PSA Video Contest

 

WELCOME TO THE AWASA PSA VIDEO CONTEST!
 
You can make a difference! Enter the AWASA (Animal Welfare Alliance of Southern Arizona)
PSA Video Contest. Produce a 30 second public service announcement (PSA) on some aspect of
Saving Animal Lives and you may win $100 or more!  Entries must be on one of three subjects:
Spay and Neuter of Pets, Pet Adoptions, or TNR (Trap Neuter and Return). See Topics:
This contest is open to all high school students in Cochise, Pima and Santa Cruz counties. Videos will be uploaded to YouTube and available to the public for voting. The top ten will then be judged by a panel composed of judges from AWASA, the Humane Society of Southern AZ, a video producer, a local TV station and an advertiser and the top three videos will be determined. Each video will be evaluated based on: 
  • 1.  50% Content: Does it follow the theme and is it persuasive?
  • 2.  25% Originality: Does it hold our interest?
  • 3.  25% Video Production: Can we see it and hear it clearly?

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Rules: - Topics: - Prizes: - Dates: - Entry Form: - How to Upload: - Useful Links:

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Prizes:
 
All entrants will receive a Certificate of Merit.
 
The teams that submit the top 10 videos will each receive $100 and a Certificate of Merit.
 
The teams that submit the top 3 videos, judged by the panel from the top ten, will each receive an additional cash prize of $500, a Certificate of Merit, and their videos will be programmed by Southern Arizona TV Stations. 
 
Topics:
The PSA must address one or more of the following 3 topics:
1. Spay and Neuter
2. Adopt a Pet
3. TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return)
 
For more information on these topics see below with links to sources for more information.
 
1. Spay and Neuter
 
Every year, between six and eight million dogs and cats enter U.S. shelters; some three to four million of these animals are euthanized because there are not enough homes for them. These unfortunate animals are the result of uncontrolled and unwanted breeding of our pets! In order to stop the killing, we need to have our pets spayed and neutered.
 
Additional benefits of spayed and neutered pets include healthier pets and reduced costs (to taxpayers) to provide shelter care and euthanasia.
 
More information can be found at the following websites:
 
 
Almost Home Rescue Society:
 
2. Adopt a Pet
 
Adopting a dog or cat from a humane society, an animal shelter, or a dog rescue or cat rescue group saves a life! Between 3 to 4 million animals are euthanized each year.
 
Puppy or kitten? Older dog? Large or small? Frisky or sedate? Purebred or mixed? The choices are endless. Most shelters and rescue groups will evaluate the animal and assist in matching new owner and pet. Minimum adoption fees from these organizations usually include spay/neuter, vaccinations and a microchip.
 
More information can be found at the following websites:
 
 
Adopt A Pet.com
 
3. TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return)
 
Feral cats are those born in the wild and unsocialized. They are the result of abandoned, lost and stray pets. These cats form colonies, living on rodents, garbage and hand-outs. About half of them die from starvation, disease, and predators, including humans. Those that survive, breed. 
 
TNR programs stabilize these colonies, by neutering, providing rabies vaccinations and colony caregivers, who monitor the numbers and health of colony cats.
 
More information can be found at the following websites:
 
ASPCA:
 
Alley Cat Allies:
 
Dates:
 
Submissions – Jan 30 – April 22 [No entries accepted after this date]
 
