Cadet Recruiting Video Contest

Posted by Maj Paul Cianciolo on November 1st, 2009 filed in Cadet Programs, Public Affairs

Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters is looking for a recruiting video that focuses on what cadets can do in their first year of membership.  This contest to open to all current CAP members.  The first place prize is a 8GB iPod Nano, and the second place prize is a 4GB iPod Shuffle.

The video will need to demonstrate the positive cadet life that CAP offers, and it will need to be functional for all units.  Do not refer to unit names or specific titles of activities.   It should focus on recruiting prospective members unfamiliar with Civil Air Patrol, so the use of acronyms should be minimal.

How to Enter:

During the Submission Phase, visit http://www.youtube.com/group/CAPCadetPrograms, and join the group.  Once logged in to your YouTube account, upload your video onto the group page, placing your CAPID and e-mail address in the description.  By uploading your submission, you agree that your submission conforms to the submission guidelines and content restrictions, detailed below, and that CAP may remove your submission and disqualify you from the contest if believed that your submission fails to conform to the guidelines and restrictions.

Submission Guidelines:

• The submission must be in a standard format that allows uploading to YouTube (Flash Video FLV, Mobile 3GPP, Mobile 3GPP2, MPEG MPG, MPEG 4 MP4, QuickTime MOV, Windows ASF, Windows AVI, Windows WMV);
• The submission must not exceed five minutes in length;
• The submission must comply with the YouTube standards http://www.youtube.com/t/terms; and
• The master files must have a resolution of at least 480 pixels and be able to be sent on DVD to HQ CAP/CP.

Content Restrictions:

• The submission must not contain material that violates or infringes someone’s rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement, including copyrighted music or logos of any sort;
• The submission must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortuous, defamatory, slanderous or libelous;
• The submission must not contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, age, color, religion, nationality, or disability; and
• The submission must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any jurisdiction where the submission is created.

Grading Criteria:

• Clarity of Concept/Information Presented. Does the information make sense? Is it factual? Is it poignant? Is there a “call to action?”
• Editing Cohesion. Does the video flow from start to finish in a viewable and visually “packaged” manner?
• Style. Are the camera-angles/type/voice-over unique and appealing? Would you want to watch the video you just made?

Timing:

The contest begins Nov 2 at 12:00 a.m., Central Time (”CT”), ends Jan 31at 11:59 p.m., CT.  Sceening and judging will take place Feb 1-28.  And the winners will be announced Mar 15.