Photocide 

Hello everybody!
As many of you know yet Videns Pictures staff is always committed to improve young artists’ operas.
The competition “The Cide The Band” contest has just concluded and a song has been choosen and put in The Cide official

soundtrack.
Anyway the artists are not just musicans!
The Cide team is proud to announce the first contest for photographers that will like to exploit the Comic 2.0 “The Cide” to show

their talent.
The best photo will be re-elaborated in The Cide style, sponsored as an official wallpaper and at our judgement put in one of the

next The Cide episodes.

ELIGIBILITY
The contest is open to everyone 14 years or older at the time of entry, submitting one photo shoot.
The photo shoot must satisfy the following requirements:

• the subject and the contents must be in line with the thematic purposed for the competition, specified in the section

  “COMPETITION MAIN THEME”

• The subject and the contents must be not offensive and outragious for other cultures and religions and can’t

  represent pornography or political propaganda

• It can show illustrations, drawings or murales just if they are represented in their original contest
• It must be unpublished
• It must be original and shot personally by the person that will join the competition
• It must be in JPEG format. The minimun dimension is 6 megapixel (3000×2000)
• It must respect the post-production criterions shown in the “POST-PRODUCTION DIGITAL MODIFCATION” section

COMPETITION MAIN THEME
The subject of the photographies must be a suburban landscape, in line with the cide atmosphere. It have to suggest a noire and

decadent atmosphere.

POST-PRODUCTION DIGITAL MODIFICATION
The following modification are admitted:

• color curves and white balance
• brightness and contrast
• transform, rotate or crop
• frame insertion
• create an HDR photo
• adding in post-production specific filters and optics
• bring modifications that can be applied in the darkroom like in the analogic format
• create panoramic photos by using two or more shots of the same subject
• create infra red photos

Some of the forbidden modifications are:

• modifying the image leaving a portion with colours and the other portion in black and white
• make a collage with two or more photos
• create any photomontage that’s not listed above, HDR photos or panoramics
• insert text, signing or titles

Note: all the modifications not listed in the allowed list are considered unallowed.

REGISTRATION
Registrations for the contest will be open from 12 p.m. on April 10, 2010, until 11:59 p.m. on May 21, 2010. Any registration

submitted later than these terms will not be deemed eligible.
Entrants must fill in the online entry form at the bottom of this page and follow the instructions to send the photo shoot. By

submitting the entry form the entrants agree to the above regulations and restrictions.
The photographers should become fans of “The Cide” in the official Facebook The Cide fan page, to receive updates on the contest.

WINNER SELECTION
Entries will be evaluated by the “The Cide” Artistic Committee to select the finalists after the registrations closing date.
The finalists will be named on May 23, 2010 and will be admitted to the final phase.
The winning photo shoot will be chosen by a public online voting at “The Cide.com”. The winning photo shoot will be the one

receiving the largest amount of votes during the final phase ending at 11:59 p.m. on May 30, 2009.

PRIZES
The winning photo shoot will be re-elaborated in The Cide style, sponsored as an official wallpaper and at our judgement put in

one of the next The Cide episodes. The photographer’s name will be added to the credits section of the website and will be

promoted and advertised in any media format or medium and through any media channels the organisational committee will deem

appropriate.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

• Entrants shall not issue any statement concerning this contest without the committee authorization
• No payment or repayment will be paid to entrants for any reason and during any phase of the contest
• By submitting a photo shoot, entrants agree to grant “The Cide” organisational committee a royalty-free, non-

  exclusive, unconditional and transferable right and license to use the photo shoot for any advertising, promotional or commercial

  purposes, including without limitation the right to publicly display, perform, reproduce and distribute the photo shoot. Entrants

  also grants to “The Cide” the non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right to publish the photo shoot on its web sites and to

  make available photographer’s name and photo shoot on The Cide.com without any compensation

• The organisational committee reserves the right to modify these Contest Rules and Restrictions in any way or at any

  time as long as there is notice posted on www.thecide.com

• The organisational committee disclaim all responsibility for entrants behaviours and submitted photo shoots
• The organizational committee warn the entrants against false recommendations or granted winnings in exchange for

  money. The committee dissociates itself and take precautions from such behaviours: only those who prove to be artistically

  deserving will be rewarded

• By submitting, entrants totally agree to the above regulations
• Any entries that do not comply with these requirements will not be deemed eligible
• Submitted photo shoots can not be changed or modified or replaced with others in any case
• Decisions of the “The Cide” artistic committee are final and binding on all matters relating to this contest

Subscriptions are closed. Stay tuned for the final phase.