Take One

13th February | 11:00-13:00 Hrs | EEE Audi

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This is particularly for all those Rays and Ratnams out there. Take One provides a platform for aspiring film makers to display their talent in the visual arts. Combining their technical expertise with their creative flair, contestants must make a non-documentary short film based on a particular scientific theme. The stage is set, the lights are on, let the cameras roll!

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Registrations open now.

Deadline for submission: February 10th, 2009

Topics:

1. Butterfly Effect
   
   The term "butterfly effect" is attributed to Edward Norton Lorenz, a mathematician and meteorologist, who was one of the first proponents of Chaos Theory. A speech he delivered was titled, “Does the Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil Set off a Tornado in Texas.” The main idea is that small changes can lead to enormous outcomes eventually. 


2. Streisand Effect
   
   The Streisand effect is a phenomenon on the Internet where an attempt to censor or remove a piece of information backfires, causing the information to be widely publicized. Examples of such attempts include censoring a photograph, a number, a file, or a website. Instead of being suppressed, the information quickly receives extensive publicity, often being widely mirrored across the Internet, or distributed on file-sharing networks.


3. Observer Effect
   
   It is a phenomenon that occurs when individuals alter their performance or behavior due to the awareness that they are being observed. The change may be positive or negative, and depends on the situation. It is a significant threat to a research study's internal validity and is typically controlled for using blind experiment designs.
   In physics, the term observer effect refers to changes that the act of observation will make on the phenomenon being observed. This is often the result of instruments that, by necessity, alter the state of what they measure in some manner.


4. Ratchet Effect
   
   The ratchet effect is the commonly observed phenomenon that some processes cannot go backwards once certain things have happened, by analogy with the mechanical ratchet that holds the spring tight as a clock is wound up. For example, year by year, automobiles gradually acquire more features. Competitive pressures make it hard for manufacturers to cut back on the features unless forced by a true scarcity of raw materials (e.g. an oil shortage that drives costs up radically).

 

You are given scientific phenomena as topics and have to come up with non-technical, non-documentary interpretations of the topic as the theme of your short film. The main judging criteria are creativity in interpretation, direction, editing, presentation etc. Also provide a short write up on your interpretation of the topic as well as a short description of your video.

Kindly mail your entries to:

Ravi Srinivas, Manager, Take One
Room No. 39, Garnet B
National Institute of Technology
Tiruchirappalli-620015
Tamil Nadu, India

Deadline: February 10th, 2009

• The entries have to be original. Plagiarized content will lead to disqualification.
• No restriction on the number of entries per college. Entries cannot exceed 10 minutes including the time for titles and credits.
• Maximum of 15 people can appear as part of the cast and 10 people behind the scenes.
• Entries can only be in English.
• Presence of any form of vulgarity or obscenity will not be tolerated and will lead to direct disqualification.
• Subtitles can be provided for clarity's sake. Participants are encouraged to do so.
• The number of entries screened at the event is solely decided by the organizers and subject to time availability.
• The short film has to be submitted in a CD or a DVD. 
• Presence of participants is not a must. The CD or DVD can be sent by postal mail.
• Entries that are of unrecognized video formats shall not be considered. Participants should encode the video in standard AVI VOB or MPEG format and provide appropriate codecs for the same.
• The video quality should be suitable for viewing of the short film using a projector during its screening.

• What do you mean be non scientific, non documentary interpretation?
  It means that the way you present the concept should not be to explain the ideology directly. Instead, adapt them to some real-life story such that the main funda can be understood by a layman with no knowledge of science.
• Where can I get more info about the topics?
  The Internet!! Google, Wiki, Wise-Geek or anything for that matter. As long as you understand the general drift of the topic eventually.
• Would the number of heads limit count even for a crowd scene?
  Nope. Not unless everyone in the crowd has something to say.
• What software can I use for editing?
  Totally up to you! Premiere Pro, Magix Movie Edit or even Windows Movie Maker. Anything that you comfortable with. It's a problem of plenty!

Ravi Srinivas R +91 94448 12863

Abhishek K R +91 98849 46173