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Contents:

Overview:

Starting May 1st watch Classic GIFTS films every day for 7 weeks www.youtube.com/giftsfilms.

Each week GIFTS will also be airing 7 Workshops from industry professionals and the following week will feature Classic films under a specific theme or genre.

In addition to these great tips and movies, we're also giving away 7 Scholarships to GIFTS the Canadian Indie Film Camp and...a Grand Prize Choice of 1) a Vacation 2) a Video camera or 3) a Media Computer!

GIFTS 49 FILMS:

For 49 days GIFTS will be releasing a Classic Film made at the school.
Check out a list of them here!

Workshops:

Starting May 1st at YouTube.com/GIFTSfilms

Industry Professionals speak about their experiences every Monday for 7 weeks for GIFTS media producer's tutorials. These short (2 to 5 minute) workshops will cover 7 curriculum significant topics hosted by 7 industry pros beginning May 1 st for 7 consecutive weeks. The tutorials will be followed by 7 (tutorial relevant) GIFTS classic movies on our new www.YouTube.com/GIFTSfilms channel. 2-5 minute videos will be posted on the GIFTSfilms YouTube Channel every Tuesday for the School Week. Media teachers and film instructors will be able to integrate these workshops into their classes and can even use the contest itself as a class project or homework!

May 1
Workshop #1: Getting into Acting
Some great tips about becoming an actor.
Film & Television star & alumni Sonja Bennett (*Fido in theatres now)

 

May 7
Workshop #2: Film Festivals
Making a film is only the half of it.
Contemporary Award winning indie film maker Jason DaSilva
(Jason co-directs 'To Be Continued' with Colleen OHalloran and it's in production)

May 14
Workshop #3: The Sound of Media
Sound design can make your ideas come alive
Hosted by composer, musician Randy Bachman (MySpace)
(of The Guess Who, BTO and CBC show Vinyl Tap (MySpace), and recently provided voice narration and music for Willard, the Hermit of Gully Lake)

June 4
Workshop #4: Cheating Animation
Animation Tips - Making a movie efficiently.
Independant Media Producer & GIFTS Mentor Scott E. Moil


June 11 - TBA

June 18
Shooting Under Fire
Tips on how to get what you need under adversity
Canadian Indy Icon Velcrow Ripper (*Scared Sacred, Bones of the Forest )

June 25
Screenwriting
Getting your idea made
Award winning writer/director Andrew Currie (*Fido in theatres now)


YouTube Contest:

Create your own video and enter the contest:

Make a video my any means necessary! Enter an old video, or make a new one! Make a Vlog of yourself talking about why you want to go to the school, recite a poem or a song you wrote. If you don't have access to a video camera make a text only video with video editing software (almost every computer has it!). Just get a submission in there and you'll get the chance to win a Scholarship to Canada's Indie Film Boot-Camp for a week! Check out the film school's website GIFTSFILMS.com for a peek at the school.

Here's what it takes:

    1. Join our YouTube group
    2. Subscribe to GIFTSfilms YouTube Channel
    3. Add a movie to our GIFTS Lucky 7 group on You Tube
    4. Include the following text when filling in your video information
    5. Fill out the Contest Registration form.
For a more details on how to enter click here to see the detailed requirements below.

Prizes:

7 Scholarships:

The contest runs for 7 weeks starting May 1st and each week we're giving away a FULL TUITION Media Intensive Program SCHOLOARSHIP to the 7 videos that show the most creative potential and passion for film making. Production value does not matter, we'll teach you that when you win the contest and come to the school for a week!

GIFTS Lucky 7 Contest runs from May 1 - June 25th 2007.

Each of the 7 Scholarships are for a week long Media Intensive Program (MIP) at GIFTS. Full Tuition value is $740.00! Transportaion to Galiano Island, expenses, and Room & Board at the School ($295.00 for the week) must be covered by the winners and is not included in the prize. Winners of the scholarships must be at least 11 years old to attend the film school. See the GIFTSfilms website for details about the various focuses of the Media Intensive Programs.

  • May 7th the first Scholarship was awarded to the very passionate Tony Stockart film "Noice Mate!"

Grand Prize:

The Grand Prize will be given away on June 25th, one week after the final scholarship is given away. The Grand Prize goes to the contest video that fulfills all the contest requirements and has the most views gained during the contest. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube after May 1, 2007.

