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2015 ONE MINUTE MONOLOGUE COMPETITION

 

OFFICIAL RULES

 

 

 

  • ELEGIBILITY. Open only to persons who are residents of the United States and are legally 18 to 35 years old.

 

  • CONTEST PERIOD. You may enter the contest between 12:00 (noon) Pacific Standard time on January 17th 2015 and 8:00 pm Pacific Standard time on March 5th, 2015 (“Contest Period”)

 

  • TO ENTER: To enter contest, go to www.bookeo.com/tapeaudition and schedule your audition time during the Contest Period. Participants outside the Los Angeles area must register at http://goo.gl/hJZdsw BEFORE YOU CONTINUE, YOU MUST EXPRESSLY AGREE AND CONSENT TO THE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE POSTED PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THERESE TERMS, PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THE CONTEST. Submissions that do not include all required information and adhere to these Official Rules as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion, will be considered void. Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, remove, delete and/or disqualify any Submission and/or Entrant (as defined in “Guidelines and Restrictions” below) it deems inappropriate or otherwise non-compliant.

 

  • CREATIVE ASSIGNEMENT. Contestants must prepare and memorize a ONE minute monologue of their choice. Original content is welcome. 
    By entering this Contest and recording your Submission, you irrevocably grant to Sponsor and their agents, to the extent permissible by law, the unconditional and perpetual right to post, display, broadcast, publish, use, adapt, edit, translate, dub, and/or modify such Submission in any way, in any and all media, throughout the world, for any purpose, without limitation, and without notice or consideration to you. All Contest Entrants further agree to release and indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor and the Contest Parties from any and all claims that any commercial, advertising, presentation, web content or any other material subsequently produced, presented, and/or prepared by or on behalf of Sponsor infringe on the rights of Entrant’s work as contained in any Submission.

 

  • SELECTION OF WINNERS. From March 6th to March 10th, 2015 all eligible Submissions submitted during the Contest Period will be reviewed by Sponsor. On or about March 10th, Sponsor will announce the Finalists on the Contest sites. Sponsor reserves the right to select a lesser number of Finalist Submissions in its sole discretion.
    Winners. Starting on March 10th, 2015 at 12:00 (noon) PST and end on March 17th 2015 at 12:00 (noon) Pacific Standard time (“Voting period”) visitors to the Contest Sites can vote on which Finalist Submission they prefer. Any use of robotic, macro, automatic, programmed or like voting methods will void all such votes and Sponsor reserves the right to nullify any and all such votes and to disqualify from voting the responsible individual. Any attempt by a Finalist Winner and/or his/her family/friends to vote more than the number of times authorized herein using multiple names, email addresses, phone numbers and/or any other fraudulent mechanism, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, shall give Sponsor the right to disqualify Finalist in its sole discretion. Any attempt by any voter to submit more than the stated number of Votes by using multiple/different email addresses, identities or any other method will void that voter’s Vote. Finalist Winners are prohibited from obtaining votes by any fraudulent or inappropriate means, including, but not limited to, offering prizes or other inducements to members of public, paying a third party service to Vote for or obtain Votes for the Finalist Winner’s Submission, or collaborating with other individuals or groups to trade votes, as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion, and Sponsor reserves the right to nullify any and all such Votes and to disqualify from Contest the responsible Finalist Winner. Entrants agree that the Sponsor has the sole right to decide all matters and disputes arising from this Contest and that all decisions of Sponsor shall be final and binding and not subject to challenge or appeal.

 

  • JUDGING. Performances will be judged in the following categories:

    APPROACH: First impression – Opening moment – Your slate to the camera.

    DELIVERy: Use of space - Body Language – keep in mind where your monologue takes place

    CONTENT: Overall performance value – Beginning, Middle, End – Continuity – Emotional Journey

    CONFIDENCE: How well do you own the moments?

    BELIEVABILITY & FIT: How well does the monologue fit you. Considering, age, content and how believable are you in it.

    ADHERENCE TO TIME RESTRICTIONS: Monologue should be ONE minute long. A safe zone between :50 & 1:15 seconds is granted where no points will be deducted. (This does not include your time for slating) For every second outside of this time, one point will be deducted. Any monologue ending 15 seconds early or 30 seconds late will be disqualified. Your monologue must be no shorter than 45 seconds and no longer than 90 seconds.

 

  • PRIZE DETAILS.

    • ONE (1) FIRST PRIZE: The first prize winner will be awarded a speaking role feature film “Hide in The Light”*2 scheduled for principal photography in June 2015*1 and a one year Gold TapeAudition membership ($480 value).

    • ONE (1) SECOND PRIZE. Runner up will be awarded a one year Silver TapeAudition membership  ($336 value).

