NoCamels Video Contest – Win 5000 NIS

NoCamels.com is giving away 5000 shekels to the creator of the most watched video (Rules In Hebrew)

NoCamels.com, a division of The Asper institute at Communications School, IDC is proud to present the 2009 ‘Israeli innovation video competition’.

Directors, writers, creators! We know that you have so much to show and tell the world about Israel and we welcome you to participate in a unique competition where you get to show the world “Israel behind the headlines”.

Dr. Noam Lemelshtrich-Latar, Dean of the Sammy Ofer School of Communications at IDC, Herzliya said: “The Asper institute for new media diplomacy not only teaches the most advanced methods for content production, management and promotion but gives the students opportunities to practice positive activities, giving them tangible experience in the field of interactive content and digital new media.”

Dr. Oren Zuckerman, Interactive Specialty Head of the Sammy Ofer School of Communications at IDC, Herzliya said “Leading schools around the world, including ourselves, are focusing on active research performed by the students, by initiating real content activities – not in theory but amidst real audiences.  The Israeli innovation project NoCamels is a good example of content activity that involves all aspects in the activities of leading world media corporations – content creation, marketing and using advance media for promoting exposure.”

The rules:
1.Anyone is invited to submit a video and be entered into the competition.

2.Shoot and edit a short video (2 to 5 minutes).

3.The video content has to deal with Israeli innovation: Anything new, positive, different and interesting which relates to Israel in some way or another. It can be about company, music group, factory, exhibition or anything else – there are no boundaries.

4.The video must be in English. If not in English directly, then the use of subtitles is possible.

5.The video must be submitted by June 30st, 2009 but it is recommended that you submit yours as soon as possible in order to have enough time to build up views.

6.Digital file submission only (Mpeg4, avi, mov etc. but not flash) using one of the following:
a.Email, as an attachment. Please note size restrictions on different mail servers. Email to NoCamels.com@gmail.com
b.File transfer service such as yousendit or an FTP server.
c.CD sent via mail (snail-mail) to:

Dean’s Office,
Sammy Ofer School of Communications
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya
P.O.Box 167
Herzliya, 46150, Israel

7.Along with each video please provide your name, email address, phone number, video’s title and a short, informative 1-2 paragraph description of your choice of topic for the video. All information must be sent in English.

8.We (the NoCamels team) will add the closing and opening credits, and upload the video to different sites (youtube, veoh, etc ) ; promote via social networks (such as facebook and twitter) and social book marking sites (dig, stumbleupom and the likes) and even send you the links to the videos so you can promote yours to your own contacts.

9.The winning of the competition is based on the combined number of views each video gets on all the platforms until June 30th, 2009. It’s simple, the video with most views wins!

10.The competition will end with a concluding event where a panel of judges, including high ranking researchers of media and innovation, media company managers, bloggers and hedge funds executives, will view and comment on the videos.

11.At the event, each judge will be able to give a bonus of 5000 views (or 10% of the original views, the biggest between the two) to a favorite video.

12.The creators of the 10 most viewed videos will receive a diploma from the IDC Communications School.

13.IDC Herzliya, The Asper Institute and No Camels reserves the right to not publish or refuse publication of any video for any reason, including low quality and derogatory content.

14.IDC Herzliya, The Asper Institute and No Camels reserves the right to use any of the videos or any selected part of them, along with the cited names of the creators. This does not include the use of these videos for commercial purposes.

Don’t:
1.Upload the video to your own site choices and then send us the link. Only videos that we upload to the sites will be counted among the entries. Don’t worry though, we’ll send you the links so you can send them to your friends.

2.Important! Don’t include materials (music, video, pictures) which you don’t have copyrights for.

3.No harmful messages such as sex or violence. No swearing please.

4.No slandering of Israel will be permitted. Although, as an academic institution we believe that everyone has the right to free speech and criticism, this project is for positive public diplomacy of Israel online. We are giving you the chance to show the world why Israel is the place to be and we ask that all entrants kindly act accordingly.