Articles for International Contest for Visual Communication of China Story
I Guideline
The contest, with the theme of "Tell the Chinese Story", is aimed at collecting all kinds of short films from both domestic and foreign universities and social sectors. It aims to build a new model of "the international communication of
II Organization
1. Guiding organizations: Chinese Collegial Association for Visual Art, Publicity Department of Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee, International Communication Office of Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee, Guangzhou Association of Social Sciences
2. Organizers: Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China.com.cn, Radio, Film & TV Administration of Guangdong Province
3. Executing organizations: School of Journalism and Communication, GDUFS, Specialized Committee for Film & TV International Communication, Chinese Collegial Association for Visual Art, Youth League, GDUFS, Guangzhou Center for Innovative Communication in International Cities, Institute for International Education, GDUFS, Collaborative Innovation Center for Language Research and Services, Guandong TV (IPTV- Guangdong)
4. Co-organizers: GDTV, Huanqiu.com
5. Supporting Media: xinhuanet.com, Nanfangplus, Yangcheng Evening News, GZTV, southcn.com, Tencent, Nanfang Law, ycwb.com, toutiao.com, dahe.cn
III Theme
Tell the Chinese Story & Spread the Chinese Voice
Ⅳ. Participants
1. People from all walks of life including college teachers and students are welcomed to submit theme-related short, creative films (in either Chinese or other foreign languages).
2. The production teams are to be divided into domestic and international categories, with the former category further divided into college and social groups. Members in the college groups (including directors, scriptwriters, cinematographers and editors) should be enrolled college students (including junior college students, undergraduates, postgraduates and non-degree students). Overseas students and their productions will be separately reviewed for awards.
Ⅴ. Production Types and Format
1. Production Types
A. Stories
Fictional, adapted short films or narrative productions based on true characters or stories within 15 minutes.
B. Documentaries
Short films within 15 minutes in the form of documentaries, in-depth news reports, street interviews or narratives reconstructing real events.
C. Advertisements
Various short films or videos within 15 minutes including publicity videos and commercial films.
D. Animations
Animated films within 15 minutes. Stop-motion animations include hand-drawn, object and photographic productions.
E. Talk shows
Productions of various forms within 15 minutes. Both videos and electronic documents of the speeches are to be submitted.
F. Narrative photographic works
Productions with no less than 10 photos which combine to tell a story. Music instead of text is optional.
G. Music videos
Productions within 15 minutes. The music should be original and may include raps.
2. Special Category: Productions of various forms within 15 minutes which feature “telling a Guangzhou story”.
3. Form and Format
Participants should submit their production together with a Word document of application form (which includes a production description). All productions shall refrain from applying the templates directly.
Please go to http://weibo.com/dvnewscar2011 to download the application form and letter of agreement, and fill in them with complete and truthful information. (In submission, please indicate on the envelope the production type, producers or production team, name and duration of production, and enclose student certificates of the team members with an official seal.) Participants who receive further notice should provide material required by the organizing committee.
Those who fail to submit material as required may be disqualified from the competition.
A. Videos:
The format should be AVI, MPEG, DIVX, MOV or MP4, with image resolution of no less than 1280×720 pixels.
All productions should be recorded in video DVDs (to ensure a fair competition, please do not label them). The dialogue or voiceover within should be subtitled (in simplified Chinese or English). A data DVD is also required for every submission, which should at least include a poster (a JPG picture the size of 420mm*297mm, no less than 600dpi and no smaller than 500k), a photo of the team and a trailer within 20 seconds (for publicity purposes by the organizing committee).
B. Photos: The format should be JPG, with image resolution of eight million pixels and above.
Ⅵ. Requirements
1. The productions should be relevant to the theme.
2. Participants should abide by the national laws, rules and regulations and must not create pornographic or violent contents or those in violation of social morality, individual privacy as well as national laws, rules and regulations.
3. The productions should be original and no plagiarism is allowed. See Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China for the definition of “plagiarism”. Plagiarists will be disqualified and held accountable for any copyright dispute that may arise.
4. All submitted material will not be returned. The participants rather than the organizing committee should confirm their copyright ownership. The participants should bear the legal responsibility should there be any infringement of copyrights or intellectual property rights. The organizing committee assumes no responsibility in any such disputes. Under such circumstances, the committee reserves the right to disqualify the participants and reclaim the awards.
5. The participants enjoy the copyright, while the sponsor and other approved individuals or organizations have the right to use and disseminate the productions for non-commercial purposes. No payment is required for event reports, publicity and promotional activities.
6. The organizing committee is responsible for arranging reviews of the productions and enjoys the right to display the results in all legitimate ways. No fees will be charged for all the productions.
7. Any submission of material will be automatically construed as an acceptance of all the requirements for the competition by the participants.
Ⅶ. Reviews and Rewards
1. Reviews: The organizing committee is consisted of experts from government bodies, higher education institutions and media outlets. Excellent productions will be awarded review committee awards, awards for every category and special awards. Both the winners and the committee enjoy the IPR ownership of the productions.
2. Rewards: Publicity reports will be written by the organizing committee on the winners and their productions. Outstanding productions may be singled out for further transformation. Winners may enjoy the opportunity of joining the workshops organized by the sponsor at home and abroad.
3. Prizes and Certificates:
A. One to three Special Awards for “telling a Guangzhou story”, each granting a prize of 10,000 RMB yuan and a certificate.
B. One to three Review Committee Awards, each granting a prize of 10,000 RMB yuan and a certificate.
C. Awards for Best Story, Best Documentary, Best Advertisement (Publicity Film), Best Animation, Best Talk Show, Best Music Video and Best Narrative Photographic Work (Series), each granting a prize of 3,000 RMB yuan and a certificate.
Awards for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Script, Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Cinematography and Viewers’Choice, each granting a prize of 2,000 RMB yuan and a certificate.
Submitted productions will be reviewed by categories.
Ⅷ Schedule
January 5, 2018, the Launching Ceremony at GDUFS
By 12:00p.m. May 10, 2018, submission of productions
Early May in 2018, the Carnival
Mid-May in 2018, the Premiere and Showcase
May 2018, expert reviews
June 2018, result announcement
June 2018, the Award Ceremony
Ⅸ Contacts and Submission
1. Online Submission
The participants shall name their production and send the required material to jhzhggs@163.com, including the production, application form, letter of agreement and related material. Please package the production and application form into one and name it in the form of “production type + production name + team leader’s name”.
2. Mail Submission
A. Required materials: the application form and letter of agreement, a video DVD, a data DVD and a disk (the file names within should be in the form of “production type + production name + team leader’s name”). Participants in the College Group should also provide their student certificates.
B. Address: Room 304, Teaching Building C, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, No. 178 Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Panyu District, Guangzhou 510006
Contact persons: Chen Bofei 020-39328084, Liang Jiahao 15900040872
For further questions, please contact the Organizing Committee in the following ways:
A. Official account on Wechat: 广外DVNewscar微电影大赛 (ID: DVNEWSCAR)
B. Official account on Weibo: 广外DVNEWSCAR微电影大赛
http://weibo.com/dvnewscar2011 (please contact via chats)
Ⅹ The Organizing Committee of the “Tell the Chinese Story” Competition and the 12th GDUFS DV NEWSCAR Micro Film Competition reserves the right of final interpretation.
