by Lynnie
Bridgestone Teens Drive Smart – $25,000 scholarship – Students Only – Due June 22, 2012
Posted on 6:02 am in June 2012, Over $25000, Over 16 by Lynnie
Bridgestone’s Teens Drive Smart Video Contest is a teen driving safety initiative in its sixth year with new and exciting changes. They’re asking 16 – 21 year olds to submit an original video 25 or 55 seconds in length promoting safe driving.
Requirements
Your video must address some aspect of automobile or driving safety. Here are just a few examples:
• Seat belt usage
• Tire inflation
• Avoiding distractions while driving (like cell phones and texting)
• Driving defensively
Once you’ve chosen your topic, think about the most effective way to present it. Tell a story about your own or someone else’s experience? Develop a how-to demonstration? Make a music video?
Time line:
April 24 – June 22
Video entries accepted online
July 9 – July 23
Online voting for top three winners
You’ll need to compress your video into a digital file in order to submit it online.
We can accept video files from most digital cameras and camcorders in the .wmv, .avi, .mov, and .mpg file formats.
Video Compression.
Recommended settings:
• MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format
• 320 x 240 resolution
• MP3 audio
• 30 frames per second
We cannot accept files larger than 50mb.
Eligibility
Contest is open to legal permanent residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia, ages 16 through 21, at the time of entry. Entrants must possess a valid driver’s license and be enrolled as full-time students in an accredited secondary, college level or trade school. Proof of age and identity must be furnished upon request. Individuals who have previously received a scholarship prize through prior years’ versions of this contest (referred to as Safety Scholars) as well as children of employees of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC or their agencies are not eligible.
Judging Criteria
An expert panel of judges will choose 10 finalists.
Judges will score each entry based on their answers to these three questions:
1. Does this video effectively communicate the concept or message?
(50% of total score)
2. Does this video motivate people to be more safety-conscious?
(25% of total score)
3. How creative is this video in delivering the concept/message?
(25% of total score)
Prize
The top 10 finalists will receive a free set of four Bridgestone- or Firestone-brand tires, each set having a maximum retail value of $1000 (USD). The three finalists with the highest scores , as determined by public voting during a three-week period, will receive the following prizes: First place winner – $25,000 scholarship, second place – $15,000 scholarship and third place – $10,000 scholarship. The top three videos also have the chance to be turned into a national PSA, while the top prize winner will have his/her video posted on the MTV JumboTron in Times Square during the month of August.
Please don’t hesitate to ask any questions in the comments below.
What is meant by the term “Timeline” for this contest and how does it apply to the contest?
Timeline simply refers to the sequence of events that make up the contest:
April 24 – June 22
Video entries accepted online
July 9 – July 23
Online voting for top three winners
I assisted my son submit his video last night. We just realized that the video length is 47 seconds and not 55 seconds. Since the deadline has been extended until today ,6/23/12 at 11:59pm, should we edit the video to make it excactly 55 seconds and resubmit or will the length of 47 seconds be accepted for judging?
You might consider a second entry of 55 seconds. Here are the complete official rules:
http://www.teensdrivesmart.com/Video-Contest/scholarship/2012-official-contest-rules
Douglas,
We created another Bridgestone Teen Drive Smart account (daneskiier1@aim.com) on 6/23/12 and submitted a second entry with the full 55 seconds to replace the 47 second video – it’s the same video but just 8 seconds longer. Whom should we contact to have the other account deleted (daneshometownservces@gmail.com)so it doesn’t appear that my son, Dane Mullins, is trying to submit more than one entry and gets disqualified because the rules state only one entry per person?
Thanks you for your support and patience.
Sincerely,
Rob Mullins
(Dane Mullins’ father)
Teenagers in Dallas, Texas did recently do a video on the dangers of speeding in remembrance of a friend that made that bad choice. It is teens passing on the message to teens. Often times we forget that speeding is still one of the primary dangers. These teens take a pledge not speed or street race and ask others to do the same. The video is on line and can be watched on YouTube:
Save 1 for colin
Please watch and pass it on. It is made out of love and hope. Best thing is the local Fox station picked it up and interviewed the young teenage girl who produced it, thus sharing it with thousands of viewers. Teens are the ones having their parents come and watch it with them.
Thanks for the note.