Get creative and start brainstorming, because The "Stop Motion Addict" Contest has begun! Before you start, download the free Frame X Frame iPhone app that features the ability to create stop motion videos from multiple images.
This one-stop camera app also comes with enhanced photo-taking & social sharing capabilities. You'll be amazed at how simple and easy it is to produce stop motion videos with this camera app!
To enter JOBY’s “Stop Motion Addict” contest, participants must download the free Frame X Frame iPhone 4 app from the iTunes store, shoot a stop motion video using the Frame X Frame app and upload it to the JOBY YouTube page.
The grand prize bundle includes Canon 7D DSLR, a GorillaPod Focus and Ballhead X, and also a screening of their Stop Motion film at the Renderyard Short Film Festival in Spain this November. Some of the contest judges are Mark Reid, Estafania Merino, Mike Doyle... just to name a few.
The video entry that receives the highest number of YouTube “thumbs up” votes will walk away with a Canon Powershot S95!
Contest ends on 31st May 2011. So don't wait any further and take part now!
Grand Prize: 7D + GorillaPod Focus plus Ballhead X plus featured at Renderyard film festival.
2nd prizes: choice of GorillaPod SLR Zoom plus ballhead and your choice of a GorillaTorch Blade or GorillaTorch Switchback
Runners Up: prize (10 winners): GorillaMobile for iPhone 4
Fan Favorite: Point and shoot Camera
ENTRY GUIDELINES
Winners (except for the fan favorite) will be judged by an esteemed panel of judges based on –25% Creativity, 25% Technical Skill, 25% Virality, 25% Overall execution
3 stop motion entries per person (must be shot using Frame X Frame app in either continuous or manual mode)
Videos cannot exceed 3 minutes
Contest ends 5/31, Winner Announced 6/8
Fan favorite will be based on # of thumbs up to the winning entry (thumbs down will not impact fan favorite calculations
Entrants must have actually taken the video. Purchased or stolen images or videos are not permitted.
Edgy and creative is good, but pornography will be removed. JOBY ultimately reserves the right to disqualify entries it deems inappropriate.
Contest is open to eligible participants, 18 years of age or older. This contest is void where prohibited. JOBY employees or family members of employees are not eligible. JOBY reserves the right to disqualify entrants or photographs it deems inappropriate or offensive. Entrants must be the rightful owners of any/all copyrights associated with submitted image(s) or video(s), or else must have explicit permission to distribute the image(s). Copyright violations will result in immediate disqualification. By submitting an image entrant retains ownership of the image or video, but grants JOBY an unrestricted license to publish, promote and reuse the image or video in perpetuity. In the event that a selected winner resides someplace where terms of this contest are prohibited or is found to have violated the terms and conditions of the contest, that winner will be declared ineligible and a new winner selected. All decisions of JOBY, Inc. are final. The names of winners will be posted by 6/8/2011 at: http://joby.com/blog.
