CONTEST NEWS: The deadline for posting your entry has been extended to 12:00 Noon EST, Tuesday, November 3, 2009. This gives you the opportunity to film on Halloween night.
In addition to its more serious side, the Theremin has a long history of use in horror/sci-fi movies. In celebration of this history, were awarding prizes to the videographers who do the best job of re-creating this experience.
Rules & Regulations:
Videos must be at least one minute in length. Theremin(s) used must be manufactured by Moog Music.
Participating is easy:
1. Create your best Theremin video with a Halloween Theme.
2. Upload it to your YouTube channel.
3. Post the YouTube URL for your video on the Moog Music Forum www.moogmusic.com/forum in the Theremin Forum, under the Halloween Theremin Contest topic by 12:00 Noon EST, Tuesday, November 3, 2009. If you are not already a Moog Music Forum member, you must register.
An online poll will be set up on the Forum On Tuesday, November 3 at 5:00 EST. Videos judged by Moog Music not to have significant Theremin or Halloween content will not be entered into the poll.
On Monday, November 30, at 12:00 pm EST, the video with the most votes in the poll will be the 1st prize winner. At that time, the judges will also check to see which video has the highest number of views on YouTube. The video with the highest number will be the 2nd prize winner. If a video wins the poll and has the highest number of views, the lucky winner will receive both prizes! Winners will be contacted through their YouTube account.
Moog reserves the right to unilaterally remove any video which it, at its sole discretion, deems to be unsuitable.
Prizes:
1st prize Best Video MF-104Z Analog Delay
2nd prize Most views MF-102 Ring Modulator
All contestants whose videos make it to the poll will receive a Moog t-shirt. Limit one t-shirt per video.
The Fine Print:
Eligibility: This Contest is open to persons 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees of Moog Music Inc., or its affiliated or subsidiary companies, and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of such persons, are not eligible to enter Contest or to participate in the voting process. Contest is governed by the laws of the U.S.A. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited.
Videos cannot be sexually explicit or overly suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, or contain nudity;
Cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message;
Cannot be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group;
Cannot contain patents, trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others, or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind, without permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses;
Cannot contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art or images published on or in Web Sites, television, movies or other media) without permission;
Cannot contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs identifying any person, living or dead, other than participant(s), without permission;
Cannot depict, and cannot itself, be in violation of any law; and
Cannot contain personal contact information about contributor or other individual including name, address, city, state or country, email, phone, IM or any information that would allow the contributor to be contacted. |
