Congratulations to all those that participated in Avid and Digital Content Producer's "Perfect Pitch" contest. We are pleased to announce the results:

Grand Prize Winner - Pierre Kuhl, "Manual For Becoming Famous"

Runners-up -
- Alex Adler, "Can You Declare Love?"
- Glenn Forbes, "Violins and Coarse Language"
- Michael Mouyal, "Seawars"
- Andi Nakasone, "From Alive, to Alaska"

The panel of judges included seasoned film experts:
- Director Gary Winick (Bride Wars, Lipstick Jungle, Ugly Betty, Charlotte's Web, 13 Going on 30);
- Producer Jake Abraham (Lovely by Surprise, Flakes, Starting Out the Evening);
- Editor Kevin Tent, A.C.E. (About Schmidt, Blow, Election, The Golden Compass, Sideways);
- Cinematographer Jon Fauer, A.S.C. (author of Film and Digital Times); and
- Distribution expert Stacey Parks (founder of Film Specific).

Thanks for participating and congratulations again!

The submission and voting period has ended for the first round of the Perfect Pitch contest. Thanks to all of you for participating.

We are currently confirming all votes and reviewing the video pitches to ensure they comply with official contest rules. Upon completion of this, we will be announcing the top 20 finalists. You will be contacted directly if your video qualified for the second round.

Again, thanks to you all and best of luck with the next phase!

Make sure your vote counts!
Please note that in order to cast your vote for a pitch, you must click on "favorite" below the video. Comments that were posted in order to cast a vote before the rules were updated on Feb. 7, 2008 will still count as a valid vote for the corresponding video submission. If you posted a comment after Feb. 7 in order to vote for a video, you need to add the video to your favorites for it to count. Once an entry has been selected as a favorite, it will appear as “favorited,” confirming that a vote has been cast. Visitors are limited to one vote per video and may vote on an unlimited number of videos.

Reminder: As stated in the rules, the original video pitch that you create and submit cannot exceed sixty (60) seconds. The entire submission, including title plates, must not exceed 80 seconds. Note: Entries exceeding the time limit will not be eligible to win the contest.

For more information, go to: www.avid.com/pitch and click on "Official Rules"

We're looking for the Perfect Pitch!

Do you have a unique, compelling story concept? Are you looking for help getting your film made? Give us your best 60-second video pitch and see what the world and our panel of industry experts have to say.
HOW TO ENTER:
1. Sign up for imeem here: https://www.imeem.com/createaccount.aspx
2. Join The Perfect Pitch group.
3. Once you have joined, upload your 60 second movie pitch by clicking the upload button on the upper right hand corner of the page. Make sure you specify that you are uploading a VIDEO to the Perfect Pitch Group Page.
4. Please make sure to name your entry as well as provide your name under "author". ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON!!! YOU DO NOT NEED TO RE-UPLOAD!
5. Fill out your personal info in the widget to the left including your name, address, email etc. Your entry is not legitimate until you fill out this information.
6. Make sure to tell your family and friends to vote for your pitch by clicking "favorite" underneath the video. By favoriting a video, you have placed your vote.


Learn how to protect your story here: http://theperfectpitch.imeem.com/forums/W26ct92A/iGAy98Xl/protect_your_story_idea/