Multimedia Video Themes

This year for the very first time, we have 5 different themes in the competition. This is to encourage as much diversity as possible in your TY Class groups. They are: 

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Inspire Me  
This can include topics like People who inspire me / Places that inspire me / Inspiration in my Community / Role Models to mention a few! 


Education
Where can education lead you? The Importance of Education / Getting to College / Differences in Education in other Countries to name but a few ideas. 

Social Media
Importance of it, Benefits, Affects / Impact on Society / Teenagers, How we use it, Downside etc

The Work of Charities
Marie Keating will be involved in this category, however we encourage students to find a charity that means something to them or who works in an area they want to know more about / Promote their work. 

Friendship
This is probably the most general topic - the importance of Friendship / People who have been Friends for many years / How to make Friends - the list is endless here! 

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The Challenge: 
To create a video that will be engaging and that you think your friends or others in your age group would be likely to share on social media. This video is a tool to communicate your message to the world.
You can include whatever you think is appropriate in the video to tell your story or communicate your message. 

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Deadline:
Thursday 27th April 2017 @ 5pm

Length of video:
Your video must be a minimum of 90 seconds and a maximum of 3.5 minutes.

Requirements:
1.   Every video entry must be accompanied by an Artist's Statement (available to download from www.unitydcu.ie) which outlines information on the project group, their role in the video and why this topic was chosen.
2.   Work must be filmed and edited by the students. Extracts from other sources must be acknowledged at the end of the video in the Credits.
3.   All videos must have a Title / Name and Credits at the end.
5.   Music must be royalty free as we will be uploading the videos to YouTube and sharing it with the wider DCU Community.
6.  ‘This video was made as part of the Unity DCU Programme’ should be included in the credits of your video. 
7.   Students must work in Project Groups of no more than 4 Students (there can be exceptions, but please make me aware in advance!) 
8.  All work must be the work of the students. 

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Judging Categories in each Theme

Best Documentary 
Best Production 
Best Smart Device Video (Video filmed completely on a Smartphone / Device
Most Inspiring Story
Most Creative Idea  
Viewers Choice Award (Video that receives the most views on the UniTY YouTube Channel)  

Any further questions, please email me - darran.heaney@dcu.ie 


Best of Luck to Everyone!