Masquerade - How to Enter

Entry Form

You can submit a masquerade entry form either online or offline. The online form can be found here. The paper form is contained within Progress Report #4 which is being mailed to all members during April 2005 and is also available for download here).

Guidelines

Here are some guidelines to the sort of information we will need. These will help you to fill your entry form in correctly and also to understand what to expect on the day.

We must see a walk-through of your entry, and you deserve a chance to rehearse in the place where you will perform. You don’t have to stay all day, but come at the time announced, and we will allocate you a rehearsal time to come back.

This is your chance to see what tech is available, and our chance to discuss any special requirements.

Note: if you don’t attend this rehearsal, you won’t be in the masquerade!

We will also have a more detailed tech form available from the web site and at the con. It’s aimed at letting you supply information that will let the tech team show your entry off to best advantage, and to help the people filming the masquerade so that they know where they’ll need to be pointing the camera at the high points of your presentation.

Do you want the MC to read this before or after you present?

It will distract the audience if these are announced before the presentation. They can be announced after, or not at all if you prefer.

A recreation is a copy of a movie or TV costume, for example, or based on an illustration. An original is something you created yourself, including something based on a written passage.

Bear in mind that the judges might never have seen the movie/whatever your recreation is based on, so bring some pictures to help them see what you worked from. This is also a good idea if you are creating an original costume: the judges will be interested in seeing what inspired you, especially if it is a passage from a book.

Please provide these at masquerade registration or at tech rehearsal.

All entries must have a soundtrack. They are an excellent way to set the mood.

Please bring it to rehearsal, as a cd or a recorded tape cued to the right place.

If you don’t have music, come prepared to tell tech what sort of music you want, and be prepared to accept an approximation.

We insist on a soundtrack because a large hall is never silent. If there is no sound, the audience will be distracted by other noises. Do you really want people to turn around listening to the bloke behind coughing just as you make your grand entrance?

Please provide on one sheet of paper anything you want the MC to say at your presentation and when you want it said.

Choose a legible font, eg, Times New Roman, in at least 16 points.

We reserve the right to edit your script. Printing facilities available in fan lounge.

Single person entries: recommend 30 seconds, up to a minute for an intricate performance, eg, dancing or fighting, not just walking around on stage.

Multiple person entries up to 3 – 4 minutes, depending on complexity of performance.

If you bring your own, we will need to supply them with backstage access. But we do have staff on hand to help you with costume and getting on and off stage.

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