02 March 2007

New Drama Category for Primary Schools at 8th Schools Video Awards

1. The Ministry of Education and Ngee Ann Polytechnic (School of Film and Media Studies) hosted the Eighth Schools Video Awards (SVA) Ceremony on 2 March 2007 to honour the effort of 171 schools in their video production ventures. This event is supported by the Media Development Authority. A total of 68 awards (8 Platinum, 11 Gold, 18 Silver and 31 Merit) were presented to students at the ceremony. A total of 3 awards (1 Platinum, 1 Silver and 1 Merit) were given out for the Teachers’ Competition.
2. This year, the drama category was introduced to the Primary schools. The aim is to encourage them to put forward their creative stories into video.
3. The Guest-of-Honour for this event was Ms Tan Pin Pin, a local award-winning film maker.
4. More details on the SVA are given in Annex A. The names of the award winners are given in Annex B.
5. At the ceremony, winning teams received prizes in the form of trophies, product vouchers, and gifts sponsored by Sony Singapore, Pinnacle Systems, Hardwarezone (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Digital Animation Asia Pte Ltd, Verbatim Marketing (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Animagine Pte Ltd, MobileOne Ltd, Public Utilities Board, Lee Foundation and Peripheral Solutions (S) Pte Ltd. All participating schools received plaques while all participants received certificates of participation.

Background

6. The SVA was first inaugurated in June 1999. It was started with the aim of providing a platform for our students to express themselves creatively through the use of video. The SVA also provides opportunities for teamwork, collaboration and development of media literacy. The SVA has since enhanced students’ understanding of the use and workings of the video medium to create a story for the intended audience, including an appreciation for the need to respect the copyright ownership of works by other producers.
7. The competition was introduced to teachers in March 2005. The Teachers' Competition aims to be a platform through which teachers can express their creativity and create a video which will be useful for classroom teaching. Teachers can form teams of 3 to produce the video.
8. Past winning entries of the SVA can be viewed at MOE’s E-video website.