Forget the bloody football, it's time for a real contest with Australia's first ever online FILM TIPPING competition!
Why worry about some big blokes in tight shorts, when you can tip the winners of the Australian Film Institute Awards? They even let women win, sometimes!
Online film industry journal Screen Hub (
www.screenhub.com.au), together with DVD distributor Umbrella Entertainment and Amber Technologies has created the first online film tipping competition to let people pit their wits against the Australian Film Institute Awards judges and voting members.
Why gamble on mere brute, physical strength, speed and skill, when you can gamble on the Australian film and television industry? And unlike the investors, you don't have to risk your own money to do it.
Not only is it fun, you can bet on them with a clear conscience – you're film heroes are (mostly) guaranteed not to get drunk, drive, or assault women – plus the bonus that they are articulate (even the best at the end of the day going forward when the winning team wins are nimble enough to avoid a cliché while thanking mum and dad), which will make you proud to be an Australian.
Better still, as you gather around the water cooler and wonder if it's you're turn to clean up the office kitchen, you can show off your film knowledge to best advantage.
Alex Prior, Managing Director of Screen Hub said: "Australia's working families are desperate to bet on something other than sport. What's the point of betting the baby bonus on a greyhound?"
According to Jeff Harrison, Managing Director, Umbrella Entertainment: "Millions of ordinary Australians suffer every day from their colleagues' inappropriate and vocal obsession with team sport, and the astounding lack of opportunity for in-office betting on something serious. Australian's deserve to build employee morale by betting on cultural product, not just physical exertion."
Garrick Simeon, General Manager, Amber Technologies, said: "Australian film and television crews are among the best in the world, and quite frankly, if the camera operator didn't focus on the sportsman's bum, you wouldn't know he had one."
SO SIMPLE A COACH COULD DO IT
To start film tipping, simply go direct to (
www.screenhub.com.au/afi-awards-film-tipping/default.asp), or click on the link from
www.screenhub.com.au.
There are even prizes.
