SUN MOTION

Award for Best Video

the competitive showcase for stills photographers using stills cameras to make movies in a professional context.

Who it’s for….

• Stills Photographers using stills cameras to make movies.
• Accepted areas of photographic practice are advertising, design, editorial or fashion.
• All selected entries will be featured on the Shot Up North web site, and other third party video web sites.
• You must be working as a stills photographer, based in the northern regions, from the Midlands to the Scottish Isles.

Submissions:

* Movies should be between 30 seconds to 5 minutes in length.
* They may be commissioned or non-commissioned.
* The movie should be entirely the result of the direction and editing decisions of the photographer.
* Submission is via our Online Form & Payment – movies should be sent on CD/DVD.

Submission dates: 1st May – 31 July

Selection:

* Our invited curator(s) will select those movies which in their opinion best deserve to be in the showcase.
* One winner will be selected as SUN MOTION movie of the Year.

Presentation:

All selected works will appear in a special Shot Up North online showcase. Successful entries will be shown at the SUN Premier Night in Leeds.(provisionally October)

Entry Procedure & Format

• You may enter as many movies as you like.
• Entry fee £25.00 per movie
• The movie should be the result of the photographer’s direction and editing decisions.
• Movie should be shot entirely using the video capability of stills cameras (such as Canon 5D MkII).
• The movies are judged anonymously – therefore NO CREDITS should appear in your film.
• Movies may be in .MOV, .MP4, .AVI (do NOT supply in DVD format)