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Utah High School Film Festival Categories
Highlight Reel 3 min. – Judged by UHSFF Directors - Sample
Create a highlight reel of any person, place or thing in or out of school. You may not use game/coaches film or Rocky music (i.e., Eye of the Tiger).
PSA (Public Service Announcement) 60 sec - Sample
Create a PSA that focusses on improving social welfare such as: anti-smoking, -drug or -alcohol use, volunteering, civic beautification, etc.
Patriotic PSA More Info 60 sec. – Judged by The Freedom Foundation
Are you proud to be an American? Create a PSA that shows your love of freedom and country. What is liberty? WHy do you love America? What makes it great?
Video Soup 2 min. – Judged by UHSFF Directors - Sample
This category is for experimental videos that don’t fit in any other category. Videos entered because they exceed another category’s time limits (e.g., commercials longer than 60 sec.) won’t be considered.
Comedy 2 min. – Judged by UHSFF Student Advisers - Sample
What do you think is funny? Tell a humorous story that will have everyone rolling on the floor!
Music Video 3 1/2 min. – Judged by UHSFF Directors - Sample
Create a music video to your favorite song, or better yet, your own song. Often times, great music videos tell great stories and are entertaining.
Short Film 8 min. – Judged by SLCC Communication Students - Sample
A short film must tell a story. Think beginning, middle, end, climax, & denouement. “Mock-umentaries” can be entered here.
5 Sec. Comedy 5 sec. – Judged by UHSFF Student Advisers - Sample
Can you make someone laugh in 5 seconds? This is your chance! Tell a funny story in exactly 5 seconds.
Scholarship PSA More Info | Entry Form Exactly 30 or 60 sec. – Judged by UHEAA - Sample
Create a humorous video either that follows the theme: Convince your friends that they need to file the FAFSA.
Commercial 60 sec. – Judges - Sample
Create a clever, funny, memorable commercial advertising a school-related product, event or activity.
News Story 2 min. – Judged by The News Hour
Broadcast journalism is all about presenting information in the most effective way possible. Each entry should effectively communicate the who, what, when, where and how of the topic.
Animation 2 min. – Sample
Tell a story using your animation skills. This includes stop motion, Flash animations, computer or hand-drawn animations.
48 hr. Shootout 5 min. – Judges Coming Soon!
Get your friends and plan, shoot, and edit a video in just 2 days! The topic and requirements will be published in April 2012.
Documentary 8 min. – Judged by BYU Film Students - Sample
This is an engaging, in-depth, non-fiction look at an event, person, place or thing. No “mock-umentaries.”
Create a highlight reel of any person, place or thing in or out of school. You may not use game/coaches film or Rocky music (i.e., Eye of the Tiger).
PSA (Public Service Announcement) 60 sec - Sample
Create a PSA that focusses on improving social welfare such as: anti-smoking, -drug or -alcohol use, volunteering, civic beautification, etc.
Patriotic PSA More Info 60 sec. – Judged by The Freedom Foundation
Are you proud to be an American? Create a PSA that shows your love of freedom and country. What is liberty? WHy do you love America? What makes it great?
Video Soup 2 min. – Judged by UHSFF Directors - Sample
This category is for experimental videos that don’t fit in any other category. Videos entered because they exceed another category’s time limits (e.g., commercials longer than 60 sec.) won’t be considered.
Comedy 2 min. – Judged by UHSFF Student Advisers - Sample
What do you think is funny? Tell a humorous story that will have everyone rolling on the floor!
Music Video 3 1/2 min. – Judged by UHSFF Directors - Sample
Create a music video to your favorite song, or better yet, your own song. Often times, great music videos tell great stories and are entertaining.
Short Film 8 min. – Judged by SLCC Communication Students - Sample
A short film must tell a story. Think beginning, middle, end, climax, & denouement. “Mock-umentaries” can be entered here.
5 Sec. Comedy 5 sec. – Judged by UHSFF Student Advisers - Sample
Can you make someone laugh in 5 seconds? This is your chance! Tell a funny story in exactly 5 seconds.
Scholarship PSA More Info | Entry Form Exactly 30 or 60 sec. – Judged by UHEAA - Sample
Create a humorous video either that follows the theme: Convince your friends that they need to file the FAFSA.
Commercial 60 sec. – Judges - Sample
Create a clever, funny, memorable commercial advertising a school-related product, event or activity.
News Story 2 min. – Judged by The News Hour
Broadcast journalism is all about presenting information in the most effective way possible. Each entry should effectively communicate the who, what, when, where and how of the topic.
Animation 2 min. – Sample
Tell a story using your animation skills. This includes stop motion, Flash animations, computer or hand-drawn animations.
48 hr. Shootout 5 min. – Judges Coming Soon!
