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Vista

Grab a camera, convince some undiscovered actors and "get busy".

Vista is an event in which you can let loose your imaginations, capture your ideas into clips, and produce a piece of work that may enthrall one and all. Vista is a platform for all the unconventional movie makers who believe in showing their fervor.

Register for Vista

Event Structure

There are two categories in this event.

Category 1

You can select any theme that you like, but the theme that you select must be mentioned. You have to choose a theme, get the script, get together a team and make a movie.

Judging criteria for this category includes:

  1. Innovation
    1. Creative theme
    2. Script writing
    3. Acting
  2. Cinematography
    1. Camera shots and angles
  3. Editing camera work
  4. Background score, special effects
  5. Overall presentation

Guidelines

  • Maximum 5 participants in a team. But there is no restriction on the number of actors.
  • Video length should not exceed 15 minutes. Longer than limit will lead to negative marks.

Category 2

  • No script no cast
  • This category requires you to make videos like a documentary. You have to just choose a theme. Capture the clips on it and make a coherent video. Themes can be chosen according to taste.
  • Your theme may raise any social issue like slums, waste management, may cover the natural beauty, can be on a tourist place, etc.

Judging criteria includes

  • Relevance of theme
  • Camera shots and angles
  • Editing camera work
  • Background score
  • Presentation

Guidelines

  • Maximum 3 participants in a team.
  • You have to mention the coverage area and time of the video capture in the video itself.
  • Video length should not exceed 10 minutes. Longer than limit will lead to negative marks.

Rules

  • All undergraduate/ postgraduate students registered for any course are eligible for participation.
  • Single person can?t be part of a team in more than one movie in a single category. Although he/she can do acting in more than one. Anyone can participate in both categories, but can?t participate in more than one in a single category.
  • A document explaining the theme must be submitted with the movie.
  • Video can be in any language. If other than Hindi or English is used than subtitles must be included.
  • Video may contain some clippings of movies and music bits can also be used.
  • The video should not contain any obscene language or anything that may hurt religious sentiments.
  • Video can be made using any camera.
  • Software like swish, flash, Maya can be used as add-ons to your work.
  • Movies submitted must be in a format playable on Windows Media Player/ Real Player.
  • CD's submitted will not be returned.
  • Judges decision will be final.
  • Disobeying any of the above rules lead to disqualification.
  • Judges' decision will be final.
  • The coordinators reserve the right to alter any rule with regard to the event and the same shall be updated on the website regularly.

Submission details

  • Participants should send a CD containing their movie and a document explaining their theme. They should send a copy of their College ID cards along with the CD.
  • Participants can also submit their movies by uploading them on any database sites like You-tube, etc. They would then have to send an email containing a link of the movie, along with the document explaining their theme and an image of their College ID cards as attachments to vista.synapsenova@gmail.com. Subject of the mail should contain submission <team_name> <movie_name>
  • Submission can also be made personally to any of the event coordinators in a CD.

E-mail: vista.synapsenova@gmail.com

Entries from outside are to be mailed to:

Anupam Agrawal,
A-302,Hall of Residence,
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology
Near Indroda Circle
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India - 382007

Dates

Participants have to register through website before the deadline mentioned below.

Last date to register: January 29th 2010

By this date we should receive a mail from you on vista.synapsenova@gmail.comabout your confirmation of participation.

Subject of mail should contain : Register <team_name> <movie_name>

Last date of submission: Jan 29th 2010 (YouTube submission)

Feb 3rd 2010 (CD submission)

Result Declaration: Feb 7th 2010

Contact

Deepak Yadav - 09275117726

deepak_yadav@daiict.ac.in

Anupam Agrawal - 09723001522

anupam_agrawal@daiict.ac.in

Results


Category 1:

Hands - Red Wine Productions, DA-IICT (winner)
Exteroception - freaks productions, DA-IICT (runner up)

 

Category 2:

Step Forward - Bansthalites, Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Rajasthan