[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Multimedia contest

[Alex Maier]

I would say we limit file size -- this way we effectively limit time
without saying so :)

And yes, this is kinda inspired by firefox flicks, but not quite--I do
not see this as a Fedora ad contest, but film contest in which only
films can participate which Fedora can play out of the box.

All videos will have to be released under some type of open license,
and I would recommend Creative Commons.

We can give them a couple of abstract topics to film about, but I
would not stick to it too much. What I see this program achieving
would be

1. to assert that YES, Fedora supports enough media formats,
2. and of course to get creative people more involved,
3. and to get a few good videos to spice up fedoraproject.org

That's the plan--we can publicize the call for submissions on
fedoranews.org as well :)

a

On 2/13/06, Thomas Chung <tchung at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:05:43 -0500, Alex Maier wrote
> > Hey people,
> >
> > I had some time to think during my vacation, and here's the idea I got:
> >
> > Have Fedora enthusiasts around the world produce short videos in media
> > formats that Fedora supports (including Flash, maybe) and submit them
> > to a panel of judges and we will post the best ones on
> > fedora.redhat.com and on wiki, and give the winner a set of schwag (a
> > t-shirt or two, and whatever new schwag we will have).
> >
> > If you feel like it is worth pursuing, I will go ahead and draft copy
> > for the contest and we can call the contest to go with the new
> > release, or to go with FUDCon in Boston, or something else.
> >
> > Let me know what you think,
> > a
> >
>
> Sounds interesting. :)
>
> It's like Firefox Flicks -  http://www.firefoxflicks.com/adcontest/
>
> Do you have any recommended size or length of the video clips?
>
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