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We are grateful that all sessions
of 2009 summer camp have ended successfully in the shadow of
swine flu outbreak. To celebrate Sino Language Gateway's 7th
remarkable year and to continue our effort of bringing the best
China experience to worldwide youth, a video competition "My
China Experience" will be broadcasted on KMT32 TV station in the
Bay Area in the Fall of 2009.
Purpose:
Understand, accept, and appreciate a different culture is a
crucial component of the cherished tradition of American
education. Travel abroad broaden and deepen students'
educational experience.
"My China Experience" video competition on TV is designed to encourage
appreciation of Chinese culture, discovery of shiny, tiny things
in students' trip to China, and reward those whose talents never
fail to impress audience.
You are invited to to
share your China experience by submitting a short video with
photos and a story.
Download the event flyer:
English
Chinese
Event
Organizers:
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Sino Language Gateway |
World Channel TV |
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China Press |
Sina.com (North America) |
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Deadline:
11/05/2009. Videos received before 10/20/09 will
receive special awards sponsored by SFSU Confucius Institute.
Video
Submission: 1) Upload video to
http://www.4shared.com
(login email: contest@sinolanguage.org, password: chinavideo)
AND email to
contest@sinolanguage.org info
required on
Entry Form, OR
2) Mail a DVD and the
Entry Form to Sino
Language Gateway, P.O.Box 23634, San Jose, CA 95153.
Acceptable File Format: common video format such as .avi,
.mov, or .mpg.
Participant: Sino Language program participants of
any year, or anyone who is 25 years old or younger and visited
China at least once in your life
Entering Qualification:
consists of video, photo, music, painting, cartoon, or text.
Photo and video must originally shot in China. Music,
painting, cartoon, or text maybe added to enhance the photo or
video.
Length: 1-2 minutes
Contents: 1. Opening 2. Subject matter 3. Ending
Competition piece may include as many Themes and Presenting
Methods listed below as desired, but must include at least
one Theme and one Presenting Method to enter the
competition.
Theme: city, people, life, culture, place,
differences / similarities, interesting findings
Presenting Method: voiceover, subtitle, serious, humor,
funny, cool
Prize:
To promote videos of high quality, Sino Language Gateway
selects the best works, and awards them with prizes. Prizes
include
1st prize: iPod touch or e-English/Chinese dictionary + IQChinese courseware (total value $500)
2nd prize: iPod nano or e-English/Chinese dictionary +
IQChinese courseware (total value $350)
3rd prize: IQChinese courseware (value $200)
All prize-winners will receive photography book "Landscapes
of China" (value $120) sponsored by Anne Xu, Gold and Silver
medals winner of China Photographic Art Exhibition and Int'l
Photographic Salons
All participants win Participation Awards (value $30)
sponsored by The Confucius Institute of SFSU
Media
Exposure: Videos of
the top 3 winners will be broadcasted on
http://events.sina.com/chinavideo/. Photos of the
top 3 winners will be published on China Press (if your video
consists of photos).
Selection
Criteria: In making their selections, judges look for
Watch a
sample video: click
here for a video
made by a U.S. high school student. You could make a better one!
(Note: the .wmv file here is for demo purpose only. The
competition does not accept video in .wmv)
Need
help? Only have photos? No problem. click
here
for instructions of making photo-movie and adding music.
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