It seems Motorola has a better understanding of how to set up a contest than Microsoft and Trigger Street Productions. In the UK, Motorola is giving people a chance to win £10,000 for a movie of just 90 seconds! That’s 111 quid per second, not bad ay?

Well, that’s actually not the whole truth. After creating the 90 second movie, 20 filmmakers will be picked and sent a Motorola Z10. With this new phone they’ll have to shoot another movie and that one will be judged by a ‘professional’ jury for the £10,000 prize. All to promote the video capabilities of the new Z10. So there you are Motorola, some extra attention for your precious little mobile.

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In a (desperate?) attempt to create some buzz for their Vista Ultimate operating system, Microsoft is holding a ‘Ultimate Video Relay’ contest on ultimatevideorelay.com. It challenges amateur filmmakers to create the second act of their movie about a black box, which director Kyle Newman started.

All fine by me, if you can win some ‘ultimate’ prices. But for just a laptop, camera or software package, you won’t get me all hot to start making movies. Yes, it might be an expensive laptop, but just a laptop nonetheless.

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