Cinema Without Sight Film Festival
Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of The Braille
Challenge®
The Cinema Without Sight
contest seeks to
inspire visually impaired youth to tap their own
creativity and tell their own story through
video. The video may be a fully scripted, acted
and edited story, or simply a collection of
images and scenes based on our theme: I am more than what I see. Either way, the goal is
to tell a story from the perspective of a blind
or visually impaired teen or young adult that
shows that although a person may be blind, blindness doesn’t define them. The top entries will
be premiered at The Braille Challenge Finals
Awards Ceremony on June 26, 2010 and posted on both
The Braille Challenge website and
YouTube. The first place winner will receive a cash
award of $1,000 at the ceremony, and he or she
and three guests will be invited to Los Angeles.
OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES:
1. Contest is open to all students in grades 7-12.
2. Video may be submitted on DVD, VHS or electronic
file.
3. The full video must be less than five minutes
long.
4. The visually impaired student does not have to be
in the video, but must be an integral part
of the filmmaking process and/or scripting the
storyline.
5. The video must not contain any material that
violates or infringes the rights of another
person or entity, including but not limited to,
rights of publicity and privacy. The entrant
represents and warrants that he or she has
permission from all individuals appearing in the
video, including the permission of parents or
guardians of minors, to use their names and/or
likenesses in the video.
6. The video must not contain any material that
violates or infringes any copyright, trademark
or other intellectual property right. Entrants are
responsible for ensuring that any footage or
music in the video is properly licensed, created by
the entrant or in the public domain.
[Note: Free source material is available at
www.creativecommons.org.]
7. The entrant shall defend and indemnify Braille
Institute® (BIA) from any third party claims
arising from or in any way connected with the
entrant’s submission of the video or BIA’s use
of the same.
8. All content must be suitable for a general
audience.
9. All material submitted shall become the property
of Braille Institute of America, Inc. (“BIA”)
and may be used in whole or in part by BIA in any
way, including, but not limited to, the
creation of a BIA product for public awareness or
promotion and the display of such product
at BIA sponsored events or on BIA’s online channels,
YouTube, or other media or outlets now
known or later developed, with or without
attribution. The license granted hereby by the
entrant to BIA shall be irrevocable, royalty-free
and non-exclusive.
10. The $1000 first place winner shall be
responsible for all federal, state and local taxes and
any other cost or expense associated with prize
acceptance. If students choose to jointly
produce a video and enter the contest as
co-entrants, each co-entrant would equally share
the $1,000 prize. Each co-entrant must submit their
own application.
11. BIA reserves the right to cancel, suspend or
modify this contest and/or the Official Contest
Rules.
12. Materials submitted will not be returned.
13. There is NO entry fee.
14. Entries must be received by BIA on or before
April 1, 2010. BIA is not responsible for late,
lost, damaged or delayed submissions which will not
be judged.
15. Submissions will be judged by a panel of movie
industry professionals and BIA staff
members.
16. Submission of an entry constitutes entrant’s
agreement that BIA may use the entrant’s
name, school, grade, image and likeness in BIA
sponsored events or on BIA’s online
channels, YouTube, or other media or outlets now
known or later developed.
TO APPLY:
Entrant’s name, address and phone number must be
clearly marked on the DVD or tape. Submit
your completed application form and a copy of your
video to:
Braille Institute
Attn: Ryan Honey, Digital Media Director
741 N. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90029
I have read and agree to the Official Contest Rules.
Student’s Signature:
____________________________________________
Parental Consent if Student Under 18 Years of Age: I
consent to my child’s participation in the
Cinema Without Sight Contest and have read and agree
to all of the Official Contest Rules.
Parent/Guardian
Signature:_______________________________________
Print Name:
__________________________________________________
If students are entering a title as co-entrants,
each must submit their own application form.
Title of Video/Film
________________________________________________________________
Student’s Last Name ________________________ First
Name __________________________
Address
__________________________________________________ Apt. No. ____________
City __________________________________________
State ________ ZIP ____________
Telephone (____)__________________
E-mail________________________________________
Name of Student’s Teacher of the Visually Impaired
___________________________________
Teacher’s Telephone (____)_________________
Teacher’s E-mail ________________________
Name of
School________________________________________________________________
Student’s Age __________ Student’s Grade __________
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Please list the first and last names and ages all
individuals involved in this production, if applicable:
Producer
_______________________________________________________________________
Director
________________________________________________________________________
Assistant Director
________________________________________________________________
Actors
_________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Script Writer
____________________________________________________________________
Director of Photography
____________________________________________________________
Production Designer
______________________________________________________________
Camera Operator
_________________________________________________________________
Editor
__________________________________________________________________________
Sound Engineer/Composer
__________________________________________________________
Production Crew
_________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
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