Deadline for Maties diversity video competition is fast approaching

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There is only about a week left before residences and PSOs that want to enter the Maties video competition as part of the Maties diversity celebrations (30 September – 4 October) have to hand in the final product.

The goal of this competition is to show that diversity comes in many guises. It is not only about race, language, religion, gender, place of origin, or age. It is also about diversity of fashion, modes of transport, hairstyles, music tastes and much more.

"We hope that at least 15 residences and PSOs will participate in this competition," says Wiaan Visser, the SRC member with the portfolio Transformation.

"We do not want to be too prescriptive, but the duration of the videos may not be longer than four minutes."

The videos will be loaded onto the MatiesTV YouTube channel by die multi media coordinator of Stellenbosch University.

The video which is deemed the best by a panel of judges, will ensure that the specific residence or PSO receives R5000 in prize money. The video which has the most hits on YouTube by 12:00 on 30 September, will win the residence or PSO R3000.

All the videos will simultaneously go live to ensure that there is no unfair advantage to anyone.

For queries about the video, send an e-mail to wiaanv@sun.ac.za and for technical queries send an e-mail to stefane@sun.ac.za.

Rules and Specifications:

• Each residence and PSO will only be able to enter one video into the competition.
• The videos should not be longer than three, maximum four minutes in duration. (They may be shorter.)
• Every video must include one still shot of at least five seconds of the "Celebrating Diversity" logo at the beginning of the video. You will find the logo attached to this email – in English, Afrikaans and isiXhosa. It is up to you which one(s) you use.
• Videos can be in either of two formats: H.664 or MPEG2.
• Using copyrighted music without permission or without having acquired the rights will be grounds for disqualification. If you search on the internet, you will find plenty of free film stock music. Please provide details of the source of your music – the URL ­–  where it was downloaded from, as well as the track name, in a Word document saved on a flash disk with your video.
• In the same Word document, please provide the title of your video, the name of your residence or PSO, and a short description of your video.
• The file name of your video should consist of the title of your video and the name of your res or PSO.
• Submit your video on flash disk at the SRc office before 12-noon on the 23^rd of September. The videos should thus be produced in the period leading up to the 23^rd.

You can follow us on Twitter #MatiesDiversity and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/stellenboschuniversity

For more information, contact Wiaan Visser at wiaanv@sun.ac.za.

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Opsomming: ​Daar is net sowat ʼn week oor voordat koshuise en PSO's wat wil deelneem aan die videokompetisie rondom die diversiteitsvieringe van 30 September – 4 Oktober, die finale produk moet inhandig.

Summary: ​There is only about a week left before residences and PSOs that want to enter the Maties video competition as part of the Maties diversity celebrations (30 September – 4 October) have to hand in the final product.