The Jurassic Coast International Audio-Visual Salon is an annual competition organised by Exmouth Photo Group and is open to entries from across the globe.

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Calendar

 

Entries can be received from: 1st January 2025

Closing date:  31st March 2025

Judging completed by 12th May 2025 

 

Zoom event: 24th & 25th May 2025

​Live Gala Showing Awards and Acceptances at Woodbury Hall: 14th June 2025

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Results will be emailed and published on the website by 20th June 2025

Catalogues and Awards distributed by 28th June 2025

 

International Jury for 2025 Salon: 

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Chair: David Gibbins ARPS EFIAP/b BPE5 APAGB (President of the PAGB) (UK)

Lorenzo De Francesco (AV Service Director of FIAP) (Italy)

Christine Widdall FBPE MPAGB EFIAP APAGB HonLCPU (UK)

 

Guidelines and Rules:

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The Competition is for digitally-produced Audio Visual sequences with a sound-track, and has three categories:  

Open: The choice is completely up to the author, and can include any style of sequence – eg Documentary, Travel, Theme, Nature etc.

Music, Poetry, Song: The sequence will illustrate a piece of Music, a Poem or a Song. This may be creative or strongly representative.

New for this year, AV Sans Frontières: To acknowledge the emerging genre of imagery generated by artificial intelligence (AI), we have introduced this category as an experimental section. Neither FIAP nor the PAGB allow AI generated images, so this new section will sit outside of the main Salon and entries will not be eligible for FIAP Acceptances nor FIAP/PAGB awards. 

 

All entries will be judged; however, time may not allow all the sequences to be shown at the Public Show.  

 

The 2025 event will take place as an on-line event via Zoom on the 24th & 25th May.

Details on how to view the event will be sent out nearer the time.

There will be a LIVE Gala Showing at Woodbury Village Hall on the 14th June 2025

 

General Rules:
 

1.  Entries are welcome from groups, clubs and individuals.
2.  Each Entry must be accompanied by
          a. an Entry Form/Fiche, with a summary in one of the Official FIAP languages
          (English or French)
          b. a poster (1920 x 1080px jpg) for each entry,
          c. a portrait of the entrant (600 x 800px jpg),
          d. a Proof of Payment receipt (PayPal or Bank Transfer).
3.   Each entrant may enter one or two Sequences; these may be any combination of
      Music, Poetry, Song or Open categories, plus an additional entry into the AV Sans
      Frontières competition
4.  The entry fees are £13 (for one entry) or £18 (for two entries)
5.  ‘AV Sans Frontières’ – if you enter the main Jurassic competition, you may
      additionally enter one AV into this category free of charge. If you have not entered
      the main Jurassic competition, you may enter one AV into this category at a fee of £5.
6.  Each Open entry must be no longer than 12 minutes.
7.  Each Music, Poetry or Song entry and AV Sans Frontières entry must be no
      longer than 8 minutes.
8.  All entries are to be submitted as MP4 format video files.
9.   he organisers reserve the right to refuse to accept any Entry which they consider to
      be undesirable or unsuitable.
10. It is the entrant’s own responsibility to ensure that any material recorded on the
      soundtrack or shown images, is appropriately covered against copyright infringement.
      The exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright by the entrant.
11.  All sequences will initially be scanned by a commercially available antivirus program.
      If any problems are encountered the entrant will be contacted to resolve the matter. It
      will be at the organiser’s discretion to withdraw a sequence if no solution can be
      found, or if the entrant cannot be contacted.
12. Age Limit: Entries must have been made within 3 (three) years prior to the closing date.
13. Collaboration: An entrant’s name may NOT be credited to more than TWO
       sequences as author or co-author.
14. The submission of an Entry Form/Fiche implies the acceptance of all these ‘Rules
       and Conditions of entry’.
15. Entries that have been ENTERED in a previous Jurassic Coast International AV
      Salon are not eligible for entry.

Rules for the ‘Music, Poetry, Song’ section:

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16. Music, Poetry, Song: The sequence will clearly illustrate a piece of Music, a Poem or a Song. This may be                    creative or strongly representational, and will be no longer than 8 minutes.
17. Production of all sequences must be the original photographic work of the entrant, co-author(s) and collaborators.          NOTE: AI use: No computer-generated pictorial image/s to be used in your sequence. The key principle is that all          photographic elements in an image must be photographed by the author - e.g., a sky can be replaced for another          one also photographed by the author, but not one created by AI or downloaded from another source. AI can be

      used to sharpen, to cut out and assist with cloning and any other editing that does not include something not

      included in the original image or composite.
18. Spoken commentary is not allowed, except in the case of a poem being narrated, and any text should be minimal. 

