CONTEST PARTICIPANTS:
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS:
Students producing the content entered in the High School Division, must be 18 years of age or younger with no college course work in film, animation, or graphic design.
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS:
Students producing the content entered in the University Division must be currently enrolled full-time or part-time in a university program. Contact contest officials with questions regarding the proper division for entry.
There is no minimum or a maximum number of contestants. Actors are not contestants if that is their only role in the project.
Non-student involvement in the project is limited to sponsors and onscreen talent.
There is no limit in the number of submissions by school or by individual.
TIME LIMITS AND CATEGORIES:
HIGH SCHOOL CATEGORIES:
1) Narrative
2) Documentary, (This does not include Broadcast News or PSA’s)
3) Computer/ digital animation and
4) Traditional animation (claymation, hand drawn, stop motion) This does not include liveactors filmed and then edited to create a “strobe” effect.
HIGH SCHOOL TIME LIMITS:
Narrative and documentary films shall be 3- 7 minutes in length. Animation entries shall be 30 seconds to 3 minutes in length. This includes any credits.
UNIVERSITY CATEGORIES:
1. Narrative
2. Documentary
3. 2D Animation (either handrawn, or computer/digital animation)
4. 3D
5. Claymation/stop motion
UNIVERSITY TIME LIMITS:
Narrative and documentary films shall be a maximum of 12 minutes in length. Animation entries shall be 30 seconds to 5 minutes in length.
TEXAS DIVISION:
There shall be a separate competition for Texas students. Texas high school and university students shall only compete against other Texas students and awards shall be issued separately from other competitors.
ELIGIBLE MATERIAL:
Submitted material must be original works and are required to have clearances for music or other copy-righted material featured in the project. A log of any music used shall be maintain and made available upon request by contest officials.
Contest officials reserve the right reject material found within their sole discretion to offend the moral standards of the community.
ENTRY PROCEDURES:
Submission Deadline - February 15, 2020.
Submission of Film Entries shall be uploaded at FilmFreeway
FESTIVAL DATE:
The Brazosport Arts in Media Festival shall take place March 27-29, 2020.
EVALUATION OF ENTRIES:
Films submitted to the Festival shall be previewed, critiqued and ranked by our adjudicators. Originality, cinematic storytelling, and technical execution are the basis of the scoring.
