VISA What’s My Score Video Contest
The VISA What’s My Score video contest is open to very short films, no longer than 30 seconds in length, which answers a the question “why a college student should care about his/her credit score”.
Eligibility: The contest is open to legal residents of the US who are 18 years or older.
Deadline: Deadline for submissions is July 31, 2007.
For more information, see the official contest rules. Further details can also be found in the press release below.
VISA What’s My Score Video Contest Press Release
In an effort to alert college students about the importance of credit scores, Visa USA today launched an innovative skill contest on http://www.WhatsMyScore.org that offers a total of $10,000 in prizes for creating short videos on credit
scoring.
The “What’s My Score Video Contest” is part of Visa’s new What’s My Score financial literacy program for college students and is aimed at raising awareness among young adults on the significance of understanding and improving their credit scores.
“Understanding the importance of maintaining a good credit score is vital for college students. Unfortunately, far too few students even know what a credit score is, let alone their own score,” said Jason Alderman, director of financial education for Visa USA. “We are looking to tap the limitless creativity of amateur filmmakers to make short videos that speak directly to college students on the vital subject of credit scores.”
Filmmakers have until July 31, 2007 to register and submit original, 30- second videos on the importance of personal credit awareness to the What’s My Score website. Once Visa approves a video entry, each filmmaker will have the ability to embed their video on other websites to help garner public votes for their submission while spreading the message about the significance of credit scores. Each contestant’s video will also be given its own customized What’s My Score website link. In addition to receiving monetary prizes, Visa will use the winning videos as part of a national
outreach campaign to help improve the financial literacy of college students.
The contest is not limited to film students or even college students. All U.S. residents who are at least 18 years old are encouraged to submit a video. “Everyone has a 30-second cinematic masterpiece in them,” said Alderman. “We are hoping to draw that innate talent out and focus it on raising awareness for a little-known but crucial part of every person’s financial resume.”
Video submissions for the “What’s My Score Video Contest” should reinforce credit rating principles and lessons advocated by What’s My Score for grand prize consideration. Finalists will have their entries posted at http://www.WhatsMyScore.org, and a panel of judges will determine the winning video based on originality, clarity and relevance to the What’s My Score program. The creator of the grand prize video as determined by the judges
will win $5,000 for his or her efforts. The public also has a chance to view and select their favorite videos. Makers of the first and second place videos, as determined by the votes of registered What’s My Score website visitors, will win $3,000 and $2,000, respectively. No purchase necessary.
For a complete explanation of contest rules and regulations, including entry criteria, please visit http://www.WhatsMyScore.org/contest/rules.php.
