3-24-03

SAMM Members

On behalf of SAMM, Sue and I have subscribed to The Monitor, the quarterly
magazine of the Amateur Movie Maker Association. We did so hoping to provide
technical and other useful information to SAMM Members and so our club would
be eligible to enter certain movie contests sponsored by AMMA. The latest
issue dated March 2003 lists four movie contests for individuals and clubs.
We have attached the rules and entry forms for two of the contests: The
Sacramento Festival of Film and Music, closing date June 16, 2003 and the
2003 International Amateur Motion Picture Festival Amateur Movie Makers
Association deadline August 25, 2003. Two others, the Canadian International
Annual Film/Video Festival, closing entry date June 15, 2003, and the 12th
Mississippi Valley International Video, closing entry date, April 24, 2003
can be faxed or mailed to you or available at our April 10, 2003 regular
meeting.

We have filled one other order (our second) for A Night on the River, which
took the last of the copies Eric Lorenz made for the club.

Just talked to Eric Leas, who was scheduled to speak to the club in April.
Unfortunately, his busy work schedule will prevent his attending the next
meeting. He has asked that we keep in mind for a future meeting.

At the April meeting we can talk about "The Session" and possible shooting
schedules. Be thinking about the script and come with any
comments/suggestions re shooting. We would hope members will bring their
latest productions for the rest of us to see.

See you April tenth,

Bob and Sue White

INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR MOTION PICTURE FESTIVAL
AMATEUR MOVIE MAKERS ASSOCIATION (AMMA, formerly SAVAC)
RULES-2003
1 The contest is open to all amateur movie makers everywhere who create
non-commercial motion pictures as defined
below.

2. Each entry must be a non-commercial motion picture made for pleasure and/or
creative satisfaction by a club or
individual producer who had no financial or commercial objective for making
the movie; that has not been the basis
for any commercial agreement; has not been subsidized, sponsored, or
granted finances by any private, public,
government, or charitable organizations); was not made as a "showcase" to
advance a professional career; and
was not made as part of a degree program during a course in motion picture
production at a college or university.

3 1 Best Motion Picture Awards, the number to be decided by the judges, will be
given to those movies judged worthy.
3.2 The Oscar H. Horovitz Memorial Award will be presented to the best motion
picture by an AMMA member of at
least one year's membership.
3.3 Honorable Mention Certificates may be given to those movies which the
judges consider excellent but not "best".
3.4 The judges, at their discretion, may award special prizes for separate
aspects of movie making.
3.5 Any entry may win more than one award.
3.6 The name which appears as entrant on the entry form will appear on any
awards.

4.1 Entries must have been completed after October 1,1998.
4.2 Video entries may be in VHS, S-VHS, 8mm or Hi-8 format, NTSC only. Sound
may be in Standard (normal,
linear, mono) track or Hi-Fi, but not both.
4.3 To protect your video material, provide a leader of at least 30 seconds of
black, color bars or graphics.
4.4 Do not send original or edited master tapes.
4.5 Motion pictures which have previously won an AMMA or SAVAC contest award of
any kind are ineligible to be
entered. Motion pictures that failed to win in a first attempt may be
entered again one time only.
4.6 Entries may not contain "Award" leaders.
4.7 Each entry must be on a separate cassette with no other material and must
have a separate entry form Copies of the
form are acceptable.
4.8 Tide, name and address must be on each tape.

5.1 All entries must be available for exhibition at the annual AMMA convention
in Buena Park, California, October 9,
10 & 11, 2003.
5.2 AMMA reserves the right to copy any or aU entries for exhibition and/or
educational purposes.
5.3 The producer is responsible for all necessary copyright clearances for
material used in the entry.

6.1 Entries for the AMMA 2003 Contest will be accepted from June 1 to August
25,2003. Entries arriving after
August 25th will not be accepted.
6.2 An entrant may enter no more than three entries.
6.3 Entries should be mailed First Class, Priority Mail, or equivalent. Do not
send entries by United Parcel Service,
registered mail or any way that requires a signature. Receipt of entries
will be acknowledged promptly.
6.4 Entries which are to be returned to me sender should be in packaging which
can be reused or with return packaging
enclosed with the entry.
6.5 AMMA will return entries only if the return postage fee has been paid.
6.6 AMMA will exercise reasonable care in the handling and use of all contest
entries. Nevertheless, neither AMMA
nor its agents will be responsible for loss or damage to entries.

7.1 All entries will be judged in the format submitted.
7.2 Entries will be judged by a panel of several judges. The panel's decisions
will be final. There is no appeal.
7.3 Winning movies will be announced at the Convention. Winners will also be
published in The AMMA Monitor.

(This form may be copied)



For Committee use: Received_ _ Check Amount S Acknowledged
Award Entry #

2003 INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR MOTION PICTURE FESTIVAL
AMATEUR MOVIE MAKERS ASSOCIATION
Convention in Buena Park, California, October 9,10 & 11, 2003

Use separate form for each movie entered. This form may be copied

Name of Entrant (Individual or Group/Club, to be used on
award)____________________________________________________
Street
Address_________________________________________________________________________\
__________________
City___________________________________ State/Province________ Postal
Code____________________ Country _______
Phone Number_______________________________________
e-mail_______________________________________________

Production Title
________________________________________________________________________________\
__________
Running time (Maximum 20 minutes including titles) ______ minutes ______seconds
Completion Date (Must be after October 1, 1998) ______________
Format must be one of the following (NTSC only). Please circle one: VHS, SVHS,
8mm, ffi-8
Video sound must be one of the following. Please circle one (not two): Normal
(linear) Hi-Fi Silent
Type of Movie. Please circle all that apply: Story Comedy Tragedy Mystery
Illustrated song or poem Drama Travel
Documentary Instructional Nature Animation Experimental Event Movie
Family Other____________
I do_ do not consent to copying my entry to videotape by AMMA for
distribution to members and others
I do __ do not want to receive judges' comments on my entry

Entry fees must be in United States funds made out to AMMA
AMMA member first entry $10. ______ Send entry(ies),
payments) and entry form(s) in the same package
Additional member entries (each) $ 5. ______ TO ARRIVE BETWEEN JUNE
1" and AUGUST 25, 2003.
*Nonmember first entry $20. ______ Entries arriving
after August 25th will not be accepted-
Additional nonmember entries (each) $10. ______ SEND TO: BILL LEEDER
Return postage (up to 3 videos) $ 5. ______
2615 W. 97* Street
TOTAL $ ______
Evergreen Park, IL 60805-2731

(Tel: 708-425-0957 or e-mail: leeder80@...)
Please indicate disposition of your entry after the Festival:
Return to me, postage is enclosed___, I will pick up at Convention___, Do
not return___.
I have read the AMMA 2003 contest rules on the other side and agree to be bound
by them. I understand that noncompliance with
any of the rules may result in disqualification.
Date____________ Signature
_______________________________________________

*I wish to become an AMMA "Instant Member" and have enclosed a second check,
made out to AMMA, for $25.00 to cover dues
from this date to August 31,2004 ($35.00 to include a second member in the same
household). I understand that this "Instant
Membership" allows me to pay reduced "AMMA member" category Festival entry fees,
puts me on the AMMA Magazine mailing
list and gives me all the rights of AMMA membership except eligibility for the
Oscar Horovitz Memorial Award in 2003.
Date_____________
Signature_______________________________________________