CWEA Nomination Form

Community Engagement and Outreach Committee

2017 Film Festival

CWEA Nomination Form

Community Engagement and Outreach Committee

2017 Film Festival

SHOWCASE YOUR TRAINING OR PUBLIC EDUCATION VIDEOS AT THE 2017 ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN PALM SPRINGS, CA

The Film Festival is your opportunity to showcase training and public education videos produced by your agency. Awards will be given in the following categories:

Public Education / Training
Amateur / YES / YES
Semi-Pro / YES / YES
Professional / YES / YES

NEW THIS YEAR: AWARD SUBMISSIONS ON YOUTUBE

This year’s nominations will be featured on a CWEA YouTube “channel” designed specifically for Film Festival entries and past winners. See below on how to enter to get your video in the competition and on the site.

You can visit the site at any time: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVmNsA-Io3Skb28E9AyOdXu9B2Bha_V7E

AWARDS

A first and second place award will be given in both categories under each classification. Judging will be done by members of the CWEA Community Engagement and Outreach Committee and/or by a committee appointed by the CWEA Board. Award winners will be featured and awards will be presented at the 2017 Annual Conference in Palm Springs.

Start thinking NOW about your entry… it’s not too early!

GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES FOR PARTICIPATION

CATEGORIES: Films should be based on information and issues relating to the field of wastewater in California, including but not limited to operations, source control, safety and laboratory. There are two award categories:

1.  PUBLIC EDUCATION: films produced to inform the public or change public behaviors or attitudes

2.  TRAINING: films produced to train in-house personnel

CLASSIFICATION: All submittals will be grouped for review according to one of three classifications based on the film producer’s level of expertise:

AMATEUR: The film producer must be one of the following:

·  a high school or college student who did not use professional support

·  an individual who did not produce the film as part of his/her profession, and was not paid for the production, or

·  an employee who produced the film in-house, who is not a professional and did not use professional support.

SEMIPROFESSIONAL: The film producer must be one of the following:

·  a communications student using a professional’s talent or equipment

·  an individual or employee who isn’t a professional but is using professional support, or

·  a public information officer with film production experience

PROFESSIONAL: The film producer completed a paid production created primarily by people who work in the media production industry, the producer’s primary occupation.

HOW TO ENTER

Complete the entry form on the next page and return it to Megan Barillo () on or before March 1, 2017.

2017 Film Festival Entry Form

Nominating Agency Name:

Nominator

Name:

Address:

Phone:

Email:

Name of Video:

Category

r PUBLIC EDUCATION: films produced to inform the public or change public behaviors or attitudes

r TRAINING: films produced to train in-house personnel

Classification

See Guidelines for definitions on classification

r Amateur r Semi-Pro r Professional

Information on Submittal

Brief description of film including wastewater information/issue addressed, target audience, place of use/distribution and evaluation of effectiveness:

Budget:

Production, an overview of agency staff involvement and use of outside production assistance:

How to Submit Video

All entries must be submitted (postmarked or emailed) by March 1, 2017.

Electronically: Please email this form and attach a link to your video to

By Mail: Please mail this form and attach a DVD of your video to: Film Festival, CWEA, 7677 Oakport Street, Suite 600, Oakland, CA 94621-1935.

Copyright

CWEA assumes no liability for the loss of, or damage to any film submitted. Each nominator warrants to CWEA that he/she has full and sole copyright to all material used in the film. Copyright and ownership of all films shall remain the sole property of the producer, who grants CWEA the right to reproduce entries for dissemination and use by CWEA for informational and educational purposes. Submission of films for this competition constitutes acceptance of these conditions and all Film Festival Guidelines.