Win the chance to direct a film and £1000 towards production: Six degrees of Summer

In this most exciting of summers BAFTA winner Tom Shankland has announced an exciting new project to make a film that celebrates the British summer. Six degrees of Summer is being curated for O2 Guru TV and is a collaborative film that needs you to help create it. It will be shot entirely on smartphones.

Five award-winning British directors, have been challenged to create a 3-minute piece that expresses their vision of British summertime. The directors will create their films in sequence over Summer 2012. There is an extra twist that gives the project added bite – each filmmaker only sees the last moments of the preceding film and has to start their narrative from that point – a sort of cinematic equivalent of the game Consequences. Tom Shankland is overseeing the project, and directing the first and last films.

You are needed to get involved in the ‘Six Degrees of Summer’ project too, because the fourth film in the series of six will be directed by a member of the public. That’s right, you can help create this film, see your ideas on the screen and go to the exclusive premiere! Between 4th and 13th August 2012, you must submit an idea for the fourth instalment on O2 Guru TV, and the winner, chosen for and mentored by Tom, will create their own 3-minute mobile masterpiece. You will get access to editing equipment and £1000 towards the production.

Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO-WWtAHStE to find out how to enter. Watch the final shot of Film 3 to see how it inspires you. You will have to submit a short synopsis and an explanation of your final shot on youtube.com/02GURUTV between 4th and 13th August 2012.

 If you have ideas for a great 3 minute film to celebrate the British summer then why not enter and get your film made? You can watch behind-the-scenes footage at https://youtube.com/o2gurutv.  There is a doumentary about the making of Film 1 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv7cXyMpqhY Good luck!