Although War on War music video contest is linguistically based on a paradox with its motto - not that ‘peace on war’ would have sounded better, here we are in a language virus trap. But let’s just move on from the motto. The contest is based on Sam Harris’ song entitled War on War and the aim is “
to counter the GOP’s stance of “staying the course.”
Content: submit videos of War on War using the song and any free stuff that is made available to you. Deadline of video contest submission: June 22 2008 Eligibility: anybody Prize: mixture of cash and other good stuff, $3000 for the first, $1500 for the second and $700 for the third winner, in its total value. Rules of video contest: SamHarris.com
” The contest is open for anyone who wants to express their anger, passion and vision of a world without war by creating a video to my song. Resources for free video creation software, tools, video footage and royalty free photography from war documentarian, active duty Marine Jayel Aheram are provided at WarOnWar.INFO and additional contest information at SamTube.com. … We are supplying everything needed to create a music video, at no expense to the contestant: The song, royalty free photography, vintage and current event stock footage, and the software to put it all together. Of course the more inventive entries use their own footage and find other components., but basically, people don’t even need a video camera or equipment. We currently have entries ranging from a 16 (year old boy) to 60 (year old woman).”
Share your S60 tips or favorite applications and win an S60 device!
Content: submit videos of your S60 tips Deadline of video contest submission: May 20 2008 Eligibility: members of youtube Prize: The grand prize for both categories is one of the latest S60 devices and a Handango gift voucher, second prize is a Bluetooth headset and Handango gift voucher, and third prize is a Handango gift voucher. In addition, an S60 device will be drawn amongst all the submitted videos. Rules of video contest: http://showyours60smarts.s60.com/
I like the idea of having a video contest centering around remix culture, and the first video that comes to my mind is that of Michael Wesch, anthropology professor who made a video of what the Web looks like today, and became a viral video success reaching about a million viewers.
Now your task is to show what our culture looks like today, I guess. Even though we knew that our culture is basically remix, it is even more visible thanks to the web, and more easily remixable at the same time. Total Recut ( a video remix community website) has managed to get great judges for this touchy and blurry challenge: Lawrence Lessig, Henry Jenkins, Kembrew McLeod, Pat Aufderheide, JD Lasica and Mark Hosler Content: make a video answering the question ‘What is Remix Culture?’ You can you use any footage you can find, including Public Domain and Creative Commons work, max. 3 minutes - min 30 seconds long. Don’t forget you “must remix previously published video footage” and can use your own too.
Prizes: laptop computer loaded with video editing and conversion software, a digital camcorder, a digital media player, as well as Special Edition Total Recut T-Shirts, books, DVDs and CDs.
Deadline: June 1 2008
Eligibility: Contest is open to natural persons of any age, from any country.
And here’s the video made by Michael Wesch, anthropology professor: The Machine Is Us/ing Us This is a slightly revised and cleaned up version of the video that was featured on YouTube in February 2007.
“What’s Your Velocity?” video contest for a chance to win a $10,000 ultra performance Skulltrail gaming PC or 22″ Velocity Micro monitor.
Content of video contest: Create a video of max 3 min around the theme: “What’s Your Velocity?” Be sure to include the phrase “Building the Perfect PC Experience” in some way, mention Velocity Micro PCs, and insert one of the icons on the right. Submit your video to our YouTube group contest page. “Entries will be judged on creativity, use of the theme, and all around awesomeness.”
Prize of video contest: the top three runners up will receive a 22″ Velocity Micro monitor and the grand prize winner will get a new ultra performance gaming PC of about $10,000 Deadline: June 1 2008 Eligibility: 18 years of age or older. Further info: Velocity Micro
The music video contest launched by the tech-savvy Radiohead band, “Radiohead Aniboom Video Contest” is slowly closing the voting session, so hurry up to check out the site and give your vote. Deadline for this chapter is April 26!
So far these videos have been picked by the crowds in the contest, while these Radiohead video entries are the ones that generated the biggest buzz and most discussion on the site.
Wine Spectator is organizing a video contest again for those who are passionate about wine. If you missed the boat bottle last year, it’s time to grab your camcorder now.
content: e.g. interviews with winemakers, chefs or sommeliers, tours of wineries, tastings of selected wines or simply a wine adventure of max 3 min eligibility: international video contest for citizens over 21 deadline: Aug. 18, 2008 prize: two complimentary registrations to the Wine Experience in New York City on Oct. 16-18, 2008. The winning video may be shown as part of the official program, finalists, as chosen by our editors, will each receive two tickets to the Grand Tastings at the Wine Experience in New York City on Oct. 16 or 17, 2008 (plus every valid entry will automatically win either a one-year subscription to WineSpectator.com or any course at Wine Spectator School.) further info on rules and more: on Wine Spectator
Here is the winner video entry for 2007 (also presented at the 2007 New York Wine Experience)
Are you running Windows on your Macbook? Have you heard about VMware Fusion or even used to it to make your switch easier? You can participate in a video contest and win a Macbook Air.
content: make a short video about VMware Fusion, i.e. “My Switch to VMware Fusion” (Or you can also write a blogpost and win an ipod touch) eligibility: it’s an international video contest for over 18 citizens (except for residents of Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria) prize: Macbook Air of Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): 2000 USD deadline: May 15 2008 (every video contest entry gets a Fusion t-shirt and a “My Mac Loves VMware” bumper sticker.)
criteria: your video
* Shows value of virtualization on Mac (20%)
* Production value of video-crispness of editing, sound quality, inclusion of screencasts, music, etc. (20%)
* Describes why switching to VMware Fusion was important (20%)
* Originality and interestingness of video’s storyline line (20%)
* Demonstrates applications not available for Mac OS X (20%)
There’s a natural abundance of web video contests - most of them are limited to US legal citizens, but a couple of them are open to all over a certain age (usually 18).
Take a look at the current video contests on the web in the Video Contest Calendar, and pick the one that suits your style and fires your inspiration. Prizes are great (up to $25,000), but entering a video contest in itself is simply a great learning experience and fun!