    • ONE (1) THIRD PRIZE. Third place will be awarded a one year Bronze TapeAudition membership ($180 value).

 

  • GENERAL CONDITIONS. In the event of no-shows or late arrivals to the scheduled audition time, actors will be disqualified.  All Entrants must have a valid email address. No substitution of prize is offered. Prizes are non-transferable. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. If a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with another prize of equal or greater value. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual deemed to be (a) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry or voting process or the operation of the Contest or any Sponsor or Contest-related Web Site; (b) violating these Official Rules; (c) violating the Contest Sites’ terms of service, conditions of use and/or applicable general rules or guidelines; (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person; or (e) engaging in fraud, dishonesty or illegal activity; (f) attempting to deliberately damage or corrupt or otherwise attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest, and/or Sponsor’s business operations, including without limitation by cheating, hacking, deception, and/or other unfair practices, including but not limited to using automated entry or voting programs and/or devices; (g) colluding to alter the results of the Contest; and/or (h) giving false or misleading information to Sponsor or Contest Parties. To the extent permitted by law, any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Official Rules and/or the Contest shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in Los Angeles, California. LEGAL WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT AN ENTRANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR VANDALIZE THE CONTEST SITES OR INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

 

  • WINNER NOTIFICATION. Winners will be notified by phone and/or email on or about the dates set forth above.

 

  • FIRST PRIZE CONDITIONS. The winner must make himself available for the scheduled dates for principal photography (to be determined). If winner lives outside the Los Angeles area, he/she will be responsible for housing and transportation to the filming location (to be determined).

 

  • LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE: To the maximum extent permitted by law, no liability or responsibility is assumed by the Sponsor, and other Released Parties resulting from any user's participation in or attempt to participate in the Contest or ability or inability to upload or download any information in connection with participating in the Contest. No responsibility or liability is assumed by the Sponsor, and other Released Parties for technical problems or technical malfunction arising in connection with any of the following occurrences which may affect the operation of the Contest: hardware or software errors; faulty computer, telephone, cable, satellite, network, electronic, wireless or Internet connectivity or other online communication problems; errors or limitations of any Internet service providers, servers, hosts or providers; garbled, jumbled or faulty data transmissions; failure of any email transmissions to be sent or received; lost, late, delayed or intercepted email transmissions; inaccessibility of the Contest Sites in whole or in part for any reason; traffic congestion on the Internet or the Contest Sites; unauthorized human or non-human intervention of the operation of the Contest, including without limitation, unauthorized tampering, hacking, theft, virus, bugs, worms; or destruction of any aspect of the Contest, or loss, miscount, misdirection, inaccessibility or unavailability of an email account used in connection with the Contest. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Sponsor, and other Released Parties are not responsible for any typographical errors in the announcement of prizes or these Official Rules, or any inaccurate or incorrect data contained on the Contest Sites. Use of the Contest Sites is at user’s own risk. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Sponsor, and other Released Parties are not responsible for any personal injury or property damage or losses of any kind which may be sustained to users or any other person's computer equipment resulting from participation in the Contest, use of the Contest Sites or the download of any information from the Contest Sites. By participating in the Contest, to the maximum extent permitted by law, Entrants and Winners agree to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, and other Released Parties from any and all liability for loss, harm, damage, injury, cost or expense whatsoever including, without limitation, property damage, personal injury and/or death which may occur in connection with, preparation for, travel to or participation in the Contest, or possession, acceptance, use and/or misuse of prize or participation in any Contest-related activity and for any claims based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, trademark infringement or any other intellectual property-related cause of action. The Sponsor, and other Released Parties are not liable in the event that any portion of the Contest, or the feature film is cancelled due to weather, fire, strike, lack of funding, acts of war or terrorism, or any other condition beyond their control (a “Force Majeure Event”). Should a Force Majeure Event occur, Sponsor may, but is not obligated to, exercise commercially reasonable efforts to make a reasonable substitution, in its sole discretion. TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE SPONSOR OR OTHER RELEASED PARTIES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE CONTEST SITES AND/OR THE CONTEST, DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM ANY WEBSITES OR APPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTEST. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THIS CONTEST AND ALL PRIZES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON- INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

 

  • COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL DATA FOR US RESIDENTS: If you are a resident of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico, your information may be included in a publicly-available winner’s list.

 

  • WINNERS’ LIST/RULES REQUEST: For the names of the Finalists selection, Winners or these Official Rules, send your request with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by April 27, 2015 to: Glix Entertainment 2015 Monologue (specify Winners' List or Official Rules), 503 S Flower St. Burbank, CA 91502 or go to the Glix Entertainment Site.

 

  • SPONSOR: Glix Entertainment, Inc. 503 S Flower St, Burbank, CA 91502

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