05 January 2011

BT is sponsoring a Big Voice competition for young people aged 11-19 working in teams of five to eight people. The competition is part of the Education Programme supporting the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The competition is in two parts: in part one the young people must:

•  Identify a problem in their local community which they believe needs to be addressed

•  Develop a practical solution to the problem

•  Think about how their ideas could be turned into an influential short film, using a drama or documentary approach

•  Submit a written treatment for their film to win a major prize.

In part two, 36 winning treatments will be made into films, using crews from university and college film production courses, with a budget of £1,000. All the completed films will be shown on city centre video screens during the run up to the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games, with ‘Oscars' being awarded for regional and national winners.
The competition opens in January 2011 and part one closes 27 May 2011. For more information see the BT website here.