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Courageous Persuaders Video Scholarship Competition
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Award Amount
$3,000 |
Deadline Date
Feb 10 |
Awards Available
10 |
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Description:
Courageous Persuaders harnesses peer pressure and youthful
exuberance by inviting high school students to join in a creative and
entertaining competition to make a TV commercial about the dangers of
alcohol. Courageous Persuaders is about replacing negative, dangerous
images from movies, commercials and television, which portrays
drinking as “cool” with positive images that emphasize the dangers of
underage and binge drinking. Courageous Persuaders provides high
school students a unique opportunity to win a scholarship and be a
hero.
In Courageous Persuaders, high school students create television
commercials targeted at middle school students to warn them about the
dangers of alcohol use. Students compete for scholarship money and
trophies. The grand prize-winning commercial actually airs on TV as a
public service announcement.
High school students attending a United States High School can
participate; emphasis is placed on concept and the message, not on
production values. Students are encouraged to use whatever video
equipment is available to them. Teachers and principals, school
audio/visual departments, parents and community leaders are urged to
share their equipment and lend local support by promoting the program
as a very unique scholarship competition that is fun to participate in
and has a powerful impact on a serious problem.
It’s easy to enter, just go to our website
www.courageouspersuaders.com students can fill out entry forms on-line
and upload their completed commercials. They may also mail a copy of
their PSA in either VHS or DVD format. We offer helpful hints; a
royalty-free music library and tips form the experts and a complete
list of the competition rules, all on the website.
Applicable Majors:
All Fields of Study Website
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