Deadline: 15th Oct | Age 18+ | Get creative and enter this international video contest for students from around the world.
To enter this year’s International Student Video Contest, send in your original video telling us about how you’d use the prize money towards a trip you’d like to take (if you’re already an international student) or your proposed international studies.
If your video is selected, you could win one of the following prizes:
- First Place Winner: $4,000
- Second Place Winner: $500
- Third Place Winner: $250
- GoAbroad Choice Winner: $500
- Viewers’ Choice Award Winner: $1,000
Last year’s 2018 submissions came from all corners of the globe!
General Tips and Good Ideas
- Be creative! Use titles that are unique to you and your video. Instead of including words like “Dream & Journey” in your title, use something more imaginative and characteristic of your video. This will help you stand out from the crowd and get noticed.
- Produce a high quality video less than 4 minutes long, HD preferred. If you have a great story to tell but we’re not able to see what’s happening in your video, it won’t get the attention it may deserve.
- Record the best quality sound possible. If you can’t be heard or understood, we won’t know how great your video is! Test the sound before you start filming and periodically throughout.
- Your video should tell a story and be made for this contest (yes, our judges are able to tell when it’s not made exclusively for us). From the official rules: If you are currently studying outside of your home country, your video can describe any trip you would like to take. If you are not currently studying outside of your home country, your entry must describe your proposed study abroad.
The winner will be expected to maintain a blog documenting the trip. This blog will start immediately after the winner is announced, and will continue through the trip until return to school. Contributions are expected at least once a week during the preparation for the trip and daily during the trip.
Originality and interest level in the trip, and creativity and quality of the video, are the main criteria. Click here to see previous year’s winning videos Use these past year videos to get an idea of what it takes to win, and the variety of videos out there. But don’t just copy their ideas – we have seen every video many times, and we know when an idea is not original!
Find all the info and rules at the link below: