11th Cinemachina Chinese Video-Making Competition

11th Cinemachina Chinese Video-Making Competition

PURPOSE:

CINEMACHINA aims to use student-created short videos

• to promote knowledge and understanding of Chinese language and culture to the Ateneo de Manila University community.
• promote knowledge and understanding of the Philippines to Chinese-speaking audiences.

GROUNDS FOR DISQUALIFICATION:

1. This competition should be composed of one (1) or two (2) to four (4) students enrolled in Mandarin Chinese classes offered during the Intersession Classes of School Year 2023-2024.
2. Entries must have a title.
3. Presenters must deliver the video entirely in Mandarin.
4. Videos must be 3 - 5 minutes only.
5. Entries must begin and end with the official CinemaChina title screen (to be provided).
6. Participants must produce a feature story using various media approaches like documentary, interview, or re-enactment.
7. Entries must be short videos dubbed in Chinese by the students and accompanied by English and Chinese subtitles.
8. Entries must be in MP4 format and must be optimized for upload to YouTube and Facebook.
9. The student may consult experts for advice and feedback on their entries prior to submission. Once an entry has been submitted, it may not be edited further.
10. Entries containing profane and/or discriminatory elements will automatically be disqualified.
11. Entries must not contain blooper reels. 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

1. Any stock photos, music, footage, and/or animation to be used must be in the public domain. Otherwise, participants must own the copyrights or have the written permission from the copyright holders.
2. The winning entries become the property of the Ricardo Leong Center for Chinese Studies and the Chinese Studies Program and may be distributed and used for their purposes.

 COMPETITION EVENT

1. Entries shall be uploaded to Youtube and Facebook under the official CinemaChina account and shall be available for public viewing.