Why a college video contest? We know that your college years are “once in a lifetime experiences” and we wanted to encourage our readers to create this snapshot of college life now, while they are going through the experience! Our associates, Andrew and Jun-wan, had a great time working on our demo videos at their alma mater, Syracuse University. And we all had a wonderful time viewing them. With current technology, creating a video is relatively easy to do now and many students actually create videos for communications classes. So why not show us your creativity and share a little bit of your life with friends and family. You could win up to $3000 in cash!
Contest Rules
The IntroAmericaSM Show Your College Video Contest
In celebration of the company’s launch, IntroAmerica, Inc. is hosting the Show Your College Video Contest in search of creative videos from U.S. college students that show their unique college experiences. The video contest will help showcase college life in America from a student’s perspective. These videos will also provide college information and act as a potential resource to viewers.
How to Enter
Review all contest rules and eligibility requirements. Create an original video, up to 8 minutes in length, with high resolution. Contest participants must include the following WITHIN their video:
a) Your name
b) Name of your college/university and where it is located (City/State)
c) IntroAmericaTM Show Your College Video Contest
Contest Rules
a) Videos must not exceed 8 minutes in length and be produced in a high-resolution format. Ideally, videos will be between 4 and 6.5 minutes in length.
b) Videos must be educational or entertaining, not promotional in nature (i.e., a commercial to promote your college). Videos should tell a story, preferably your story.
c) Videos must mention your name, the college you are attending, and IntroAmericaTM Show Your College Video Contest.
d) Only one video may be submitted per college student. However, if you participate in a team video, each member may submit a separate video him/herself.
e) The video must be your own original creation and must not infringe on any third party rights. No copyrighted music, video, or images may be used in submissions to this contest without appropriate permission. Entrants are responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions. Videos previously developed for other organizations may be submitted if modified to meet contest requirements. Videos must not have been previously produced for compensation.
f) Videos must not contain violence, profanity, sex, images of a prurient nature, or direct attacks on individuals or organizations. IntroAmerica, Inc. will disqualify any entries it deems to contain offensive material.
g) Do not use the IntroAmericaTM seal or logo in your video.
h) Winners must provide a copy of the original video file to IntroAmerica, Inc. Winners will be contacted by email to provide the original video.
i) By submitting a video to this contest, you grant to IntroAmerica, Inc. a perpetual royalty-free license to copy, distribute, modify, display and perform publicly and otherwise use, and authorize others to use, your video for any educational and entertainment purpose throughout the world and in any media.
j) IntroAmerica, Inc. reserves the right to make any video entered in the contest available to the general public from its respective web sites and social media pages and to distribute it to groups and any other organizations interested in showing it for educational & entertainment purposes, including, but not limited to, Internet sites, conferences and events, on television, and other media outlets.
k) IntroAmerica, Inc. reserves the right to not select a winner or post the video on our contest pages or IntroAmerica.com if none of the entries received are judged to be high quality based on the contest Rules and Eligibility requirements.
l) Rules are subject to change at the discretion of IntroAmerica, Inc.
Eligibility
The contest is open to United States college students in the United States and its territories including, but not limited to, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands and Guam. College students must meet IntroAmerica, Inc.’s requirements to be eligible, including but not limited to:
a) Valid College Student Identification number
b) Valid College Student e-mail address (.edu)
Participant(s) must be a United States college student to enter and win. Entries from non-US citizens are equally encouraged. Winners will be asked to prove eligibility by submitting a copy of a government issued identification such as passport, driver’s license, etc. and a copy of a validated student identification.
Entry Period
IntroAmerica’s Show Your College Video Contest will begin 12:00am EST, November 5, 2012. All videos must be submitted by 11:59pm EST, February 18, 2013. The Top 20 video finalists will be announced 2:00pm EST, February 25, 2013 on www.introamerica.com and www.facebook.com/introamerica. Prize winners will be announced on our www.introamerica.com and www.facebook.com/introamerica 2:00pm EST, March 5, 2013.
