BLUE PENCIL is a festival devoted to bringing Writing & Media Arts together, now in its second edition.
General Rules
- The contests will be held on 14 February 2018 and 15 February 2018. All contests will begin by 3: 15 pm and conclude by 5 pm.
- While the contests are open to undergraduate and postgraduate students of Communications, Communicative English and Journalism, students of other disciplines are welcome to participate.
- Each department can field an unlimited number of teams/participants.
- To register for events, please use the forms provided at http://metajosephs.in
- You may also confirm entries from your institution with a phone-call to the numbers provided below or an email to metajosephs@gmail.com by 13 February 2018.
- You can also send a letter confirming entries from your institution with the participants.
- Teams/participants must carry valid identification from the institution they are representing.
- Participants/teams must report to the Reception Desk at the Undergraduate Block on Langford Road, following which they will be directed to the venues.
- The decision of the judges will be final and binding on all participants.
- While we will allow on-the-spot entries, we urge those interested to register in advance.
- A championship shield will be awarded to the college that tops the overall scoreboard.
- For all inquiries regarding contests, please call Prof. Vijeta (97410-57203), Prof. Arul Mani (9731214519) or email metajosephs@gmail.com
BLUE PENCIL 2018—EVENTS
HEADLINERS
We’ll give you a page.
You come up with the headlines.
RULES
- Teams of two
- Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team
Date: Wednesday, 14th February 2018
Reporting Time: 3 pm
Prizes for the top three teams
Venue: Audi Block, St. Joseph’s College
INTERACTIVE PHOTOESSAY
TOPIC: Signboards, Shopfronts, Streetviews
Combine not more than 10 photographs you have clicked with a nifty 1000-word commentary to accompany your work. Present your work, and take questions from our jury.
RULES
- Teams of two
- Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team
- You are free to choose an appropriate layout for your submission and must submit the work in printed form.
- All submissions must be original and should have been clicked in the period 1 February 2018 to 14 February 2018.
- Teams will have to make a short 5-minute presentation of their work via PowerPoint to a jury
Date: Wednesday, 14th February 2018
Reporting Time: 3:30 pm
Prizes for the top three teams
Venue: Audi Block, St. Joseph’s College
NOSECUT
A variation on Press Stress, Nose Cut is a team event where every bit of research helps.
RULES
- Teams of two: Speaker & Researcher
- Each team will be assigned an in-the news personality on 14 Feb
- Their job is to handle questions from a press conference on 15 Feb
- Teams can research personalities assigned to them, as well as to others during the contest
- Speakers must introduce themselves, and then begin taking questions
- Researchers may assist speakers only through handwritten notes during the contest
- Time allowed: 4+1 minutes
Date: Thursday, 15th February 2018
Reporting Time: 3 pm
Prizes for the top three teams
Venue: Audi Block, St. Joseph’s College
ANCHORWHAT
In AnchorWhat, you will vlog a walkabout featuring street businesses/enterprise in a Bengaluru neighbourhood. The vlog must have been filmed in the month of February 2018.
RULES
- Teams of two
- Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team
- You are allowed to edit your submission
- The final submission must not exceed five minutes in length.
- All submissions must be original and should have been created in the period February 2018.
- Contestants will present their submission before an audience and a jury. Time allowed” Screening time plus three minutes for questions.
Submission Date: Thursday, 15th February 2018
Reporting Time: 3:30 pm
Prizes for the top three teams
Venue: Audi Block, St. Joseph’s College
RAG-MAG
Produce a satirical newspaper based on what you saw and (over)heard at Blue Pencil 2018.
RULES
- Teams of three
- Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per team
- Teams must write, edit, and design over the two days of Blue Pencil
- Teams are allowed to design on Publisher, QuarkXPress or InDesign or by hand.
- They will be allowed an hour on 15 Feb to finish their rag-mag.
- Teams must submit a printout of a two-page A-3 size newspaper
Submission Date: Thursday, 15th February 2018
Reporting Time: 4:30 pm
Prizes for the top three teams
Venue: Audi Block, St. Joseph’s College
REGISTER