New Video Contest: Short Stories!
We're back with video contests and the theme is Short Stories! So get ready to unleash your storytelling skills!
What's the theme?The theme is Short Stories: Dive into Your Imagination! We challenge you to create something entirely fresh and original. Craft a captivating story within a concise format, exploring any genre or idea that inspires you. Whether it's drama, comedy, thriller, or something experimental, the choice is yours. Think about using your own experiences or events that have really moved you and really inject your short film with authenticity and emotional depth. Your narrative should unfold with a clear beginning, middle, and end, ensuring it leaves a lasting impact on the audience. So what are you waiting for? Get ready to unleash your creativity and showcase your storytelling skills!
When is the contest?The contest is from August 12th to September 2nd with submissions due at at 11:59 PM Pacific time.
How do I record?Editing and post-production are allowed, but the majority of the content should be filmed in Rec Room itself!
Unfortunately for now, the streamer cam only works on PC due to Sony and Oculus Quest restrictions. We will continue looking into ways we may be able to bring more views to those platforms in the future! For now, below are some tutorials to help guide recording across our other platforms.
What can I use for recording or editing?Here are some handy links for some free editing and recording software, if needed!
- Rec Room Streamer Camera: for PC players
- PS4 Share: recording for PSVR
- Oculus Quest built in recorder: recording for Quest
- OBS: recording for PC
- iMovie: editing for Mac
- Rec Room Creator Kit: various files and content that you can use for free!
How many winners are there and what's the prize?There will be 20 winning videos with up to 5 credited creators per video. The video can have as many people as you need in it, but only 5 members can get rewards which are:
- A brand-new in-game item: Video Contest Hoodie!
- 4,000 tokens per creator!
- Video Contest trophy!
How do I submit a video?Your video must be posted publicly to YouTube. Use the form below to submit your video and be sure to read all of the rules below before submitting.
We will not require you to post in a discord thread this time, but feel free to post your videos in the #video-contest-showoff channel in the Rec Room Discord Server.
Rules
- The video must be a minimum of 1 minute long, and must not exceed 4 minutes. Credits do not count towards the final time.
- The video must fit the category of Short Film.
- The video must be new and created after August 12th, 2024. No submitting old videos!
- The video must be uploaded to YouTube and submitted using this form between the dates August 12th, to September 1st (ending at 11:59 PM PDT).
- You may submit multiple videos to the contest or work on a number of different projects. If you are part of multiple winning projects/videos, you’ll receive one shirt and one trophy.
- All submissions must have the tag #RRShortStories.
- You are allowed to use old footage and clips, but the result must be a new creation/video.
- The video must adhere to the Rec Room Code of Conduct and Creator Code of Conduct.
- All of the creators’ in-game @usernames (up to 5 per video) must be in the description in order to receive prizes. Do not change your username during the contest. Be sure you use the unique @username shown in your profile and not display names (shown above your head and can be changed).
- All sources and audio must be credited in the description. Meaning, any content used from other sources must be shouted out in your description.
- If we observe any behavior that we feel violates the Code of Conduct, your entry may be disqualified, and/or your prizes may be forfeited.
Extra Info:We have a policy on swear words being in videos! Words like "hell", "damn", "crap", and "goddamn" are fine without censors. Please bleep out anything else!
The audio/music I want to use is copyrighted, and Youtube won't let me upload it!It is important for everyone to be aware that YouTube has a copyright system. Some songs will not be allowed to be uploaded or used for this reason. There is a way for you to be able to check if you can use the song you want before you start your project! Simply upload an unlisted video to a channel, and check to see if it will let you use it publicly. Here’s instructions on how to check!
- Open up your editing program, and put the song into it. No visuals are necessary.
- Render the video in full.
- Go to your YouTube channel, and click the little camera with the + inside of it in the top right corner, then click “Upload video”.
- Under “Select Files to upload”, click the “Public” box, and select “Unlisted”.
- Either drag and drop the rendered video into it, or click the image above “Select files to upload” to navigate and select the video.
- Wait for the video to upload and process. Once it’s complete, press “Done” in the top right corner.
- Click the title or the picture to go to the video.
- Click “Edit Video” under the Share and Save buttons.
- On the right side of the screen, in the “Visibility” box, it may just say “Unlisted”. If there’s nothing else in that box, you’re good to go!
- If not, and it says “Unlisted, copyright claim”. Click on that box, and click “View copyright claim details”.
- Under “Channel impact”, if it says “Not affected”, you’re good to go! You can use that song without the video being denied or it affecting your channel.
I need help from a creator to build a set for my video!Join the Rec Room Discord Server and check out the #contest channel to meet other creators, see what everyone is working on, and get tips on getting started!You can also find a lot of answered questions and helpful community members on the Rec Room Subreddit.
Questions?If you still have questions, need technical support, or run into bugs, please check out our Help Center or contact events@recroom.com.