Video Contest News » eyeka http://videocontestnews.com Videocontestnews.com is dedicated to providing the growing online community of video contest filmmakers with news, tips, advice, interviews and more! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:55:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Ripe for the plucking: AntiHIVirus http://videocontestnews.com/2009/10/03/ripe-for-the-plucking-antihivirus/ http://videocontestnews.com/2009/10/03/ripe-for-the-plucking-antihivirus/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:17:40 +0000 Beardy http://videocontestnews.com/?p=458 anti
Whenever I see a contest that’s got really confusing instructions or is about a really unappealing subject I always seriously consider entering. Why? Because if I think the instructions are confusing and if I think that the topic is unappealing then probably 90% of filmmakers will feel the same way. If a contest is hard to enter, enter it. It might take a lot of time and research to get a strong concept together but if you do a half-way decent job the sponsor will be thrilled that they got at least one non-crappy entry.

I mention all this because for the last few days I have been trying to wrap my brain around a contest called AntiHIVirus. Yes…it’s a video contest about HIV. Specifically, the goal is for filmmakers to create PSAs about HIV prevention.

But here’s the catch; the ads are to be aimed at an international audience. Therefore, contestants are encouraged to use little or NO DIALOGUE.

This is a very, very attractive contest to enter. Here’s why:

  1. The winners are picked by judges
  2. There is no public voting
  3. There are three top prizes: $5K, $3K and $2K
  4. The subject matter and the no dialogue thing will discourage a lot of people from entering.

There is one big “con” to this contest though.  All entries are hidden until after the submission period ends.  So you don’t know if 2 people have entered or 200 people have entered.  But really, who the heck wants to make a dialogue-free spec PSA about HIV??  I shoot video contest entries for topics that I think will be fun to cover.  And this contest does not seem fun at all.

After days of trying to think of  a good concept for this one I’m throwing in the towel.  The deadline to enter is October 13th.  Can you come up with something by then?

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