Toolkit

Entry Requirements & Checklist

Entry Deadline

19 September 2008

Who Can Enter

You can enter The Outlook for Someday if the following two things are both true about you (and all of your team if it’s a team entry):

  1. You were born in 1988 or later.
  2. You are a New Zealand Citizen or Resident (even if you are now living overseas).

The Outlook for Someday - Entry Form

What, Where And When To Send

To enter The Outlook for Someday you need to send:

  1. A film which is no more than 5 minutes long, including titles and credits, and which conforms to the Technical Requirements and the Legal Requirements (see below).

  2. A completed and signed Entry Form.

  3. If your film is made by a team the form will include details of the Producer, who will be the contact person for the team.

    The form will also include your choices (1st, 2nd and 3rd) for the New Zealanders who you would like to watch your film and take up its challenge.

  4. All necessary Release Forms and Licences

You need to send those things by Post or CourierPost (via your local PostShop) to:

The Outlook for Someday
PO Box 78121
Grey Lynn
Auckland

And you need to send them to arrive no later than the entry deadline, 19 September 2008.

Please feel free to contact us for any help or advice about delivering your entry.

Technical Requirements

  • Your film should preferably be sent in PAL video standard, preferably on a MiniDV tape.

    If you cannot send a MiniDV tape we will accept your film as an uncompressed best quality DV or AVI file on a DVD or a CD (if the file is small enough).

    That’s different from the DVDs you can make to play on a DVD player.

    For information about saving your film as a DV or AVI file, refer to the Technical Guide in the Toolkit. You can also contact us for help or advice about this.

  • There must be 10 seconds of black before and after your film (so if your film is 5 minutes long the tape or film will play for 5 minutes 20 seconds including the black).

  • The tape or disc must be labelled with:
    1. The name of your film
    2. The name of the film-maker or team who has made the film.

Legal Requirements For Using Other People's Material

You must have the right to use all the material in your film so that it can legally be shown anywhere by any means.

That applies to any music, footage, stills, artwork or written material which you haven’t created yourself.

If there is music in your film that isn’t yours you must have permission to use it. You need to show us that you have a licence to use both the composed music and the recording of the music.

If we cannot see that you have permission to use the music in your film – or any other material in your film that you have not created yourself – then your film will not be eligible an entry to The Outlook for Someday.

Last year we received some films that were ineligible because they contained unlicensed music. That was unfortunate after all the creative effort that had been put into them.

Use the Toolkit to help you ensure that your film is legal. In the Release Forms and Licences section there are forms to get completed and signed to ensure you have permission to use other people’s material, like their music. And in the Using Music section there is advice on what forms to use in different situations. Feel free to ask in the Forum if there is any situation you are unsure about.

Legal Requirements For Performances And Interviews

You must have the right to use all performances and interviews in your film.

So you need to get anyone who is featured in your film to sign the Individual Release Form.

For anyone who is under 18 you will need to get the parental permission part of the form signed too.

The Outlook for Someday – Individual Release Form

Checklist

So, before you send off your entry to The Outlook for Someday, check that your answer to these 10 questions is ‘Yes’.

  1. Was I (and all of my team if it’s a team entry) born in 1988 or later?

  2. Am I (and each member of my team if it’s a team entry) a New Zealand Citizen or Resident?

  3. Is my film no more than 5 minutes long, including titles and credits?

  4. Have all necessary sections of the Entry Form been completed?

  5. Have I got signed Licences for any material in the film which I have not created myself, including music?

  6. Have I got signed Individual Release Forms for any performances and interviews – with parental permissions for anyone who is under 18?

  7. Am I sending my film in PAL video standard?

  8. Am I sending my film either on a MiniDV tape (recommended) or on a DVD or CD as an uncompressed best quality DV or AVI file?

  9. Is there 10 seconds of black before the film starts and after it finishes?

  10. Is the tape or disc correctly labelled?