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Win £10,000 in the BCS Digital Revolutions Competition

Presented by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT (in association with Sheffield Doc/Fest and Crossover Labs) Digital Revolutions is the biggest short film competition around and you don’t need to be a professional to enter! With a professional and amateur category this competition is open to all… So, put on your most creative and innovative thinking cap, make a film, get it out into the world, wow the judges, get it shown at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2010 and get in the running to claim some fantastic prize money!

Why Digital Revolutions?

Digital Revolutions aims to build the largest ever creative picture of how information and information technology affects our lives. In today’s information society, information and information technology touches nearly every aspect of our lives. With an ever-growing number of internet-enabled handheld devices, always being connected has never been easier. Yet there are an estimated 10 million people in the UK who have never accessed the Internet.

The mission of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, is to enable this information society. This involves both improving IT literacy skills as well as helping people to better access, use and manage information to lead richer, more fulfilling lives.

The competition has been devised to encourage people to look more closely at how information and information technology impacts them.

For many (particularly younger) people, it’s difficult to remember a time before the convenience of online shopping or Internet banking, or being able pull up a map or a recipe on a mobile phone at any moment.

Access to information has never been greater, but what does this really mean? Public services are easier to access, but has this reduced social exclusion? Do you feel safer because of the number of CCTV cameras in place, or do you consider this a violation of your privacy? Have you ever exercised your right to make a Freedom of Information request?

How?
1. Make a 2-3 Minute film about how technology has changed your life
2. Upload it on YouTube and tag the film “digitalrevolutions”
3. Fill in a submission form email to digitalrevolutions(at)bcs.org
4. Get people talking about and watching your film. Use the wonderfully rich digital world!

Who?
1. You must be at least 18 years old
2. You must be a British resident
3. Your film must be in the English language
4. Make sure you enter the correct category: Amateur or Professional.

The Professional Category is open to anyone with a broadcast or theatrical credit, including anyone working in a paid capacity on a film or television project that has been broadcast on UK television or released theatrically in the UK

The Amateur Category is open to members of the general public aged 18 or over

If you are a winner….
Professional Category: Winner gets £5,000!
Amateur Category: Winner gets £10,000!

Enter Digital Revolutions Competition and Win an Apple iPad!
Our deadline for entries is October 15, but we want people to start sharing their stories sooner. Therefore if you submit a valid entry into our Digital Revolutions competition in the next month (until 6 September), you could win a brand new Apple iPad in addition to having your video considered for the top Digital Revolutions prize!

For each valid Digital Revolutions entry (meaning the video is successfully uploaded to YouTube, properly tagged, and you’ve submitted an entry form to digitalrevolutions@bcs.org) we receive between 4 August and 17th September, we’ll enter the submitter into a random draw to win a 16 GB Apple iPad.

How can you maximize your chances of winning?
Crossover Labs will be running four workshops across the UK, to offer you guidance from some of the industry’s leading names who will give tips and advice on how to get your idea across in your video and also how maximize its impact once its online…

31st August – London
1st September – Cardiff
2nd September – Sheffield
3rd September – Edinburgh

The purpose of the introductory mini-labs is

- Provide potential competitors with informationn about the competition, its scope and how to enter to
- Stimulate debate about the impact of digital technology on society, politics, the economy, education, culture
- Inspire participants to generate ideas for subjects and topics to cover
- Give practical tips and advice on making, digitising and posting their films

Only fifty places are available at each workshop on a first come first served basis.
To make sure you secure one of these exclusive places you must register your interest

Enquiries please contact us – digitalrevolutions(at)bcs.org