Slick Rock Film Festival Adds New Step Up Category
February 9, 2011
Slick Rock Film Festival, the San Joaquin Valley’s premier student film competition, has added a “Step Up” anti-violence, anti-gang category.
Participants who enter the Step Up category have a chance to earn a high-definition flip video camera, have their entry featured on prime-time television, and conduct an interview on KMPH’s Great Day morning program. Students are being asked to produce a 30-second advertisement that targets gang or violence prevention.
District Three Supervisor Phil Cox said the Board of Supervisors and the Tulare County Film Commission are partnering with the Slick Rock Film Festival in an effort to promote the Step Up anti-gang program among high-school aged youth.
“Tulare County’s gang task force has done an excellent job in reaching thousands of people through educational summits and grant programs,” Supervisor Cox said. “Through the film festival, we feel we can utilize a youth-created advertising tool to reach our biggest target audience: youth.”
Step Up-themed Slick Rock entries must include the Step Up logo and website address www.stepuptc.com, the “Be Part of the Solution” slogan, convey a message that violence is never the answer, and be 30 seconds in length.
Films must be submitted through the Slick Rock Film Festival portal between March 1, 2011 and April 15, 2011. An entry form must be completed and submitted by the advisor between March 1, 2011 and April 15, 2011.
The Slick Rock Film Festival concludes at the Award Ceremony on Saturday, May 14 at Fox Theater in downtown Visalia.
For more information please visit www.slickrockfilmfestival.org.