Deadline: 13 September 2011
Open to: Anyone
Prizes: 1st Place- 5,000$ plus 2 tickets to Hollywood Awards Gala ceremony; 2nd place- 2,000$; 3rd place- 1,000$
Description
Everybody Can Save A Life! is a video contest to raise awareness about being a living organ donor on MatchingDonors.com. Nineteen people die every day in the United States waiting for a kidney transplant. The team at MatchingDonors.com is working hard to make sure that doesn’t happen. MatchingDonors.com is a 501c3 non-profit and the world’s largest online living organ donor non-profit organization.
About the Contest
Make a 30-second video that promotes, celebrates, or teaches about being a living organ donor on MatchingDonors.com. The creative approach you take on this assignment is at your discretion. A serious approach could be taken to highlight the noble heroism and compassion of persons who willingly and altruistically donate a piece of themselves to save lives. On the other hand, a funny approach could also be taken to highlight the lighter side of living organ donation. While the creative direction you choose is up to you, be mindful that MatchingDonors.com wants these videos to serve effectively as Public Service Announcements (PSAs), so they should represent the process of organ donation in a positive manner.
Once uploaded to Zooppa, approved videos will immediately be uploaded to TubeMogul, an online video advertising network, and distributed throughout the web to begin spreading the word about MatchingDonors.com’s cause. This is a great opportunity for videomakers of all skill levels to help raise awareness about a remarkable non-profit organization and cause.
Video Requirements
Formats asf, avi, dvd, flv, mp4, psp, mjpeg, mov, mpeg, mpegts, mpeg2video, rm, svcd, vcd, vob, 3gp, 3g2
Codecs flv, huffyuv, h264, h263, mjpeg, mpeg1video, mpeg2video, mpeg4, qtrle, rv20, svq3, wmv1, wmv2, xvid
Ratio 4:3, 16:9
Max length 30 seconds
Max size 50MB
Selection of winners
A list of finalists will be generated through a combination of voting and judges’ recommendations before the three winners are selected. The top ten most-voted videos at end of the contest entry period will be placed on this list of finalists for consideration. Additionally, an illustrious panel of high-profile entertainment industry judges has been assembled to help select winning submissions for this contest. The panel will recommend up to three of the videos that were directly addressed for them for individual review. Contest entrants should request (although not required) a specific judge to view each of their video submissions by indicating which judge they would like to personally review their video in the description field of their submission during upload. Including the top ten most voted videos and depending on how many videos each judge ultimately recommends, the list of finalists can range from 10 to over 45 video submissions.
Once the list of finalists has been generated, each judge will then have three votes to distribute among the video submissions that they feel are the best. After this round of voting, the three video submissions with the most votes will be awarded First, Second and Third Place Awards.
To ensure that your video submission has the best chance to win, be sure to encourage others to create a Zooppa account and vote for your video as well as to indicate which judge you would like to individually review your submission in the description field your video during upload.
Judging criteria
Content: How original, practical, and or/inspirational is the message?
Creativity: How engaging, amusing, or effective is the presentation?
Clarity: How clear and understandable is the instruction or message?
The list of judges can be found on the official website link located below the article.
Prizes
In addition to a $5,000 cash award, the First Place winner will be given two tickets to and invited to attend and socialize with Hollywood’s biggest stars at the Hollywood Awards Gala ceremony on October 24, 2011 in Hollywood, California (airfare and lodging not included). The winner will also be recognized in the Hollywood Awards® Gala Ceremony Program Book for their winning video.
The Second Place winner will receive a $2,000 award and the choice of one of the remaining of assistant producing and/or work & credits on a television show, movie or music video with one of our judges.
The Third Place winner will receive $1,000 and the choice of one of the remaining assistant producing and/or work & credits on a television show, movie or music video with one of our judges.
How to Apply
Submit your entries on Zooppa.com by 13 September 2011. A free registration is required to submit the entry.