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Contest

Informations Request

The "Tomo3D - Video Contest" is a step of Dynematica, a company working with 3D graphics.

Dynematica is developing Tomo3D, an educational software line to physics teach in the secondary 2nd grade schools. The new Tomo3D approach to the teaching use as primary resource the visual representation and the computer graphics as a powerful tool to represent even the hardest notion in a simple way.

	Contest Subject and Object
	Realization of video clip for 14th physics phenomena, the maximum duration is 30 seconds, as accompanying material for the multimedia physics software Tomo3D - Physics. The clips will be linked to a simulation of physics phenomena in 3D environments and they will show to the student an everyday life scene in which it is possible to observe the phenomenon he is studying.

	Receiver and Participation Agreement
Privates : The contest is opened to all the adult users or adult users group, to professional or amateurs, or companies that work in the video production field. Schools : The contest is opened also to the participation of students groups or whole classes, belonging to a school under a teacher supervision. The contest participation is free. The contest participation implies full agreement of the following rules. To subscribe to the contest it's enough to compile the participation module

Receiver and Participation Agreement

Privates :
Schools :
The contest participation is free.
The contest participation implies full agreement of the following rules.

To subscribe to the contest it's enough to compile the
participation module

	Duration
	1st stage Design : August 3rd --> October 30th 2009. 2nd stage Production : November 1st --> December 30th 2009. The winners will be identified 30 days after the contest end.

	Evaluation Committee
	Alessandro Senato - CEO Dynematica (project Leader) Roberto Senato - CTO Dynematica (3D artist) Dott.sa Valentina Carvelli - (Media Educator) Prof. Sandro Fantini - High School Physics Professor AIF (Physics Teaching Association) Member

Final Evaluation Criteria

The work evaluation will be done using the following criteria:

1.	Teaching Effectiveness	45
2.	Scientific Rigor	30
3.	Video Technical Quality (shooting, photography, editing)	25

	Awards
Privates Will be paid euro 150 for each selected video. Each member can participate with more than one clip. The author will be paid for the total sum on videos selected by bank transfer, postal check, credit card or card pack. For the most promising video maker there will be the possibility to collaborate with Dynematica in video sector. Schools Every 2 selected videos, the school will be entitled to a free Tomo3D Physics license for one computer. The winners will be announced on www.dynematica.it site within 30 days of the contest end. The video clips will be uploaded to a video sharing services like YouTube (even in low quality) to be tried. Once proclaimed the winners will be asked to send the clip in high resolution. All winners will get a mention in the Tomo3D Credits video section.

Awards

Privates

Will be paid euro 150 for each selected video. Each member can participate with more than one clip.
The author will be paid for the total sum on videos selected by bank transfer, postal check, credit card or card pack.
For the most promising video maker there will be the possibility to collaborate with Dynematica in video sector.

Schools

Every 2 selected videos, the school will be entitled to a free Tomo3D Physics license for one computer.

The winners will be announced on www.dynematica.it site within 30 days of the contest end.

The video clips will be uploaded to a video sharing services like YouTube (even in low quality) to be tried. Once proclaimed the winners will be asked to send the clip in high resolution.

All winners will get a mention in the Tomo3D Credits video section.

	Suggetsed Skills (but not necessaries)
	Known about the shooting and photography problems Known about the artistic direction and mounting Scientific known about classical mechanic

	Technical Informations About the Final Video Format
	Video Format : 720p (1280x720 - 25fps - 16:9) Audio : Stereo Duration : less than 30 seconds for each video Quality : the master clip compression must be minimum possible

Phenomena List

1 - Uniform Motion	The uniform motion is a motion along a straight line travelled at constant speed.
2 - Accelerated Uniform Motion	The accelerated uniform motion is a motion on a straight line travelled at constant acceleration.
3 - 2-Dimensional Generic Motion	The 2-dimensional motion is a type of motion that can be expressed by the combination of two different motions that DO NOT interfere with each other.
4 - Inertial System	A system can be called inertial when it is still or it moves with uniform motion.
5 - 1st Newton's Law - Law of Inertia	If a body is still or moves of Uniform Motion, it means it is not affected by forces or the sum of the forces acting on it is equal to zero.
6 - 2nd Newton's Law - Fundamental Law of Dynamics	The acceleration of a body is directly proportional to the sum of the forces applied on it and inversely proportional to the mass of the body itself.
7 - 3rd Newton's Law - Law of Reciprocal Actions	The third law of Dynamics allow us to understand how Forces show them up always in pairs!
8 - Momentum	The impulse of a force applied to a body is equal to the variation of the momentum of the body itself.
9 - Collisions	Collision identifies a hit between two or more bodies characterized by strong forces in a very short time lapse.
10 - Mechanical Work	The mechanical work performed by a force is the dot product between the force vector and the displacement vector.
11 - Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy	Energy is considered to be the attitude of a body or system to perform work.
12 - Translational Static	A mechanical system is in a state of translational equilibrium when the resultant of forces acting on the system is zero.
13 - Lever	The lever is a simple machine with a rigid pole that turns around a fulcrum. Two forces acting on it: the resistant one and the applied one.
14 - Others Simple Machines	A machine is any device used to modify the intensity or direction of an applied force. The simple machines can not be simplified into more basic machines.

