ABC 5's 'DOKYU' Student Documentary Competition

ABC 5's "DOKYU" Student Documentary Competition Rules

COMPETITION RULES

DOKYU
Student Documentary Competition

ELIGIBILITY:
* Films/Documentaries must be produced from June 2003 to present by a student/s currently enrolled at the time the production was made
* All entries must not have been aired over national television
* Entries must be in DVD or VCD format, accompanied by an accomplished entry form
* You may secure entry forms from ABC 5 or download at the Files section of http://www.groups. yahoo.com/ group/DOKYU or this egroup
* You may submit it personally or by mail to 762 ABC 5 Quirino Highway Novaliches Quezon City. (Entries with no entry form will not be screened)
* Obtain additional information by calling 9263551 local News & Public Affair or 9377916 or contact Meyor at 0922-9936814

MECHANICS:
* All entries will be pre-screened by the DOKYU circle where the final 20 (or 22) will be selected.
* Upon selection, the filmmaker/s will be advised through phone. He/She will be interviewed as part of the program.
* All entries will be screened by a three-member board of critics.
* The critics will be randomly selected from the academe and broadcast industry. The critics will judge the entries based on content, relevance, direction, scriptwriting, editing and production values which will compose fifty percent (50%) of the total competition criteria.
* The other fifty percent will come from viewers votes via SMS
* Two documentaries per episode will be aired. Voting starts immediately after the program and ends after forty-eight hours. An update based on percentage ranking will be announced over ABC programming from time to time.
* The entry with the highest accumulated votes and critics grade will be judged as the competition winner.

PRIZE:
* Season winner brings home P50,000.00 TAX-FREE and a trophy.
* Non-winners will receive a certificate for being chosen as one of the 20 finalists.