Get your friends and plan, shoot, and edit a video in just 2 days! The topic and requirements will be published in April 2012.
Documentary 8 min. – Judged by BYU Film Students - Sample
This is an engaging, in-depth, non-fiction look at an event, person, place or thing. No “mock-umentaries.”
Festival Rules
General Guidelines:
Creative video productions that are entered into the Utah High School Film Festival should reveal skill, imagination, creativity and the power of visual storytelling. The UHSFF places value on the truths revealed through the events, disappointments, joys and conflicts we all experience. Although UHSFF is open to diverse interpretations of this human experience, we will accept for competition only those productions that avoid being gratuitously or explicitly violent, obscene or overtly sexual. Likewise, UHSFF contest entries should avoid youth involved in risky, questionable, or illegal activities without also examining the outcomes, ramifications or consequences of those activities.
1. Content
Teachers/Advisers are responsible for the content of each entry. Don’t show or glamorize explicit drug use, tobacco or alcohol consumption in any way. Gratuitous violence is not accepted. Any violence in a production must be an integral part of the story. Sexual references, innuendo, and dramatization is not accepted. Don’t use any profanity or vulgarity whatsoever. All entries should not exceed a PG rating and should following state “safe school” policies.
3. Video Submission
Each school is allowed to submit two (2) videos per category, except in the case of the “5 Sec. Comedy” in which schools are allowed to submit five (5) videos. All entries must be uploaded by April 6, 2012. Late entries will not be accepted. Entries for the 2012 Festival will be submitted via the UHSFF website and/or your school’s Youtube page. Each entry must keep within the respective category time limits. Entries exceeding the time limitations will be disqualified. In the case of the “Video Soup” category, any video that is submitted that could reasonably fit into another category, regardless of time limits, will not be considered.
3. Obey Copyright Laws
We strongly encourage strict adherence to copyright law. Please use royalty-free music or be able to show permission to use commercially-owned media. Exceptions will be made in the “Highlight Reel” and “Music Video” categories. Additionally, plagiarism is not accepted. Each video should be an original work. Do not “remake” a commercial video exactly as it appears. Do not submit a re-edited verson of a commercial video that you didn’t shoot.
4. Teacher/Adviser Participation
Teachers/Advisers must not participate in any way on students’ entries other than in a strictly advisory capacity. Each entry should be considered a “final” and not a “teaching/learning” activity. Teachers are primarily responsible for the submission of videos. In the case of a student-submitted video, the respective teacher will be notified and will have final say as to whether or not the video will be considered.
Creative video productions that are entered into the Utah High School Film Festival should reveal skill, imagination, creativity and the power of visual storytelling. The UHSFF places value on the truths revealed through the events, disappointments, joys and conflicts we all experience. Although UHSFF is open to diverse interpretations of this human experience, we will accept for competition only those productions that avoid being gratuitously or explicitly violent, obscene or overtly sexual. Likewise, UHSFF contest entries should avoid youth involved in risky, questionable, or illegal activities without also examining the outcomes, ramifications or consequences of those activities.
1. Content
Teachers/Advisers are responsible for the content of each entry. Don’t show or glamorize explicit drug use, tobacco or alcohol consumption in any way. Gratuitous violence is not accepted. Any violence in a production must be an integral part of the story. Sexual references, innuendo, and dramatization is not accepted. Don’t use any profanity or vulgarity whatsoever. All entries should not exceed a PG rating and should following state “safe school” policies.
3. Video Submission
Each school is allowed to submit two (2) videos per category, except in the case of the “5 Sec. Comedy” in which schools are allowed to submit five (5) videos. All entries must be uploaded by April 6, 2012. Late entries will not be accepted. Entries for the 2012 Festival will be submitted via the UHSFF website and/or your school’s Youtube page. Each entry must keep within the respective category time limits. Entries exceeding the time limitations will be disqualified. In the case of the “Video Soup” category, any video that is submitted that could reasonably fit into another category, regardless of time limits, will not be considered.
3. Obey Copyright Laws
We strongly encourage strict adherence to copyright law. Please use royalty-free music or be able to show permission to use commercially-owned media. Exceptions will be made in the “Highlight Reel” and “Music Video” categories. Additionally, plagiarism is not accepted. Each video should be an original work. Do not “remake” a commercial video exactly as it appears. Do not submit a re-edited verson of a commercial video that you didn’t shoot.
4. Teacher/Adviser Participation
Teachers/Advisers must not participate in any way on students’ entries other than in a strictly advisory capacity. Each entry should be considered a “final” and not a “teaching/learning” activity. Teachers are primarily responsible for the submission of videos. In the case of a student-submitted video, the respective teacher will be notified and will have final say as to whether or not the video will be considered.