ʿŌlelo is pleased to announce the launch of our 15th Annual Youth Xchange Statewide Student Video Competition. This is a great opportunity to “Empower Youth Voices” through the use of media.
As the State’s largest student video competition, Youth Xchange continues to expand its outreach to schools and impact on student participants. Last year’s 904 entries was quite an accomplishment, but even more impressing was the breadth and depth of the messaging behind each entry and the sheer number of students—1,674 to be exact—who contributed to the contest. Thank you for continuing to encourage your students to focus and speak out on issues of concern to them.
This year’s contest includes the following general and expert categories:
- Mini Documentary: In-depth program of an event, issue, place, individual or group. (10 minute maximum)
- Public Service Announcement (PSA): A commercial length, informative but concise video about an issue. (30 second maximum, production credit or acknowledgement graphics do not count as part of the 30 second maximum)
- Short: A creative look at an issue using comedy, drama, music or a cultural setting. (5 minute maximum)
- Junior Expert: This category allows students K through Middle school with extensive video production skills to compete in a category that recognizes technical expertise using video. Youth Xchange winners who have won two or more times, students who have worked (for hire) professionally creating video, and/or students participating in or receiving help from other students in an advance video or digital media program must enter this category. (10 minute maximum)
- Expert: This category allows high school and college students with extensive video production skills to compete in a category that recognizes technical expertise using video. Youth Xchange winners who have won two or more times, students who have worked (for hire) professionally creating video, and/or students participating in or receiving help from other students in an advance video or digital media program must enter this category. (10 minute maximum)
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