Judging – April 30 – May 7
 
Winners to be Announced – May 10, 2010
 
How to Upload:
Once you've finished editing your video, made sure it is exactly 30 seconds, smaller than 2GB in size, and in an acceptable format, you're ready to upload it.
*       Click the button in the upper-right-hand corner of any YouTube page.
*       Click the "Browse" button to browse for the video file you'd like to upload to our site. Select the file you want to upload.
*       Click the 'Upload Video' button to start the uploading process.
*       As the video file is uploading, enter as much information about your video as possible in the relevant fields (including Title, Description, Tags, and Category). You're not required to provide specific information, but the more information you include, the easier it is for users to find your video!
*       Click the 'Save changes' button to save the updates you've made to the video file.
YouTube accepts a wide range of video file formats. The video files below are all accepted by YouTube. Some video formats work best and are most compatible with certain computers, software or devices.
*       Windows Media Video (.WMV)
*       .3GP (cell phones)
*       .AVI (windows)
*       .MOV (mac)
*       .MP4 (ipod/psp)
*       .MPEG
*       .FLV (adobe flash)
*       .MKV (h.264)
If you do not think your current video file format is recognized by YouTube, you may get the best uploading results from converting your file to MPEG4 video with MP3 audio. You can also review recommended video file formats here.
To convert any video format to one of the accepted formats it is recommended you use FFMPEG. FFMPEG is a command-line tool, so you may like to use free or commercial software to help convert your file. You can easily find this type of software by searching the web.
Windows Movie Maker, by default saves projects as .MSWMM files. .MSWMM files are project files (which means the file only contains the layout of your video and does not contain the final video itself). YouTube does not accept .MSWMM files. To upload your Windows Movie Maker video to YouTube, select the "Save to My Computer" option to save the file to an accepted format. You can then upload the generated file to YouTube.
Keep in mind that each time you convert or "transcode" a video from one type of compression to another, there will be some loss in quality, similar to making a photocopy of a photocopy.
Avoid transcoding a highly compressed video into a format that is accepted as this produces poor results. You'll get better results by going back to your original video editing software (where you initially edited the video), and re-exporting in a format such as MPEG4 with MP3 audio. If that is not an option, exporting the file as a RAW (uncompressed) video format then encoding it in an external program is another alternative.
 
Download our 2010 Posters - Full Page or Half Page
 
Contest Rules
 
  1. Videos must be exactly 30 seconds long.
  2. Contestants must be enrolled in a high school located in Cochise, Pima or Santa CruzCounty; home schooled students may participate at their local high school
  3. One entry per student/participant group per topic i.e. 3 videos maximum
  4. No foul language, nudity or violence is permitted
  5. Videos must be in good taste
  6. Productions must meet industry standards
  7. Any music included must have proper licensing
  8. Documented evidence of any factual data used must be provided with the video submission.
  9. All submissions must comply with YouTube's Copyright Infringement Policy:
     "YouTube respects the rights of copyright holders and publishers and requires all users to
      confirm they own the copyright or have permission from the copyright holder to upload
      content. We comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other
      applicable copyright laws and promptly remove content when properly notified. Repeat
      infringers' videos are removed and their accounts are terminated and permanently
      blocked from using YouTube." If you have questions about how to comply with this
      policy, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/t/howto_copyright.
  1. No animals may have been mistreated in the production of these videos.
  2. Videos must be named in the following format “AWASA-“ followed by the name of your video. Example “AWASA-Jones1”.
  3. All videos submitted to be pre-reviewed and approved by AWASA representatives before being allowed to compete in the contest. AWASA and YouTube reserve the right to disqualify and remove videos at any time during this contest should they be considered inappropriate or do not abide by the rules of this contest.
  4. Cash or other compensation for participants and winners to be limited to a Certificate of Merit, $100 per video to the top 10 videos and an additional $500 to the top three videos, there shall be no other cash prizes or compensation for participating in this contest.
  5. By participating in this contest all participants release AWASA, AWASA members, participating judges, and participating sponsors from any and all liabilities associated with this contest.
  6. By participating in this contest you grant AWASA and any other sponsor the right to use your video as a Public Service Announcement (PSA), post on the AWASA web site, in commercials or any other promotion without further compensation or permission. All submissions become the property of AWASA and will not be returned.
  7. Discretion of the judges is final.
  8. AWASA reserves the right to change the rules and/or discontinue the contest for any reason without prior notice.
  9. By participating in this contest I or we agree and stipulate that I or we have read all of these rules and agree to all terms herein and shall be bound by said rules as a participant in this contest. It is further agreed that all participants in this contest, and/or in the videos submitted, have read and agreed to these rules.

ENTRY FORMS:

Entry forms are available for download HERE. The form contains a statement that must be signed by applicants that “No animals were mistreated in the production of this video”.
 
 
Useful Links: