COMPETITION

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JWT Team Detroit was so impressed with Filmaka's Mustang Stories submissions, their sister agency, Y&R Team Detroit, has come to us for fresh new takes on the 2009 Lincoln MKS.

Here comes the fun part: All of the names listed below are up-and-coming bands willing to let you take their songs for a ride in an original music video of your creation featuring the 2009 Lincoln MKS. Our selection of songs has been chosen by veteran music supervisor Gary Calamar, who has put together soundtracks for HBO's Tru Blood, Six Feet Under, and Entourage, as well as Showtime's Dexter and several feature films. Your short must be set to music because a version of your video could run on the CBS Television Network broadcast of the Grammy® Awards!

Click on the play button of each song to listen.
 
 
FUNKIN KOOBAD by The Jazzual Suspects
GO, GO, GO by Platinum Pied Pipers
THE FUTURE IS WHERE WE BELONG by Hot Pipes (see lyrics)
INDESCRIBABLE by Olivia Broadfield
THE LONGEST ROAD (DUSTY ROAD MIX) by Morgan Page feat. Lissie
   
   
   
 
 
LOVE by Greyboy (feat. Nino Moschella)
NOVA by Nomo
THE RACE by Heavenly States
SAY YES by Afternoons
WE'RE GOOD by Peasant
   
   
   
 
 
 
 
 
     
   
You'll need to listen to each song and spend several hours writing and re-writing. You need the best pitch you can make for a music video set to one of these songs and featuring the 2009 Lincoln MKS. You'll also need to include links to samples of your previous directing work before you'll get the greenlight.

Remember, the MKS is confident but not overbearing. The latest technology in voice-recognition, MP3 players, and GPS is enfolded in quality leather and wood-grain surfaces. The inside is complex, but the outside is clean. Your pitch should reflect this sensibility, and make the most use of the song you have chosen. To learn more about the 2009 Lincoln MKS, go to http://www.lincoln.com/reachhigher. For more creative direction CLICK HERE

Pitches must be uploaded in PDF format to Filmaka.com by midnight on January 2, 2009.

If you are lucky - and your pitch is good enough - you will be one of the 10 scripts greenlit for production. You'll have just over one week to produce, edit and upload your knock-out music video.

If you've got a great idea, but no experience as a director-don't fake it-send us your pitch and let us know you need a co-conspirator. Filmaka has plenty of talented members and we can match you up with an experienced director in your area.

We will accept pitches from any country in the world, but due to the logistics involved in obtaining a 2009 Lincoln MKS for filming and production of these selected pitches must take place within the USA. If you are not in touch with a director in the United States, Filmaka can pair you with one to make sure deserving pitches go into production.

 
 
 
 
 
     
 
  Filmaka and Y&R Team Detroit will select 10 pitches and fund the production of these music videos with $7,500 each. Once all of these fully produced music videos have been uploaded to Filmaka, five of them will be selected as winners to receive $5,000 each.  
 
   
A version of these five winning music videos could air on  
the CBS Television Network broadcast of the Grammy® Awards.  
  on Sunday, February 8, 2009. Millions of music-loving viewers will be tuned in and might see YOUR film.  
   
  Sound enticing? When you're ready to upload your pitch,     SUBMIT HERE.  
 
          Please read our Delivery Rules and the Terms and Conditions of this competition before you upload.

To download a printable version of this page, click here.

      CLICK HERE for more creative direction.