Video Contest!
with my head exploding over right-wing idiocies such as the komen foundation defunding planned parenthood and the new rape-by-ultrasound-wand proposals floating through several anti-choice, anti-female red states, i wrote & recorded a song.
The New Back Alley needs a video as fierce and edgy as itself. i know that one of you has the chops to do it. so here’s the deal:
Prize: $500 cash.
Guidelines:
- no restrictions on content or form
- must have the rights to any footage or images that are used
- original content preferred; Creative Commons content (with attribution) is also fine
- feel free to incorporate text of all or some of the lyrics into the video if you like (kinetic typography rocks!) or feel free not to use the lyrics at all
- include a brief caption at the beginning with the song title (The New Back Alley)
- include a brief credits screen at the end — credit yourself for the video, of course, and credit the song as follows: “The New Back Alley / Jackie Sheeler & the Wordrock Project”
- no entry fee, though it would rock if you made a small donation to Planned Parenthood
How To Enter:
- upload your video to youtube
- put these lines in the video description: “The New Back Alley, music by Jackie Sheeler & the Wordrock Project / http://www.reverbnation.com/jackiesheeler
- put your youtube link in the comments below, and also add it to The New Back Alley page on Facebook (you’ll get an email to confirm your entry was received & met the guidelines)
- deadline to enter is March 25th
- winner will be notified by March 31st
- winning video will be featured on this blog, on the Wordrock Project site, on several Facebook pages, and on my YouTube channel
What’s the Catch?
well, at least ten people have to enter the contest. with ten videos there’s sure to be one that feels right to me. that said, if only three people enter but i LOVE one of the videos, then they’ll win. whereas if only three people enter but none of those videos are working, then there’s no winner.
winning videographer grants me non-exclusive worldwide rights to use the video to promote the song and the pro-choice effort. and of course you’ll be credited for the video production.
questions? holler back! and let your camera-loving friends know about the contest!
good luck!
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How can we download the song?
Hi, I’m working on an awesome submission for the contest . . . but I can’t seem to get a file of your song for me to use. Any suggestions?
Here’s the link to my submission!
Hey I’m thinking about making a video for the contest, but I need to know where i can find the song to download?
hey sarah — thank you! got your link and will check it out in the morning. you might have noticed (as i just did), that my blog was hacked. that’s why i haven’t even seen the comments until now. obviously, i should have been more prepared for something like that! anyway, that’s got no effect on the contest, it’s just going to waste some time to get fixed. just wanted to say thanks and let you know that i’ve got your entry. hope you’re having a good weekend.
jackie
OK — thanks to ALL who are submitting videos to this contest!
site is now un-hacked and i’m going to keep an eagle eye on it to make sure it stays that way.
an mp3 of New Back Alley is available for download at the Reverbnation link.
rock on, everybody!