Let’s get the new year off to a healthy start! The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology invites you to create a short, compelling video sharing one New Year’s resolution for improving your health or the health of a loved one, and how you will use technology to achieve your resolution.
They encourage you to create videos that are creative, inspiring and instructive. Share a resolution that others can relate to, and demonstrate how technology will make it easier to achieve. Your resolution can be anything health related, such as quitting smoking or drinking, eating healthier, losing weight, reducing stress, or managing a chronic condition. Videos must show how you will use information technology to achieve your resolution and how you plan to maintain it. Get creative!
The grand prize winner will receive $2,000 plus another $2,500 going to runner up entries. Visit the contest page below and get filming!
18+, 2 minutes-, Deadline: February 16th 2012
With all the different forms of current communication (talk, text, Facebook, Skype, Twitter, etc.), it’s only natural that miscommuncations are an everyday occurrence. AT&T wants filmic stories that capture various moments of communication as they occur around important moments and the tensions and triumphs that arise as a result.
Maybe you texted some amazing news to a loved one but it got auto-corrected into something terribly wrong? Maybe sending a picture message at the right time made someones day. Whatever it is, your entry should meet the following guideline:
The tone should be humorous, endearing, emotional, and revealing. Find a way to tell a human story through the technology that we all share. One lucky winner will receive $8,000 and a trip for 2 to Barcelona with 3 nights of hotel accommodation. We love the sound of that!
18+, 60-90 seconds, Deadline: February 6th 2012
LifeStrength, maker of proprietary Anion infused body wear (look it up), has announced a video contest with a cool theme and some even cooler prizes.
You are invited to create a short video under the theme of “It Could Happen.”
While this leaves to possibilities wide open, we know you guys will come up with some great stuff. We’ve also attached their contest promo video for what may be of some inspiration. The grand prize winner stands to take home a KHS XC204 Mountain Bike package worth over $2,000! Good luck!
13+, 5-60 seconds, Deadline: February 29th 2012
Teaching adults stuff you already know is the motto of Net Connectors so they are challenging you to create a video that show people…how to send a text message. Who doesn’t know how to send a text message!? Well, this may be second nature to us tech savvy filmmakers, but maybe not so much for our grandparents or even parents.
The overall goal is to make your video easy to understand and informative. Teaching a technically challenged individual something may be harder than it seems. If, however, you are successful and are selected as the winner, you will take home a brand new iPod Nano and be entered to win an iPad 2!
13-23, 60 seconds-, Deadline: January 31st 2012
As we get close to Super Bowl 46, we also get close to finding out the winners from this years “Crash the Super Bowl” video contest. Of course the big change to this years outcome is…YOU! You get to vote for your favorite. It doesn’t get any cooler than that, does it? Well yes! Because for every 100,000 votes the entries receive, CTSB is giving away $10,000 to one lucky voter. So grab a bag of Doritos and check out the finalists below before casting your ballot. Who has what it takes to make it to the Super Bowl?
HOT WILD GIRLS by Brad Scott
SLING BABY by Kevin Wilson
BIRD OF PREY by Joby Harris
MAN’S BEST FRIEND by Jonathan Friedman
DOG PARK by Tyler Dixon
Martin guitars are legendary for their beautiful tone and wonderful legacy. You might also just win one in the “Love of My Lifespan” video contest if you can come up with an original song using the word “lifespan” in the lyrics.
This contest is meant for musicians specifically since you must sing and play guitar at the same time (although other instruments may be present) while the video camera is running.
The video/song will be judged on originality, creativity, content and suitability for future promotional and advertising purposes. One lucky winner will take home a prize package consisting of:
Visit the contest page to enter!
18+, 2-3 minutes, Deadline: January 22nd 2012
Saving for college can be a daunting task. So much so that, sadly, many families forgo it altogether. Yet, recent reports show that children “with a savings account in their name are approximately six times more likely to attend college than those with no account.” So that got the folks at RAISE Texas (RaiseTexas.org) thinking about how they could help make creating secondary education savings accounts easier. For the first time, going on now, RAISE Texas presents its statewide 2011-2012 Save ‘n SMILE Family Video Contest.
Create a video, three minutes or less, that shares what a RAISE Texas $2000 college savings account deposit would mean to your family. What does your child want to be when he or she grows up and how can a college degree help achieve his or her dreams?
Winners will receive actual tuition startup dollars — in their own names. For one grand prize winner, RAISE Texas will create a Texas Tuition Promise Fund in that child’s name of $2000. That means $2000 to kickstart his or her Texas state 529 plan, geared towards prepayment of undergraduate resident tuition and required fees at any Texas public college or university. Just think… for some state community colleges, that could be an entire year of tuition covered! Plus, two runners-up will receive Texas Tuition Promise Funds in the amount of $250. Good luck!
Texas Parents 18+, 3 minutes-, Deadline: January 20th 2012
Hey all of you Chicago White Sox fans, grab your cameras and listen up! The White Sox have an exciting new season coming up for 2012 including the introduction of manager, Robin Ventura. The 1992 All-Star has done some hiring which has brought a newfound sense of excitement and anticipation, as well as a bit of the “unknown” as fans are curious as to what Ventura’s managerial style and philosophy will look like.
The organization is now looking to produce 4 videos to help launch the 2012 season. The tagline for this season will be “White Sox baseball. Appreciate the game.” Your 30 second spot should help support this motto while also creating excitement, fun, and the idea of memories that will last a lifetime.
Since 4 videos will be purchased, (4) $7,500 checks will be awarded to each creator. Check it out!
18+, 30 seconds, Deadline: February 20th 2012
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