Contest Rules

The HMSA Teen Video Awards Contest gives students, working individually or in teams, the opportunity to create and produce their own public service announcement on health issues. The contest is open to middle and high school students statewide from public and private schools.

Entrance and Submission Guidelines

Videos must be the individual’s or team’s own original work. Assistance from a professional production company is not permitted.
All entries must include:
- One original, fully produced 27-second video with slate. (See “Video Format Specification Requirements” for submission details.)
- Completed and signed entry form(s).
- Copies of any necessary releases or licenses required to use third-party content. It is the entrant’s responsibility to ensure that all the necessary forms and releases are completed. Incomplete entries will be disqualified.
All entry materials must be submitted together; each piece should be clearly labeled with the individual or team leader’s name, video title, and school. Individuals or teams may submit multiple entries in the same or different categories.
The video categories are:
- Addiction Prevention
- Mental Health
- Healthy Living
- Teen Safety
Here’s a list of video topic ideas within each category.
All entries become the property of HMSA and cannot be returned.
Please check that all aspects of your video are working properly before submitting the file.

Entry Forms

For individual entries, students must complete and sign a separate Entry Form, consisting of three pages, for each video entered.
For team entries, the designated team leader must complete the designated sections on page 1 of the Entry Form; a copy of pages 2 and 3 must be completed and signed by each member of the team.
Teams may include students from different schools, but each team must select one team captain, one sponsoring school, and one sponsoring teacher. Any prizes awarded will be given to the sponsoring school.

Video Format Specification Requirements

Length:	27 seconds
NTSC:	4:3 interlaced
Timebase:	29.97 fps
Frame size:	720 X 480
Audio:	44.1kHz 16 bit stereo
Media:	Submit in one of the following media formats: Uncompressed MOV file (preferred) Uncompressed AVI file DVD video Mini DV tape

All video entries must be “slated” with the category, title, and school name.
No credits.

Deadline

All entries must be received by 4 p.m. on Monday, March 5, 2012. No late entries will be accepted.
Entries should be mailed or delivered to the following address. Please refer to the attached map for directions or call (808) 203-5538 on Oahu.
HMSA Teen Video Awards Contest
Hawaii Department of Education
Attn: Donna Ede
OCISS Annex
475 22nd Ave., Room 119
Honolulu, HI 96816

Judging

A panel of judges will select the finalists and winners.
Awards will be given for the following videos:
- Best Addiction Prevention.
- Best Mental Health.
- Best Healthy Living.
- Best Teen Safety.
- Best of Show.
- Best Middle School Entry.
- Voters’ Choice.
Videos will be judged as follows:
- Content (25 percent of score): Is the message clear? Is information accurate and pertinent? If any third-party content is incorporated in the video, have appropriate releases or licenses been secured?
- Effectiveness/Impact (25 percent of score): Does the video appeal to youth? Does it make an impact on viewers?
- Creativity (25 percent of score): Is the video the original work of students that has not previously been broadcast on television? Is it creative?
- Videography (25 percent of score): Does the video contain high-quality images and sound?
Finalists will be chosen in each of the four categories. All finalists will be notified in April 2012.
There will also be a Voters’ Choice award. The public will have the opportunity to vote online at hmsa.com for their favorite video from April 2 at 8 a.m. to April 13 at 4 p.m. The winning team will receive a $500 prize for their school.

For additional information, please call HMSA at (808) 948-6056 on Oahu.