Musicbed Wants to Fund Your Film with One of the Most Comprehensive Prizes We've Ever Seen
The music licensing platform Musicbed is offering a contest with $50,000 in cash and gear prizes.
After building a successful venue for filmmakers to license music for their films, Musicbed got involved with its community via a print magazine called Film + Music. Now, it's entering the world of contests with the Musicbed Film Initiative. With sponsors like Freefly, Zacuto, Kessler, Røde, Blackmagic, and rewards like round-trip flights from JetBlue, they are essentially offering a everything you need to make a film at a professional level.
Anyone over 18 anywhere in the world can submit, and Musicbed leaves all rights to the filmmaker. Hurry! Submissions close April 4th.
Here's what you need to submit:
- 350-word synopsis of your film (your submission can be a narrative short, feature or documentary film)
- Upload photos to your story's mood board (make sure the photos can be legally used)
- Your choice of a Musicbed artist's music that fits your story
- One award recipient will receive $40,000 in cash and gear
- Two runner-ups will receive production gear, rentals and licensing credits
In this case, 80% of the prize-pool goes towards one big winner. Here's what that grand prize winner will receive:
- Musicbed: $10,000 Cash
- Lens Rentals: One-week RED Epic Camera Rental
- JetBlue: 4 Roundtrip Flights
- Freefly: MoVi M10
- Defacto Sound: Sound Design & Mixing
- Zacuto: Gratical X + $500 Rental Credit
- Kessler: $2,500 Gear Credit
- Westcott: 2x2 LED Flex Panel
- RØDE: Microphone Package
- Red Giant: Magic Bullet Suite + PluralEyes4
- Blackmagic: DaVinci Resolve
- Frame.io: Free Account For One Year
- Presonus: E66 Studio Monitors
- Musicbed: $1,000 License Credit
- Filmsupply: $1,000 License Credit
The two runner-ups will receive:
- Kessler: Gear Credit
- Blackmagic: DaVinci Resolve
- RØDE: Microphone Package
- Zacuto: Z-Finder Pro
- Westcott: LED Flex Panel
- Musicbed: License Credit
- Filmsupply: License Credit
- Presonus: E44 Studio Monitors
- Red Giant: PluralEyes4
- Frame.io: Free Account For One Year
In terms of contests, this is one of the more straightforward and accessible ones we've ever seen. You have no excuse not to submit!
