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LATV Festival

Home NATPE's NextTV Competition

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CATEGORY WINNERS ANNOUNCED:

Branded Entertainment sponsored by Ogilvy Entertainment Comedy sponsored by Moderati Documentary/News sponsored by truTV Drama sponsored by Lionsgate
LEXUS: PARTS ART
NATURAL HAZARDS
BIT MUSEUM
THE FRANKI SHOW
Lifestyle/DIY sponsored by RDF Media USA Reality/Unscripted sponsored by Comcast-E! Long Form sponsored by YouTube
WORD TO YOUR MUTHA THE SHOW SPOTLAB
DUELING VHS




Description and Mission

To showcase and reward excellence for professionally generated video web series. Through the Next TV Competition, NATPE is searching for the best pilot for a new web series or the best new episode from existing web series.

Entries

Entries will consist of written submission form, fee and video of a completed pilot for a new web series or an episode from an existing web series with a minimum running time of :30 seconds to no more than five (5) minutes (short form) or 18 to 24 minutes (long form).


Sponsored Category (Long Form: 18 minutes to 24 minutes):




Six Short Form Categories (30 seconds to 5 minutes):

Chad Vader


Drama

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A serious narrative work or program for television, radio, or the cinema.

Comedy
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A light and humorous drama with a happy ending.

Reality/Unscripted
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Unscripted dramatic or humorous situations. Documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors.

Lifestyle/DIY
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Situations that define a way of life or style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group. / Situations that focus on people (called do-it-yourselfers or DIYers) creating or repairing things for themselves without the aid of "on-duty, work-stationed" paid professionals.

Documentary/News
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Projects that emphasize or express things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation; "objective art", presenting the facts about a person or event. / Projects that provide information about recent events or topics.

Branded Entertainment
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Also known as advertainment, it's the combination of a program and a brand that is initiated either by the brand or by the program creator. The purpose of a branded entertainment program is to give a brand the opportunity to communicate their image to their target audience in an original way, by creating positive links between the brand and the program.



 

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