Contest Rules
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HD Shorts: An HV20 Forum Contest
Festival Format
The theme is: Technology (were not going to be to harsh here, just try to make your film relate to the theme)
Films must be made specifically for the HD Shorts competition.
Winners will be determined by popular vote. Voters must be registered with HV20.com and view all films.
An updated list of prizes and sponsors can be found here.
Festival Administrators reserve the right to disqualify any entry that does not conform to rules stated below.
Key Dates:
March 9th – Rules Finalized, Theme announced, Begin Submission acceptance
May 7th – Last Day for Entries
May 9th – Public voting begins
May 19th – Public voting ends
May 21st – Winners Announced
*All dates subject to change
Rules for film:
1) All entries must be shot on the HV20 or HV30 with any and all modifications.
2) Films must clearly relate to theme.
3) Category lengths are determined based on film content and not credits and/or titles. Credits and/or titles combined total length may not exceed 30 seconds. The total combined length of film and credits/titles may not exceed 6 minutes.
4) Films can be made in any language but must include subtitles if made in another language than English.
5) No offensive material is allowed. Entries must NOT be rated higher than "R" as determined by Festival Administrators.
6) Festival Administrators reserve the right to refuse or disqualify any entry that is found to not comply with Festival rules.
7) Entries must NOT have any copyright violations and all music must be licensed or royalty free.
8) All entries must be submitted with the enclosed entry form.
9) Submissions are accepted anytime between March 9th and May 7th.
10) Films must be posted on Vimeo.com (details below)
11) Films may not be viewed until official judgment period start date except by Festival administration to assure compliance.
12) Winners determined by popular vote and prizes are distributed accordingly.
Posting
1) All entrants must upload to vimeo.com (free to register) and send a link to the contest administrator (me) via PM containing the entry form below.
2)Films on vimeo must contain:Title, Filmmakers HV20.com username
3) Films on vimeo must be kept private, and only allowed to be viewed by the festival administrator (vimeo.com/koolpenguin89).
4)All films will be added to the contest channel (vimeo.com/HDShorts)
5) On May 9th, all videos must be made public, and voting will begin.
Voting
1)On May 9th, all HD Shorts films will be made public.
2)To vote, you must watch ALL films.
3)there will be 1 thread that lists all films.
4)The thread will be in a poll format, with each film as a choice.
5)Voting will end on May 19th
Winning
1)Winners will be announced on May 21st
2)1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be announced and prizes distributed accordingly.
Prizes
See here
Entry Form
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Title:
Entered by:
Equipment Description:
Production Description:
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). Im sorry about the confusion with categories. The orignal copy of the rules contained different competing categories, and i guess i forgot to delete them from this page (i will do so now). Production description can be anything you want, from a complete list of cast and character, to one sentence ("me and my friends shot a video of this frog!"), lol. If you have any more questions, feel fee to ask.
