[ecrea] BlackPublicMedia Open Global Call for Ineractive Web Content

> >      Online application:
> >      http://blackpublicmedia.org/DOC-2011.php
> >
> >      Digital Web Series Open Call Guidelines
> >      BlackPublicMedia.org
> >
> >      Blackpublicmedia.Org reviews and considers for distribution on a
> >      rolling basis films about the black experience globally. Our content
> >      priorities include films in contemporary settings depicting black
> >      life and experience in a rare and often overlooked context. We are
> >      most thrilled by those cinematic gems which bring to us knowledge
> >      that has been ignored by popular culture; films outside the norm
> >      which approach black characters, stories and locales in a fresh and
> >      engaging manner.
> >
> >      In that same spirit BlackPublicMedia.org also executively produces
> >      interactive online content designed to engage any audience
> >      interested in African Diaspora content online. The following is a
> >      guideline for submitting content for consideration to
> >      BlackPublicMedia.org¹s annual Web Series Open Call.
> >
> >      The BlackPublicMedia.org Open Call awards project requests of up to
> >      $20,000 for interactive web series concepts. Selected projects will
> >      be published on BlackPublicMedia.org, made available for public
> >      broadcasting options, and executive produced by the National Black
> >      Programming Consortium.
> >
> >      *THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR THE 2011 OPEN CALL IS SEPTEMBER 27th,
> >      2010**
> >
> >      Content Categories & Criteria
> >      The goal of the BlackPublicMedia.org Web Series Competition is to
> >      identify serial content concepts based within a unique contemporary
> >      African Diaspora context. Project concepts will be considered most
> >      highly if they utilize new distribution models to explore maximum
> >      engagement, and provide a public forum/platform for valuable
> >      networks of civic discourse. Series proposals must fall under one of
> >      the following categories:
> >
> >      ¬ Social Satire
> >      ¬ Narrative Fiction
> >      ¬ News & Documentary
> >      ¬ Public TV/Radio
> >
> >      Each series must have between eight (8) and twelve (12) episodes
> >      completed during the contract year. Please read the criteria for
> >      each submission category below.
> >
> >      Social Satire
> >      Often broad conversation about important issues can only be sparked
> >      by bold satire. Initiatives considered for the Social Satire
> >      category are meant to employ more flexible techniques to engage an
> >      audience in dialogue ­ comedy and provocative social commentary
> >      being some methods.
> >
> >      Narrative Fiction
> >      The Narrative Fiction category is for the consideration of fictional
> >      web series ideas with Black or African American lead characters.
> >      This category is meant to encourage the submission of broader ideas
> >      and explorations that are not necessarily factual but metaphoric in
> >      their
> >      implications for social and civic discourse. A broad example could
> >      be a series around a single mother raising a family; episodes could
> >      prove to be platforms for online discourse around equal pay, housing
> >      inequity, love and relationships, family, etc.
> >
> >      News & Documentary
> >      The News & Documentary genre is for the consideration of interactive
> >      content initiatives designed to provide up to date factual
> >      information about a specific Black/African Diaspora community or
> >      issue area. Series proposed here are factual ³webisodes² which offer
> >      general platforms for discourse around discreet social, or political
> >      issues. This is also a category for more intimate explorations of
> >      ideas and issues that might be part of a larger documentary project.
> >      ³Behind the scenes² ideas will not be considered too highly in this
> >      category unless they provide a distinct platform for discussing
> >      larger issues pertaining to the project idea.
> >
> >      Public TV/Radio
> >      Within this genre proposals are for ideas attached to an ongoing
> >      project with a standing, or upcoming public television or public
> >      radio broadcast. Producers working on longer format projects
> >      may use this opportunity to develop an interactive relationship with
> >      a community of interest related to their main project. For example,
> >      video podcasts for a regularly scheduled
> >      * * * * * * *
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