KS 3,4, 5 Video – detailed rules

by | Sep 16, 2021 | Uncategorised

Green Lives Green Planet                                    Desford Climate Change Action Group

Terms and conditions for the Secondary School environmental competition to make:

A 2 minute video with sound alerting people to the climate emergency

Here’s what we need and a few rules

  1. You need to be in Key Stage 3, 4 or 5 and live in the Desford area
  2. You need to tell us which school you’re at and which key stage
  3. Entries must be made online to mail@greenlivesgreenplanet.org and be submitted by 31st September 2021
  4. Your video can be up to 2 minutes long – but no longer! We won’t judge anything over 2 mins
  5. You can send in up to 250 words of text to accompany it
  6. You’ll need to have full copyright to the submitted material including music if used
  7. If you’re interviewing anyone or featuring anyone prominently then we’ll need to see written permission that they’re happy being on the video
  8. The videos must not include any product endorsements or contain obscene, violent, racist or defamatory content; Also we won’t be able to judge incomplete entries
  9. A maximum number of 2 entries per person will be allowed
  10. The judges will be looking for an inspiring submission which is creative and engaging and the criteria will include:
    1. Relevance of the entry to the competition topic
    2. Creativity
    3. Strength of the message
    4. Technical ability
  11. The judging panel be made up of 3 committee members of Green Lives Green Planet with head judge being Mark Shardlow who is a freelance journalist who spent more than 30 years working for the BBC, specialising in Olympic and Paralympic sport and also as the first regional Environment Correspondent working for the BBC
  12. The judges’ decision as to the winner is final for each key stage and no correspondence relating to the award will be entered in to
  13. The winners of each key stage will receive £50 and an interview and feedback session with Mark Shardlow
  14. All winners must agree to take part in any post-award publicity if required
  15. The organisers reserve the right to
    1. vary the closing date for nominations
    2. disqualify entrants who breach the rules
    3. cancel or vary the awards or any of the judging processes or criteria at any stage if it is deemed necessary
  16. Entrants will be deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions and be bound by them