Brick Fest 2003 Home Movie Festival

The organizers of the annual Brick Fest would like to announce the Brick
Fest 2003 Animation Competition and a separate Home Movie Festival to be
held during the gathering on August 8, 9, and 10 in Arlington, Virginia.

Home Movie Festival

The Home Movie Festival will be a showcase of video from individuals or
groups wanting to video tape themselves, their creations, or both. There
will be no award for this category, but it is hoped that entries will be
submitted that run a broad range. Groups may wish to submit the videos of
shows that they have done. Train clubs might edit a montage of scenes of
their layouts. Individuals might submit animations or time lapse video of
their greatest creations. Some might just want to show off their
collections. The videos can include audio of those seen on camera, a music
overlay, or both. The videos are expected to range from amateur to
professional in production values.

All videos should be of appropriate content for an audience of all ages
including children, adults, parents, and grandparents. Any video with
objectionable content will not be considered or shown. The term
“objectionable” is at the sole discretion of the Brick Fest 2003 Organizing
Committee.

All videos are limited to 3 minutes or 180 seconds in length. Credits and
information related to the video are allowed and are limited to 30 seconds.
The total length of the video including content and credits is 3:30 minutes
or 210 seconds. Any video exceeding that length will simply be cut off
during the editing process to produce a single running tape.

All entries must be submitted on VHS or Mini-DV video cassette tape using
the NTSC standard. Entries submitted on DVD will be permitted provided that
prior arrangement is made of the Festival Coordinator, contact information
provided at the bottom of this announcement. All video tape cassettes must
be labeled with the group or individual name.

Individuals or groups may submit more than one entry, but the entries must
be ordered on the tape in an order of priority. The first video on the tape
will be used in the Home Movie Festival guaranteed. If time allows, the
second entry will be added to the program. A third and fourth entry may even
be included in the program depending on the response to this festival. A
total program length between 45 and 60 minutes is planned. If more than 60
minutes of first priority entries arrive prior to the submission deadline,
then a selection criteria will be posted to the Internet that arrives at a
fair way of selecting 60 minutes of video to be shown. Regardless or the
number of entries, all attempts will be made to find a means of showing all
entries in some forum at the convention.

You need not attend the Brick Fest 2003 Convention to submit an entry into
the Home Movie Festival.

No fee is required for your entry

All entries must be accompanied by an entry form. Please visit the Brick
Fest web site at http://www.brickfest.com for an entry form that you must
fill out and send in with the video.

Entry deadline is July 31, 2003. Any entry not received at the address below
on July 31, 2003 will be returned unopened. Please be aware that you must
send this prior to the 31st of July in order for it to be received by that date.

Entries may be returned to the sender if a self-addressed and postage paid
return mailer is included. The sender must either double box or have a label
provided with the postage paid for a return of their video. This is
potentially more expensive than sending a copy of an original work, but is a
service gladly provided if the sender is willing to pay the cost. Entries
will be returned if they meet these criteria following the Brick Fest 2003
convention.

Please contact the following organizers with comments or questions:

Todd S. Thuma
Todd.Thuma@gactr.uga.edu
706-202-9226

Send entries to:

Brick Fest Home Movie Festival
1325 Cedar Shoals Drive
Unit 200
Athens, GA 30605