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Posted on: Thursday, 17 May, 2012
We're giving you the chance to make the music video for David Bowie's iconic song Ziggy Stardust from his album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars. This is one of rock's seminal albums and has polled as one of the Greatest Albums of All Time in Rolling Stone, NME, Melody Maker and on VH-1. This is a huge opportunity for any filmmaker!
Entries close 8th June 2012 and the winner will receive $4,000.
Note: This is different to most competitions on Genero. It is a closed competition with only the winning video being published after the competition closes. You will still retain the rights to your footage though without the music.
Posted on: Tuesday, 15 May, 2012
Today we're very excited to bring a huge opportunity to the Genero community and filmmakers worldwide in the form of James Brown - A Music Video Challenge presented by Saatchi & Saatchi, in association with Genero.tv and BUG.
The competition offers the chance to make the offical music videos for four iconic James Brown songs - Sex Machine, It's a Man's Man's Man's World, Papa's Got a Brand New Bag and Try Me (Live at the Apollo).
The Grand Prize for the overall winner will be the chance to work on a project in a key office around the Saatchi & Saatchi global network. In addition, Universal Music are looking for official music videos for each of the songs, with each song winner receiving US$1,000.
Deadline for entries is 25th June 2012. Check the James Brown page for all the details: genero.tv/jamesbrown
Posted on: Thursday, 10 May, 2012
We've just launched a new competition with Keane in conjunction with two of the world's biggest and best record labels, Interscope and Island. You could make the official video for Black Rain from their latest album, Strangeland. This is Keane’s fifth LP and follows four consecutive No 1 albums, which account for approximately 12 million sales worldwide.
The winner will get $5,000, get a worldwide VEVO premiere for their video and see it also become the official music video for Black Rain. This is a huge opportunity for any filmmaker! Entries close on 18th June 2012.
Posted on: Wednesday, 18 April, 2012
Ringo has now chosen the winner in the competition to make the official video for Wings off his new album Ringo 2012. You can watch a video of Ringo announcing the winner and finalists here: http://genero.tv/watch-video/32743/.
Congratulations to Jem Garrard (Canada), whose video Ringo chose as the winner. You can watch her winning video (and the new video for Wings!) here: http://genero.tv/watch-video/32723/.
The other 2 finalists Ringo selected were:
- Chris Martin and Jake Hanne (Singapore): http://genero.tv/watch-video/32715/
- Menelaos Pab (Greece): http://genero.tv/watch-video/32699/
Congratulations to Jem and both the finalists as well as everyone else who entered!
Posted on: Monday, 16 April, 2012
We've just launched a competition with one of our favourite bands, Other Lives. You could make the official video for Dust Bowl III from their latest album, Tamer Animals. Fresh from a tour with Bon Iver and currently on the road with Radiohead, 2012 is going to be a huge year for the band and you could be part of it!
The winner will get $3,500 and their work will become the official video for what's sure to become a classic song. Entries close on May 30.
Posted on: Wednesday, 04 April, 2012
School of Seven Bells are giving you the chance to make the video for The Night, the upcoming single from their new album Ghostory. The winner will get $2,500 and have their video serviced to media as the official music video.
Ghostory is already garnering a huge amount of critical acclaim so this is a great opportunity to work with a great band and get international exposure! Entries close on May 8.
Go to http://genero.tv/schoolofsevenbells/ to listen to and download the track to use in your videos and for all the competition details.
Posted on: Tuesday, 31 January, 2012
Mona have now chosen the winning video for the Lean Into The Fall competition as well as the finalists. It was another great example of your talents and the band and label were really impressed with the variety and quality of entries. Below is feedback on the winner and finalist selections...
Winner: DIDISH.REC (Belgium): http://genero.tv/watch-video/32575/
We are thrilled to announce DIDISH.REC as the winner of the Lean Into the Fall video contest. It was great to see all of the interpretations submitted and we had a tough task choosing one winner, but we thought this one really captured the meaning of Lean into the fall which is just about letting go. Whatever the situation ...just let go and be ok....It's only rock and roll.
The Finalists are:
Josh Wroe (UK): http://genero.tv/watch-video/32613/
Loved this one too. Great story, beautifully shot and edited. Amazing location too! Well done and keep at it - you clearly have talent!
kidding hsu (Taiwan): http://genero.tv/watch-video/32615/
Visually stunning and another which could have easily won. Loved the rotating camera effect and the relationship with the song title. Very unique and loved the feel of it.
sancharoenchai (USA): http://genero.tv/watch-video/32608/
This was so entertaining and enjoyable to watch. The animation is fantastic and it's another great narrative that keeps you interested. Your Bio mentions you "like to make fun stuff" and this definitely fits the bill!
swing (Argentina): http://genero.tv/watch-video/32609/
Beautiful cinematography and a video with feeling and soul. Leaves the narrative open to interpretation and it works really well with the song. Fantastic.
Tall Man Short man Films (UK): http://genero.tv/watch-video/32614/
This felt like it could have been a short film. Great acting and loved the overall feel. A quality piece of filmmaking.
Dimitris JimmyBoy Argyriou (Greece): http://genero.tv/watch-video/32576/
Another great video that leant more towards the visual than narrative, like kidding hsu's video. The images, train ride and overall feel of the film work really well with the song.
marinac (Argentina): this was the Facebook Likes finalist
Well done to all of the entrants - hope you had fun making your videos and learnt some new skills along the way!
Posted on: Tuesday, 24 January, 2012
Ringo Starr is giving filmmakers the opportunity to make the official promo for Wings, the first single from his new album RINGO 2012.
This is an opportunity for filmmakers to make a music video for one of the world’s most influential artists, and get their work in front of Universal Music Enterprises, one of the industry's leading record labels. Ringo will personally choose the winner, which will be serviced to media as the official promo video for Wings. It's being left open for you to interpret so get creative!
Watch Ringo's personal video message to the Genero community here!
The winner will receive $3,000. Entries close on March 7.
Posted on: Thursday, 05 January, 2012
WooWoos have now chosen the winning entry, which will become the official music video for their debut single, Fizzy Lettuce. There was a really impressive range of great videos entered with some fantastic interpretations of the song, but unfortunately there can be only one winner! Below are the winner and finalist videos with feedback on each of the selections...
The WINNER is:
AJRutter (UK): http://genero.tv/watch-video/32564/
Loved AJ Rutters interpretation of Fizzy Lettuce. His video was a tragic and sad story that combined evil, innocence, misplaced trust and desperation. He really understood the feeling and emotion of the song, which is probably why his video stood out so much. Congratulations!
Read on below for the Finalist selections and feedback...
Posted on: Monday, 05 December, 2011
If you're in France you might have seen a story L'Oeil de Links did on Genero that was screened on Canal+ during November. It features an interview with the two Genero founders, Mick Entwisle and Andrew Lane, two videos - Hugh Mitton's video for The Temper Trap and Arnold de Parscau's David Lynch video, and an interview with Arnold. The Genero story starts around the 16:30 minute mark, you can watch it below.