Contests

• "Invasive Species Monitoring" Explains How to Avoid Spreading Bugs

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  Ken Hook

  Cloyne, Ontario, Canada

  Prize: Sony Vegas Pro 8

  A procedure video showing how to sample water, in order to make sure species that do not belong have not been introduced.

• Surreal Comedy "Sound of War" Shows Life if Fingers were Guns

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  Charles Yeager

  Jasper, AR

  Prize: proDAD Editors Choice Package

  If your fingers could really be used as weapons, this video demonstrates how much trouble we'd be in.

• Funny Fresno Mayor Campaign AD wins Honorable Mention 2008

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  Robert Thissen

  Chowchilla, CA

  Prize: Pinnacle Studio Plus 12

  A funny campaign ad that probably helped Jeff Eben get a few votes in the recent mayor's race in nearby Fresno.

• "Snap" Drama Captures Mood of Lackluster Economy

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  Michael Comulada

  Fort Worth, TX

  Prize: Canon XHA1 Camcorder

  A tightly-edited drama that is eerily well-suited for today's lackluster economy.

• 13th Annual DocuWeeks ™ Theatrical Documentary Showcase

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  Anonymous (not verified) - July 06th, 2009

  

  From a International Documentary Association press release. International Documentary Association Announces twenty-eight films to be shown in New York and Los Angeles from July 31st - August 20th, 2009. From the astonishing stories of starvation, persecution, and escape from the world's worst human rights violator to the surprising inside story of an iconic cult, the International Documentary Association (IDA) presents this years DocuWeeks Theatrical Documentary Showcase. www.documentary.org/docuweeks09

• Another Video Contest you should enter

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  mhageman - July 06th, 2009

  

  We often get interesting material and recently I came across a music video contest that I think everyone should take their chances with. MTV & Pepsi are teaming up with Rock Band for a music video contest. The official rules are located here and it definitely looks like a fun contest to enter. Go here for more information. If you think you have what it takes, give this one a shot for sure!

• $70 Zombie movie wows Cannes

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  Jennifer O'Rourke - May 22nd, 2009

  

  A British taxi dispatcher is getting a lot of attention at the international Cannes Festival in France this week with his amazingly low-budget movie about zombies, of all subjects. How low budget? Try $70. Director Marc Price begged and borrowed most of the gear to make his movie, "Colin".

• Video Equipment Raffle for Isara Charity

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  mhageman - May 21st, 2009

  

  The good folks over at isara.org, an organization dedicated to helping kids in Thailand, is holding something I hope to see more of: a video-equipment raffle fundraiser. The organizers of the raffle certainly know our demographic, there's not much we wouldn't do for a chance at a cool new piece of kit, and being able to help others in need at the same time is a fantastic bonus.

• Tips for How to Win a Video Contest

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  Essential guidelines and tips to follow in order to win a video contest.

• Fotolia: Call For User-Generated Video

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  Tom Skowronski - February 03rd, 2009

  

  (http://www.fotolia.com) one of the world's leading sources for legal, low-cost imagery announces a call for high quality, user-generated video submissions, in preparation for the launch of its stock video offering, which will supplement its current library by licensing royalty-free video clips at microstock prices. "Fotolia has been, for years, one of the world's most trusted sources for high-quality, low-priced, legal imagery and illustration," explains Oleg Tscheltzoff, co-founder and president of Fotolia, LLC.

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