NEW RULE CHANGES ARE NOTED WITH AN ASTERICK LIVA Creative Excellence Competition Rules LIVA began its video competition to share ideas and techniques and enable our members to sample the styles of other members. LIVA is proud of its membership which has won numerous awards and prizes in competitions outside of Long Island, including several winners of Creative Excellence Awards from Wedding and Event Video Association International and Artistic Achievement Awards from The 4EVER Group. The winners of LIVA's Creative Excellence will receive their awards at our Holiday Banquet which is held in December. Our 2007 Winners: January - Love Story March - Pre-Ceremony The rules for competition are as follows: Entries must be submitted in Mini-DV format only. 1. All entries must be received by 7:30pm the night of the competition where that LIVA meeting is being held. 2. All entries must be given to the person running the competition for that particular competition at the LIVA front desk outside the room of where the LIVA meeting is being held. There are no exceptions to the above two requirements! Studio names and logos must not appear. Studio Personnel can only appear in the video incidentally, it is left to the Competition Chairman and LIVA President to deem the appearance blatant. There is a $10.00 entry fee for each of the eligible entries. The top three Winning entries for each competition will be submitted to the 4EverGroup Association's competition library for viewing by other participating local associations Official entries may be followed by a "watermarked version" of the exact same entry should the company prefer that version to be submitted into the competition library be "watermarked".
The following are the defining parameters of each Competition Category LOVE STORY-is defined as s stand-alone video segment that focuses on the actual relationship between the bride and groom. This includes interviews and/or spoken word recordings and may include or be solely music video-style elements. It also may include shots of the wedding day itself.
Wedding Pre-Ceremony-is defined as those video segments that at their core, show any and/or all events that occur on the actual day of the wedding prior to the ceremony processional. This category excludes typical baby photo montage productions and also excludes Love Story segments. Video and audio from other portions of the wedding day may be included in this category, so long as the central theme remains the coverage of the wedding day's pre-ceremony elements. This category segment ends with the start of the ceremony processional. Bar/Bat Mitzvahs are accepted in this category as long as they follow the preceding rules. Wedding Ceremony begins when the first member of the bridal party starts down the aisle, or when the ceremony officiate(s) enter the ceremony area; whichever occurs first. Coverage ends when the bride and groom exit the ceremony area. Video and/or audio elements from other portions of the wedding day may be included in this category, so long as the central theme remains coverage of the Wedding Ceremony. Wedding Post-Ceremony –is defined as footage recorded during the time between the end of the wedding ceremony(as defined by the rules) and the start of the reception. (For purposes of this category only, “start of the reception” is defined as the moment that the guests enter the room where the wedding reception is being held.) Video and/or audio elements from other portions of the wedding day may be included in this category, so long as the central theme remains the Wedding Post-Ceremony. Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and Sweet 16’s are accepted in this category as long as they follow the pre-ceding rules. RECAP(HIGHLIGHTS) is a video segment that summarizes the entire wedding. Bridal party credits may be included in this production, regardless of whether they appear elsewhere. The Recap segment may appear wherever in the video that you would place it for your client. Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and Sweet 16’s are accepted in this category as long as they follow the pre-ceding rules.
For any questions on the Creative Excellence Awards feel free to contact *This new rule of unlimited entries and removal of the old lottery system was discussed by the 2005 LIVA board of directors, brought before the LIVA membership, and voted on accordingly by the attending LIVA members on Tuesday, April 12, 2005. |
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