Boomtown Music Video Challenge

Boomtown’s Music Video Challenge has is back again! We’re hitting Play on this fun & free filmmaking contest Friday, August 8, when teams will receive a song from our collection of music made by a variety of local Southeast Texas bands. They’ll then have two weeks to create their music video for that song before turning it in on the night of Saturday, August 23. That’s when all the music videos will be screened together with the audience choosing a favorite. Winners will receive fabulous prizes! Be sure to read all the deets below.

Kick-off: Friday, August 8 at For the Record (999 Calder Avenue, Beaumont, TX). Filmmakers are invited to sign up at 8pm during the release party for Baby Metal’s new album.
Music Video Challenge Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1218055503351535

How to sign up: Just have your team, or a team representative, come to For the Record at the kick-off time and let us know that you’re there for the challenge. The host will let teams receive a band from our collection of local music representing a variety of genres. Once your team contact info & selection has been recorded, you’re off!

Price to participate: IT’S FREE TO PARTICIPATE! However, there will be a $5 cover charge at the screening event on August 23 when the audience will be able to vote for their favorite music video. If you want to avoid that charge, or just aren’t able to attend the event in person, teams are allowed to send us their music video electronically and we will announce the results of the voting after August 23. (Boomtown’s e-mail address is boomtownfest {at} gmail {dot} com, but we recommend sending a download link rather than trying to attach your video to an e-mail. One free method to electronically transmit your video is to upload it to Google Drive and then share the file with us.)

What if you can’t attend the kick-off in person: You can contact Boomtown (boomtownfest {at} gmail {dot} com) after the challenge kick-off on August 8 to sign up remotely. We will inform you which band you have been randomly assigned.

Deadline: 8:00 PM on Saturday, August 23 at For the Record. Music videos must be delivered as a data file by that deadline, either by physically bringing the video file there on a drive, or by sharing/e-mailing a download link to boomtownfest {at} gmail {dot} com.

Screening & Decisions: Be sure to stick around after you turn in your music video because all completed vids will be screened immediately after the deadline, at 8:30 PM on Saturday, August 23 at For the Record. That’s also when the audience will pick a favorite.

ADDITIONAL CONTEST GUIDELINES

• The Music Video Challenge is open to all ages.

• Teams may consist of any number of people.

• It is free to participate in the Boomtown Music Video Challenge.

• At the beginning of the contest, a representative of each team must provide a team name, contact information, and receive their song. Teams that sign up remotely because they could not be present at the kick-off will be assigned a band.

• Music videos may be no longer than 30 seconds more than the run time of their song, including credits.

• It’s asked that submitted digital files be limited in size to 2 GB, and saved in common video formats. (Please no Apple Pro Res files.) This is to ensure that there is no problem playing your music video at the screening.

• Because the screening and judging of music videos will happen immediately after the challenge deadline, late submissions cannot be accepted.