 

Rules for the 'Open' section

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19. This Section is an Open competition and the choice of subject is entirely at the author’s discretion.                 
20. Spoken commentary and text are permissible.  Video clips may be included but should not dominate the AV.                    Decisions on this are at the discretion of the organisers.
21. Images must predominantly be the original work of the photographer/s credited with the sequence, but third-party          images can be used where appropriate (e.g., for a historical documentary).  NOTE: AI use: No computer-generated       pictorial image/s to be used in your sequence. The key principle is that all photographic elements in an image must

     be photographed by the author - e.g., a sky can be replaced for another one also photographed by the author,

     but not one created by AI or downloaded from another source. AI can be used to sharpen, to cut out and assist

     with cloning and any other editing that does not include something not included in the original image or composite.

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Rules for ‘AV Sans Frontières’

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Entries into this section are NOT included in the FIAP/PAGB Competition. However, they will be judged by the same Panel of Judges.  We are offering you the opportunity to show your AI-Generated work.

22.  You may enter one AV into this competition in addition to the two allowed in the main Jurassic salon. If you enter

       the main Jurassic competition, you may additionally enter one AV into this category free of charge. If you have

       not entered the main Jurassic competition, you may enter one AV into this category at a fee of £5.

23. The images can be produced either partially or solely using AI Generative software.

24. The subject is ‘Open’ and we encourage you to be as creative and imaginative with the new technology as

       you can.

25.  Images generated by the author’s own text prompts are preferable, but externally sources AI images are

       also allowed.

26.  NB – when preparing your entry, please re-name it as “AI_name of entry.MP4” to allow us to easily identify it.

 

Submission of Entries

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27.  Entries should be sent via WeTransfer to:      jurassicav@gmail.com

       The entry must include the:

       AV sequence/s      

       Entry Fiche

       Poster

       Portrait

       Proof of Payment.

       WeTransfer is in the process of changing the time limit for the free version. Alternatives that currently offer

       a seven-day download window are:

       Smash    (https://fromsmash.com/) and

       TransferNow (https://www.transfernow.net/en).

28.  If electronic submission is not possible, the entry could be sent on a CD by post, but to arrive not later than

        the closing date. The CDs will be destroyed after the competition.

 29.  Please post to: Ian Bateman, 22 Phillipps Ave, Exmouth Devon UK EX8 3HZ. 

 30.  If you wish to pay by cheque (UK entrants only) please make this payable to Exmouth Photo Group. 

        Payment can be made on-line via PayPal to jurassicav@gmail.com  (please use Friends & Family method).
        Alternatively, you can pay by bank transfer:

        Exmouth Photo Group, A/C no: 72392061, Sort code: 60-08-09. 

        International IBAN bank account number - GB61NWBK60080972392061,

        Bank - National Westminster, Account - Exmouth Photo Group

 

The Judging Process:

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All entries will be forwarded to the Judges who will see and judge all the AVs on their own high-quality equipment.  

Any necessary translations of the summaries will be provided to the jury.  

The Judges will enter their scores on a spreadsheet individually. The spreadsheets will be collated into a single master spreadsheet. Once this process has been completed the Jury will meet using Zoom to review and discuss the results, just as they would have done in the Jury Room. The jury will determine which entries are of sufficient quality to merit acceptance.

Any AI sequences will not be included in the FIAP List of Acceptances.    

  

The following Awards will be made:  

 

Music, Poetry, Song  

• 1st       FIAP Gold Medal         

• 2nd      PAGB Silver Medal    

• 3rd       PAGB Bronze Medal

• 3x        Judges Award - Jurassic Medal          

• 3 x       Honourable Mentions FIAP Ribbons as decided by the judges

Open          

• 1st       FIAP Gold Medal         

• 2nd      PAGB Silver Medal    

• 3rd       PAGB Bronze Medal

• 3 x       Judges Award - Jurassic Medal          

• 3 x       Honourable Mentions FIAP Ribbons as decided by the judges

 

From either section  

• Best Photography:                         Jurassic Medal  

• Best Sound:                                   Jurassic Medal  

• Rising Star Award:                          FIAP Bronze Medal for Best Newcomer*    

• Most Successful FIAP Entrant:      FIAP Pin

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*Newcomer is defined as someone who has never won an award in a National or International AV Competition, and/or does not hold an AV distinction from the RPS, PAGB, FIAP, IPF or APS or other national photographic association.

 

‘AV Sans Frontières’

• 1st        Jurassic Gold Medal  

• 2nd        Jurassic Silver Medal

• 3rd        Jurassic Bronze Medal

• 3 x       Judges Award Certificates