THEATRE ON DEMAND TECH SPECS
THEATRE ON DEMAND PRESENTATION PAGE
THEATRE ON DEMAND will present pre-recorded theatrical digital creations made and produced by Fringe artists on our Digital Theatre Playhouse web channel via our website at watch.calgaryfringe.ca. The THEATRE ON DEMAND series will be available for audience viewing starting 9 am on Monday August 8, 2022 ending close to midnight on Saturday August 27, 2022.
Each company will be assigned a presentation page on our Digital Theatre Playhouse web channel that will host your submissions. The presentation page will then be re-posted on our Red61 online ticketing platform and can be viewed on our website by/around July 1, 2022.
Audiences will be required to select a purchase option of their choice behind the Red61 paywall. Once the purchase has been completed, the patron will be emailed the URL link and password to access the content from our web channel when the TODs are activated for viewing.
Content displayed on the presentation page:
The submission title.
Company name.
Creative, production and performer credits.
Descriptive blurb and important information about the piece.
Cover image.
Up to four different media files.
Content warnings and age rating.
Supplementary files and information for accessibility.
UPLOADING DIGITAL FILES AND BLURB FOR THE PRESENTATION PAGE
If you have been selected to participate in this year’s Calgary Fringe Festival as a digital presenter, a full list of instructions will be emailed to you. We will require your presentation page information by no later than May 15, 2022 and your digital offering to be uploaded by no later than July 15, 2022.
TRAILERS/INTERVIEWS/PREVIEWS
Having a trailer, preview, or interview (aka insight into you as an artist) is a great way to introduce and promote yourself to the audience. Consider uploading a 30 sec to 90 sec video as part of your submissions. This will be displayed on your presentation page for free viewing as a teaser of more good things to come! This trailer will be due by no later than June 15, 2022.
MEDIA FILE REQUIREMENTS
Your page can host up to four media files (trailer/interview/preview, video presentation, audio presentation, or static file). There will not be additional descriptive blurbs, titles or credits for each content iframe, only one overall text section will appear on the presentation page.
These can be any combination of the following:
VIDEO FILES. Accepted formats include:
o avi
o wmv
o mp4
o mpg
o mov
o mpeg
o ts
o m2ts
o mkv
o m4v
o flv
o mxf
o ogg
o ogv
o webm
AUDIO FILES. MUST be converted to one of the acceptable video file formats listed above, to which we will add a still image of your cover image or a bouncing equalizer.
STATIC FILES. These may be text only documents, a series of images, or a combination. Accepted format is PDF.
Additional requirements:
a. No copyrighted content will be accepted that you do not hold the copyrights to. You, the artist, maintain the copyright of any and all your materials presented at the Calgary Fringe.
b. Videos must be 1080p or 720p.
c. Video must be compressed for the web.
Size requirements:
The total cumulative duration of recorded content cannot exceed 60 minutes.
Example - if you intend to present your piece using three different video files, they can each be 20 minutes (20+20+20 = 60 min), or different lengths that add up to 60 minutes in total (a 10 min video + a 50 min audio piece = 60 min). Trailers/Interviews/Previews and Static files do not count towards this duration maximum.
Access Measurements:
Video files must be accompanied by English closed captions (.SRT).
Audio files must be accompanied by a text-based basic transcript (PDF).
Static digital files must be compatible with screen reader technology, including image alt text descriptions if needed.