Pledge Video Competition



Video Competition Submission is NOW Closed

Submitters will be notified by: Friday, March 25, 2011

What is this competition about?
Who is eligible?
How to submit a video
Rules
Prizes


What is this competition about?
The World Parkinson Coalition launched the Global Parkinson's Pledge on September 28, 2010 at the Opening Ceremony of the WPC 2010. This competition is about the Parkinson's Pledge. We are looking for people who have already signed the pledge or people who will sign the pledge to tell the world, in one minute or less, why they signed the pledge or why they are going to sign the pledge.

Sign the pledge here!

This competition is about raising awareness, getting people involved, and having a little fun at the same time. Anyone who supports signing the pledge is welcome to submit a video, whether a person with PD, care partner, researcher, clinician, friend...


Who is eligible?
ANYONE touched by Parkinson's is invited to submit a video up to one minute maximum.


HOW TO SUBMIT A VIDEO

1. Create your video. Maximum length is 1 minute. You may submit more than one video. Videos must be in English or have English subtitles. YouTube recommends that you save your videos as either QuickTime .MOV, Windows .AVI, or .MPG files — these are the most common formats and they work well within the YouTube system. Recommended: Original resolution of your video - for HD it is 1920x1080 (1080p) or 1280 x 720. Codec H.264 or MPEG-2. Preferred containers are FLV, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4.

Because your video may be shown on large screens at events, it is important that you create it at the highest resolution you can.

2. If you don't already have an account at YouTube, it is free and it only takes a couple of minutes to register at http://www.youtube.com/create_account. Register now!

3. Make and upload your video to YouTube. Your video will be assigned a unique URL, You'll need to save the URL so you can insert it into the WPC video online application form.

4. Fill in the WPC video online application form at http://www.wpc2010.net/pledge.htm

5. Your WPC video will be viewed by the video competition committee. Notices will go out via email on Friday, March 25, 2011 to all who entered the competition regarding final decisions.

Questions can be submitted via email to: video@worldpdcongress.org


RULES

Rules for submitting a video
It's your video, but please don't break our terms and conditions, or we won't be able to accept it!.

-Your video must not exceed one minute in length.

-Respect copyright. Only upload videos that you made or that you are authorized to use. This means don't upload videos that you didn't make or use content in your videos to which someone else owns the copyright, such as music tracks, snippets of copyrighted programs or videos made by other users, without necessary authorization. Break these rules, and your video will not be accepted or even reviewed.

-If you feature anyone else in your video, you must have their consent to film them and to upload the video to us.

-Do not secretly film anyone or infringe anyone's right to privacy.

-Do not include anything that is obscene, indecent, harassing, threatening or offensive.

-Do not say untrue things about people or companies as this may be defamatory.

-Your video must not promote, show or incite cruelty, violence, vandalism, fraudulent or criminal acts or contain content or images that could encourage others to commit illegal acts or acts that could cause physical harm if replicated.

-Other people will be able to view your video online, so don't reveal anything personal unless you're comfortable in doing so.

-Don't include your personal or work contact details (this includes your last name) or anyone else's personal details in the video.

-You may submit more than one video.


Submission deadline: Friday, February 25, 2011
All participants will be notified via email by: Friday, March 25, 2011



PRIZES

Grand Prizes (awarded to top videos):
-Video to be used globally in pledge promotion video (combined with other Grand Prize winners' videos)
-Free registration to attend WPC 2013
-Video to be highlighted on WPC website and Facebook page

Honorary Mention:
-Video to be listed on WPC website

Other Prizes (awarded by special drawing of names)
*All other video submitter's names will be entered into a drawing to win free registration to the WPC 2013