EVERY week we fill 快猫短视频 with good ideas, extraordinary stories, breaking news and different ways of looking at the world. We also keep an eye on how those stories develop. Some of them go nowhere. Others end up changing the way we live and think about our lives.
All very worthy.
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The thing is, we find it very hard to stop working, and so it has come to our attention that remarkably few good scientific ideas ever end up in the movies we see. And that brings us to Culture Lab鈥檚 latest competition. What scientific ideas do you think would make a good feature film?
We are teaming up again with SCI-FI-LONDON, the city鈥檚 independent festival of science fiction films, to gather ideas for contestants at this year鈥檚 48-hour Film Challenge, the largest competition of its kind in the world, where teams are tasked with making a new and original short film, from concept to shooting, editing and delivery, all in the space of a weekend.
Will you help inspire a new generation of filmmakers to Hollywood greatness? In just one sentence, describe the science fiction movie you want to see. All we ask is that there鈥檚 a solid scientific idea in there somewhere 鈥� perhaps something you came across in 快猫短视频. The closing date is 18 March.
Six finalists will receive an invitation to this year鈥檚 48-hour Film Challenge awards ceremony in May. One winner will also win two tickets to 快猫短视频 Live, our festival of ideas and discovery at London鈥檚 ExCeL Centre, from 22 to 25 September.
Submit your answer听via听competitions@newscientist.com. Terms and conditions apply.
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