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Friday, December 16, 2011 is Entry Submission Deadline!
Get all forms and films into CSD by 3 p.m. CST

 

Newly Updated Show-Me a Movie
Digital Storytelling Contest for Missouri Students

Show-Me a Movie is a digital storytelling contest for Missouri students to demonstrate their creativity and digital moviemaking skills. Based on curriculum and with a content focus, the movies will showcase what students know, care about, and are able to do. Join us in this fun event!

Prizes and Judging
Cash prizes will be awarded to the different divisions of each category. In addition, judges may choose a movie or movies for special recognition. Checks will be made out to the winning schools. The judges reserve the right to switch movies into categories they deem appropriate if they feel the movies do not belong in the categories they were originally entered in.

Movie Length
Movies may have a running time of no more than 2 minutes, excluding title and credits. Movies that do not adhere to this rule may be disqualified.

Contest Timeline & Submission Guidelines

• 2011 Contest Deadline: FRIDAY, December 16th.
  Entries must be received no later than 3 p.m. Entries received after this deadline will not be considered. Mailed entries must be addressed to:
      Show-Me a Movie
      Cooperating School Districts
      Virtual Learning Center
      1460 Craig Road
      St. Louis, MO 63146

• Movies must be submitted via the web or on CD. For movies posted online, teachers are to

  rmorrison(_AT_)csd.org
  CSD the link to the film. Include Show-Me a  Movie in the email subject. Examples of acceptable websites include SchoolTube, Vimeo and YouTube. Movies must be tagged or include Show-Me in the title when uploaded to these sites.

• If submitted via CD, movies must be formatted as either QuickTime files or Windows Media Player files. DVDs will not be accepted! It is required that the school keep a master copy on file. Winners will be required to provide the movie in its original format upon request. If there are any questions regarding the format, please contact CSD. NOTE: The 2011 contest year will be the last that movies will be accepted on CD.

• Grand prizewinners and category/grade level winners showcased at the Midwest Education Technology Conference at the St. Charles Convention Center.

Divisions

• Elementary: Grades 2 - 5

• Middle: Grades 6 - 8

• High: Grades 9 - 12

Categories

• NEW! Show-Me Your Creativity: Convey a message (informational or persuasive) using music, drawings, digital photos, and/or clay models.

• Show-Me Something New: Make an instructional or how-to movie.

• Show-Me a Story: Tell a story about someone special, your school, your community.

• Show-Me a Challenge: Share local environmental concerns and social issues, which promote awareness and public action.

• Show-Me Your Community: Recount an aspect of your community/ethnic culture that is unique, significant, promotes a message, and advances a better understanding of it.
   

Rubric
The Show-Me a Movie Contest Rubric is the criteria or the measure by which performance will be rated. Each movie will be judged in these categories:

• Content
• Creativity
• Videography for Live Action or Videography for Animation
• Reflection

Student Checklist and Reflection Sheet
The student(s) upon the completion of the project will complete a checklist and reflection sheet. These forms represent the students' assessment of their completed movie, and these forms will be additional criteria the judges will use to determine if the students understood and met all the criteria of making a digital story. (Please see the Show-Me A Movie Student Checklist and the Show-Me Standards Reflection Sheet.) Each student must complete his/her own reflection sheet.The group of students submitting a movie cannot submit just one reflection. Each reflection will be scored, and an average will be taken of the group's reflections for this portion of the scoring guide. Maximum length for all questions on the reflection sheet is 200 words.

Summary of Movie
Each student movie maker or group of movie makers must also submit a short Movie Summary Sheet of what their movie is about, including the point of the movie, the purpose of the movie, and any background knowledge that the viewer must have in order to understand the movie. This can be very brief--2 to 3 sentences. It will not be scored, but will be used by the judges to help clarify if necessary.

Teacher Checklist

Each teacher will be required to fill out and submit a Teacher Checklist so that he/she can make sure all items have been properly submitted. In addition, teachers will submit a brief statement about their involvement in the movie making process with an estimate of time spent on their part.

Rules

    * Students in their respective schools are required to create movies with an advisor, (teacher and/or administrator) as an official sponsor.
    * Student work must be done during school hours or as an after school sponsored club or event.
    * Student work must be done in during the calendar year of entry.
    * Students may enter as individuals, but are encouraged to enter as teams.
    * Movies must be submitted via the web or on CD. For movies posted online, teachers are to email Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis the link to the film. Examples of websites include SchoolTube, Vimeo and YouTube. Movies must be tagged or include Show-Me in the title. Movies must be formatted as either QuickTime files or Windows Media Player files if submitted via CD. NO DVDs WILL BE ACCEPTED!! It is required that the school keep a master copy on file.Winners will be required to provide the movie in its original format upon request. If there are any questions regarding the format, please contact CSD. NOTE: The 2011 contest year will be the last that movies will be accepted on CD.
    * Movies are required to be must be no longer than two (2) minutes in length. Title of the film and credits do not have to be included in the two minutes.
    * Show-Me a Movie judges will disqualify any entry deemed inappropriate. Movies must be "family" or "G" rated.
    * The following forms are required be completed and sent by the deadline: (1) Entry Form, (2) Student Reflection Sheet; (3) Student Checklist; (4) Teacher Checklist; (5) Movie Summary Sheet and (6) Media Release Form. Storyboards are no longer required to be submitted.
    * The following forms should be kept at the school and submitted to the Show-Me a Movie contest committee upon request: (1) Media Release forms must be signed by/for everyone in the movie and (2) Appropriate permission from any copyrighted work (music, logo, prints, etc). In the event that the judging committee requests these forms, lack of proper documentation may disqualify an entry.
    * In submitting a movie, the contestants give CSD the right to publish the movie in part or in whole in any medium without additional compensation.
    * Entries will not be returned and scores will not be released.
    * Winning movies will be screened at CSD’s annual Midwest Education Technology Conference in St. Louis at the St. Charles Convention Center.
    * Decisions of the contest judges are final.

