| 15 February 2010 |
The Contest
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is announcing its poster contest for its 13th annual film festival.
One winning design will be selected from all entries and will be printed and sold at the festival.
The winning designer will be awarded a special artist “Priority Pass” (valued at $500) for the 2010 festival plus paid hotel accommodations for the 4-day event (April 8-11 in Downtown Durham North Carolina).
Contest Guidelines
All entries must include the following details in the overall poster design:
- Festival dates: April 8-11, 2010
- Location: Durham, North Carolina
- “Full Frame Logo”
To receive the complete guidelines and Full Frame Logo graphic send a request to fullframeposter (at) gmail.com.
What to Submit
The final poster size should be 11″ x 17″ and include a ¼ inch bleed on all sides. The actual artwork size will be 11.5″ x 17.5″. The maximum file size is 5MB and must be in a PDF or JPG format.
For submissions that are non-digital, a scan of the artwork will be acceptable. The original artwork must be presented if selected as the winning entry for reproduction purposes.
Use of the “Full Frame” logo can be displayed in any single solid color. The logo must be at least 2″ in width. To receive the PDF file of the document and full contest guidelines, send a request to fullframeposter (at) gmail.com.
All submissions and artwork must be original and not copied from other published sources, magazines, copyrighted material, books or online sources. No team created entries will be accepted.
The contest sponsors do not have a theme for contest submissions but have indicated the following subject matter that is preferred:
Trees
Anatomical drawings
Scientific illustrations
Collage
Buildings
Wood grain
Blueprints
Ed Ruscha
Gig posters
Silhouettes
Kodachrome
Negative space
European compact cars
Aircraft
Lines
Penguin books
Criterion covers
Kites
Alligator gar
Bikes
Suitcases
Power tools
Letterpress
Telephone lines
Gymnasiums
Tom Waits
Things not made on a computer
Freshwater fish
Semaphore/flags/pennants
Icebergs
The contest sponsors have requested that poster submissions do not contain the following themes:
Deer
Ticket stubs
Cats
Hollywood sign
Sad children
Popcorn
Sprocket holes
David Caruso
Vampires
Snakes
The deadline for this contest is February 15th, 2010.
