What is your dream expedition? Is it rock climbing on seven continents in seven months? Is it bicycling across Europe? This year, NOLS is partnering with Patagonia for the Dream Expedition Contest.
The contest is open to people 13 or older. If you are 13-17 your parent (or guardian) must submit the video for you. The contest ends October 31, 2010.
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Grand Prize – Win a NOLS Course!
You could win a spot on the classic NOLS Wind River Wilderness course next summer—30 days exploring the rugged peaks and pristine lakes of Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains. Plus all the gear you need for that course. Plus domestic travel to and from Wyoming.
2nd Prize For Most Viewed
Use your leadership skills to enlist the help of your friends for this one! The winner gets sweet NOLS and Patagonia® gear to play with in the backcountry.
To be considered for the Most Viewed category your video must be uploaded through your YouTube account.
3rd Prize For Most Creative
The winner gets sweet NOLS and Patagonia® gear to play with in the backcountry.
4th Prize For Most Inspirational
The winner gets sweet NOLS and Patagonia® gear to play with in the backcountry.
5th Prize For Most Low-Tech
The winner gets sweet NOLS and Patagonia® gear to play with in the backcountry.
6th Prize For Funniest
The winner gets sweet NOLS and Patagonia® gear to play with in the backcountry.
YOUR ASSIGNMENT: Submit a video answering the following question. What is your dream expedition, and how will you get ready for it?
Be creative! Here are some tips:
Remember, an “expedition” is not just an outdoor pursuit, it is any journey or excursion undertaken for a specific purpose.
Also remember that a NOLS Course does not just involve specific wilderness skills such as climbing, rafting, or caving; it involves leadership, environmental ethics, risk management, and backcountry skills.
Your video can be a talking head, or it can be something more elaborate. You can videotape music, art, lyrics, poetry, a video essay, a skit, or just click “record” on your web-cam and talk.
Keep your video under 10 minutes.
To submit a video, click the “Enter Your Video” button and simply follow the steps.
You must be 18 to submit a video. So, for everyone 13-17 have your parent (or guardian) submit the video on your behalf.
Do you need to drown out all the noise of the world in order to fall asleep? Then you probably already know about Hearos and Sleep Pretty in Pink Earplugs. Even better? Win $5000 for creating a short video about how you benefit from using their brand of ear plug. 2nd place will walk away with a brand new Apple iPad and 3rd place will receive $100 worth of Hearos ear plugs. Get filming! 13+, No Duration, December 31st 2010
Vaya.nl is a hip and fresh brand that offers all-inclusive summer holidays with the best quality for your money. Hence the slogan: “A lot of holiday for your money!” Vaya.nl offers great service, quality accommodations, professional travel guides and they combine all of this with the lowest prices in the market.
Vaya.nl means sun, sea and beach. A lot of quality for little money!
Your assignment
Vaya.nl is searching for a smashing, playful commercial that shows in an unforgettable way what the brand represents. The intent is that the winning videos will eventually also be employable as commercials on the larger national television channels or through internet sites. Keep this in mind while you’re working on your video!
Your assignment is as follows:
Create the new commercial for Vaya.nl where you show in a terrific and original way that at Vaya.nl you get a lot of holiday for your money! Surprise us with brilliant videos that fit perfectly with the hip and fresh image of Vaya.nl!
Ecamp is the perfect specialist in the area of camping holidays. At Ecamp you have the choice of more than 270 campings in Europe; from busy, spectacular campings for the active tourist, to small-scale, quieter campings for some real peace and quiet. With luxury accommodations and a wonderful location on the coast, near a natural park or near a beautiful city, the preconception “camping = cramping” will disappear like snow in summer!
Ecamp is a relatively new brand on the camping marketplace. In order to give the brand more publicity, they are looking for engaging commercials for online channels to get the brand better known. Because the brand is so new, there isn’t a creative direction yet on how the Ecamp message can best be brought across. It’s up to you to find a good theme for this!
In the commercials, Ecamp wants to get across that they are the perfect specialists in camping holidays and that http://www.ecamp.nl is just the place for the ideal camping holiday; a varied supply, from inexpensive to super deluxe!
The commercial assignment is as follows:
Create the new commercial for Ecamp, showing in the most appealing way possible that Ecamp is the perfect camping holiday specialist. Close with: “Ecamp, the perfect specialist in camping holidays!”
Surprise Ecamp with fresh and engaging ideas and who knows, your direction might be used for a long time!
Do you have an interesting bedtime routine? The “What’s Your Bedtime Story?” video contest wants to know what it is. Create a short video showing how you get ready for bed and you could win a Lifestyle2 Mattress set worth $1999! 18+, 90 seconds-, Deadline: September 22nd 2010
Why do we love Amazon’s “Your Kindle Commercial Video Contest?” Because the payoff is BIG. Amazon is looking for 30 second ads showing off the Kindle in a creative way. If you don’t remember, last years Kindle commercial contest was so successful, they ended up airing the winning entry as part of their holiday campaign and I still see it on TV to this day! This time around, the prize is a $15,000 Amazon gift card which, as you know, will get you just about anything you want. Check out last years winner HERE if you haven’t already seen it and then GET FILMING! 18+, 30 seconds, Deadline: August 29th 2010
Firefly brand toothbrushes is looking to YOU for its next commercial. Choose one of the 5 winning Taglines, Ideas, Concept or Pitches from the contest site and translate it into a Video. Live Action, Animation, whatever you want, just follow the Contest Guidelines with regards to length, content, quality, etc. Sometimes there may be a contest that has no Ideas or Pitch leading up to your Video. In that case, it’s up to you! The top winner will receive $5,250 and bragging rights! 13+, 30 seconds, Deadline: August 23rd 2010
Poptent has teamed up with Qwest, leading telecommunications provider for small business in the Midwest and West, to bring you 3 new assignments worth a total of $20,000! The assignment are as follows:
1. Viral Video
Qwest Small business has recently launched a FREE, new, major educational resource for their small business customers at www.qwest.com/connectthedots. The site is rich with content, white papers, presentations, videos, brochures and guides to help “connect the dots” between small business challenges and technology. This assignment is to produce a viral video, probably 15 – 30 seconds in length. Make it fun, edgy, entertaining, spirited, surprising. A viewer should say, “I’ve got to send this to my fellow small business owners. They’ll really get a kick out of this spot.” Deadline: September 15th
2. Connect the Dots
Qwest Small business has recently launched a FREE, new, major educational resource for their small business customers, rich with content, white papers, presentations, videos, brochures and guides to help “connect the dots” between small business challenges and technology. There is an offline component (Feet on the Street) with community reps across the region as well as an online component, which is business resource center. The two work together. Deadline: September 12th
3. Anthem
This assignment is to produce a 2-3 minute video tribute or anthem to those small business folks that risk everything to follow their dream of being their own boss and running their own business. Deadline: September 8th 2010
Be sure to visit Poptent.net and read all of the creative briefs before entering. Good luck!
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