Republic of the Philippines

Province of Ilocos Sur

City of Vigan
Vigan City Fiesta
Education Day Celebration 2024

SHORT FILM “SILANG STORY” VIDEO COMPETITION

GUIDELINES:

Participants:
• Open to all junior/senior high school (secondary) students who are currently
enrolled in any public and private institutions or schools in Vigan City.
• Each competing team shall have a minimum of five (5) student members, including
writers, casts, and directors.
• Team members may include teachers/non-teaching staff from the same
school/institution.

Mechanics:
1. Only the first twelve (12) entries will be accepted.
2. Each team shall:

Activity Venue Timeline

submit their duly signed entry
form and story board
Final entries shall submit their
short film in a DVD or flash
disk/Initial Screening
Event Proper/Live Judging
SP Committee on Education
(Room 122, Office of SPM Ada
Joana Fe Artajos) or thru email
lr.spmartajos@gmail.com
SP Committee on Education,
Room 122
Vigan Convention Center
on or before January 12,
2024, Friday, 1:30PM.
Printed copies of e-
submissions must be
provided not later than
4:30PM.
on or before January 19,
2024, Friday, 1:30 PM
January 20, 2024,
Saturday, 1:30PM.

3. Participants from each team must attend the live judging.

4. Entry teams may use smartphones, digital cameras, laptop, digital materials and editing
softwares, props and instruments. Animations and/or digital graphics are also permitted.
The use of premade digital formats from digital platforms with templated reels, such as
TikTok, Canva, CapCut, Instagram, will not be allowed.
5. All creative endeavors including but not limited to scriptwriting, directing, shooting,
editing, and musical scoring should be done by the team members. If creative endeavors
of the film are done by somebody not part of the registered team member, the film is
disqualified to join the competition.
6. The film must at least be ten (10) minutes long but not longer than twelve (12) minutes
in duration, including opening and closing credits.
7. The participating team shall depict their video presentation with the content related to
“Diego and Gabriela Silang” and their relevance to the history of Vigan, Ilocos Sur.
8. Film may be in various dialect/language i.e., Ilocano, Filipino, Spanish, or English,
however, subtitling in English is highly encouraged.
9. Usage of pre-recorded music is allowed but these should be acknowledged in the credits
of the film. It is however encouraged that, teams come up with original musical scoring.
10. The video submitted should not be previously published in any online personal or public
platforms. Each entry must be an original content and must not contain any ideas,
concepts, sound recordings and audio-visual works or other creative elements or
intellectual property of a third party.
11. Each entry must not contain any offensive, inappropriate, disparaging scenes/acts which
could adversely affect the name, reputation on goodwill of any individual/institution.
Violation of this item shall disqualify the competing team involved.
12. All entries shall be considered as property of the City Government and shall be uploaded
in various media for public viewing.

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 Republic of the Philippines
Province of Ilocos Sur
City of Vigan
Vigan City Fiesta
Education Day Celebration 2024

SHORT FILM “SILANG STORY” VIDEO COMPETITION

CRITERIA:

Content 40%
(Originality, creativity, visual composition)
Technical Excellence 30%
(Adherence to mechanics and time limit, visual and
audio enhancements, techniques)
Storyline and Impact 25%
(Script, concept, historical accuracy, and cultural
relevance)
Overall Quality 5%
(Overall story and video quality)
TOTAL 100%