ATTENTION CANBERRA ANIMATORS!

UPDATE (28.11.06)
Due to a high volume of last minute requests we have decided to extend the deadline of the competition to January 10th 2007 with the announcement of winners on January 30th 2007.

In the interest of keeping a level playing field, and although the entries received thus far have been of an exceptional quality, entrants who have already submitted and feel that with more time they could improve their chances of winning are permitted to further develop their work and resubmit it by the new deadline.

Ever wanted to make an animated music video?

MEATBEE are a band who like to get out and about and meet local artists from other fields. In their 6 year history the band have collaborated with Canberran filmmakers, photographers, mime artists, musicians, clowns and fire twirlers just to name a few.

MEATBEE believe that art is an ongoing conversation between different people who have different ways of viewing the world. MEATBEE also believe that there is some great talent in the ACT and that talent should be shared with the rest of the world.

MEATBEE have been playing to audiences up and down the East Coast of Australia and recently the band have been in the studio putting together an EP. Now the band is seeking to find someone with a unique vision to come on board and give a visual perspective to the sound.

This is where you come in!

MEATBEE's EP "Breathing Under Water" is slated for release in January 2007 with a special edition DVD extra. MEATBEE are endeavouring to make the release a showcase for Canberra artists.

The band are working with EoR Media in Kingston to develop a live action film clip for the first single from the EP. MEATBEE are also working with local documentarian and photographer Chris Holly on a short behind-the-scenes look at a Canberra band. There is also a DJ-Remix competition open to Canberra electronic artists (see here). The fourth ingredient is where you come in!

We want you to come up with a unique animation to accompany the song 'Just For Me' on the DVD. There is no brief for this project. We want you to use your imagination, interpret the song any way you see fit, and come up with an animated work that reflects you as an artist. Sometimes the best ideas flourish in the spaces between people, so we’re giving you heaps of room to move. Go crazy!

What’s in it for you? Well, there’s a Schiavello 17 inch LCD monitor (recommended retail price $1,500) and a cash prize of $500 to the animator/s of the winning entry, plus a possibility that your work will be included on a nationally distributed release and be broadcast on national television. Sound good to you? Get together with mates or fly solo if you like and put together an animated clip (using any style of animation) for the song “Just for me”, fill in the entry form, read and sign the terms and conditions, then send your entry into us! Deadline for Submissions is 29th November 2006, winner to be announced on 1st December. We look forward to working with you! Enquiries can be directed here

DOWNLOAD MP3 OF 'JUST FOR ME'

DOWNLOAD ENTRY FORM
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF MEATBEE ANIMATED VIDEO CLIP COMPETITION

The Meatbee Animated Video Clip Competition (‘the Competition’) asks entrants to submit an animated work (‘Animated Work’) to accompany Meatbee’s track 'Just For Me' (‘the Song’). By submitting your animated work to the Competition, you agree to be contractually bound by all of the following terms and conditions:

1. All entrants to the Competition must be eighteen years of age or over.

2.Opening date for submissions is 1 June 2006, deadline for submissions is 29 November 2006

3. Entry to the Competition is available only to residents of the Australian Capital Territory. Any entries received from outside the Australian Capital Territory will not be considered.

4. The winning entry of the Competition will be selected by MEATBEE.

5. Should MEATBEE wish to include the winning entry in a MEATBEE production (CD release, DVD releaseor otherwise) the winning entrant/s shall be asked after the close of the Competition to enter into an agreement with MEATBEE for the use of their Animated Work which may include an assignment or exclusive license of any or all copyright related to the winning entry.

6. MEATBEE are not obligated to invite the winning entrant to participate in a MEATBEE release, this decision will be at the sole discretion of MEATBEE.

7. Recording media containing your submission to the competition will not be returned. MEATBEE will not be liable in any way if your submission is lost, misplaced, stolen or destroyed.

8. You warrant that;
(a) Your submission to the Competition contains no sampled material taken from any third parties, your submission is your own original work and does not infringe the copyrights or moral rights of any third parties;

(b) Your submission to the Competition is not actionable for defamation, passing off, unfair competition, breach of confidence or invasion of privacy;

(c) Any electronic files submitted by you to MEATBEE do not and will not contain any viruses or other programming routines that detrimentally interfere with computer systems or data;

(d) You will not reproduce, copy, or distribute the Song except for the purposes of compiling your submission to the Competition;

(e) You will not perform, broadcast, communicate or in any other way make the Song available to the public;

(f) All factual assertions that you have made to MEATBEE are true and complete.

9. You agree to indemnify MEATBEE from any and all damages and costs, including all legal fees, arising out of or related to any breach of the representations and warranties you have given above.

10. MEATBEE retain all copyrights, moral rights and any other rights related to the Song.