DV AWARDS/ CONCURSO DE VIDEO
Call for Entries! Now accepting entries for the Spring 2012 competition.
Los premios DV es una nueva y emocionante competencia internacional celebra los logros creativos y técnicos destacados en el mundo emergente de la producción de vídeo digital. Desde películas independientes, comerciales, comunicaciones corporativas y videos industriales para animación 3D, efectos especiales y vídeos de eventos, serán reconocidas en decenas de categorías.
The DV Awards is a new and exciting international competition celebrating outstanding creative and technical achievements in the emerging world of digital video production. From independent films, commercials, corporate communications and industrial videos to 3D animation, special effects and event videos, dozens of categories will be recognized.
Con el advenimiento y rentabilidad creciente de vídeo digital, un aumento en los números de producciones, no se están produciendo en los estudios de cine y televisión de multimillonarios, pero en estudios pequeños, encabezados por unos pocos individuos decididos y creativos. Se crearon los premios DV en honor a estos individuos y sus logros.
With the advent and increasing affordability of digital video, a rising number of outstanding productions are not being produced in multimillion dollar film and television studios, but in small desktop studios, manned by a few determined and creative individuals. The DV awards were created to honor these individuals and their accomplishments.
How to Enter
If you are entering a work in more than one category, only one tape/disk is required. An entry fee for each category is required. Entries cannot be returned. Only one entry per tape or disk. If you have more than one entry, each entry must be submitted on a separate tape or disc. The exception to this is an entry for a campaign in which case a group of commercials or PSAs should be submitted on the same tape or disc. Mail the entry to:
DV Awards
6300 N. Sagewood Dr.
Suite H-383
Park City, UT 84098
Tape Formats
Acceptable tape formats (NTSC) are Mini DV, DVcam, HDV, and Betacam SP. Acceptable disk formats are DVD Video, Blu-ray Disc, Windows Media, Quicktime (DV, PNG, H.264 or Motion JPEG compression), or MPEG. No slates or color bars please.
Upload Formats
You may now upload your entry electronically. Acceptable formats are Quicktime (DV, PNG, H.264 or Motion JPEG compression), or Windows Media. Files uploaded are limited to a file size of 2GB.
Entry Fee
Entry fee is $45.00 (U.S. Dollars) per entry. Make check payable to DV Awards and it must accompany the entry. Videos entered in multiple categories require an entry fee for each category. You may charge entry fees to a credit card, please fill out all applicable information on the form.
Deadline
El plazo para el período de sesiones de primavera 2012 es el 01 de mayo de 2012. Las entradas deben tener sellos de esa fecha. Va a existir un periodo tardío de entrada hasta el 15 de mayo de 2012. Entradas tardes, deben incluir una cuota de $20 por cada entrada y deben ser recibidas antes del 15 de mayo de 2012. Las entradas que no cumplan estos requisitos será lugar hasta la próxima competencia.
The deadline for the Spring 2012 session is May 1, 2012. Entries must be postmarked by that date. A late entry period will exist until May 15, 2012. Late entries must include a $20 late fee per entry and MUST be RECEIVED by May 15, 2012. Entries not meeting these requirements will be held over until the next competition.
TV Commercials
Television commercials – Both broadcast and cable.
101 Automotive
102 Retail
103 Institutional/Corporate Image
104 Public Service Announcement
105 Political Issues/Elective Office
106 Media Promotion
107 Restaurants
108 Financial
109 Health Care
110 Transportation
111 Low Budget (under $500)
112 Miscellaneous
113 Campaign (involves 2 or more commercials)
114 Scriptwriting (Writing only judged- please supply a copy of the script)
Non-Broadcast and Long Format
These include basically anything that is not a commercial such as training, promotional, music videos and independent film projects.
Categories
201 Music Video
202 Training
203 Sales & Promotion
204 Healthcare
205 Corporate Communication
206 Corporate Image
207 Sports / Extreme Sports
208 Student Work
209 Education (for academic use)
210 Fund Raising
211 Nature/Wildlife
212 Children’s Audience
213 Recruitment
214 Infomercial
215 Wedding & Event Videography
216 Religion
217 Drama
218 Comedy
219 Documentary
220 News Feature
221 DVD (Menu design & authoring judged)
222 Demo Reel
223 Scriptwriting
224 Miscellaneous
225 Low Budget (Under $500)
Production Element
These are categories for individual elements of a production, such as music, or visual effects. Only these elements will be judged, not the production as a whole.
301 Sound Design (Includes use of Music & Sound FX)
302 Visual Effects
303 Animation 3D
304 Animation 2D
305 Cinematography/Videography
306 Art Direction
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