2011 SMIBE Short Film Competition: Building Revolution

2011 SMIBE Kısa Film Yarışması'na son başvuru tarihi 31 Aralık 2011.

CONCEPT
With its third annual competition, SMIBE continues to bring together a growing body of moving image stories about the built environment. We hope the competition will become a forum for the exchange and discussion of persuasive issues about the built world. For this competition, SMIBE welcomes moving image stories that investigate, explore, and entertain our communities about social, environmental, political, technological, and economic issues that designers of the built world should be discussing. What are issues that we should be addressing in our built world? To answer this question, SMIBE turns to our talented community of professionals, college and university students from architecture, landscape, art, industrial design, interior design, motion graphics and film to offer a challenge: produce a three minute, engaging and entertaining moving image story about “Building Revolution.” We are looking for stories about memorable characters and building revolutions that have changed or shaped their lives. Enlighten and entertain us with stories of revolutionary change in our built world, either on a personal scale, public scale or somewhere in between. Above all, we look for groundbreaking work that blends rigorous craft with intelligent storytelling. Submissions should not exceed 3 minutes in duration can be produced in any motion image medium. Entry is free. Ten submissions will be chosen as Finalists by a panel of prestigious judges invited by SMIBE. Subsequently, these judges will select one First Place winner, to be awarded a Grand Prize of $500. Upon submission, contestants will be asked to share information about their submissions and themselves on the SMIBE.org website. There will also be an online forum for audiences to discuss the presented work. We hope this sharing of work will inspire us as much as the challenge itself.

TIMING
Contestants may submit entries on http://www.SMIBE.org beginning December 15, 2011, and ending December 31, 2011. All entries must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on December 31, 2011.

PRIZES
Ten Finalist Prizes
Each finalist will receive (1) SMIBE trophy and will be publicly screened and published by SMIBE, including: Featured on SMIBE.org, screenings in Los Angeles.

Grand Prize Winner
In addition to winning $500(USD) the Grand Prize winning submission will be publicly screened and published by SMIBE, including: Featured on SMIBE.org, screenings in Los Angeles.

RULES
Contestants must meet terms of eligibility. There is no fee to enter a submission. Submissions should be no longer than 3 minutes in duration. The work may contain any combination of video, motion graphics, animation, visual effects, sound and music. Contestants must use www.vimeo.com to post their work; this site has posting instructions such as max file size and media type. During the registration process the contestant must submit a 50 word maximum blurb about their submission. When posting work on Vimeo use the word “smibe” at the begnning of the name of the video. For example: smibe-myexcellentvideo If invited to be a Finalist, each entrant(s) must submit a non-authored DVD with his or her submission in QuickTime format. File dimensions should be 720×480 (16:9) or 640×480 (4:3). Submissions containing copyrighted material, video, or sound are subject to disqualification and removal from the SMIBE website. Contestants may submit more than one work. Teams are allowed to enter a submission, but each submission must be accompanied by a primary contact that meets the eligibility criteria. Individuals may submit entries as individuals and/or as part of a team. Submissions may not be updated or modified. Entries that contain any content that is pornographic in nature, lewd, or sexually explicit will be disqualified. SMIBE reserves the right to disqualify or remove any submissions it deems in violation of the Rules or Terms & Conditions of the Challenge.

JUDGING
Grand Prize Selection Once the submission period is completed, SMIBE will manage a vetting/selection process to narrow the review group to 25 entries to be given to the judges’ panel. The judges will then score each of those entries and through tabulation, the top 10 entrants will advance as Finalists. The 10 Finalists will be submitted to the final selection jury who will select one Grand Prize winner. Submissions will be judged on: 1. Originality of story 2. Effectiveness in expressing the “Personal Infrastructures” theme 3. Quality of execution 4. Ability to blend rigorous craft with intelligent storytelling.

ELIGIBILITY
The challenge is open to all professionals, college and university students worldwide, 18 years or older. Teams are allowed to enter a submission, but each submission must be accompanied by a primary contact that meets the eligibility criteria. Individuals may submit entries as individuals and/or as part of a team.

COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP
By submitting an entry by a sole creator to a category, Contestant warrants that Contestant is the sole designer, creator, and owner of the artwork, including all visual and auditory components, or has permission to use copyrighted components, and further warrants that the artwork does not contain information considered by Contestant’s place of business, university, college or any other third party to be confidential. By submitting an entry by a group of creators, the contestants warrant that they jointly designed, created, and own the visual and auditory artwork or have permission to use copyrighted components, and further warrant that the artwork does not contain information considered by contestants’ place of business, university, college or any other third party to be confidential.

WINNER NOTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION
The Grand Prize winner along with the 10 Finalists will be announced in February 1, 2012 on www.SMIBE.org. Grand Prize winner shall provide SMIBE with an invoice in the amount of the prize(s). Winners shall also be responsible for any taxes, fees and local tariffs, as applicable.HOW TO ENTER

Register with SMIBE (registration will be open between December 15, 2011 and December 31, 201.)Post your submission to Vimeo.Complete your SMIBE submission.

FAQ
Can multiple people team up to make a submission?
Yes, multiple people can create and submit a joint work. One member of that group must supply their contact information at registration time in order to act as the group’s primary contact.

Is there a fee to enter?
There is no fee to submit work in the competition.

Can I submit more than one work?
Yes, each person or team of people can submit more than one work.

I already submitted my work, but forgot to include something in it, can I update the video?
No. Unfortunately, once a work has been submitted, it cannot be updated or revised. Once it has been posted, it’s posted.

What file formats are accepted?
All works will be submitted via Vimeo.

What’s the maximum duration that a work can be?
The maximum duration allowed for any work is six (3) minutes.

What’s the minimum duration that a work can be?
There is no minimum regarding the duration of a work.

What medium can I use to create my video?
Any combination of moving image media is acceptable.