The winner recieves:

A FULL TUITION SCHOLARSHIP to the month long Independant Media Producers Program

   AND

Chooses one of the following additional Grand Prizes:

1- A weeklong trip to San Juan Del Sur on the Pacific Coast complete with personal surfing lessons!
2- A brand new laptop ($1000 max) with video editing software to help you create videos.
3- A new video camera ($1000 max) to film even better videos.

* For videos with multiple creators a monetary prize of $1000 can be split between them.

Winner of the Grand Prize must be 18 or older in order to attend the Independant Media Producers Program at GIFTS or to take the trip to San Juan Del Sur. If the winner is under 18 years old they may substitute a weeklong Media Intensive program for teens or pre-teens. Transportaion to Galiano Island, expenses, and Room & Board at the School ($995.00 for the month) must be covered by the winners and is not included in the prize.

**For information about GIFTS courses click here to view the website.

Award Dates & Workshop Releases:

Detailed Requirements and for contest Entries:

  1. Join our YouTube group at www.youtube.com/group/GIFTSlucky7
  2. Subscribe to GIFTSfilms YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/giftsfilms
  3. Add a Video to our GIFTS Lucky 7 Contest group on YouTube.
      • Video MUST be added to YouTube AFTER May 1st, 2007
      • Submissions must be original*
      • Submissions must be less than 5 minutes
      • Content must comply with YouTube Codes of Conduct
  4. Include the following text when filling in your video information:
    1. Title your film: RE: GIFTSlucky7Contest: [then name of your film]
    2. Include www.GIFTSfilms.com in your description
    3. Include the GIFTSfilms, and GIFTS in your tags
  1. Fill out and Submit the Registration form Info AFTER your video has successfully uploaded to YouTube
 

REGISTRATION FORM: (fill this out after your film has been successfully uploaded)

YouTube Username:

Video Submission Title:

Email Address:  

First Name: Last Name:

I am older than 13

Phone Number:

Address:

City: Country:

Postal Code:

If you prefer simply input the above information into an email and send it directly to [email protected]
If for any reason the form does not work please send the equivilent information directly to [email protected]

Within 24 hours you will recieve a reply from a GIFTS Lucky 7 representative stating we have recieved your registration information. The response does not imply you have fullfilled all contest requirements, only that your registration information was successfully sent.

 

Links:

YouTube Channel: youtube.com/GIFTSfilms

YouTube Contest: youtube.com/group/GIFTSlucky7

Contact us at: [email protected]

 

The Gulf Islands Film and Television School

www.giftsfilms.com

 

Disclaimers:

All personal information you provide via the Website will be treated as private and confidential. We will not sell, rent, trade or give away any user's personal information or email lists to third parties without first obtaining the user's consent.

*All Videos submitted must be the original work of Participant or have exressn permission of the copyright holder of additional works included in the production. Everything used needs copyright clearance if not created by the Participant. Entries must not contain the trademarks, designs, copyrighted works, intellectual property, names, likenesses or images of any person or entity or otherwise infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks privacy, publicity or other intellectual property rights of any person or entity. The Organizers reserve the right to delete any contest entries that do not fulfill the contest guidelines without contacting the Participant. If your video is not appearing in the contest please contact the contest organizers at [email protected].

The Organizers are not responsible for any incorrect, inaccurate, illegible, incomplete, lost, late, damaged, destroyed, misdirected or unintelligible entries or information, which will be disqualified, or for failed, partial or garbled computer transmissions, whether caused by the website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions in the Contest for reasons which are beyond the The Organizers' control. The Organizers does not assume responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries for reasons which are beyond the The Organizers' control. The Organizers are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line-systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software or failure of email on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or combination thereof, including injury or damage to participants or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in the Contest except to the extent that any death or personal injury is caused by the negligence of the Organizers.

All rules, dates, processes, criteria, details, and prizes are subject to change at any time with or without prior notice. For instance, as of the 4th of May you no longer have to change your tags each week to be eligible for the next weeks Scholarship award. The Week entry tag has been removed from the required steps to win. Also note that any videos must be uploaded to You Tube after the 1st of May 2007 to be eligible to win any prizes.

If, in the organizers' opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering with any portion of the Contest, or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the Contest, the Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to void any entries at issue (including disqualifying any individual who tampers with the entry process), and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest, in whole or in part, at any time without notice.

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