THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES STUDENT PRODUCTION AWARDS
If you plan to enter, please read the Student Production Awards Rules & Regulations.
The entry process is completely online.
2024 STUDENT PRODUCTION AWARDS CALL FOR ENTRIES
Eligibility Dates (work must have aired during these dates)
September 1, 2023 – May 31, 2024
Call for Entries Dates
May 15 – June 10, 2024
Video Upload Deadline
June 10, 2024
Payment Deadline
June 10, 2024
SUBMITTING ENTRIES IS A SIMPLE 3-STEP PROCESS:
- Create an Account
The entry process requires that each person listed on the entry as well as the submitter to have an account. All student/advisor accounts are FREE! - Submit Your Entry
If you are already a Guest/Registered User – Follow this step. This is the “paperwork” part of the process – but it’s all online. You need to submit your entry information before you can move on to step 3. - Upload Your Video
You’ll need your Entry ID number before you can upload the video. Once your entry has been submitted, you will receive an email with the Entry ID number.
If you find you have entered in the wrong category, please Contact Us.
We can move your entry to the correct category for you.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO ENTER?
$25 per entry – HIGH SCHOOL
$50 per entry – COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES.
There are no individual student entry fees.
HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BE LISTED ON AN ENTRY?
There is not a limit. All students listed must have participated in the production. Please include each student’s name and role. (Was the person a producer? A production assistant? etc.)
For Craft entries, only students who performed that particular craft (i.e. Director, Editor, Writer, etc.) should be listed.
WHAT FORMS OF PAYMENT ARE ACCEPTED?
Credit card is the preferred online method, but check, purchase orders and money orders are also accepted. If you are paying with a purchase order, check, or money order, please paperclip your payment to your invoice or entry form when mailing it to the office.
CAN I PAY FOR MORE THAN ONE ENTRY AT A TIME?
Yes, when you get to the “View Invoice” step prior to paying for your entry, there will be an option to “Add Another Entry.” You can also come back to Emmy® Express at a later time to add additional entries. Just log in to your account and click on the “Add Entry” link on the left side of the page. Schools can also submit checks for payment. Please contact admin@lonestaremmy.org with any questions.
AWARDS
A crystal pillar is awarded to the school for entries validated by a professor or advisor. Student Pillars may be purchased for individual students listed on winning entries after the awards. The cost is $150 per pillar.
RESTRICTION ON THE USE OF EMMY® MARK
STUDENT PRODUCTION AWARDS ARE NOT CONSIDERED EMMY® AWARDS! Schools may refer to the fact that they are recipients of a NATAS Student Production Award, but may not use the Emmy® name or replica of the Emmy® figure in any form of commercial advertising or promotion.
WHO IS THE “SUBMITTER” OF THE ENTRY?
This is the person who is completing the online entry forms on behalf of the organization. Ideally, the submitter is a faculty member. This is the first person we will contact if we have any questions or require additional information regarding the entry.
DEFINITION OF COMPOSITE AND LIFT
A composite is a sampling of segments of woek, which convey to a judging panel the scope, breadth or range of an entry. Craft Achievement categories (categories) may be composites (but it is not required).
The number of lifts for a composites allowed for each category varies so please read the category descriptions carefully. To differentiate between pieces, lay 1-2 seconds of black before the next piece begins. At the end of the entry please lay 10 seconds of black to indicate the end. No additional effects or music are allowed. The selected segments chosen for your composite MUST be described in the field named “description” as part of the entry form online.
WHY IS IT REJECTING THE AIR DATE I INPUT?
Make sure you have dashes (-) between the numbers, not slashes (/)
CAN I MAKE CHANGES TO MY ENTRY AFTER SUBMITTED?
You may go back and edit your entry up until the deadline. To make updates/changes use the link e-mailed to you with your confirmation.
HOW DO I PREPARE MY VIDEO FOR UPLOAD?
You may have a 10 minute video that is as much as a 1000 Megabytes.
Re-encoding to the proper target size on your computer will fix both these issues before they happen and also give you a chance to preview your video in a format much closer to what you can expect on NATAS® Express.
For best quality, encode your video at its original size.
- 1920×1080 or 1280x720p is recommended
- Your video should be at least 720×480
- Do NOT letterbox your video
Encoding Tools
Handbrake works well and is free but does have a learning curve. For Windows, Mac and Ubutu. https://handbrake.fr/
For the Mac, we have a recommendation from a Final Cut Pro user. He used a tool called Compressor to encode to Flash video.
What Video Formats Can I Upload?
There are many different video containers, codecs and formats out there. These add up to literally thousands of different combinations. While we do our best to support as many formats as possible, we simply cannot ensure that any uploaded video will work.
Supported Formats
- Pretty much all the video formats supported by FFMPEG, including WMV (WMV, WMV2, MSMPEG,VC-1)
- MOV (Sorenson Video 3, H263, H264, animation)
- MPEG4 (mp4, 3ivx, DivX, Xvid, H264)
- FLV (VP6 and Sorenson Spark)
- DV and DVCPro
- MPEG1 and MPEG2
- AVI (Indeo, Cinepak, Motion JPEG, MPEG)
- F4V (H264)
Not Supported Formats
- Quicktime MOV files that use the Apple ProRes codec (part of Final Cut). This codec also produces extremely large files. We advise to do a rough export from Final Cut Pro.
- Quicktime MOV files that actually only contain a raw DV stream (some DV cameras export these). Export these files using either raw DV or H264/AAC Quicktime.
- Quicktime MOV files with 24-bit audio.
- DRM protected files from Microsoft (WMV) or the iTunes Store (M4V, MOV).
- CSS encrypted DVD images (VOB).
- WMV videos using the MSS2 video codec (for screencasting)