“Be Phone Wise!”
Video Contest
What is it?
Almost everyone has or is getting a new telephone, including cell phones and landlines. Kids are getting their first cell phones at younger ages, and older generations buy new services. Yet phone bills and the choices of phone plans and phones themselves can be confusing or downright misleading!
This is an opportunity for Davis students, grades 4-8 and 9-12, to help provide our community with important public service information about telephone bills and phones, while spotlighting their creativity!
Working in groups of up to four, students produce 60-second (or shorter) videos on the topic below, then turn them in for prizes and more!
What’s in it for me?
Grand Prize Grades 9-12:
$250 dollars!
Free entry into Western Access Video Excellence Awards!
Free DVD of entries & shown on local and regional cable channels
First Place Grades 9-12: $100
Free DVD of entries & shown on local and regional cable channels
Honorable Mentions 9-12:
Free DVD of entries & shown on local and regional cable channels
Grand Prize Grades 4-8:
$250
Free entry into Western Access Video Excellence Awards!
Free DVD of entries & shown on local and regional cable channels
First Place Grades 4-8:
$100
Free DVD of entries & shown on local and regional cable channels
Honorable Mentions 4-8:
Free DVD of entries & shown on local and regional cable channels
Who can enter?
Any Davis resident who will be in grades 4-8 and 9-12 at the start of the 2013 school year (September 2012) can enter with their parent or guardian’s permission.
What do the judges want to see?
Judges are looking for students to creatively demonstrate awareness of consumer rights around telephone issues. Videos must focus on the one of the following topics:
Tips for Buying Cell Phones
Look out for Cramming
For more information about the topic, students should watch the contest topic videos at the following website: “dctv.davismedia.org/phonewise”
Each video will be evaluated on:
(50%) Content: Does it demonstrate the theme persuasively?
(25%) Creativity: Does it hold the audience’s interest?
(25%) Video Production: Can the audience clearly see and hear the video?
Winners will be announced within 10 business days, as well as announced in the Davis Enterprise.
In addition, all entries will be featured on Davis Media Access Local Cable Channel 15, on DCTV web sites, and on social media and entered in the Western Access Video Excellence Awards (WAVE).
More information, entry forms and guidelines to follow! Get ready!