Persons wishing to enter should send as many different home sledding videos as they wish to:

GREAT FOOTAGE CONTEST, THUNDERSTRUCK FILMS, 5305 Brooklyn Court, Helena, MT 59602.

Please Download, print, complete and send the Use Agreement document below with your tape or tapes to the above address. Please include your HOME PHONE NUMBER in all correspondence!

DOWNLOAD USE AGREEMENT HERE (you must have Adobe Reader to view, V3.0 or higher)

Please put a label on your tape before you send it with your name and phone number!

RULES:

The First prize for the GREAT FOOTAGE CONTEST is $250.00 cash and $250.00 in prizes.

Please EDIT the footage if possible or give us the timecode where the footage takes place on the tape. KEEP A COPY FOR YOURSELF!

Tapes will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. See below for information on deadlines.

Entrants should include their return address and telephone number and a brief written description of the clips being submitted.

All submissions shall become the sole property of Producer. Entrants should include a $3.00 handling fee per tape, in U.S. money order, if they wish Producer to return their video(s), which will be done on a rolling basis during 2004 - 2005. Producer reserves the right to destroy all videos for which return was not requested at the time of submission. Producer is not responsible for lost, damaged or misdirected tapes under any circumstances. Please keep a copy of your submission.

All home video formats are acceptable (VHS, 8MM, digital video) and must be shot with a consumer camera. NOTE: MINI DV is our choice of format! If you can, please send the footage on a MINI DV tape. Home videos transferred to DVD or CD-ROM will be accepted for initial screening and review, however the original tape must be provided to Producer upon request in order to meet eligibility and broadcast requirements. If not so provided, the submitted video will not be eligible for inclusion in the program. 8MM film transferred to videotape is also accepted.

Videos that purport to be spontaneous must be so, or entrant must explicitly disclose the circumstances of the taping at time of entry.

Producer reserves the right to edit and/or alter any submission.

Videos must be exclusive to THUNDERSTRUCK FILMS and BIG SKY X-TREME SNOWMOBILING PRODUCTIONS.

Decisions of the judges as to all contest matters are final and nonappealable. All submissions are subject to the terms of these rules and all entrants agree to be bound by these rules and the decisions of the judges. Producer reserves the right to amend these rules at any time.

ELIGIBILITY

Employees and riders of THUNDERSTRUCK FILMS and anyone involved in the production, or administration of the contest, as well as immediate family/same household members of anyone so employed or engaged are not eligible for prize awards.

Persons under 18 may enter but written parental consent will be required before their entries will be considered.

Entrants whose clips are chosen for inclusion in a film must sign a Release and Indemnity in the form presented attesting, among other things, to the fact that they are the rightful owners of the submitted clips and that the clip may be submitted and broadcast without obtaining permission from or making any payment to any third party. All persons appearing in the clips must sign consent forms and/or releases (which shall grant to Producer the right to use such person's name, voice and likeness) before the submission can be eligible for prize awards. Parent or guardian must sign the consent/release form for minors. Failure to provide requested releases and/or consents will result in disqualification of entrant. These release and/or consent forms will be provided by the Producer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the submission of a videotape constitutes the submitter's permission to use the videotape (and the name, voice and likeness of the submitter) in and in connection with the program and all exploitations thereof, including, without limitation, advertising and promotion and, further, constitutes the submitter's representation that all necessary consents and permissions therefor have been obtained.

Each submission must be solely the original work of entrant.

Each entrant represents that his/her submission does not infringe on any third party's copyrighted material, trademark or other intellectual property rights.

By submitting your videotape each entrant agrees to release, discharge, and hold harmless THUNDERSTRUCK FILMS and BIG SKY X-TREME SNOWMOBILING PRODUCTIONS and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives from any claim or liability arising from or related to submission of the entry, participation in this contest, appearance on the film, and/or acceptance or use of any prize.

Each entrant agrees that his/her submission shall be governed by and construed under and in accordance with the laws of the State of Montana applicable to contracts entered into and wholly performed therein. Each entrant consents and agrees to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts of the State of Montana, located in the County of Lewis and Clark.

JUDGING CRITERIA

Videos/footage/material will be judged for inclusion in films and for prizes on the basis of their humor and/or uniqueness.

PRIZES

The First prize for the GREAT FOOTAGE CONTEST is $100.00 cash and $200.00 in prizes.

Prizes will be awarded to the person(s) submitting the videotape, provided they certify and establish to Producer's satisfaction that they are the owner(s) of the videotape and further provided that they have complied with the official rules and sign all necessary forms as determined by Producer.

Winners are solely responsible for all federal, state and local taxes.

CONTEST DEADLINES

The first contest deadline date for the 2004 - 2005 season is JULY 8, 2005. The second contest deadline is JULY 10, 2006.

At Producers' sole option, any video may be retained and considered for use and reuse, and used and reused, in any subsequent edition of the film, or any other program or ancillary use in any media.

RELEASES

All entrants must sign all consent forms, general releases and other authorizations in the form provided by Producer or be eliminated from consideration. Releases will include, among other things, a statement that the videos are the exclusive property of the entrant(s) and that the events purported to be spontaneous were in fact spontaneous and not staged.

Releases must be obtained from all identifiable persons depicted in videos. Parent or guardian must sign the consent/release form for minors.

For more information, e-mail to jim@bigskyx.com or write to Great Footage Contest, 5305 Brooklyn court, Helena, MT 59602

OTHER LEGAL STUFF

Any footage/material you send to THUNDERSTRUCK FILMS including photos, film, tape, or the like is, and will be treated as, nonconfidential and non-proprietary. Anything you send can be used by THUNDERSTRUCK FILMS or its sponsors for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting on the internet. Furthermore, THUNDERSTRUCK FILMS is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication/footage/material you send for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such material.

Images of people or places displayed on sent footage are either the property of, or used with permission by, THUNDERSTRUCK FILMS. The use of this material by you, or anyone else authorized by you on or before November 30, 2005 for any other purpose is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or by specific permission provided by THUNDERSTRUCK FILMS (This prevents you from sending your footage to other sled video companies and having the same footage show up in our competitor's films!). Any unauthorized use of the material may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity and communications regulations and statutes.

Under no circumstances will THUNDERSTRUCK FILMS be liable for any damages (including, but not limited to, special, incidental, consequential or indirect damages either to person or equipment) arising out of the filming or shooting of said material or footage, even if THUNDERSTRUCK FILMS has been advised of the possibility of such damages.