The Vista Project and SMPTE Join Forces with TimePlay to Offer a Proven Interactive Platform for Student Filmmaker Competition

Partnership Adds Cutting-Edge Smartphone Technology to Facilitate Audience Interaction with Content on the Big Screen

Deadline for Submissions Extended to November 15

TimePlay Inc., a leader in the interactive second screen industry, today announced that it will provide its proprietary mobile platform to support The Vista Project by assisting student applicants to use its technology for movie theater storytelling.

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers(R) (SMPTE), a leader in motion-imaging standards and education for the media, entertainment, and technology industries, is a key partner in The Vista Project.

TimePlay’s proprietary technology transforms a smartphone into an input controller, which connects to the big screen and creates 2-way interactivity. Moviegoers can participate in a completely new entertainment experience, which connects family, friends and strangers in the theatre. TimePlay enables user empowerment, engagement and social connection and has proven to offer meaningful and immersive experiences.

TimePlay’s globally patented IP, allows moviegoers to control how stories unfold on the cinema screen in real-time.

Entering The Vista Project
The Vista Project competition is open exclusively to students enrolled in a two- or four-year accredited university-level undergraduate or graduate program. Five finalists will be chosen and awarded $5,000 each to create a 10-minute short that could serve as a template for a long-form interactive cinema experience. The top two shorts will be screened at CinemaCon in March 2017, and the winner will get an additional $5,000 First Prize, with the runner-up receiving $2,500. Both shorts will be showcased in select theaters following the event.

Student filmmakers may enter The Vista Project by first submitting a maximum 400-word executive summary of their planned project and a detailed budget describing how they would disburse the $5,000 in award funds by the new November 15, 2016 entry deadline (extended from prior September date due to TimePlay’s recent involvement).

Complete instructions are available at http://www.thevistaproject.com. Students may enter the competition directly via the link at https://filmfreeway.com/festival/TheVistaProject

Each student’s film project should focus on big-screen storytelling with a suggested second-screen interaction, such as with a mobile or tablet device. Participants are encouraged to target their own demographic of digital contemporaries with an immersive approach to film that maintains elements of strong story structure, protagonists, and dialogue.

"We’re thrilled to be partnering with TimePlay for The Vista Project. Their platform will help amplify short films and inspire filmmakers to be thinking of cinematic storytelling in innovative and forward thinking ways," said Bud Mayo, founding chair of The Vista Project.

"Interactive cinema is an exciting concept for moviegoers,” said Jon Hussman, CEO of TimePlay, “We’re thrilled that, through the Vista Project, up and coming filmmakers will be utilizing our platform.”

The five finalists for The Vista Project competition will be chosen in conjunction with the SMPTE Centennial Gala Celebration in Hollywood, California, in October.

TimePlay Content Overview:
https://vimeo.com/170211796

For an overview of TimePlay’s interactive platform and how it works visit:
www.TimePlay.com

The Vista Project Social Media Profiles:
https://www.facebook.com/TheVistaProject
https://twitter.com/thevistaproject
https://www.instagram.com/thevistaproject/

CONTACT:

Rob Rinderman (for The Vista Project)
SMC Consulting
973.525.6285 or rob@smcconsulting.biz

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About Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers: For more than a century, the people of SMPTE (pronounced “simp-tee”) have sorted out the details of many significant advances in media and entertainment technology, from the introduction of “talkies” and color television to HD and UHD (4K, 8K) TV. Since its founding in 1916, SMPTE has received an Oscar^® and multiple Emmy^® Awards for its work in advancing moving-imagery engineering across the industry. SMPTE has developed thousands of standards, recommended practices, and engineering guidelines, more than 800 of which are currently in force today. SMPTE Time Code™ and the ubiquitous SMPTE Color Bars™ are just two examples of SMPTE’s notable work. As it enters its second century, SMPTE is shaping the next generation of standards and providing education for the industry to ensure interoperability as the industry evolves further into IT- and IP-based workflows.

SMPTE’s global membership today includes more than 7,000 members: motion-imaging executives, creatives, technologists, researchers, and students who volunteer their time and expertise to SMPTE’s standards development and educational initiatives. A partnership with the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) connects SMPTE and its membership with the businesses and individuals who support the creation and finishing of media content. Information on joining SMPTE is available at www.smpte.org/join. Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Directory page Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Web Site

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