About
The Slick Rock Student Film Festival is a student competition meant to challenge 6-12th grade students throughout the South San Joaquin Valley to meet industry standards in the technical aspects of film production.
Mission
The Slick Rock Student Film Festival serves to advance academic student achievement by challenging students to connect with local businesses and communities through films that reach or meet industry standards in filmmaking. When students produce films, they engage in learning environments where creativity, academic knowledge, discipline, individuality, and executive skills are required and rewarded.
Slick Rock Filmmaker's Code
All entries must be original, student created films. Original work should never be a copy or remake of another film. A film's concept may be derived from discussion with instructors or non-student advisers, but beyond that point, all aspects of the film making process must be performed by students who are currently enrolled at the submitting school. This work includes but is not limited to script writing, story boarding, camera work, lighting, directing, sound engineering, scoring, and film editing. Non-students may be employed as actors when needed for authenticity.
Help will always be a subjective call on the instructor's part, but it must be limited to showing students how to do a task while never actually performing the task for them and offering suggestions while allowing the students to make the final decision. We do understand the challenges faced by all classroom teachers, but we ask that you always submit only those entries that truly reflect student work and preserve the Festival as a level playing field for all students.
2011 Highlights
- Award Show, May 14 @ Fox Theater in Downtown Visalia (click here)
- Photo Gallery (click here)
- Great Day with Kopi, KMPH 26 ... local TV personalities interview Slick Rock (click here)
- KSEE 24 Spotlights Slick Rock (click here)
- By the Numbers ... In 2011 the 8th Annual Slick Rock Student Film Festival received entries from 34 schools throughout the South San Joaquin Valley, from Tulare to Merced. The Festival reviewed over 200 entries with over 450 students associated with these films. Over 100 films received the honor of being selected in the Premiere Cut to have their full film screened at the Fox Theater during the Festival day.
