Win a Digital Video Camera

just send us your idea and script for a short video

 

 

Closing date: October 30 2003

 

Gamos and Big World invite you to compete for a Digital Video Camera, plus accessories, to enhance your Information and Communication for Development (ICD).

 

As technology changes, new opportunities arise.  Gamos and Big World believe that digital video has made a significant step forward in the last 18 months, and will become standard equipment for information storage and retrieval, and in the slightly longer term even for communicating.  We believe this is very important for development activities, particularly where communities are struggling to capture and express their own ideas, and to share ideas that can reduce poverty.  The new opportunities that digital video presents will add a vital tool or method to adult and child education, both formal and informal within communities.

 

Over the last three years Gamos and Big World have been anticipating the technological changes, and have developed research, pilots and training that will now support these new opportunities. 

 

We have been developing a network of partners in the South who have piloted using Digital Video for information and communication for development.  We note that others have also seen the opportunities and we have been actively seeking partnerships with them, both South based organisations and international agencies working in development.. Please contact us if you do not want to enter the competition but would like to co-operate on this area.

 

The aim of this competition is to identify new partners to expand a growing network of South based partners, and to generally provide an opportunity to enhance and strengthen your development work.

 

If you are:-

 

   a local government department

 

   local or national non government organisation (NGO)

 

   community based organisation (CBO)

 

   or even an individual working in development you are invited to enter the competition. 

 

There are three Digital video cameras to be won, each worth approximately $600, and instructions on how to use the camera for development activities. 

 

Depending on the country of origin of the winner, the prize may also include the opportunity to attend a training session in Digital Video and its use[1].  The winner is also likely to be invited to form a partnership with Gamos and Big World to develop proposals to strengthen their work.

 

TO ENTER THE COMPETITION, you should develop a script for a short video that you will use   the digital video camera to make.  The application for the competition consists of sending your script and the project planning form to us by email or post.  (You do not have to make the video - just send us your plan for one).

 

Some advice about entering the competition:-

 

The subject matter of the script can be on whatever you want, but it is important to note that our interests are in reducing poverty and therefore scripts that:

 

·              capture local useful information

 

·              advocate needs, ie present a problem for advocacy

 

·              or bring important health or livelihoods information to communities

 

are likely to gain more points than ones that are purely entertainment or artistic.  The relative weighting on criteria is shown in Table 1 below.

 

 

 

Criteria	Explanation	Percentage of score
Subject matter	is it development (poverty reduction) orientated	20.00%
Understanding of video	does it suggest a balance between images and audio	15.00%
Practicality	can the images be taken with a video camera as part of ongoing work or without expensive preparation.	20.00%
Community links	does the applicant have ongoing work with a community.	20.00%
Country of origin	the competition is open to anyone in the world.  However, those originating from developing countries will get extra points.	10.00%
“Planning criteria” explained	Has the applicant filled in the video project planning sheet	15.00%

 

You may view the project planning sheet here. 

But you will need to download it as a word document and fill in the last column by getting it from here.

 

You may find more information on the opportunities of digital video here. 

 

You can see the text of a recent talk on digital video and health education given in Ghana here.  It may help you understand what we are looking for but do not restrict yourself to these ideas and health only.

 

You can see text here that may help you understand the need for Local content

 

You may find out more about Gamos and Big World here (Note this competition is sponsored by Gamos and Big World and not by DFID.  DFID have no involvement in this competition.)

 

We hope we hear from you  

 

Closing date: October 30 2003