	Possible Subjects Examples
02 - Accelerated Uniform Motion Accelerating car Downhill launched skateboard 03 - 2-Dimensional Generic Motion Soccer ball kicked on a soccer field with a complete trajectory Golf ball 06 - 2nd Newton's Law - Fundamental Law of Dynamics A man that push a bike, a car, a truck 08 - Momentum Projectile collides with a box by transferring momentum 13 - Lever Rowboat Crowbar Tweezers for eyebrows Wheelbarrow

Possible Subjects Examples

02 - Accelerated Uniform Motion
- Accelerating car
- Downhill launched skateboard
03 - 2-Dimensional Generic Motion
- Soccer ball kicked on a soccer field with a complete trajectory
- Golf ball
06 - 2nd Newton's Law - Fundamental Law of Dynamics
- A man that push a bike, a car, a truck
08 - Momentum
- Projectile collides with a box by transferring momentum
13 - Lever
- Rowboat
- Crowbar
- Tweezers for eyebrows
- Wheelbarrow

	Tips for clip's teaching effectiveness
The video should show a scene of daily life where there is evidence of the associated phenomenon The videos should be conceived and designed in conjunction with a physics professor to ensure the scientific correctness. The clip may develop in two phases. A first phase of setting and introduction to the scene and a second strictly educational phase where it is shown very clearly the phenomenon under study. All mounted properly, resulting in efficacy didactic wished. The educational phase should produce clear and clean images, with neutral backgrounds, the right frontal shots and contrasts, where the phenomenon results clear and isolated. The receiver of the video clip is the high school student. To a so young target it is recommended a dynamic editing style that never lower the threshold of attention, but without the teaching cut, for what the clip is created for, is neglected.

Tips for clip's teaching effectiveness

The video should show a scene of daily life where there is evidence of the associated phenomenon
The videos should be conceived and designed in conjunction with a physics professor to ensure the scientific correctness.
The clip may develop in two phases. A first phase of setting and introduction to the scene and a second strictly educational phase where it is shown very clearly the phenomenon under study. All mounted properly, resulting in efficacy didactic wished.
The educational phase should produce clear and clean images, with neutral backgrounds, the right frontal shots and contrasts, where the phenomenon results clear and isolated.
The receiver of the video clip is the high school student. To a so young target it is recommended a dynamic editing style that never lower the threshold of attention, but without the teaching cut, for what the clip is created for, is neglected.

	Rights and Responsibilities
All participants are fully responsible for the video they sent. The participant declares that he was the only creator and owner of the design submitted. Dynematica reserves the right to retaliate against the author if the latter had infringed the copyright and damaged third parties. By sending the video the participant says, assuming all the responsibilities, that this video is only his creativity fruit. Dynematica acquires totally and exclusively, without limits of space and time, all the rights for the winning videos of Contests, upon a consent declaration from the creator, which will be used only by Dynematica sas. Designers therefore undertake not to provide to third parties their works.

Rights and Responsibilities

All participants are fully responsible for the video they sent.

The participant declares that he was the only creator and owner of the design submitted.

Dynematica reserves the right to retaliate against the author if the latter had infringed the copyright and damaged third parties.

By sending the video the participant says, assuming all the responsibilities, that this video is only his creativity fruit.

Dynematica acquires totally and exclusively, without limits of space and time, all the rights for the winning videos of Contests, upon a consent declaration from the creator, which will be used only by Dynematica sas.

Designers therefore undertake not to provide to third parties their works.

Implementations Examples
2-Dimensional Generic Motion Law of Reciprocal Actions Mechanical Work Video made by: Nicola LABATE involving Emiliano Barbucci and Simona Policheni