Calling all Film Makers (film, animation and flash media): Win $400 cash, get exposure and change the world! Mission: Motivate the Americans to use clean energy through comedy, satire and wit. Develop a high impact multimedia experience that motivates the average person to desire change in how we, but more specifically our corporations, produce our energy. Throughout recent history the power of film has been a force of change in our world. I need your help to continue that trend at a time when we need it the most. The Offer: Top prize $400 plus the chance to be commissioned to make up to 10 sequels. You and your work gains exposure you couldn�t pay for. Plus we pay $25 for any entry we use that does not win top prize. We are trying to start a revolution! The Contest: Make a 60 second film using any format (video, animation, flash media etc.) that motivates the audience to care about the use of renewable energy in out society. Use comedy, satire, wit and whatever other styles you need to, to make people care about clean energy and motivate them to want to change the way we produce energy. In essence I want you to condense �An Incontinent Truth� into a 60 sec short film which has the potential for up to 10 sequels. Be creative; find a way in 60 sec to motivate Americans to use Clean Energy. Pull at the audience�s emotional heart strings; make them laugh while making them think. Try to make it as apolitical as possible but be critical of status quo. The Objective: To build awareness around the development of renewable energy and to associate this awareness with the Clean Energy Certification that Clean Energy International, the company sponsoring the contest, is developing. Guidelines: 1. You can use any form of media: Film, Animation, Flash media etc. 2. Use satire, comedy and wit. Try to be entertaining but informative. 3. Use any of the ideas, facts and statement listed at the end of this document in the framework of your short film. This is not required you can come up with your own facts but make sure they come from quality sources or it will disqualify you. 4. Make it something people will tell their friends about. Make it outrageous and crazy if you want. The more it makes people talk about it the better. 5. Have a strong Hook you use to real them in and leave them wanting more. This should be the first is a sequence of 10, make them want to see the next one so bad that they go in search for it when it comes out. 6. Entries will be judges on 5 categories; Inspirational/motivational value, Entertain Value, Stickiness value, Information Value and desire to come back for more. a. Judged by testing them with real audiences. 7. 60 seconds maximum and must be submitted in a high quality digital format. 8. Email questions and submissions to F...@CE-intl.com Rolling submissions start October 1st and end when the winner is chosen. Ideas: � Use our current reality and contrast it with an alter reality o Read the book �The Tipping Point� for guidance � Make an extended version if you want, but the main entry has to be 60 sec max. Topics on change:  Even as one person, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. It is easy to make a few simple, but significant, changes in your lifestyle.  We negatively affect our environment through our everyday activities. We can�t stop affecting the environment, but we can be proactive and change how we affect the environment.  Any damage to the environment becomes everyone�s problem, and if we don�t make changes today, it will become our children�s problem. Facts:  Though accounting for only 5 percent of the world's population, Americans consume 26 percent of the world's energy. (American Almanac)  All ten of the hottest year on record, globally, have occurred in the last 15 years. (An Inconvenient Truth)  80% of the world's energy needs will be met by fossil fuels by 2030. Nuclear, hydroelectric, biomass and waste power will provide only 17%, with solar and wind accounting for less than 2%. (International Energy Agency http://www.iea.org/) o WE CAN CHANGE THIS! Make it so 15-50% is generated by solar and wind!  Within 15 years, renewable energy could be generating enough electricity to power 40 million homes and offset 70 days of oil imports. (http://www.solarenergy.org/resources/energyfacts.html) For More Facts and Information about the Environment and Electricity: � Environmental Protection Agency: Air Pollution � Environmental Protection Agency: Global Warming � Environmental Protection Agency: Power Profiler � Environmental Defense � Natural Resource Defense Council: Air Pollution � Natural Resource Defense Council: Global Warming � The Heat is Online: Global Warming � Power Scorecard � National Renewable Energy Laboratory � World Resources Institute: Climate change, energy and transportation � Hot Earth Press � Energy Information Administration � Union of Concerned Scientists: Clean Energy � Climate Star: Choices Disclaimer: All materials entered into this contest become the property of Clean Energy Intl., Inc. upon rendering payment of $25 to the authors of the material. Clean Energy Intl., Inc. can use the material in any form it chooses. The winning entry will receive $400 and potentially the opportunity to make up to 10 sequels to their original entry. Clean Energy Intl., Inc. can find another party to make the sequels but will make the first offer to the wining team or individual. We hold true to our word, if your entry gets used you will be rewarded as we grow. Think of this as a chance to get in on the ground floor of a company that has the potential to bring in over $25 million or more a year within the first 2-3 years.