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STUDENT'S CORNER


Who is eligible?

  • Star Flicks is open to secondary school students (from Forms One to Six) in Malaysia.
  • Participation is through schools in Malaysia only.

What are participants required to do?

  • Form a team of four members.
    • Each student can only be a member of one team.
    • All members in the team must remain in the same team throughout the competition.
  • Under the supervision of a teacher, produce and submit at least one entry – a movie poster that conveys an issue highlighted in an article from The Star newspaper published in the year 2018.

Entry

General requirements

Entries must be:

  • Created on/using the original blank contest templates published in the Star-NiE pullout dated April 11, 2018.
  • Completed with the students' and the school's supervising teacher’s details on page 8 of the contest template, and must include the school stamp.
Format/content requirements

Entries must:

  • Fit the size of pages 6 and 7 of the contest template and be in the form of a movie poster – containing a main graphic, movie title and tagline – that conveys an issue highlighted in an article from The Star newspaper published in the year 2018.
    • The main graphic can be in the form of a drawing, abstract art or photograph.
    • The layout of the movie poster can be in portrait or horizontal format.
    • The article must be from The Star newspaper, and NOT The Star Online.
    • The issue chosen must be based on one of the following themes: health, social values, education, charity, environment, technology, safety, and relationships.
  • Include a write-up (in about 150 words), on page 8 of the contest template, about the plot summary of your movie and the message you wish to convey through your movie poster.
Avoid plagiarism
  • You may conduct research using books, articles and the Internet but materials must not be plagiarised. Plagiarism will result in the automatic disqualification of an entry.
Marks
  • Marks will be allocated for creativity, strength of message, concept, quality, impact and proper use of language.
  • With all things being equal in the submission, weight will be given to the write-up.