2025 STATE TECHNICAL STANDARDS • PAGE 113 Online Online Resumé Resumé Submission Submission SERIES: COMMERCIAL DESIGN A CONTEST: TELEVISION PRODUCTION CONTEST: TELEVISION PRODUCTION Series Director: MICHELLE ALEXANDER • 508-998-3321 ext. 887 • [email protected] Competition: Blackstone - Rooms 525 & 526 with Event Manager: Logan Keefe REQUIREMENTS AND SCOPE OF CONTEST Advisors will be sent log-on information for the Learning Management System Learning Management System, which will be open on April 10. Contestants must submit an electronic copy of their resumé to the LMS LMS by April 28, by 5:00pm. Clothing Requirements: avoid a clothing penalty SkillsUSA attire: - Red SkillsUSA blazer, windbreaker or sweater, or black or red SkillsUSA jacket. - Button-up, collared, white dress shirt (accompanied by a plain, solid black tie), white blouse (collarless or small collard) or white turtleneck, with any collar to not extend to the lapel area of the blazer, sweater, windbreaker or jacket. - Black dress slacks or black dress skirt (knee-length) Wearing socks or hose is no longer required. If worn, socks must be black dress socks and hose must be either black or skin-tone and seamless/non pattern. - Black dress shoes or Professional Business Attire NO cell phones or SmartWatches allowed Tool Requirements: Contestants must submit online a one-page type-written resume, failure to do so will result in a 50-point penalty a. Computers should be tested outside of the school’s environment, to make sure student access and software will function at the contest Computers should be tested outside of the school’s environment, to make sure student access and software will function at the contest location. The sending school’s Technology Coordinator should also be on stand-by to assist a contestant over the phone, if problems arise. location. The sending school’s Technology Coordinator should also be on stand-by to assist a contestant over the phone, if problems arise. b. For each piece of music used, a written copyright permission letter from the copyright holder must be submitted with entry. A blanket letter from a music library may be used. Any entry containing music not properly licensed will result in point penalties. Contestants may also create their own music during post-production. Sound effects and sound effects libraries may be used. c. A camera and computer system capable of recording video and outputting video Aspect Ratios: 4:3 (4x3) or 16:9 (16x9) Frame Rates: 24fps, 29.97fps, or 30fps. Scanning: Progressive or Interlaced Resolution: 480 (SD) formats, and 720,1080 (HD) formats are acceptable up to 30fps. d. Audio and video must be in the same file; we cannot accept submissions with separate audio and video files. e. One nonlinear editing system (multiple computers are not allowed). Any software editing/compositing/mixing system may be used, but no third-party templates may be used. f. Microphone (wired and/or wireless) g. Two or more batteries and power supply/charger for camera h. Certify that the equipment has been thoroughly inspected and is in safe working condition i. 20’ AC extension cord with multiple outlet power strip j. Camera support system (tripod, monopod, shoulder mount, steadicam, etc. are all allowed) k. Headphone splitters, if desired, must be supplied by contestants l. Contestants may shoot (record) in any format/frame rate/ resolution desired, but the final project to be turned in must follow the specs out lined above. m. No stock photography, no stock video, no stock animation or graphics packages are allowed. n. All teams will export their videos as H.264 and submit the final edited project to the assigned Dropbox by the deadline. o. Each contestant’s submission folder should contain the following items: • Final Video File named “TV-Production-(your contestant #)” (i.e. “TV-Production- 001”) • Your Script • Permissions folder - this should contain all license information on copywritten material in your production such as sound effects, music, etc. and permissions to use that material. All documentation should also be in (.pdf) form. State Skills: The contest will include a video assignment to be created on site by a team of two student members from the same school and same division. The assignment will consist of the following: 1. A video that conveys the following theme, “SkillsUSA: Ignite Your Potential.” “SkillsUSA: Ignite Your Potential.”
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