Contest Rules

The Show Your Reel 2010 Contest is entering its second year. Students across the state of Texas can attend workshops and tours as they develop portfolios in competition for scholarships, gear and special prizes. To be eligible, students must:

1. Be between the ages of 15 & 19 years old.

2. Live in the Greater, Austin, Houston, Dallas or San Antonio, TX areas.

3. If you are under 18, have a Community Adviser or Teacher.

4. Be a registered member of the Media Xperiments web site. (Become a member Now!)

To enter, download ShowYourReelEntryForm.doc, complete and email it to mentor@mediadiversitycouncil.org

Show Your Reel Contest Guidelines

Media Xperiments is implementing the Show Your Reel 2010 Portfolio Contest across the state of Texas in Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas.  A key component to being successful in the creative world of media is developing and maintaining a good portfolio. A portfolio can be printed and/or electronic examples of your work that help potential employers or business partners understand the range of your talent and skills.

The Show Your Reel 2010 Portfolio Contest allows students to visit a variety of media related facilities and interact directly with media professionals while they work to develop their own portfolios. At the end of the tour series, students have their portfolios evaluated by local media experts and compete for scholarships, gear and intern opportunities.

Contest Dates

Industry tours	From January 27^th to March 1^st
Artist’s Statement Due	March 1st^th
Portfolio Entries Due	March 1^st
Entries are Judged	March 3^rd – March 10^th
Awards Announced	March13^th

Contest Awards

An award will be given in six entry categories:

1. Video Production

2. Audio Production

3. Journalism

4. Graphic Design

5. Photography

6. Interactive Media

Contest Guidelines

· Entrants in the Show Your Reel Content must participate in at least 2 Industry Tours before March 1^st, 2010.

· Entrants must register on mediaxperiments.com.

· Entrants must finalize their online portfolios on mediaxperiments.com by March 1^st, 2010.

· Entrants may participate in only one category.

· There is no cost to enter.

Judging Criteria

Artist’s Statement (40% of score)

Your artist’s statement will inform the judges about the thought process behind your work. What inspires you to create? What is your vision/philosophy? What techniques and style do you use? What are the important messages that you would like to convey with your work? What are your goals for the future?

Your statement should be 200 words or less.

Note: Be sure to describe your role in creating the elements of your portfolio. For example, if you were a camera operator on a video production, but not the editor, please indicate the role you played on the production team.

Portfolio (60% of score)

Your portfolio will consist of your best examples of your media work. The requirements are different for each category:

Video Production	2-4 Digital Video excerpts from your video work in quicktime or Avi format. Should not exceed a total of 12 minutes in length.
Audio Production	2-4 Digital Audio excerpts from your audio work in mp3 format. Should not exceed a total of 12 minutes in length.
Journalism	2-4 Articles you have written, either in text format or PDF of article. Should not exceed 20 pages in length.
Graphic Design	2-6 examples of your graphic design. Provide either URLs to website
Photography	6-10 of your best photographs in digital format, each file should not be more than 1 MB.
Interactive Media	1-3 examples of interactive media that you have produced. Upload exe file not to exceed 10MB total or provide URL links to examples.