arxt@tank.uchicago.edu (patrick palmer) (03/17/90)
Here is a challange to all for all of those who argue that the Amiga is the preferred multimedia platform. This is from a mailing I received yesterday. SCIENCE VIDEO CONTEST - loosely quoted without permission- KCET/Los Angeles is sponsering a unique video contest for high school students in conjunction with the upcoming series, "The Astronomers". Students are invited to create an original one-minute video geared toward a national teen audience about the importance of science and its positive influence on their daily lives. The goal of this contest is to assemble the best student videos into a unique series of public service announcements to be made available to PBS stations, nationwide, in conjunction with the airing of "The Astronomers". Prizes, in addition to on-air recognition, are money, telescopes,and science kits. Among the rules: This contest is open to all current high school students in the US .... The student producer must have a science faculty adviser view the finished video to authenticate any facts presented about science. The entries may be produced on any format including film, but must be submitted on VHS format only. The type of video style (docu-drama, news, announcement, music, animation, etc.) is entirely up to the student(s). The program (excluding credits) should be 50 to 60 seconds in length. DO NOT EXCEED 60 SECONDS. Credits and/or additional footage will not be viewed for the purposes of judging. Deadline for recipt of video and completed entry: November 1, 1990. (Bunch of other rules about rights to videos, music must be composed by students, releases from parents, faculty advisor, etc.) -- end summary -- If anyone is interested - or, more likely, knows anyone who is - write for entry form and all of the rules: KCET 4401 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90027 If the Amiga isn't well represented, we loose a much more objective battle about multimedia than whether Amiga's are neglected in trade publications. Pat Palmer (email: reply or ppalmer@oddjob.uchicago.edu)