Prior to beginning work on a video, the Director must carefully review the official rules and the elements provided for the creation of the “book trailer” video in the fan video kit available at the Website.
For a video to be eligible for consideration, it must meet each of the below requirements:
- The Video must be no longer than 0:60.
- The video must be in one of the following formats: wmv, mpg, .mpeg, .mp4, .avi.
- The file uploaded should be 40 MB or under.
- The video may only contain music available in the fan video kit. There is no requirement that the video include music.
- All elements incorporated in the video must be either you own original work or provided to you in the fan video kit.
- All performers appearing in the video and models appearing in photographs used in the video must execute a release in the form included in the fan video kit. An executed copy of the release for each performer/model must be submitted with the video.
- All elements in the video, except for those provided in the fan video kit, must be the original work of the Director.
- The video must not contain material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including but not limited to material that violates privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement. Without limiting the foregoing, the video must not include third party trademarks, logos, insignia, location signage, photographs, artwork, or sculptures.
- The video must not contain material which is (or promotes activities which are) sexually explicit, obscene, pornographic, violent, self-mutilating (e.g., relating to murder, the sales of weapons, cruelty, abuse, etc.), discriminatory (based on race, sex, religion, natural origin, physical disability, sexual orientation or age), illegal (e.g. underage drinking, substance abuse, computer hacking, etc.), offensive, threatening, profane, or harassing.
Read the complete Spells Video Contest Official Rules
