Theme:
“Mental Health and Sex Ed--What's the connection?”
Sponsor
Healthy Futures of Texas is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that seeks to improve the well-being of young Texans through equitable access to sexual health education and resources. Visit us at https://www.hftx.org
Purpose
This contest is intended for high school students. Videos will be shared with the greater community to raise awareness and start a dialogue about teens and sex. We are expanding and adding a college track as well. Details to follow in the months ahead!
Guidelines
• Team members must be Texas students in grades 9 – 12.
• Open to individuals and student groups.
• High school teams must have a teacher sponsor to serve as an advisor.
• Videos must be student created and edited.
• Students are responsible for providing their own equipment (in most cases, the school’s equipment) to produce this video.
• The video can be up to 2-3 minutes in length. It should not exceed 3 minutes.
• The video can be staged as a short play, commercial, news broadcast, talk show, music video, documentary, or any other format.
• The video must adhere to the Student Code of Conduct.
• No profanity. If interviewees use profanity, it must be bleeped.
• The video may not use copyrighted materials from outside sources without proper citation and permission.
• The video must include credits listing the people who contributed to the making of the video and acknowledging their support, including those who wrote the script, held the camera, directed, edited, acted, and produced the video. If interviewees are filmed, they must be credited.
Entry Limits
A student may be a team member of no more than two video submissions.
Judging Criteria
This is a juried competition. The criteria is as follows: 25% for creativity; 15% for technical merit (editing and film quality); 35% for clarity of message; and 25% for responsiveness to theme.
Finalists will be announced in late March and winners will be announced at the film contest. Winners should be prepared to participate on a panel at the April 7, 2024 film screening.
Deadline
Video entries must be uploaded by 11:59 p.m. on March 24, 2024. Entry forms must be received by the same date and time.
Entry Forms
• Student Registration Form
• Media Consent Form for each person appearing in submission
