St Stephen’s School Presents
2019 SYNTHESIS FILM FESTIVAL
CALLING YOUNG FILM MAKERS
If you attend upper primary or secondary school in the City of Joondalup and love making short films, then St Stephen’s School wants to hear from you.
Entries for our fourth annual Synthesis Film Festival are now open!
More than a thousand dollars in prizes are on offer with judging by Edith Cowan University.
St Stephen's School wishes to acknowledge the generous support from the City of Joondalup's arts grants program.
Entries for our fourth annual Synthesis Film Festival are now open!
More than a thousand dollars in prizes are on offer with judging by Edith Cowan University.
St Stephen's School wishes to acknowledge the generous support from the City of Joondalup's arts grants program.
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Prizes will be awarded for:
Year 11 - 12
Best Senior Production - $500 JB Hi Fi Voucher
Runner-Up Senior Production - $250 JB Hi Fi Voucher
Year 7 - 10
Best Middle School Production - $100 JB Hi Fi Voucher
Runner-Up Middle School Production - $50 JB Hi Fi Voucher
Year 4 - 6
Best Upper Primary Production - 2x Cinema Tickets and $10 Candy Voucher
Runner-Up Upper Primary Production - 1x Cinema Ticket and $5 Candy Voucher
Best Senior Production - $500 JB Hi Fi Voucher
Runner-Up Senior Production - $250 JB Hi Fi Voucher
Year 7 - 10
Best Middle School Production - $100 JB Hi Fi Voucher
Runner-Up Middle School Production - $50 JB Hi Fi Voucher
Year 4 - 6
Best Upper Primary Production - 2x Cinema Tickets and $10 Candy Voucher
Runner-Up Upper Primary Production - 1x Cinema Ticket and $5 Candy Voucher
WARNING: THE BELOW VIDEO IS RATED M15+.
Unfathomable
Josh Zimmerman
2018 Synthesis Film Festival Winner
Josh Zimmerman
2018 Synthesis Film Festival Winner
HOW TO ENTER
All entries can be submitted via a Dropbox, OneDrive or YouTube link emailed to james.hummerston@ststephens.wa.edu.au
Entrants must supply a document with their film outlining:
Production title
School name
Date of birth and year level
Contact details: phone number and email address
Entrants must supply a document with their film outlining:
Production title
School name
Date of birth and year level
Contact details: phone number and email address
Entries close Friday, 27th September 2019.
JUDGING CRITERIA
UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOL JUDGING CRITERIA
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SENIOR SCHOOL JUDGING CRITERIA
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FILM SCREENINGS
FREE ENTRY
Thursday, October 17th 2019
7:00PM
St Stephen's School, Duncraig, Theatre
Thursday, October 17th 2019
7:00PM
St Stephen's School, Duncraig, Theatre
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
UPPER PRIMARY
- Entry is free and is open to students (Years 4- 6) who attend primary school within the City of Joondalup.
- Entries are not limited to film productions but must be no more than one minute in length with an extra ten seconds allowed for titles and credits.
- An adult can help make the film, although they cannot be in a key creative role such as director, writer, producer or editor.
- The piece of work must be in English or have subtitles, and must adhere to no more than a G-rating. It should not include any violence (mild comedy violence allowed), bad language or mature themes. Entries that do not meet the classification rating will be disqualified.
- The entry has to have been made in the last year and a person can only enter once. There can also be no more than three entries per school submitted.
- Judges Decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into about the awarding of prizes.
SENIOR SCHOOL
- Entry is free and is open to students (Years 7- 12) who attend secondary school within the City of Joondalup.
- Entries are not limited to film productions but must be no more than five minutes in length with an extra twenty seconds allowed for titles and credits.
- If the genre or intention of the film is not clear, students may provide a written rationale (no more than 200 words) to accompany the film.
- An adult can help make the film, although they cannot be in a key creative role such as director, writer, producer or editor.
- The piece of work must be in English or have subtitles, and must adhere to no more than an M rating. It should not include any graphic violence (implied violence allowed) or nudity. Entries that do not meet the classification rating will be disqualified.
- The entry has to have been made in the last year and a person can only enter once.
- Judges Decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into about the awarding of prizes.
IMPORTANT FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS
- If music is included in the submitted video, the entrant must have rights to use it. If using commercial music that you do not have rights to use, it may affect your entry in the competition as St Stephen’s School (SSS) will not be able to upload the winning video if it contains copyrighted content.
- By submitting your work to St Stephen’s School (SSS), you grant SSS and its assignees a non-exclusive irrevocable, royalty-free licence to exercise all rights in perpetuity throughout the world in your work and all other material provided by you to SSS pursuant to this competition at any time.
- Without limiting the rights granted to St Stephen’s School (SSS), you acknowledge SSS may exercise any of the following non-exclusive rights throughout the world:
- the right to communicate your work in whole or in part to the public on any media platform; and
- the right to provide free downloads of your work in a downloadable format from the website.