NASA Artists' Competition to Design a Poster or Film Industry and a $ 10,000 Prize
Applicant criteria
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
NASA’s Project Mars invites artists from all around the world to participate in its International Art and Film Contest for 2018 to help NASA build a flexible, reusable and sustainable infrastructure that enable missions to Mars. Orion is NASA’s new spacecraft that will take astronauts to the Moon and beyond to make new discoveries about our solar system and unlock the mysteries of our own planet Earth.
You can participate by:
[1] Shooting a film: Bring your interpretation of NASA’s work to send humans to Mars through breathtaking cinematography, animations, and state-of-the-art special effects. In 5 minutes, tell an inspiring story about a 9-month trek to the Red Planet. The winning short film will be selected by a team of film and graphic design industry judges including Gareth Edwards, director of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Film specifications:
- Videos can be submitted as private Vimeo or YouTube links
- Duration: 2 to 5 minutes
- Resolution: 1920x1080
- Frame rates: 29.97, 24, or 25
- Bitrate: 20Mbs
- Codec: H.264
- Sound Codec: AAC-LC
- Audio sample rate: 48 KHz
- Audio bitrate: 320 kbps
[2] Making a poster: Recruit brave astronauts for a daring mission, promote space tourism for the adventurous, or depict the next generation of space systems that will transport new world explorers to Mars. The sky is not the limit when you design a poster for the deep space journey, so reach out to infinity and beyond for creative ideas. The winning poster will be selected by a team of film and graphic design industry judges including Joshua Grossberg, creative director of McCann New York.
Poster specifications:
- Posters should be submitted as PDF Files optimized for on-screen viewing
- Standard on a sheet size of 27" x 41"
- Raster images may be used for poster elements. Images should be no smaller than 150 dpi, and rasterized typography should be 300 dpi or greater
- All fonts should be converted to outlines prior to submission
Prizes:
Three prizes will be awarded in the film category: One Grand prize of $10,000 and 2 Judge’s prize of $5,000. Eight prizes will be awarded in the poster category: One prize of $1,500 for the first place winner, 2 prizes of $1,000 for the second place winners and 5 prizes of $500 for the third place winners.
About Project Mars:
Project Mars is a collaboration between NASA, SciArt Exchange and Mori and Associates. Participants are invited to be part of the art and film contest by creatively communicating science and technology with multimedia artwork, promoting innovation and engaging society in the future of space exploration.