Video Production Guerilla Project This is the information that must be presented in the guerilla project for those students that are signed up to participate in this part of the EMMA competition. Prop: “Coffee cup” Theme: “A dog and his boy” Dialog: “You keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.”

Web Design Competition Project Below are links to to the various items you will need for the EMMA project - Web Design. The zipped project file itself is around 9.2MB and has all the graphics supplied along with instruction in various formats. There are also links to just the instructions in several formats for those that already have the files. EMMA Competition - Web Design Project - Project Instructions and Files (9.2MB) - Creating a Rock Band EMMA Competition - Web Design Project Instructions only - Word Format · PDF Format · SWF Format

 

At our Technology Competition planning meeting in October, a delegation of high school Video Production teachers asked to have video production included as part of this year’s competition. After surveying video production teachers throughout the county, our IT Skills Panel members got behind the request and decided that the focus for the competition should be multi-media.

This shift in focus will allow students in an Information Technology field that hasn’t been included in the past to have an opportunity to showcase their skills and creativity. Since web design was so popular in our competition event last year, it was decided to include it in this year’s event. The new competition will have two segments, video production and web design.

The event will be a showing of the finalists videos and web designs and an awards ceremony to be held on May 29th, 2008 at the Uptown Galaxy Theater in Gig Harbor. The name of the event will be EMMA (Excellence in Multi-Media Awards. The event is in the planning stage but details should be posted by the end of January. Video Production teachers, encourage your students to participate in this exciting event.

1.  At last, a county wide video production competition! PC3 (Pierce County Careers Connection) has sponsored technology competitions for the last four years. This year the competition is focusing on two areas; video production and web design. This is the preliminary notice of the event.

2. Event, Venue and Date:

NEW VENUE AND DATE FOR THE EMMA

VENUE:	UPTOWN GALAXY THEATER, GIG HARBOR
DATE:	THURSDAY, MAY 29TH, 2008
TIME:	3:00 TO 6:45 FESTIVAL
	7:00 TO 9:00 AWARDS CEREMONY

The final schedule of events has been established and it does change the times for the Film Festival and the Awards Ceremony.

3:00 to 6:45 Festival - The videos and web designs will be shown in separate theaters on continuous loops as they are in film festivals. During this time, students and adults can view the entries in both types of competition. There would be enough time to have dinner or get a bite to eat at a local eatery.

7:00 to 9:00 Awards Ceremony: The first place videos and web designs would be shown and awards presented to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. We will also have a keynote speaker and door prizes during this time.

It is our hope that this change will encourage more participation in the event.

CLICK TO VIEW EMMA EVENT FLYER

3. Web Design Information.

Students competing in this part of the competition will be given a web design scenario. The scenario will consist of some content for the site along with some specific instructions. Students will take the information given to design and post a website as if they were working for a client. Some of the critiqued components will be:

• Use of color.
• Layout of design
• Ease of use
• Integration of given content
• Creativity on non-specified design aspects

Note: Students will not be presenting their sites. We have eliminated this part of the competition in order to fit the time frame of the event.

Competitors will be given access to the content 10 days before the deadline to post the site. The content will be found in the secured locations to which each individual competitor will have access.

• Competitors will have access to their secured area beginning 7:00 a.m. Monday, May 12th. They will be previously given a username and a password that they can use to transfer their created site back to their secured area. During the given 10 days, they can submit and resubmit their site as many times as needed until the deadline.
• Inside their site they will find a brief welcome to the competition and a zipped file containing the given components to the project.
• Students can use any knowledge and tools available to them to create the site.
• Some portions of the site will be strictly requested from the fictitious client, while other portions give freedom of the competitor to shine and show what they know.
• Finalized sites must be submitted (Posted) back to their secure area no later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, May 23rd. ( At this time the judges will begin the critiquing process.)
• All entries will be judged prior to the day of the event. All participants will receive a certificate and T-Shirt.

  IMPORTANT DATES:

  April 25th      Registration Deadline – All participants identified.

  May 12th       Web Design competitors can access their secured area starting at 7 a.m.

  (Note...We have decided to place the content and description for the Web design competition up to this area. Look at this page, or home page to gain access to what is needed for the design of the project on the 12th. You will still need to post the completed work to the Web area that will be given to you be given access to on the 12th.)

  May 23rd      Finalized website designs must be submitted (posted) back to the secured
                       areas no later than 5 p.m.

  May 29th      EMMA at the Uptown Galaxy Theater in Gig Harbor:
                       Festival – 3:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
                       Awards Ceremony – 7 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

4. Video Production Information:

• Video Categories for Competition

Guerilla Project: 3 minutes in length. Prompts and dialogue will be posted on the PC3 Web Site on May 9th at noon. Videos must be submitted by May 12th (see below).

Technical: 3 minutes in length. The video must have all of the following scenes and shots. The shots and scenes are to enhance the video. The content is up to the group, as long as it is school appropriate.


• Establishing Shot
• Extreme Close-up Shot
• Dutch Tilt
• Tracking Shot
• Dialogue Scene
• Following Shot
• Point-of-view Shot
• Voice over


Public Service Announcement: 1 minute in length. Announcements are produced and programmed much like commercials but are used to inform the public about safety and health information, community services or public affairs.

Artistic: 3 minutes in length. Animation, music, or theatrical, all content must be original and school appropriate.

News: 1 minute in length. A news spot for the participating schools, ie, sports, point of interest, environment, education, food, science or travel.

• Only one entry per category per school.
• A maximum of 16 students per school may participate. (Four students maximum for PSA, Technical, Artistic and News.

Please Note: In order for a school to submit a Guerilla video entry, it must also submit an entry in at least one of the other four video categories. Only the students who participated in the other categories can participate in the Guerilla video.

• All videos must be original including music.
• Content in all videos must be school appropriate.
• No copyright materials etc. will be allowed.
• Video Credits can take up to, but not more than, 15 seconds as a non-judged trailer beyond  the required time limit for each of the competition categories OR, in order to be judged as part of the creativity of the video, the credits can take up to, but not more than, 15 seconds within the required time limit for each category.
• All video entries will be on DVD in SD (Standard Definition) format.
• Common Starting Time: Videos produced between September 1, 2007 and May 12th, 2008 are eligible for competition as long as they meet the qualifications/requirements listed here.
• Entries MUST be delivered to the PC3 office at 1551 Broadway, Suite 400, Tacoma 98402, by 5:00 p.m. on May 12th, 2008 or post marked no later than midnight May 12th, 2008.
• ll entries will be judged prior to the day of the event. All participants will receive a certificate. Awards will be for 1st and 2nd and 3rd place in each category. An overall award will be made to the school with the most   awards determined by place i.e. 1st place = 5 points, 2nd place =3 points and 3rd place = 1 point.

• IMPORTANT DATES:

  April 25th   Registration Deadline – All participants identified

  May 9th      Guerilla Prompts Posted on PC3 website

  May 12th    All video categories submissions due in to the PC3 Office

  May 29th    EMMA at the Uptown Galaxy Theater in Gig Harbor
                  Festival – 3:00 to 6:45, EMMA Awards Ceremony 7:00 to 9:00

5.  For more information contact Jim Adams by phone at 253-692-4798 or by email at jadams@pc3connect.org.  Check the PC3 web site for updates and announcements at www.pc3connect.org.