Judging Criteria
All eligible videos will be scored by a panel of IntroAmerica, Inc.’s officials on the following judging criteria:
• Overall impact: educational, inspiring, engaging • Creativity and uniqueness of video concept • Public rating during the submission period (‘likes’ on Facebook, Youtube, YouKu, other websites) • Innovative means of delivering the message • Content of the message
Winners will be selected based on an overall score; more specifically earn points by including the following content in their video:
Maximum point allocation
a) 80 points – Campus Scenery: what the campus looks like, surrounding attractions, weather, nightlife, shopping.
b) 80 points – Student Activities: sports, facilities, organizations/clubs, campus events, student services.
c) 80 points – Academics: courses offered/course work, professors, classroom environment.
d) 80 points – Housing: dorm life, off campus housing, fraternity or sororities.
e) 80 points – Student Interviews: short clips on student perspectives
f) 80 points – Dining: dining halls, off campus dining, cafes, etc.
g) 40 points – Overall Impact: educational, inspiring, engaging
h) 40 points – Creativity
i) 40 points – Memorable content and delivery
j) 20 points – Representing clear perspective of being a college student(s) in America
k) 30 points each if you have an article published in your school or local newspaper about your video and IntroAmerica’s 2012 Show Your College Video Contest. If you do get published, you must send a picture of the article to video@introamerica.com, to earn 30 points for each article published.
Public Rating during Submission Period:
l). 30 points for every 100 ‘Likes’ on Facebook, Youtube, Vimeo, Youku or other sites. When you post your video on any sites such as Youtube, Vimeo or those outside the US (e.g., YouKu in China), you must 1) name the beginning of your video title “IntroAmerica” (for example, “IntroAmerica at Syracuse University”) so it is easily searchable and 2) provide details via email to video@introamerica.com about which site your video is posted and the name of your video. This information is necessary so that your votes may be verified. Computer generated likes are means for disqualification.
Voting Period:
There are two voting periods. You can vote starting November 5, 2012 (12:00AM EST) – February 18, 2013 (11:59pm EST) to get your video to be selected into the top 20 finalists. The second voting period is between February 25, 2013 (2:00PM EST) and February 28, 2013 (11:59pm EST) for the prize winners.
Winners will be required to send in a valid copy their student ID.
All judging is at IntroAmerica’s sole discretion and all decisions are final. IntroAmerica, Inc’s officials intend to select twelve winning videos based on the judging criteria: one grand prize winner, one second place winner, and 10 third place winners.
Winners/Prizes
One Grand Prize Winner – $3,000 One Second Place Winner – $1,000 Ten (10) Third Place Winner – $500
General Conditions
By submitting this video to IntroAmerica’s Show Your College video contest, I certify that I am the creator of and owner of the video, that the video is wholly original, and that it does not infringe any copyright or any other rights of any third party.
I hereby grant IntroAmerica, Inc. a perpetual royalty-free license to copy, distribute, modify, display and perform publicly and otherwise use, and authorize others to use, my video for any educational and entertainment purposes throughout the world and in any media.
I understand and agree that the work I submit will become the property of IntroAmerica, Inc. and will not be returned.
I agree to be liable for, and indemnify and hold harmless IntroAmerica, Inc. against, all actions or claims, including but not limited to those for loss of or damage to property resulting from my fault, negligence, or wrongful act or omission.
I agree to assume any and all risks and waive any and all claims against IntroAmerica, Inc. and its related entities through negligence or otherwise.
I attest that all statements made in the video are true to the best of my knowledge.
I am at least eighteen (18) years of age and am competent to contract in my own name. I have read the Official Rules before entering this contest, and I fully understand the contents, meaning and impact of the Official Rules.
Privacy Policy
Any personal information collected from video submitters to IntroAmericaTM Show Your College Video contest will never be sold. The information collected for this contest will be used for purposes of the contest to contact video submitters or voters in direct relation to the contest. The submitters and voters would also have the option to elect to receive additional communications from Intro America Inc. The contest winners’ names will be announced publicly, after consultation with the winners, as a part of IntroAmerica’s contest award recognition process.
For further questions, please contact contest@introamerica.com. For Contest FAQs, go here.
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