Essex AV Group Competition Rules

Group Rules

The Muriel Yetts Award

Points available towards The Muriel Yetts Award. In each of the competitions below, two entries are allowed.

Your name or logo should not appear on your sequences for these competitions, but a copy with your credits can be provided by the author if they so wish and be saved on the computer for possible selection for future occasions. These sequences should be titled, for example, "(c) Scottish Highlands.exe".  

Interpretation of a song. Set subject.  Fun competition (1 Metre),  4 Minute Trophy
added.

1st Place: 6 Points.  2nd Place: 5 Points.  3rd Place 4 Points. Commended (if any) 3 Points. Entry: 2 Points. In addition, within the 4 Minute Trophy, Best Third Image or Dissolve: 4 Points (and an additional 4 points will be awarded to the popular club vote).

East Anglian Competition: 1st Place: 10 Points.  2nd Place: 8 Points. 3rd Place: 6 Points.
Awards for Photography, Sound, Dissolves, Humour, Terry Butler Prize, & Popular Vote: 5 points. Merits: 4 Points. Entry: 2 points.

Points will only be awarded for an entry once within each competition.

Interpretation of a Song Rules

The object of the competition is to interpret a song in the audio visual format.
Your choice of the song is entirely open and must be used in its entirety.
The addition of sound effects to enhance your creativity is allowed but not any additional voiceover.

Fun Competition (1 Metre challenge)

Sequences for this competition should be no longer than 3 minutes and you may enter up to three sequences.
Your images should be taken from a 1 square metre area and this chosen area should not be moveable.  You are permitted to take pictures in any direction but only from within that fixed square metre.