11th GATSBY Creative Awards 2016

GATSBY Student CM Awards have been renewed as GATSBY Creative Awards to further support young people's creative endeavors. Students, individuals, group, school classes or anyone also can join the contest. Participating countries for this year include Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and USA. As the popularity and engagement with all individual across the globe yield more creative output than ever, our aim has never been stronger than before; to bring out the best out of each individual in hopes of achieving new heights as visual creators at an international stage.

This is the timeline and judging period for the 11th GATSBY Creative Awards 2016:

Requirements for Applicants

Students, individuals, group, school classes or anyone also can join the contest. Please note that applicants must fulfill the following conditions:

1. Representative applicants should be students enrolled in high school, vocational school, junior college, university, graduate school in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, or USA (regardless of nationality).

2. Both individual and group (as a group or classroom activity) are acceptable.

3. For the group entry, students must be responsible for planning and directing, and more than two-third (2/3) production staff or members should be students.

4. There is no restriction on the casts.

Attending the awards ceremony

If your work is nominated, nominee(s) will be requested to participate in the ceremony. The transportation cost for one representative will be bear by the company. Group members or friends can also participate the ceremony at their own expenses. However, please note that it may limit the number of people due to the hall space.

Consent from parent/ guardians are required

For those who participated in the ceremony and under 20 years old, parental consent will be required.
A consent form to participate the ceremony will be sent from our office in advance. Please mail it back to us after the form is signed by parent/guardian.

Brand Concept

1. Decide which CM theme to apply for.

We are accepting CM image work from "The Standard CM Category" and "The No-Editing CM Category". All entry content including film, audio, narration, CG, etc. must be original and unpublished.

2. Decide which category to apply for.

There are two categories in GATSBY Creative Awards. Decide which category to apply for according to your style and strengths.

3. Create your original video commercial!

Please read the following precautions carefully before starting your creation.
For commercial songs, copyright-free sound materials are downloadable for applicants' use.
Applicants are also free to produce their original commercial songs.

Kindly visit GATSBY for more information.

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