Necessary Forms
Each movie submitted must be accompanied by six forms. These are:

1. Entry Form

2. Student Reflection Sheet

3. Student Checklist (see sidebar)

4. Teacher Checklist (see sidebar)

5. Movie Summary Sheet

6. Media Release Form (see sidebar)

Teachers are encouraged to help students fill out these forms and may want to proofread them before final submittal. This is especially true of the reflection sheet. Please help students figure out which of the Missouri standards, GLEs and/or CLEs their movie falls under.

Evaluations for the Contest
We have created a rubric by which performance will be rated. The judges will rate each Show-Me a Movie entry in four categories with the following percentages of weight assigned to each category:

1. Quality of Content: Original work that achieves its stated purpose and appeals to its intended audience with good evidence of subject knowledge.

2. Creativity: Well-developed, aesthetically pleasing and adds a different angle to its content.

3. Videography (Live Action or Animation): Quality of images and sound, editing, etc.

4. Reflection: Students demonstrate how their movies have achieved Missouri content and process standards and what they have learned as a result of their project.
    

Frequently Asked Questions:

Can students from any part of Missouri enter?  Yes.

Can a teacher sponsor or advise more than one group?  Yes.

If students want to enter, but find none of their teachers willing to sponsor them, can they have another adult sponsor them?
No. Only school staff may act as sponsors.

Can a student have the same movie entered in another contest? (dual entry into multiple contests) Yes.

Will the prizes go to the students in the group or to the school?
Prizes are awarded to the school.

Will movies be rejected if they are received after 3 p.m. on the deadline date?
Yes. Schools should allow ample time for movies to arrive on time.

Does the 2 minute limit on the move length include titles and credits?
No. The content of the movie should not be more than 2 minutes in length. Longer movies will be disqualified.

Can a group of students submit one reflection sheet?
No. Each student in the group must submit his/her own reflection sheet. Their individual scores will be averaged in order to score the movie. Maximum length for the reflection is 200 words for all three questions.

What kind of support or technical help is CSD providing?
Many times, schools have their own tech support or other staff personnel, who have been trained in digital storytelling. CSD offers a class for teachers at its Craig Road facility entitled Movie Making in the Classroom. Check the class schedule at CSD.org for more information or contact Joan Forrest at

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To what extent may copyrighted material be allowed in producing a movie?
Generally, for educational use, 25% of copyrighted material, including music and sounds, can be used, according to the Fair Use Law. Trademarks should not be used unless permission is granted. Check Links below for more information on copyright.

Can DVDs be submitted?
No. Movies must be submitted via the web or on CD. Only QuickTime files or Windows Media Player files can be submitted on CD. Do not email movies as files can become corrupted and/or they may clog up the server. For movies posted online, teachers are to

the Show-Me a Movie Program Manager at CSD the link to the film. Examples of acceptable websites include SchoolTube, Vimeo and YouTube. Movies must be tagged or include Show-Me in the title.

What should we do if we are unsure about how to submit entries or what format to use?
Contact Show-Me a Movie Program Manager Rebecca Morrison at Cooperating School Districts at

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HELPFUL LINKS

Below are several links related to Copyright and Fair Use Laws. Please take a moment to review these links as we take copyright infringement very seriously and encourage students to learn about and respect these laws. After doing a bit of research, students will be able to answer some commonly asked questions, such as, Can I use any pictures I want to? Can I incorporate songs from my favorite rock music performer into my movie? How do I cite my sources?

Copyright Law of the United States of America
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/title17

The Copyright Website
http://www.benedict.com

Video Production Sites

Media Education Lab at Temple University
http://www.mediaeducationlab.com/topic/Copyright+and+Fair+Use

Copyright and Fair Use
http://fairuse.stanford.edu

BitLaw
http://www.bitlaw.com/copyright/fair_use.html

iMovie Support
http://www.apple.com/support/imovie/

How to Create Movies with Windows Movie Maker
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx

eThemes Learn How to Use Windows Movie Maker 2.1 (links to sites)
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001578.shtml

Billy Field Make a Movie Site
http://www.makeamovie.net

Digitales --Bernajean Porter's Site
http://www.digitales.us

eThemes Site with links to MovieMaker Projects
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001585.shtml

Thank you, Tech4Learning, for again being co-sponsor with
Cooperating School Districts on the Show-Me a Movie Contest.

Please download these forms as needed.

Show Me Release Form

Show Me Student Checklist

PDF Show Me Teacher Checklist