Attention, filmmakers! The National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability is sponsoring a video contest entitled, "How do you get enough?" NCHPAD is a nonprofit organization focused on physical activity and health promotion for people with disabilities.
Being physically active is good for every body. This is especially true for people with disabilities who tend to participate in less physical activity, carry excess weight, and have higher rates of chronic heart disease and other health conditions. The intention of this video contest is to illustrate to society that people with disabilities do live healthy active lifestyles as well as share various ways to get physical activity for individuals with disabilities and activity limitations.
Whether it's indoor or outdoor, recreational or competitive, solo or team, easy or intensive, show us (and the rest of the world) how you (successfully or unsuccessfully) get enough activity in a 1- to 10-minute video clip! See the video contest rules below.
3 Entry Types:
2 winners in each category will be selected. Winners will be posted on www.ncpad.org after August 1, 2011.
- Completed Videos
- 1st Prize - $1,250
- 2nd Prize - $500
- Raw Video Footage - a chance to win along with your video professionally edited
- 1st Prize- $750
- 2nd Prize -$250
- Conceptual Scripts - a chance to win along with your video professionally filmed and edited
- 1st Prize-$350
- 2nd Prize-$150
Rules and Eligibility
1. Video clips must address the question: How do you get enough physical activity? Each entry must be creative, original, and appeal to an inclusive audience but must represent (in some manner) a disability, health condition, or activity limitation.
2. We encourage individuals of all disabilities and activity limitations to submit and appear in video submissions, though we acknowledge the existence of hidden disabilities and health conditions, so we suggest using creative ways to share your stories. We also urge submissions to be authentic in representation of disability and reserve the right to investigate the authenticity of a health condition that is represented in a submission.
3. Entries promoting the use of alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs, violence, firearms or weapons, profanity, or inappropriate or obscene gestures or that are sexually explicit in nature will be disqualified. Also, avoid breaking copyright laws or using brand names or logos in your video. Submissions may be removed at NCHPAD staff's discretion.
Submission Requirements
4. Each individual may submit up to 3 entries. Entry forms must be submitted with each video submission. Entries without a form will not be reviewed. Please mail or email all entries to:
NCPAD
1640 West Roosevelt Road, Suite 711
Chicago, IL 60608
mmccal1@uic.edu
5. All selected entries will appear on www.ncpad.org and/or the NCHPAD YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/NCPAD.
6. Entries should be submitted in the following formats:
a. Completed videos must be sent in raw avi format and be no longer than 10 minutes.
b. Raw video footage must be sent either as a MiniDV tape or unedited raw avi.
c. Conceptual scripts should be sent as a MS Word Document or PDF and should be appropriate for a 1-10 minute video.
7. NCHPAD will email a confirmation once the video has been received. Therefore, we are not responsible for lost entries, email errors, etc. in the submissions process.
8. Entrants must have exclusive rights to the submitted video. By entering the NCHPAD Video Contest, you are acknowledging that the National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability will gain exclusive rights to the video upon submission along with any modifications or changes that may be made, and by submitting your video, there is no compensation other than the prizes listed above for winners.
9. We reserve the right to post your video. If you are not a winner, we may still decide to post your video. If so, you will be compensated and cited as the filmmaker. If your film/video is not selected as a winner or finalist, we cannot provide feedback on our decision.
10. Disability-specific organizations are welcome to aid and submit video entries on behalf of an individual with a disability. Full-time employees of the National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability are not eligible to participate in the Contest.You must be a U.S.citizen or legal resident to enter and win.
11. All entries must be received by Friday, May 13, 2011.
Video Contest form can be downloaded here
Send your questions and comments to Jenny Carlton, NCHPAD News Editor, at jcarlto1@uic.edu.