2008 Winners:
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2008 Earth Month Teen Video Contest Kickoff:
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Create and produce television public service announcements!
When it rains, water flows over streets and yards carrying pollutants it
picks up into storm drains. What's in the streets flow directly into our
streams and the ocean. The City and County of Honolulu Earth Month Teen
Video (Pollution Prevention) Contest Pollution Prevention Campaign wants YOU
to create and produce a 26-second television public service announcement to
build awareness of citizen responsibilities, including individual actions to
protect and improve the quality of our local waters.
Judging
A panel of judges will select the finalist and winners.
Video categories are:
- Erosion Control
- Nutrients
- Recycling
- Community action to protect our streams
Best Overall Target Audience: Students grades 6-12
Videos will be judged as follows:
Content (40 percent of score):
- Is the message clear?
- Is information accurate
and pertinent?
- If any third-party is used, have appropriate release or
licenses been secured?
- Effectiveness/Impact (30 percent of score): does the video appeal to
- target audience?
- Does it make an impact on audience?
- Creativity (30 percent of score): Is the video the original work of
students that has not previously been broadcast on television?
- Is it
creative?
Finalists will be chosen in each of the 5 categories.
Fame
All finalists will be notified by Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Winners will
be recognized at the Earth Month Kickoff sponsored by the City and County of
Honolulu Storm Water Quality Branch on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at Kapolei
Hale. The winning videos will air on KHON2, KGMB, KITV, KHNL, and Hawaii's
Goes Fishing will air the videos in April 2008.
Important Dates to Remember
- February 3, 2009 Entry Deadline
- March 4, 2009 Winners Announced
Video Entrance and Submission Guidelines
All entries must be from the following schools:
- Aiea Intermediate School
- Campbell High School
- Farrington High School
- Kaiser High School
- Kalaheo High School
- Kamehameha Middle School'
- Kapolei High School
- Moanalua High School
- Nanakuli High School
- Waianae High School
- Waianae Intermediate School
- Waipahu High School
Videos must be the team's own original work. Assistance from a
professional production company is not allowed.
All entries must include:
- One original, fully produced 26-second video with title.
- Completed and signed entry form, including the Entry Release Form for image and Video for each team.
- Copies of any necessary releases or licenses required to use third-party content. It is the entrant's responsibility that all the necessary forms and
releases are completed. Incomplete entries will be disqualified.
- All entry material must be submitted together, and each piece should be
clearly labeled with the team name, video title and school. Teams may submit
multiple entries in the same or different categories.
- All entries become the property of the City and County of Honolulu
Department of Environmental Services and cannot be returned.
Students must complete and sign a separate entry form for each video entered.
Teams may include students form different schools, but each team must
select one team leader, one sponsoring school and sponsoring teacher. Awards
will be given to the sponsoring school.
Video Format Requirements
Length: 26-seconds, maximum
NTSC: 4:3 interlaced
Timebase: 29.97 fps
Frame size: 720 x 480 (preferred) 640 x 480
Audio: 32/48kHz (48kHz preferred), 12/16 bit (16 bit preferred), stereo/mono (stereo preferred)
File format: .avi, .mov or .mpeg
Media: Mini DV tape (preferred), CD or Data DVD
All video entries must be titled with the category, video title and school
name.
Video entries, must follow this format in this order:
15 seconds of video black.
10-second slate with the category, title and school
5 seconds of video black
Start video entry.
Only multiple entries in the same category may be submitted on a single tape or disc.
Deadline
All entries must be postmarked by February 3, 2009. No late entries will be accepted. Winners will be announced on March 4, 2009 at the awards
ceremony.
Entries should be mailed or delivered to the following address:
Earth Month Teen Video Contest
Attention: Iwalani Sato
Storm Water Quality Branch
City and County of Honolulu's Department of Environmental Services
Kapolei Hale
1000 Uluohia Street, Suite 303
Kapolei, HI 96707
Educational Workshop
DATE: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
TIME: 3:45 - 5:30 pm
LOCATION: Kapolei High School Courtyard, between G and H buildings
THEME: Be An Everyday Environmental Hero!
DESCRIPTION: Being an Everyday Environmental Hero starts at home with simple actions you can do everyday to protect our waters ... for life!
THREE A's
Be AWARE of your legal obligation in polluted runoff.
Take ACTION and change habits that can make a difference to protect our waters ... for life! The goal is to minimize pollutants, with focus on floatables, nutrients, sediments, used oil, pesticides and fertilizers
Report ACTIVITIES that may adversely affect streams, drainage channels and the ocean.
City and County of Honolulu Storm Water Quality Branch, Department of Environmental Services, Division of Environmental Quality and partner agencies will host 5 educational stations on:
- erosion and sediment control: Please see our new DVD on Best Management Practices For Construction Sites in Hawaii
- phosphorous
Use low-phosphate or phosphate-free detergents.
When landscaping your yard, select plants that have low requirements for water, fertilizers, and pesticides.
Cultivate plants that discourage pests. Minimize grassed areas which require high maintenance.
Preserve existing trees, and plant trees and shrubs to help prevent erosion and promote infiltration of water into the soil.
Restore bare patches in your lawn as soon as possible to avoid erosion.
Leave lawn clippings on your lawn so that nutrients in the clippings are recycled and less yard waste goes to landfills.
Compost your yard trimmings. Compost is a valuable soil conditioner which gradually releases nutrients to your lawn and garden. (Using compost will also decrease the amount of fertilizer you need to apply.) In addition, compost retains moisture in the soil and thus helps you conserve water.
Spread mulch on bare ground to help prevent erosion and runoff.
Test your soil before applying fertilizers. Over- fertilization is a common problem, and the excess can leach into ground water or contaminate rivers or lakes. Also, avoid using fertilizers near surface waters. Use slow- release fertilizers on areas where the potential for water contamination is high, such as sandy soils, steep slopes, compacted soils, and verges of water bodies. Select the proper season to apply fertilizers: Incorrect timing may encourage weeds or stress grasses. Do not apply pesticides or fertilizers before or during rain due to the strong likelihood of runoff.
Keep storm gutters and drains clean of leaves and yard trimmings. (Decomposing vegetative matter leaches nutrients and can clog storm systems and result in flooding.)
Clean up after your pets. Pet waste contains nutrients and pathogens that can contaminate surface water
- recyling
- community action and green best management practices
- video tips
Contest rules, submittals and schedule will be reviewed during the last 15 minutes.
Contest information and entry forms are available online at www.cleanwaterhonolulu.com. The Earth Month Teen Video Contest is by invitation only. Sponsored by the City and County of Honolulu Storm Water Quality Branch, KHON2, Lex Brodie's Tire Company and GeoTech Solutions, Inc.
Contest Details
Final video submittals are due on Friday, February 6, 2009, winners will be announced on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at the Earth Month awards ceremony; please pencil in this date, you are requested to attend. Videos will play on TV. The videos will also be featured in the Earth Month supplement; they will also be on view at www.cleanwaterhonolulu.com.
