Update:
We had a longish productionmeeting, and we have come up with some stuff that quite possibly will blow your mind! ;D More on this later!

Quite an intriguing idea there! And Norwegian Ninja prizes would be really fantastic! My only concern is that the task would haveto be something 'easy' and nothing too big.

Perhaps this could be voted on, from any wrecka production!?
The one with the most votes gets a practical hands on live wrecking ;)

Eventho this would be a local event, there is no reason why we couldn't involve other wreckers. Even helping them out, from a diffrent geographical location - LIVE!

Great stuff!

As long as you don't pick the exact same date, I don't see a problem here. I personally think it's great if we have lots of Wrecking events all over the planet, not everybody can travel, so great to have events close to the people.

Sounds like it would make sense to have the Wrecker's Ball close or at the same time as the Øya Festival (Aug 10-14) if that is gathering a lot of people anyway?

Also, I think that a good rule of thumb for all the events, no matter where they take place, would be to have them in English. That way both the locals and the visitors can get the most out of them.

And let's also be clear that we don't want to have any distinction between new and old wreckers, everybody is welcome and the spirit of Wreckamovie is always one of maximum openness.

I think it's great that we are even having this discussion, having potentially overlapping events is a positive sign, there's more and more wrecking happening all the time, and I hope we will see many many more events and activities in the future. Even overlapping at times.

Great stuff!

Kris S. - Well, the thing is.. this is an open source kind of thing, free for all, none excluded! We should however perhaps emphasize more on the fact that this is a local event.

Besides, we started wrecking this thing just today! I spent no more than 10 mins on that poster. We really needed some catching eyecandy! Still less than perfect, not final product if you ask me.. ;)

Hey there, Kris S. - I would haveto say that this event is aimed at people IN OSLO (or willing to come to Oslo) since the Idea is to have the event here.

The target audience would be people that love and/or are involved with film.
And that are both familiar with wreckamovie, or new to the wreckamovie platform.. I think the essential ingredient would be socializing, meeting people and 'talking shop' ;D

Hope that cleared things up a little more for you!

We will have a meeting that weekend, where all point will be decided. You will get your answer then.

Hello, Fabienne! - I think you are spot on! We are essentially 'branching out' ..and keeping the fire and spark alive! Spreading the word. However, this is not an 'official' wrecka event to be precise, as of yet anyway. ;)

Hey you guys! (ok, that actually was a goonies reference)

Great points and pointers are coming in so fast I don't have time to respond!
Awesome! Kudos all around! Like T. said on 'bringing new people in' ..yes!
A showcase if you will - and the benefits of said event are very very rich and bountiful!

So, timewise ..we are preferably looking at the aug. 6+7+8th weekend?

Hey guys - just posting to say I'm happy Lord F took the plunge and launched this project!

Got to second that July is a completely dead month here.

Thierry and Peter have been on my case about it for a while to link this somehow to Norwegian Ninja as well, so it's great to just start brainstorming.

Unsure of how much I can contribute with the organizing, but I'd be happy to make sure there's some kind of Ninja presence around. Props, artwork, stuff like that. Easy to do here in Oslo.

About timing:

The Øya Festival (Aug 10-14) will swallow up a lot of people in the week leading up to our premiére (and during that weekend as well), so perhaps the best thing is to do it right before or right after Øya?

I agree with Thierry that this event should focus on bringing new people in. The "old timers" meeting up will happen anyway!

You are absolutely right about that Kris S. - I really do see your point.
The most important point of focus for me, is that I'd like this small event to take place before the NN. premiere, august 13th.

My original thought was not to make this a very big event. Or to overshadow/outshine WRECKFEST (steal its thunder so to speak).
I would like for this to be a modest event, little/no budget, and naturally convenient for norwegian wreckers. It shouldn't come as a big surprise
that a lot of dedication would be given to Norwegian Ninja and the
imminent premiere. But that doesn't mean we don't have room for other wrecka-aspects or productions. ;D

Actually only the hardcorest fan would like to go to both event, and that probably less than 10.
The goal of this event is to show WAM to new people. Certainly some of my friends here in Oslo would come to the Wrecker's Ball, but they would never go to WAM festival, since they don't want to travel for something they are not so interested.

Hey you guys! (no goonies reference intended)
..some pretty good points there. I am thinking we should try to set the date some time before mid-august. On the format, I'm seeing this as a one-day event, preferably during the weekend. So, a saturday late july, early august some time?

Since I'm at both, they won't happen on the same date.

Gouing to set the date soon, also we need to avoid Norwegians summer holidays, since everybody is gone.