Rules and Requirements for Remote Participation
What are the rules to participate remotely?
- You have been selected by your local ESU Branch to represent your community as a Branch Winner in the 2020 ESU National Shakespeare Competition.
- You must be enrolled in the 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade or the equivalent for home school students.
- You have not acted for pay on stage or screen during the 2019-2020 school year.
- If you are selected as one of 10 finalists from your video submission, you are available to participate in the ESU National Shakespeare Competition finals live via video chat on Monday, April 27, 2020. (Details to come).
What are the rules for the video?
- You do NOT need professional recording, lighting, editing, or sound equipment. Cell phone video is acceptable.
- You must be clearly audible and clearly visible from head to toe.
- No costumes, no sets, and no props of any kind. You are not allowed to use items of clothing (i.e. shoes, hair accessories, hats, gloves, etc.) as props.
- No camerawork (close ups, pans, fades) and no effects (light or sound).
- No titles or credits of any kind.
- You should introduce yourself by name (first and last) and the selections to be performed, in order.
- You may perform your selections in whatever order you prefer. All monologues and sonnets must be selected from the 2020 packets provided by the ESU. No exceptions.
- The video should be of one continuous performance with no editing or cuts.
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