The Spondylitis Association is turning to its far-flung network of members and friends for help in spreading the word about this group of chronic diseases by hosting its first video contest.The contest, which runs through April 21st, asks participants to create a video, up to three minutes in length, answering the question “What should people know about spondylitis?”
Entries must have spondylitis as their focus and impart information about some aspect of the disease. Though personal stories are welcome, the video must also contain educational value for the general public. The grand prize is $1,000. The next four winners will receive amounts ranging from $50 to $300. The top 10 entries will qualify for a free one-year SAA membership and SAA promotional items. All cash prizes have been donated by SAA Board Member Leslie Kautz. Happy filming! 13+, 3 minutes-, Deadline: April 21st 2010
We thought we might lose our mind just trying to figure out the “Mind The Difference” video contest was all about, but the guidelines seem to be made slightly vague on purpose. Create a video that best walks a fine line of normalcy and insanity in an artistic expression. We believe this means almost anything goes, but you might want to watch the contest video for a more accurate description (or maybe not). With a first prize of $3000, it might be worth letting loose and seeing what you can come up with. Good luck! Open to all, 3 minutes- (vision category) 3-5 minutes (storytelling category), Deadline: April 15th 2010
If you haven’t seen an SNL MacGruber clip then you may be living under a rock. His methods may be unorthodox. His crime scenes may get messy. But if you want the world saved right, you call in MacGruber.
In 2010, Will Forte brings Saturday Night Live’s clueless soldier of fortune to the big screen in the action comedy MacGruber. The film’s co-Stars include Ryan Phillippe as Lt. Dixon Piper and Kristen Wiig as Vicki St. Elmo. Both are key members of MacGruber’s elite team of experts charged with bringing down MacGruber’s sworn enemy played by Val Kilmer.
Here’s your chance to start assembling your team of elite experts by creating a 90 second video that incorporates one of the provided lines of dialogue from the MacGruber film to create viral videos to be used to promote the film. Your reward will be a hefty $3500! Happy filming. 18+, 90 seconds-, Deadline: May 17th 2010
Best Buy has once again teamed up with MOFILM to bring you the chance at $7500. This time it’s the story of you (or someone you know) and how you utilize technology to be more creative. Keep it 90 seconds and you have a great opportunity to 1 of 10 prizes including a $7500 Best Buy gift card with a trip to New York to check out the Tribeca Film Festival. Check out the other prizes on the contest site. They won’t disappoint! 18+, 90 seconds, Deadline: April 6th 2010
IDEO, the global design and innovation firm, and social design network DESIGN21 present the Living Climate Change Video Challenge
As designers, we believe that envisioning the future leads to new choices and opportunities. Living Climate Change, an online community hosted by IDEO, presents a conversation designed to move the dialogue about climate change toward inspiring, human-centered scenarios that create new possibilities for business and society.
The Challenge:
Create an original video that’s less than 2 minutes long that envisions how climate change will impact our lives over the next 20 to 30 years. Looking beyond the doom and gloom and the policy discussions that have dominated the debate, how would you envision a human-centered, sustainable future? Which behaviors will change? Which will be preserved?
The Details
Grand Prizes: $3,000 for each grand prize winner in the 18-and-over and 18-and-under age groups, plus a half-day “Deep Dive” workshop at IDEO
Honorable Mentions: $500 in each age category (winner to be chosen by judges)
18+, Deadline: May 25, 2010
Thirty seven Decembers ago, pop songstress Carly Simon tore up the record charts with her single ”You’re So Vain. ” The song captured the charts and people’s curiosity. Perhaps more than any other track in pop music, the song\’s central mystery captivated the public. Ironically, even with all this speculation, the song has never had a music video to accompany it. Fans and filmmakers of all levels are invited to submit a music video to accompany the newly recorded or the original version of ”You’re So Vain”.
Carly will screen and judge all of the entries herself. The winning video will receive a $10,000 cash prize and be featured on AOL Music’s Spinner.com and screened at this years’ Tribeca Film Festival in April, where the winner will also have the opportunity meet Carly. To help fans and filmmakers out, Carly has created a template of optional tools which can be utilized in the creation of the video including recently shot green screen footage, stills, video blogs and more — all of which can be found and downloaded from the contest site. A complete list of entry requirements is also posted on the site with entries due no later than April 15th.
We are excited to announce that Food Network star Paula Deen is teaming up with Philadelphia cream cheese to give real-life home cooks the opportunity to showcase their culinary creativity and get discovered for a chance to win $25,000 and become cooking stars on PaulaDeen.com!
This interactive cooking competition is part of the new Real Women of Philadelphia community, which launched today on PaulaDeen.com/RealWomen. Within the community, food lovers can share recipes and tips on how they enjoy Philly as well as watch videos from Paula preparing some of her favorite home-cooked recipes.
Starting March 29th, community members can submit their own videos showcasing how they use Philly in their favorite dishes. Over the course of eight weeks, sixteen lucky finalists will be selected to earn a trip to a live cook-off in Paula’s hometown of Savannah, Georgia where Paula and her friends will determine four women to take on the title of the Real Women of Philadelphia. 18+, 1-10 minutes, Deadline: May 23rd 2010
American Licorice Company is pleased to announce the launch of the Sour Punch “Punch Up the Video Contest” where contestants are asked to create a parody of their favorite TV Show or Movie by recreating a scene and incorporating Sour Punch into the dialogue or action. Limiting your video submissions to three minutes in length, contestants can incorporate Sour Punch into the scene however they choose, whether it’s into the dialogue or used on set as props. You’re the director..it’s up to you!
One winner will be selected each week based on a combination of creativity and public votes/views. At the end of the contest submission period on July 25th, one of the weekly winners will be selected as the Grand Prize winner. Each weekly winner will take home a $100 Visa gift card. The Grand Prize Winner will take home a Flip HD Ultra Video Camcorder and a $1500 Visa gift card. 13+, 3 minutes-, Deadline: July 25th 2010
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