BY ENTERING INTO THIS CONTEST YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS DO NOT ENTER OR UPLOAD YOUR CONTEST SUBMISSION. MWB/MMSFF RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND RULES OF THIS AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH THE SITE IS OFFERED.
- CONTEST SCHEDULE:
Via email (majesticmsff@gmail.com): 12:00am September 2, 2011 - 11:59pm November 12, 2011
Via direct delivery to - Grnd Floor, Block 2, 24 Bakare Str, (by First Bank of Nigeria), Ojodu/Berger B/Stop, IKEJA, LAGOS. NIGERIA: 9:00am September 2, 2011 - 6:00pm November 12, 2011
("Contest Period" may be subject to change without notice).
- TO ENTER:
To enter the Contest, go to http://www.mmsff.blogspot.com/ ("Website") during the Contest Period. To register, follow the on-screen directions to properly complete and submit a registration form for the Contest. You will then be sent an email which will include a link to confirm your email address. If you have already registered you can login with your username and password you first registered with. When prompted you will be asked to upload your original Submission to the Site.
BEFORE YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO UPLOAD YOU MUST EXPRESSLY AGREE AND CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE MWB/MMSFF TERMS OF SERVICE AND OF THE MWB/MMSFF PRIVACY POLICY IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY OF THESE TERMS PLEASE DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE OR ENTER THE CONTEST.
Before Submission (via direct delivery or uploading online), you will be required to agree specifically that:
(a) you have read or have had these Official Rules and the
Terms and Conditions of Upload read to you and you are in agreement with these terms;
(b) you are over the age of 16 at the date of entry. (All Users of the age 16 to 18 must have permission of an adult who will receive any prizes or remuneration on their behalf);
(c) you personally created, wrote and produced your Submission and you have received permission for the use of the image/likeness of any and all identifiable persons appearing in your Submission and confirm MWB/MMSFF or Participating Brands permission to use his or her image/likeness if your Submission is selected as a Finalist in the Contest;
(d) you will not upload the same or similar entry in the same contest;
(e) you will not submit an entry previously submitted to a MWB/MMSFF/MMSFF competition, any other competition or content that has previously been published online or other distribution channels;? ;
(f) uploading your video to another website e.g. YouTube, Facebook, Twitter or any other website will void your entry unless you have express permission from MWB/MMSFF to do so;
(g) that nothing establishes an employer/employee relationship with the Participating Brand and you are solely a contestant in the Competition, and are acting voluntarily, using your own time and resources to create your entry for the Contest.
Submissions that do not include all required information and adhere to the Official Rules will be considered void.
- CREATIVE ASSIGNMENT:
Participating brands all have different creative assignments ("The Brief"). Please refer to each creative assignment at http://www.mmsff.blogspot.com/
Your submission should be in commercial form consistent with the Official Rules.
- JUDGING REQUIREMENTS:
Unless otherwise stated in The Brief the Judging Criteria ("Judging Criteria") is as follows:
1. Originality and Creativity - 40%
2. Adherence to Creative Assignment - 40%
3. Indigenous Concept – 20%
- TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
· A Video File must be submitted - the Video file (s) must be no more than the maximum duration stated in the Competition Brief (all copyrighted material will be removed).
For online submissions the Video file size should be kept at or under 100 MB for quicker upload/encoding time (max file size is 300MB). Video Files must be provided in one of the following file formats: .MPG; .MOV; .AVI; .WMV; .MP4; .M4V
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· Videos could also be submitted on CDs/DVDs in VCD/DVD/Blue Ray formats
· Finalists may be asked to provide the original audio and video files used during production of the entry for broadcast purposes. This may include uncompressed QuickTime files, final audio mix and/or separate audio tracks for dialogue, music, and effects. These items are not mandatory to become a Finalist
- ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Submission must be primarily in English or subtitled.
Once Submission (via direct delivery or online uploading) is made, they will not be returned. MWB/MMSFF or Participating Brands may, in its sole discretion, remove, delete and/or forfeit Submission it deems inappropriate or otherwise non-compliant with the Contest.
- SELECTION OF WINNERS:
Finalist Submissions will be selected by a judging process in which a designated panel of judges from each brand ("Judges") will evaluate each eligible Submission based on the judging criteria set forth above. During each judging period, the judges will review all shortlisted entries and will choose winners and runners up as described in the competition web page at http://www.mmsff.blogspot.com. The Finalist Submissions will be posted for the public at http://www.mmsff.blogspot.com/. All Finalists are subject to verification, including without limitation, verification of eligibility, compliance with these Official Rules and completion of a Creative Assignment Agreement and/or such other release forms. The decision of the judges will be final and binding in all matters; no entrant will have the right to challenge the verdict and the judges will not engage in any conversation or explanation regarding their decision.
Where the competition includes an additional judging process at the indicated event or festival the votes will be collated for judging by an independent judging panel. Submissions will be judged on the criteria outlined in Rule 4 above.
- WINNER NOTIFICATION:
Winners will be notified by telephone, mail and/or email in MWB/MMSFF's sole discretion. If attempted notification is returned as undeliverable, if a Finalist cannot be verified, or if Finalist is otherwise unable to accept prize, prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate Finalist provided sufficient time remains, in Participating Brand's discretion.
- FINALIST PRIZES:
The prizes shall be listed on the MMSFF website and may be subject to alteration without notification.
A full winner's list will be made available six weeks after the competition date.
