From NYSFair.ny.gov:
The Great New York State Fair is launching the state’s first-ever competition for videos created using cameras on drones. Entries for the professionally-judged competition can be uploaded at the event’s site on FilmFreeway.com through July 31. Videos in eight categories, including a category for films featuring New York State, will compete for medals, with the winners in each of the categories eligible for the Best In Show prize of $250.
Videos must be no longer than 5 minutes, except for the Corporate/Industrial category, where videos can be no longer than 10 minutes. At least 50% of each video must have been shot using a drone or other unmanned aerial vehicle. Creators can submit their videos in one of the following categories:
- New York State Drones: Videos created completely in New York State
- Narrative: A fiction or non-fiction story told using a drone
- Landscape & Architecture: Amazing, beautiful scenes shot using drones
- Showreel: A compilation of clips from various drone-shot videos
- Sports: Athletic activity and competition shot using drones
- Healthcare: Videos highlight how drones are being used to improve the delivery of health services
- Corporate/Industrial/Business: Videos that feature drones and the work they are doing
- Student: Videos created by an enrolled high school or college student, on any subject. Students may submit to any other category.
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