Short Film Production Contest - 5G Applications

Regulations

1. General Theme: 5G Application

As we head towards the era of 5G with high-speed data transfer, this contest aims to provide the public with an insight into the application of 5G technology in different fields.

2. Qualifications:

All Macao local residents are qualified for participation. Each participant can only join one team.

• Family & Friends Group: Maximum of 4 members in each team, with a mix of family members or friends;
• School Talents Group: Maximum of 4 members in each team, with a mix of Primary and Secondary students;
• Smart Senior Group: Maximum of 4 members in each team, with a mix of group members age of 60 years old or above.

3. Theme and Content:

• Submission of a short film entitled "5G Applications" to illustrate or imagine different scenarios of our life, work, leisure and entertainment in the era of 5G, using a simple way to provide the public with an insight into the characteristics of 5G technology as well as its application in different fields.
• There is no limit to how the content is interpreted or presented. Works submitted can either serious, humorous or even light-hearted. All kinds of creative expressions are acceptable.

4. Format and Requirements:

• Each team can only submit 1 work. Title of submitted work is proposed by the team;
• The submitted work must be original. Submitted clip can either be filmed or animated;
• There is no limitation on the aspect ratio of the clips, but the total duration length of the video clips must be within 2 minutes;
• Total size of the file must be less than 1GB;
• The language of the work can be either Cantonese, Mandarin, Portuguese or English. Subtitle will be appreciated if there are dialogues in the video clips.

5. Prizes:

• Maximum 3 of the best works will be selected from each category and will be awarded with certificate, and cash prize of MOP2,000.00;
• Only 1 school guidance teacher of the School Talents Group per team: The guidance teacher of the winning team will be awarded with a MOP1,000.00 cash prize; the other teachers will receive souvenirs. No duplicate prize or souvenir will be given to the same guidance teacher.
• Winning works will be exhibited in the Museum, and/or in other media channels of Macao Post & Telecommunications Bureau.

6. Registration and Work Submission:

Deadline: 17:30, 18/01/2023 (Wednesday), late submission will not be judged. Participants can choose one of the following ways to register and submit their works:

• Online registration via the museum webpage: www.cmm.gov.mo, as well as uploading the video work through designated link shown in the website;
• Submission at the Reception of Communications Museum: Download the "Registration Form for On-site Submission" through www.cmm.gov.mo. Then attach each registration form with one participating work stored inside a USB or disc (DVD/CD). Please pay attention that multiple works in the same USB/disc will not be accepted.

7. Judges: Organizer will invite professionals to be the jury. The result is subject to the final decision of the jury.

8. Evaluation Criteria: Subject relevance (20%), Creativity (40%) & Production skill (40%).

• Subject relevance: The subject of the work matches the theme "5G Applications";
• Creativity: Novelty, uniqueness and innovation of the work;
• Production skills: Ability to shoot short films or produce animation, such as plotting, interpretation of content/acting performance, editing/colour grading/subtitles and other post-production effects, etc.

9. Declaration:

• All effective staff of Macao Post & Telecommunications Bureau is not allowed to participate in the Contest.
• Personal data, collected in the activity and registration form will be used for the arrangement of activity and handled according to the Statement of Personal Data Collection of Macao Post & Telecommunications Bureau;
• The content of the creative work cannot contain any indecent, violent or illegal content and must not violate the laws of Macao SAR;
• The submitted work must not have been previously published, awarded any prizes or be bound by any copyright restrictions.
• Any elements, like animation, photos, illustration, music and other materials adopted in the submitted work must comply with the Copyright and Related Rights Regime;
• The participating teams should abide by the Personal Data Protection Act. For any human voice or images used in the creative work, prior consent should have been obtained from the person concerned, except for shots of street scenes in which the people are not prominently featured;
• Participants should not film or take photos at restricted areas. If required, they should obtain prior consent from the related owner or management staff;
• The Organizer reserves the rights to broadcast submitted entries in the Communications Museum or other media channels of Macao Post & Telecommunications Bureau for the purpose of promotion without prior permission of the participants or remuneration;
• All submitted works shall not be returned. The copyright of the winning works will belong to Macao Post & Telecommunications Bureau.

Enquiry: Communications Museum(Ms. Kuok, Mr. Ieong)

Address: Estrada de D.Maria II, no.7

Tel: (853) 2871 8063 / 2871 8570

Email: info@cmm.gov.mo

Website: www.cmm.gov.mo