National Professional Videographers Association of New England

The VISTA Awards is the annual competition among the National Professional Videographers Association of New England to celebrate the best work of the year in categories ranging from corporate and event videography to wedding videography to DVD design and packaging.  Held at the end of each calendar year, the VISTA winners are announced at the March meeting of the NPVA/NE.

We are now accepting entries for the Vista Awards 2007. Deadline for entries is January 1, 2008.
Results will be announced in March 2008 at The Camera Company show (stay tuned).
Please send your entries to:

VISTA Awards Entries
National Professional Videographers Association of New England
c/o 676 Elm Street, Suite 200
Concord, Massachusetts 01742

Please copy and print this submission form:

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VISTA submission form (start)

THE NPVA VISTA AWARD

Name: _______________________________________
Company Name: ___________________________________
Telephone: _______________________
1. Category: Weddings __ 
2. Corporate/Industrial __
3. Other Events (e.g. Bar Mitzvahs, Anniversaries, Recitals) __
4. Highlights (Weddings and other events) __

Name of Video Selection: __________________
Total Amount ($25 per entry): ______________

______________________________________________

 end of submission form

Judging

Videos will be judged on the following criteria:
1) Picture Quality (color, focus, stability and lighting)
2) Audio Quality (which may include both live and dubbed audio)
3) Overall Impact (which refers to how the production flows and its emotional impact)
4) Editing Technique (scene to scene compatibility)
First place winners will receive a plaque. All other winners will receive a certificate with the option of purchasing a plaque.

VISTA AWARDS RULES AND REGULATIONS
Revised 2007
1)No names on DVDs - entries are anonymous
2) Judges are NPVA members; majority are past VISTA competition winners
3) VISTA Award entries may be any length; judges will watch the first 30 minutes. Submissions must be representative of the actual delivered product. If judges believe that the program is an award contender, the judges should watch as long as they believe the entry is a contender.
4) Entrants may submit any number of entries in any category at $25.00 per entry.
5) Categories for entries:
a) Weddings - “complete” form as submitted to client with ceremony and reception which must include the original audio for rings and vows
b) Corporate
c) Miscellaneous eg. Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Anniversary, Love Story etc.
d) Wedding and other Event Highlight - may include dubbed audio
6) All work submitted must be done by the video production company submitting the entry. During the award’s presentation, all members of the production
team must be mentioned.
7) Any entrant that is in violation of these rules and regulations will be disqualified and the entrant may be barred from all future VISTA competitions
8) Each entrant will have the opportunity to submit a 25 word (or less) synopsis to explain or introduce the submission. Explanations will be copied from the entry form and affixed to the tape itself.
9) Any entry previously shown at an NPVA/NE function may not be submitted.