than Aus$30,000.
Additional technical and genre awards are available for Best Sound Design, Best Soundtrack and others, with a prize pack being awarded for each. Røde has also added a new genre award, Music Video, to acknowledge filmmaking’s many and expanding forms.
Røde Microphones has brought together the most respected brands in filmmaking, to assemble an incredible prize pool valued at more than Aus$300,000. This includes equipment from Adobe, Angelbird, Atomos, Blackmagic Design, Blastwave FX, Bright Tangerine, F&V, FilmConvert, Freefly, G-Technology, KesslerCrane, Miller, Movcam, Music Bed, New York Film Academy, NiSi, Paralinx, Red Giant, Sachtler, Shane’s Inner Circle, SmallHD, Story & Heart, Teradek, Zeiss and Røde.
‘We’re extremely excited to launch My Røde Reel for 2016.’ says Røde Global Marketing Manager, Scott Emerton. ‘Over the past two years we’ve seen the global filmmaking community really get behind the competition and create some incredible cinematic experiences.
‘Historically entries have been largely male dominated, however we’re aiming to correct that this year with the addition of a Female Filmmaker award specifically designed to encourage women of all ages to get behind the camera and take part in My Røde Reel.’
Entries for ‘My Røde Reel’ are open from March 1st and close June 1st 2016. Røde has provided a free entry pack, available from the company’s website.
More: www.myrodereel.com
