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in reply to steelpotato:

Would agree that correlation is probably of academic interest only. There are absolutely both - 1) those films that do everything pretty well and might get a bunch of category nominations without somehow quite working as a whole and 2) those films that might not stand out in cinematography or editing or whatever but overall just work gangbusters - every year.

As for directors, I guess we're just aping the Oscars there, right? They seem to have decided that it is perfectly possible to have an outstanding film show up apparently directed by NO-ONE.

And I do apologise, misread the thread a little. Obviously the correlation between a screenwriting/directing nom and winning has been intrinsically linked in the comp for years. Can't remember a regional winner not being up for at least one of those, but would be trawling back through a lot of data for Wellington. Will try and see what I can find :)

Not to do with the predictions, but I always think genre breakdowns are fun. So in Christchurch we have:

3 Finalists:
Time Travel & Nature Run Amok
2 Finalists:
Opposites Attract
1 Finalist:
Gross Out/Cringe, Secret Identity, Holiday, Coming of Age, Buddy, Sci Fi & Musical
0 Finalists:
Wrong Place/Time, Generation Gap, Real Time

I also did the other two main regions:

Auckland:
4 Finalists:
Buddy
3 Finalists:
N/a
2 Finalists:
Gross-Out/Cringe, Secret Identity, Holiday, Real Time
1 Finalist:
Sci-Fi, Musical, Generation Gap
0 Finalists:
Opposites Attract, Wrong Place/Time, Time Travel, Nature Run Amok

Wellington:
3 Finalists:
Coming of Age, Musical
2 Finalists:
Gross-Out/Cringe, Real Time
1 Finalist:
Opposites Atract, Wrong Place/Time, Holiday, Time Travel, Generation Gap
0 Finalists:
Secret Identity, Buddy, Sci-Fi, Nature Run Amok.

So there you have it, take from this what you will. Wrong Place/Wrong Time is the least represented genre, with only 1 finalist (in Wellington) and Buddy, Gross-Out/Cringe & Musical/Dance all have 5.
Also, sorry I didn't have time to do the other regions, I know what it's like to feel like your region is left out in this comp & that wasn't my intention.

in reply to Bloydd:

Also, as for Ultra

Auckland has 3/9 teams in the final,
Wellington has 4/7 in the final
Chch has 4/8 in the final
Dunedin has it's sole entrant in the final,
Taranaki has 2/3 in the final
& Gisborne had one signup but their finalists aren't on the city info page.

Taranaki has:

2 finalists:
Coming of age

1 finalist:
Opposites attract
Wrong place/wrong time
Sci fi
Nature run amok
Gross out
Musical
Time travel
Generation gap

Other notable statistics:
- 4/10 finalists are school teams
- 4/18 school teams that entered are finalists
- 6/8 adult teams that entered are finalists
- 7/10 finalists are repeat finalists, 7.5 if you count one team made up of some people who have been finalists before but rejigged a bit.
- 4/4 school team finalists are repeat finalists

Our one ultra that's not a finalist was DQ'd

*Statistics to the best of my knowledge are correct but don't quote me on it, lol.

in reply to Rastinha:

Funny how Ruth proudly declared on the forum that no Ultras were DQ'd this year, when at least both Chch & Taranaki had DQ'd Ultras. I guess she meant none were DQ'd for not adhering to the elements, but still, does add to the narrative.

Yeah, ours was DQ'd for being a few mins late after they got there on time first but with the wrong stick. So not for not adhering to the elements.

in reply to Bloydd:

Yeah no ultras got DQd for not doing it right - there were late ones though - shoulda been clearer.