Muted
Multimedia Contest
In our hyper-connected world, voices constantly flood our screens, but amid the noise, many are silenced. While some stories are amplified, others are suppressed by fear, censorship, apathy, or power. The Vasant Valley School Multimedia Contest 2025 offers a compelling platform for young filmmakers to uncover, question, and amplify what often goes unheard. This year’s theme,Muted, challenges participants to delve into the lives and struggles of those whose voices are stifled, be they political dissidents, whistleblowers, marginalised communities, or students hesitant to speak their truth. Through the lens of storytelling and cinema, Muted asks: In a world overflowing with noise, whose silence matters? What truths are we missing when we fail to listen? And how can we become the ears that hear and the voices that echo the unspoken? Let your film give sound to silence. Let it speak where others cannot.
Rules and Regulations
1. The team must comprise of 4 members from Classes 9 to 12. 2. The duration of the films must be a maximum of 8 minutes excluding a one-minute optional live introduction or conclusion by the team members. 3. The films must have original content and should not be downloaded from the net. Such films will be disqualified. Videos used in the film must be original. Not more than 1 minute of footage downloaded from the internet can be used. 4. It must contain all multimedia elements such as videos, visual effects, music and images to put forward the team's perspective on the topic. 5. The teams need to upload their completed films in mp4 format latest by Sunday, 27th July 2025, 11:59PM IST. The link for uploading the films will be shared after registration. 6. There will be no live speaking while the film is running (other than the introduction/conclusion which can happen either before the film starts or after it concludes). Commentary should be incorporated in the sound track of the film itself. 7. The contest will be in two rounds. For the first round teams will be divided into 2-3 Pools, out of which 3-4 teams will be chosen from each pool for the final round. 8. Teams may be asked to go through a technical interview after the first round is over if the judges feel that a substantial part of the film has been plagiarised. The technical judge can ask any group how they made the presentation and question them on the tools and techniques used. However good their film may be, teams must clear the technical interview in order to qualify for the final round. 9. The films will be judged on storyline, use of multimedia, aesthetics and creativity. 10. There will be a panel of three judges for the final round. Vasant Valley School reserves the right to appoint the judges and the decision of the judges will be final.