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Originally Posted by "Big Mike"
These days? I distinctively remember that many years ago you were allowed to submit a video for The CA. Actually I am pretty sure you could have submitted many different submission forms for The CA award even MS PowerPoint presentations
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Correct, prior to 2003 you could submit in any format you so pleased provided it was readable/reviewable in a certain amount if time. 2003 it became "four pages hard copy" and remained that way or similar (I think we emailed them for one or two years) until firstawards.org came into being and now we have a character limit.
In 2003 many of us thought CA was headed the multimedia route, after BUZZ 175 did such a great job with its video, but much to many people's surprise it became just four pages. Then, with firstawards.org, all of the formatting and graphic involved with the four pages went away and it became what it is today - a character limit with four pictures.
Presumably this whole evolution has helped take the "glitz" out of the process, and quite frankly save time for teams so they can concentrate on content and substance. Since this new video requirement supposedly isn't part of the judging process in any way the "glitz" is still out of the judging process (well unless you use the video in your actual presentation). However, since this is a requirement to be considered it is something that will take time and resources. That whole disconnect (not judged, but required) is something I really need to see clarification on.