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  • Students in their respective schools must create movies with a teacher, advisor, and/or administrator as a sponsor.
  • Work by students must be done during school or as an after school sponsored club or event. This is not a homework or at-home project.
  • Student work (storyboarding & editing) must be done in calendar year 2010.
  • Students may enter only one (1) movie per category. Students may enter as individuals, but are encouraged to enter as teams.
  • Movies must be submitted as either QuickTime files or Windows Media Player files. NO DVDs WILL BE ACCEPTED!! It is suggested that the school keep a master copy on file. Winners will be required to provide the movie in its original format upon request. If there are any questions regarding the format, please contact CSD. Please burn movies to a CD and mail in.
  • Movies must be no longer than two (2) minutes in length. Title of the film and credits does not have to be included in the two minutes.
  • CSD will disqualify any entry deemed inappropriate. Movies must be "family" or "G" rated.
  • The following forms must be completed and sent by December 13, 2010: (1) Entry Form, (2) Student Reflection Sheet; (3) Student Checklist; (4) Teacher Checklist; (5) Movie Summary Sheet and (6) Media Release Form. In addition, students must send their completed storyboard for the video, unless the assignment is such that no storyboard was required (for example, news stories where time is a factor in production.) There is no required format for the storyboard, but here is a sample storyboard that you can use.
  • The following forms should be kept at the school and submitted to the contest committee upon request: (1) Signed Image and Release forms for everyone in the movie and (2) Appropriate permission from any copyrighted work (music, logo, prints, etc). In the event that the committee requests these forms, lack of proper documentation may disqualify an entry.
  • In submitting a movie, the contestants give Cooperating School Districts the right to publish the movie in part or in whole in any medium without additional compensation.
  • Entries will not be returned.
  • Winners must be willing to share their movie at the Midwest Education Technology Conference in St. Louis on February 15, 2011 at the St. Charles Convention Center.
  • Decision of the judges is final.