At the Annual Competitions day:
Click here for an entry form (pdf)
The Caroline Trophy – a travel or documentary type AV, normally with text or voice-over, not exceeding 12 minutes duration.
The Ken Abbott Memorial Trophy – Photo Harmony, Photo Essay, Avante-Garde, Humour, Poetry, Musical or Song Interpretation, not exceeding 6 minutes duration.
The Elston Trophy (restricted entry*) - a travel or documentary type AV, normally with text or voice-over, not exceeding 12 minutes duration.
The Camp Trophy (restricted entry*) - Photo Harmony, Photo Essay, Avante-Garde, Humour, Poetry, Musical or Song Interpretation, not exceeding 6 minutes duration.
The Foursome Trophy – The audience vote for their favourite Audio Visual at the Annual Competition.
At Meetings:
The Friendship Trophy – Open subject, where the recorded soundtrack must be one unaltered track of a commercial recording, not exceeding 4 minutes duration. The author’s name must not be declared within the programme. Judging is by audience paper ballot.
In 2011, our Anniversary year, there is an additional section where the theme is "25", "Silver", "Jubilee", or "Celebration" .
60-Second Competition – Usually held at the Christmas party, a fun evening where any number of AVs can be entered, so long as they do not exceed one minute.
*Restricted Entry: Advanced members who have achieved F/ARPS, M/DAPGB, or A/EFIAP distinctions in the Audio Visual discipline are not eligible to enter the Elston or Camp Trophies competitions. If a member wins either the Camp or Elston Trophies they are awarded promotion to the Caroline and Ken Abbott Trophies in subsequent years, subject to review.
Competition Rules
1. There is no limit to the number of sequences members may enter in any competition. However, if there is insufficient time for all to be shown the Competition Secretary will make a selection based on the order in which they are submitted.
2. A sequence previously entered in the Group's competitions cannot be re-entered into the same competition unless it has been substantially altered.
3. No sequence to be more than 2 years old, from the date it was entered into any competition.
4. Entrants who have achieved F/ARPS, M/DPAGB, or A/EFIAP distinctions in the Audio Visual discipline are not eligible to enter the Elston or Camp Trophy competitions. If a member wins either the Elston or Camp Trophies they are awarded promotion to the Caroline and Ken Abbott Trophy competitions in subsequent years, subject to review.
5. It is a condition of entry that all work entered must be in the form of an executable ("exe") file that will run on any computer with a Windows platform. Resolution should ideally be 1400 pixels in the horizontal plane. Lower resolution images will project but may not fill the screen.
Click here for an entry form (pdf)
The Caroline Trophy – a travel or documentary type AV, normally with text or voice-over, not exceeding 12 minutes duration.
The Ken Abbott Memorial Trophy – Photo Harmony, Photo Essay, Avante-Garde, Humour, Poetry, Musical or Song Interpretation, not exceeding 6 minutes duration.
The Elston Trophy (restricted entry*) - a travel or documentary type AV, normally with text or voice-over, not exceeding 12 minutes duration.
The Camp Trophy (restricted entry*) - Photo Harmony, Photo Essay, Avante-Garde, Humour, Poetry, Musical or Song Interpretation, not exceeding 6 minutes duration.
The Foursome Trophy – The audience vote for their favourite Audio Visual at the Annual Competition.
At Meetings:
The Friendship Trophy – Open subject, where the recorded soundtrack must be one unaltered track of a commercial recording, not exceeding 4 minutes duration. The author’s name must not be declared within the programme. Judging is by audience paper ballot.
In 2011, our Anniversary year, there is an additional section where the theme is "25", "Silver", "Jubilee", or "Celebration" .
60-Second Competition – Usually held at the Christmas party, a fun evening where any number of AVs can be entered, so long as they do not exceed one minute.
*Restricted Entry: Advanced members who have achieved F/ARPS, M/DAPGB, or A/EFIAP distinctions in the Audio Visual discipline are not eligible to enter the Elston or Camp Trophies competitions. If a member wins either the Camp or Elston Trophies they are awarded promotion to the Caroline and Ken Abbott Trophies in subsequent years, subject to review.
Competition Rules
1. There is no limit to the number of sequences members may enter in any competition. However, if there is insufficient time for all to be shown the Competition Secretary will make a selection based on the order in which they are submitted.
2. A sequence previously entered in the Group's competitions cannot be re-entered into the same competition unless it has been substantially altered.
3. No sequence to be more than 2 years old, from the date it was entered into any competition.
4. Entrants who have achieved F/ARPS, M/DPAGB, or A/EFIAP distinctions in the Audio Visual discipline are not eligible to enter the Elston or Camp Trophy competitions. If a member wins either the Elston or Camp Trophies they are awarded promotion to the Caroline and Ken Abbott Trophy competitions in subsequent years, subject to review.
5. It is a condition of entry that all work entered must be in the form of an executable ("exe") file that will run on any computer with a Windows platform. Resolution should ideally be 1400 pixels in the horizontal plane. Lower resolution images will project but may not fill the screen.