ASK your media specialist for more information.  Your media specialist will be happy to help teach your children the research and production process!

Please view a sampling of our county's superior student media festival projects!

• All projects must adhere to the Fair Use Guidelines.  Students must have written permission from the owner of copyrighted work that is used that do not fall under Fair Use Guidelines.

• Learn more about COPYRIGHT and the FAIR USE GUIDELINES, click here.

• All projects must be produced exclusively by students.

• Students may work individually, as a group, as a class, or as a student organization on an entry.

• Project entries may deal with any suitable theme or subject.

• Entries that more than one student worked on will be grouped by the age of the oldest participant.

• Any entry complete after the 2007 State Media Festival may enter.

• Entries will be judged on the following criteria: Content & Organization, Technical Quality, and General Effectiveness.

• Projects must score Superior to move on to the next level (96-100)

• Keep a copy of your project before submitting it. 

• If your school has projects qualify for the State Media Festival, your school will have to send judge(s) to the festival. 

Production Types:

Group One

Standard Photo Essay:
*Projects are not eligible for entry into the International Student Media Festival.
 

Students take original photographs on one theme. 

Photos are arranged on a FREE STANDING cardboard or foam display board.  The display board may not be larger than 48" X 36" in size and 24" in depth.

Students may include a title and captions for the photos. 

Group Two

Sequential Stills:
Students may use computer programs such as Quicktime, PowerPoint, etc. to create a fixed order presentation.  The presentation may include still images, photographs, video , text, music, and/or narration. Projects can be submitted on VHS, miniDV, floppy disk, CD or DVD. There are three types of sequential still projects: regular, electronic picture book, and electronic photographic essay.

(Class Project using Teacher Created Template K-5 ONLY)
A teacher may create a sequential still project template, and student must produce the work to fill the template.  This project option is for younger students who are learning how to create multimedia projects.

Animation:
Student animation may be drawn on paper or created using a computer and entered on a video tape.  Student animation may utilize clay, objects, or other three dimensional "real" models.  If the project includes some live action, it is still considered part of the animation production type.

Live Action:
Students may produce dramas, comedies, documentaries, commercials, news shows, talk shows, interviews, instructional presentation, or public service announcements, just to name a few possibilities.  This type of production may require students to become actors, instructors, hosts, and/or narrators.  Students may add titles, credits, overlays, and computer editing.

Interactive Stills:
Students may create images and place them in a presentation where the viewer may chose the order by using interactive buttons and/or buttons to navigate through the presentation. These presentation may include text, music, video clips, and narration.

Website:
Students may create a website and site map of the site.  The website may be submitted in the following formats: PC formatted floppy disk, CD, mini-DV, or VHS tape.  Websites that advance to the International Student Media Festival must be available for Internet viewing.

Possible Purposes

Informational: The primary purpose is to give the viewer information without persuading them.  News programs, personal websites, biographies are a few examples.

Documentary: The purpose is to document an event, topic, or person.  Entries may be based on research.  Documentaries are factual.

Instructional: The purpose is to teach the viewer how to do something. An example might be a tutorial or an interactive game with assessment.

Persuasive/ Public Service Announcement:
The purpose is to convince viewers to adopt a point of view or change public opinion.  The focus should be positive.  The presentation should be 30-60 seconds in length.

Entertainment: The purpose is to amuse the viewer.  The presentation may be fiction or non-fiction.  Some possible examples include: music videos, game shows, magic shows, and variety shows.