Society for Cinema and Media Studies
REMIX VIDEO COMPETITION
Archival
Activism: Reclaiming + Remixing History
The Media Literacy +
Pedagogical Outreach and the Documentary Studies Scholarly Interest Groups of
SCMS announce their 2014 event: a REMIX VIDEO COMPETITION. Participants will
explore a contemporary political issue through the lens of the infamous “Battle
of Seattle,” the 1999 WTO demonstrations, creating a 3 to 8 minute video using
archival or “found” footage. Submissions will be
screened during an event at Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum on Wednesday, March
19. The event will mark the 15th anniversary of the protests and will feature special guest speaker, Jill Friedberg, director of the award winning documentary, This is What Democracy Looks Like.
Were the WTO protests effective
in shaping policy? If so, how so? What traces remain with us today? What are
the connections between the WTO protests and contemporary political actions
such as the Occupy movement or Arab Spring? Have social media offered more
opportunities for collective action or simply provided more media coverage? Participants
may explore one of these questions or frame their own, but all must follow
these creative constraints:
+ It is encouraged, but not mandatory, that footage
be acquired from the Internet Archive [archive.org]. Found footage may be
supplemented by newly filmed footage.
+ All source materials must be cited in the
credits.
+ No more than 30 seconds of a single clip may be
used without some form of editing.
+ Entries due January 27, 2014. EXTENDED to 3/3/14!! Upload entries to Archive.org,
YouTube, or any hosting site, and send link to: archivalactivismscms14@gmail.com
+ Entries will be evaluated by a panel of judges
who will consider the conceptual core, the research component and the formal
qualities of each.
+ Contest open to ALL. (No affiliation requirements.)
+ Prizes awarded to the top entries.
Check back for contest updates!
