Monday, April 18, 2011

2011 Video Contest: Celebrating 20 Years of Linux

source: http://video.linux.com/20th-anniversary-video-contest


The Linux Foundation this year invites you to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Linux with its annual Video Contest. For the first time ever and to mark this important milestone, the creator of Linux - Linus Torvalds - will choose the winner among the community’s favorites.

Guidelines
This year's video submissions should commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Linux in 60 seconds or less by demonstrating the impact of the operating system on computing, business and/or culture over the last 20 years and today.

This description might sound pretty general but it's not our style to tell you exactly what to do. As we've said before, Linux isn't a top-down, commercially controlled operating system. It's a grassroots product of mass collaboration. But here are a few questions to think about:

Does your video invoke emotion?
Will your video give viewers something they can self identify with and that they will want to share with others?

Can your video inspire people to try Linux?
Will your video communicate the basic values and features associated with Linux? Still looking for inspiration for your video? Check out our exclusive video created to celebrate this important anniversary: "The Story of Linux."

What You'll Win
The winner of this year’s 20th Anniversary of Linux Video Contest will win airfare, registration and hotel expenses to attend one of the following events of their choice: LinuxCon North America, LinuxCon Europe, SXSW 2012 or the LA Film Festival. The winning video will be unveiled at LinuxCon in Vancouver BC August 17-19, 2011.

Originally launched in 2009, the Linux Foundation's video contests have kicked off a storm of creativity and captured the spirit of Linux and the diversity of its community over the last few years. In its first year, the contest called on participants to consider the popular “I’m a Mac; I’m a PC” commercials and create their own videos to promote Linux. The concept was based on the idea that while Apple and Microsoft have billions of dollars in advertising budgets, Linux had the power of crowds. The winning video, by Amitay Tweeto, was titled “What Does it Mean to Be Free” and was an inspirational piece that communicated the ideals of the open source operating system.

Last year, The Linux Foundation invited participants to design an ad spot that would be worthy of running during the commercial-rich SuperBowl. The winning video put Linux in the context of the broader “green” movement, was titled “Go Linux” and was created by Anthony Stellato.

All videos submitted will be featured on this website and on our YouTube channel. To submit your video, please register here. If you're already registered, upload your video.

Contest Rules:
- Open to anyone over 18
- Contest winner to be decided by community rankings and judge Linus Torvalds.
- Each video needs to be between 30 - 60 seconds in length
- Each video cannot include copyrighted material or have illegal or offensive content; this is up to the LF to decide
- The contest opens April 6 and will close at 12:01 a.m. PDT on Saturday, July 2 2011
- This year's video submissions should commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Linux in 60 seconds or less by demonstrating the impact of the operating system on computing, business and/or culture over the last 20 years and today. The video can be an extensive production, a plain testimonial or as simple as a screen capture with a voice over. Be creative, be authentic and have fun.
- Humor is always a good way to showcase your passion.
- Judging criteria will be: originality, clarity of message and how much it inspires others to use Linux. Invoking emotion in your audience is key. Linus Torvalds will also take into account community votes on the Linux.com video site such as number of favorites and starred voting, but that is not the sole criteria for winning.
- Enter as many unique entries as you'd like. Please do not submit duplicate entries. Any entry that violates copyright protections or the Linux Foundation Terms of Use will be disqualified and removed.
- Companies or communities can have their own entry but only one individual can win. (This means there can be multiple Ubuntu or openSUSE entries but the person submitting the winning video gets to claim the prize. You can say who you're representing in the video if it's important to you.)
- Please share the videos and vote for your favorites.
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