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The Museo de la Isla (the Cozumel Island Museum) will be completely renovated in 2018. This renovation is the first in 30 years. The museum will be closed for a year or more while the interior is gutted, rebuilt, and new galleries and exhibits installed.
One of the 14 new galleries will be a virtual aquarium full of video screens showing clips of Cozumel’s marine creatures. Each of these large, HD video screens will show a rotating collection of a dozen or more video clips, each clip from 15 seconds to 30 seconds long, with the sea creature’s description and the photographer’s attribution added as subtitled text.
If you have one or more video clips taken in Cozumel of any of the marine life listed below (or ones that didn't make the list!) that you would like to submit to the museum to be considered for inclusion in the new permanent exhibit of the museum, you can send the clips as MP4 files to Contest@CozumelMuseum.org . Files containing videos longer than 30 seconds will not be eligible to enter the contest. However, you can send as many 25- to 30-second long entries as you like, as long as they are attached to your email as separate MP4 files; no zipped or condensed files will be opened.
AWARDS
If your clips are accepted for inclusion in the new museum exhibit, you will be notified by email. In return for your permission to exhibit your winning video clips, the Foundation of Cozumel Parks and Museums (FPMC) will award a free pass to your choice of either Punta Sur Eco Park or Chankanaab Park.
GRAND PRIZES
In addition to the award, each video accepted to be used in the museum will be eligible to win one of the Grand Prizes:
The First Place Winner will receive a trip to Cozumel, including air, 3 days/2nights hotel and 2 dives
The Second Place Winner will receive a BCD, regulator, octopus and air/pressure gauge
The Third Place Winner will receive a 2019 model GoPro video camera and underwater housing
The Fourth Place Winner will receive a three day, two night stay at an oceanfront condo
Ten Fifth Place Winners will receive a dive trip, including boat, tanks, and park fees
Ten Sixth Place Winners will receive a dinner at one of Cozumel’s finest restaurants
These 24 prize-winning film clips will be selected based on their technical quality, content, and impact by a four-person judging panel, whose decision is final. Grand Prizes will be awarded one month after contest ends on December 31, 2018 and the winners will be notified at that time. All non-winning digital files will be deleted on February 1, 2019.
CONTESTANT QUALIFICATIONS
You must be over 21 or over to enter the contest. You must be the author of the video clip you submit. You must certify that the video was taken in Cozumel and provide the date and location of the filming. You must sign a non-exclusive release.
VIDEO REQUIREMENTS
1. In focus, steady, with good color
2. Very steadily focused on the creature for the entire clip, with no panning or zooming
3. 16:9 aspect ratio
4. At least 720p
5. 2D, not 3D
6. No text, logo, or time/date stamp (attribution and nomenclature will be added later).
7. No more than 30 seconds long (you can submit any number of clips you want, without limit, but none should be longer than 30 seconds; 15 seconds is ideal)
8. No hands, poles, or prods can appear in the shot
TYPES OF VIDEO CLIPS NEEDED
Rays, Eels, Sharks, Turtles, Lobsters, Octopi, Nudibranchs, Worms, Squid, Anemones, Crabs, Seahorses, Pipefish, Conchs, Shrimp, Jelly fish, Echinoderms, Fish (all kinds), Night dive close-ups of coral, or any other video clip of marine sea life you think the public would like to see to have a better understanding of what Cozumel has to offer. Special interest clips also include: Lobster “migrations,” mating episodes, predation and eating episodes, bait-balls, etc.
One of the 14 new galleries will be a virtual aquarium full of video screens showing clips of Cozumel’s marine creatures. Each of these large, HD video screens will show a rotating collection of a dozen or more video clips, each clip from 15 seconds to 30 seconds long, with the sea creature’s description and the photographer’s attribution added as subtitled text.
If you have one or more video clips taken in Cozumel of any of the marine life listed below (or ones that didn't make the list!) that you would like to submit to the museum to be considered for inclusion in the new permanent exhibit of the museum, you can send the clips as MP4 files to Contest@CozumelMuseum.org . Files containing videos longer than 30 seconds will not be eligible to enter the contest. However, you can send as many 25- to 30-second long entries as you like, as long as they are attached to your email as separate MP4 files; no zipped or condensed files will be opened.
AWARDS
If your clips are accepted for inclusion in the new museum exhibit, you will be notified by email. In return for your permission to exhibit your winning video clips, the Foundation of Cozumel Parks and Museums (FPMC) will award a free pass to your choice of either Punta Sur Eco Park or Chankanaab Park.
GRAND PRIZES
In addition to the award, each video accepted to be used in the museum will be eligible to win one of the Grand Prizes:
The First Place Winner will receive a trip to Cozumel, including air, 3 days/2nights hotel and 2 dives
The Second Place Winner will receive a BCD, regulator, octopus and air/pressure gauge
The Third Place Winner will receive a 2019 model GoPro video camera and underwater housing
The Fourth Place Winner will receive a three day, two night stay at an oceanfront condo
Ten Fifth Place Winners will receive a dive trip, including boat, tanks, and park fees
Ten Sixth Place Winners will receive a dinner at one of Cozumel’s finest restaurants
These 24 prize-winning film clips will be selected based on their technical quality, content, and impact by a four-person judging panel, whose decision is final. Grand Prizes will be awarded one month after contest ends on December 31, 2018 and the winners will be notified at that time. All non-winning digital files will be deleted on February 1, 2019.
CONTESTANT QUALIFICATIONS
You must be over 21 or over to enter the contest. You must be the author of the video clip you submit. You must certify that the video was taken in Cozumel and provide the date and location of the filming. You must sign a non-exclusive release.
VIDEO REQUIREMENTS
1. In focus, steady, with good color
2. Very steadily focused on the creature for the entire clip, with no panning or zooming
3. 16:9 aspect ratio
4. At least 720p
5. 2D, not 3D
6. No text, logo, or time/date stamp (attribution and nomenclature will be added later).
7. No more than 30 seconds long (you can submit any number of clips you want, without limit, but none should be longer than 30 seconds; 15 seconds is ideal)
8. No hands, poles, or prods can appear in the shot
TYPES OF VIDEO CLIPS NEEDED
Rays, Eels, Sharks, Turtles, Lobsters, Octopi, Nudibranchs, Worms, Squid, Anemones, Crabs, Seahorses, Pipefish, Conchs, Shrimp, Jelly fish, Echinoderms, Fish (all kinds), Night dive close-ups of coral, or any other video clip of marine sea life you think the public would like to see to have a better understanding of what Cozumel has to offer. Special interest clips also include: Lobster “migrations,” mating episodes, predation and eating episodes, bait-balls, etc.
