You are invited to create a tasty video based on any written piece (poem, fiction, fusion, or non-fiction) published in Mad Hatters’ Review, Brevity, Drunken Boat, elimae, Jacket, Milk, Unlikely Stories, or Word Riot.
We are calling for a video inspired by a poem, fiction, literary non-fiction, or experimental form, a written work that stimulates you to create a video in response. You may decide to creatively and dramatically interpret and thereby “collaborate” with the author of the work in terms of mood, energy, theme, related imagery, words, “plot,” music, and/or sounds. To collaborate means: "To enter into conversation with another ... is to risk what one found or produced in common ... One enters into conversation in order to become an other for the other." --- Alphonso Lingus
The primary goal of the First Combination Special Video Contest (“CSC”) is to elicit imaginative and original quality videos that capture the essence of mood/spirit/energy or theme of a literary work published on the Internet. Sponsor Mad Hatters’ Review is a collaborative, multi-new media magazine in which musicians and visual artists interpret written pieces and create new, exciting creations that converse with the writings. You needn’t be a professional videographer to stand a chance at fame and fortune.
Below are the guidelines and rules, terms and conditions covering submissions, copyrights, formats, and so forth and so on.
All videos shall be judged on the basis of:
- Creativity/Originality
- Quality of Execution: Image, sound, lighting
- Overall Dramatic Presentation
- Literary Theme: does film capture the essence of mood/spirit and/or theme of the written work.
The Contest will begin on February 1, 2008, 12:01am USA EST and end at midnight USA EST on May 31, 2008.
The Grand Prize Winner and Honorable Mention recipients receive the following:
- Grand Prize Winner - $US 500.00 Cash Prize plus publication of video on the front pages of Sponsors’ websites. Presentation at an event that may or may be hosted by Sponsor Mad Hatters’ Review in 2009. Winner will be notified of event date and place before presentation, should the event take place.
- Honorable Mentions – to be awarded to 2 – 6 entrants: publication of videos on the front pages of Sponsors’ websites. Possible presentation at an event that may be hosted by Sponsor Mad Hatters’ Review in 2009. Winner will be notified of event date and place before presentation, should the event take place.
- Note that prizes will be awarded to the person whose name appears on the entry form. Parceling of prizes among other members of the video crew and/or writers will be the sole responsibility of this person.
To be eligible for the grand prize and honorable mentions, videos must be no more than 12 minutes in length, and uploaded to you tube, video google, or blip tv. Contestants may submit any number of videos; however, each video submitted must be inspired by a different written work, and a separate must accompany each video. PLEASE DO NOT include any photos or publicity material with your . Submissions will only be accepted by email.
Winners will be chosen from total entries by a judging committee composed of professional editors, writers, and video makers/film makers.
Winners’ names will be announced on Sponsors’ websites on July 1, 2008. The Contest will use its best efforts to announce the winners at the designated time, but will not be held liable for any unforeseen delays. Winners will be notified by email, but it will be up to Contestants to provide more than one email address, including a yahoo address. The Contest reserves the right to extend the competition deadline and/or Winner announcement deadline for any unforeseen reasons if needed.
If a Contestant’s submission is selected by judges as a potential winning submission, valid releases from the Contestant and each individual appearing, writing, composing, filming or otherwise performing in the film will be required. If a Contestant is requested to provide these valid releases and we do not receive them within seven (7) days of request, then the Contestant will be ineligible to be a winner. The Contest may or may not, at their discretion, provide notice to Contestants of ineligibility, and ineligibility of any Contestant will not prohibit Sponsors and the judges from selecting actual Winners.
The Contest and Sponsors shall have no liability for any Contest submissions or the submission of any additional materials that are lost or not timely received for any reason whatsoever.
Contestants must pay $US 10.00 by PayPal in order to enter their video’s in the Contest (see PayPal link on Entry Form). Multiple submissions are permissible, but the fee must be paid for each video in order for it to be considered.
This Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. Contest is open to legal residents of the United States, Canada, Australia, Britain, France, Italy, and all other countries applicable who are at least 18 years of age at the time of submission. Minors must have signed parental permission submitted with the Entry Form.
Note that foreign language videos must have sub-titles or they cannot be considered.
Videos must be original and not infringe on any copyrights or rights of other third parties. Contestants agree that they have obtained all required permissions regarding music, actors, sound and/or images as presented in the entered film or films. Contestants agree that neither the Contest nor Sponsors will be held liable for any copyright infringements on the part of Contestant or Contestant's film or films or any third parties or participants in the creation and production of the film or films. The Contest reserves the right to not screen, display, review, or judge any film for any reason it deems valid.
By entering the Contest, Contestants and/or their parents or legal guardian (if such entrant is a minor) grant to the Contest and its Sponsors a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, sub-licensable right to make use of any and all video or videos and any physical representations contained therein, in any media and in any form now or hereafter known, without any payment or other consideration of any kind, or permission or notification to the Contestant and/or any participant in the production and creation of the video or videos, or any third party. The Contest and Sponsors reserve all rights, on a non-exclusive basis, to reproduce, publish, use, broadcast, display, and stream the film or films in connection with any and all media now or hereafter known throughout the world, in perpetuity, for no additional consideration. Without limiting the foregoing, Contest and Sponsors shall have the right to use the film or films in any marketing, promotion, or for any other commercial or non-commercial purpose.
Contestants (or, if an eligible minor, your parent or legal guardian) understand and agree that no confidential or fiduciary relationship is established by Contestant submitting a video or video’s to the Contest and its Sponsors.
By entering the Contest, Contestants and/or their parents or legal guardian (if such entrant is a minor) agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions which are final and binding in all respects, and to waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Contest or in these Terms and Conditions or any other part of these Guidelines and Rules. Contestants (or, if an eligible minor, your parent or legal guardian) further agree to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless the Contest and Sponsors and their respective affiliates, and each of their respective directors, editors, authors, employees, representatives, contractors and agents from and against any claims, damages, costs, expenses or liability (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from or related to any injuries, damages or losses to any person (including death) or property of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in the Contest.
By entering the Contest, Contestants and/or their parents or legal guardian (if such entrant is a minor) agree and accept and be bound by the decisions of the competition and its judges which are final and binding in all matters.
Employees, their families, subsidiaries, and affiliates of the Contest and Sponsors are not eligible. Winners are solely responsible for all federal, state, and local taxes.
