Quest for Fusion Film Contest NOW!
(3) CommentsOur first Fusion Film contest is officially open! Create a fusion themed short with the guidelines in this announcement video, and you have a chance at winning a prize and prestige - as well as advancing fusion!
Enter by posting your entry as a comment to this video on YouTube.
Yes, nuclear fusion. Sponsored by the Focus Fusion Society, the Watershed Opera Company and the ICC Workshop.
Contest Details
Deadline August 3
Short videos (30 sec to 10 min) that:
Tell the story of the fusion quest and everyone’s roles in it;
Support scientists
Are pro-research*
Demand fusion!
*We’re explorers, not just consumers!
They can be funny videos, dramatic, touching, whatever your style.
They can be animation, live action, screencast, however you want to tell your story.
Just make sure it’s a positive, pro fusion message.
Post Entry as a Comment to this Video on YouTube
Each video must end with:
a science disclaimer
a contest notice
Creative commons copyright notice
Science Disclaimer:
Some folks are worried you’ll get the science wrong, spreading fusion confusion and panic in the streets. Therefore, all videos must include a disclaimer that says something like:*
“This video has not been peer reviewed.
The science may be wrong or misleading.”
*An additional prize will be given
for the most creative disclaimer.
Contest Notice:
This video is a contestant in the
“Quest for Fusion Video Contest”
by the Focus Fusion Society
http://focusfusion.org
In collaboration with the ICC Workshop
http://www.iccworkshops.org/icc2011/
August 16-19, 2011
Copyright Notice:
We’d like people to be able to use the videos in mashups to keep spreading the word for fusion. A condition of entry in this contest is allowing others to use your work afterwards.
Creative commons attribution share-alike.*
*http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Judging: Panel + Popularity
A panel of judges from the fusion community & celebrities (TBD) will judge on:
How effectively and creatively the video addresses the contest theme.
Fixer-uppers OK! We’re looking for creative content.
Popularity:
We will also weigh:
number of views,
comments,
amount of discussion spurred by each video.
Feel free to promote your entry to everyone you know. Reach out to friends, bloggers and other organizations.
Prizes:
Besides the honor of winning, the best video will receive:
$1000 Cash - provided we can raise it* and other cool prizes (tba)!
*Follow this link to help us raise the prize money:
http://www.crowdrise.com/PrizesForFusionFilmContest/fundraiser/focusfusionsociety
Screening:
The top 10 videos will be shown
in connection with the ICC Workshops
in Seattle
August 16-19
(venue and time tba)
We look forward to your entries!
Thanks for your role in advancing fusion!
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Comments
For a more in depth discussion, start a thread in the forums.Entries must be posted as a comment on YouTube - note here! Thanks.
Are there any eligibility guidelines?
And isn’t a guided canoe trip down the Potomac something of a geographic constraint? I’m in the US (for now), but I would probably have to take a rain check on that one.
It is, indeed. Feel free to donate more fungible prizes and cash to the kitty!
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