AFAF video contest could bring you fame

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  • By Senior Airman Benjamin Stratton
  • 8th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea --  An awareness campaign, headed up by the Air Force Assistance Fund, takes aim with social media facilitating serious, funny and informational videos.

The AFAF's YouTube page will feature the videos with the best content, cinematography, creativity and the most number of views. Winning videos will be headlined on the page for 2012. Additionally, winning videos will be played at the 9th Annual Air Force Charity Ball on March 24, 2012 and both winning teams from the two categories, 29- and 59-second length videos, will have an Air Force Aid Society educational grant named for them in 2012.

"This is a great opportunity for our Airmen to show the rest of the Air Force how creative we are here at the Wolf Pack," said Lt. Col. Curtis St Amand, 8th Fighter Wing director of staff. "We're looking for full participation across the base as the contest is open to anyone."

A team name must be included with each entry. Each team can only submit two videos, one for each of the two categories. Content submissions may not contain copyrighted material or inappropriate content.

Upload video entries to YouTube and email a link of the video to USAF.Fundraising@randolph.af.mil with your team name and the statement, "All persons appearing in the video have given permission to be videotaped and for the video to be publicly displayed on YouTube." The email must be from an 'af.mil' email address and digitally signed. Submissions must be received no later than Nov. 21, 2011 stateside.

Additionally, contest entries must include written permission from parents and/or guardians of children shown in the video. Attach the permission slip to the entry. Video entries will be disqualified if they do not adhere to the contest rules and entry guidelines. Comments to uploaded entries will be monitored. Inappropriate comments will be removed.

Please visit www.afassistancefund.org for more information on all four charities. For ideas and other entries, visit the YouTube page at www.youtube.com/afassistancefund. Winners will be announced Jan. 25, 2012.

"Continuing last year's theme, 'Year of the Air Force Family', these videos will enhance unit morale and provide our more creative Airmen an outlet for service-wide recognition," St Amand said.