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Smartphone Short-film Competition: 40k USD worth of prizes up for grabs!
Gimbal pioneer announces the SM5 Challenge
Shenzhen, China, December 15 2021 - ZHIYUN,
the world’s leading professional gimbal brand for filmmakers with
smartphones to studio cameras, is excited to announce its new
smartphone short-film competition that offers USD$40,000 pot of prizes
including filmmaking gear and cash rewards.
The top prize, the filmmakers’ choice award, will receive USD$10,000
plus a selection of filmmaking products including ZHIYUN gimbals.
Additional prizes of USD$3,000 plus filmmaking products will be awarded
to winners in five additional categories. The judging panel includes:
ZHIYUN, Insta360, Artlist, Artgrid, Motion Array, NANLITE, SmallRig and
ESRgear.
Open to filmmakers all over the world, the competition is open
now until 20th January 2022 – so grab a camera and get shooting! The
winners will be announced on 27th January 2022.
Enter the Short Film “SM5” Challenge
Entrants must create a video that falls into one of the following categories:
- Narrative:
Tell a fictional or fictionalized story about an event. Move us to
tears, leave us in anguish, keep us in suspense or enlighten us with a
story from the heart.
- Mini-Documentary:
Inform, educate us and provoke us to think with a non-fictional
mini-film dedicated to education, instruction or documenting a
historical event.
- Adventure: Lead us through the forest, go down into the water, or climb the mountain – the journey is what excites us.
- Music & Dance: Show us how you perfectly combine music and dance with novel filmmaking techniques.
- How-to: Get creative with the content and format: don’t hesitate to teach us how to do... just about anything!
Entry steps and requirements
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The Films must be captured and created between 90-240 seconds (1½
minutes to 4 minutes) long at 1080p or greater resolution. Additional
drone and action-cam clips can also be used, but a minimum of 80% must
be shot in a smartphone.
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Make an additional behind-the-scenes film to show us how you made your amazing short film, up to 120 seconds (2 minutes).
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Download our starter kit provided by Artlist,
or open a free trial account on Artlist to use their music to edit your
film. The film must include some music from Artlist. It must list the
song credit, either in the text of the post, description box of
YouTube, in the film, or in the email.
- Upload the entry and the behind the scenes films separately
on YouTube or Instagram, add the category and the hashtag
#zhiyunmobilefilmchallenge, then set it to public. For example: ‘Name
of the film’ | Narrative #zhiyunmobilefilmchallenge
- Submit the film with the link to your YouTube or Instagram
post, and the original file download link to [email protected]
when you have finished.
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The film must be uploaded and submitted before 20th January 2022.
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Entrants may only submit one film per category.
Celebrating the launch of the SMOOTH 5 gimbal
ZHIYUN
is committed to enriching filmmakers and pushing the boundaries of
filmmaking through its products and community initiatives. Designed to
celebrate the launch of its latest SMOOTH 5 gimbal for smartphones,
this competition will spark the imaginations of creatives around the
world. With its 3-axis design, smooth movement, a full-control panel,
and the ZY Cami companion app, the SMOOTH 5 gimbal takes cinematic
filming with your smartphone to the next level possible.
Learn More about the ZHIYUN SMOOTH 5
About ZHIYUN
ZHIYUN Tech is a pioneer and a world leader in gimbals and stabilizers
for both professional filmmakers and personal video creators. ZHIYUN
believes in innovation as the primary productive force, keeps making
breakthroughs, and pushes forward technological and industrial
development. Its product line ranges from professional to consumer
gimbals. ZHIYUN is dedicated to arduous research and innovation for
delivering a better experience for global filmmakers and video content
creators. Learn more about ZHIYUN Tech at www.ZHIYUN-tech.com
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