The Australian Screen Editors Guild is dedicated to the pursuit and recognition
of excellence in screen editing and all forms of motion picture post-production.
ASE AWARDS 2023 GUIDELINES
Eligibility:
Editors entering the ASE Awards must be Full Financial Members of the Australian
Screen Editors Guild. Student and Associate Members are not eligible to enter.
You can join the ASE at www.screeneditors.com.au/join-the-ase/
All entries must have had their first theatrical, television, VOD, online or similar,
or DVD release between 1st August 2022 and 31st July 2023.
Categories:
Feature Drama
A stand-alone dramatised production of at least 70 minutes in duration.
This category includes animated features.
Drama
A dramatised production, over 20 minutes in duration, which may be a single episode
from a series or mini-series, or a telemovie. This category includes animated
programs.
Short Drama
A stand-alone dramatised production of under 20 minutes duration.
This category includes animated programs.
Comedy
A scripted situation or sketch comedy, between 15 and 60 minutes in duration,
which may be a single episode from a series or mini-series.
This category includes animated programs.
Children’s Entertainment
An episode of television created for children up to 14 years of age and broadcast on a
commercial or public network, pay television service, or streamed on an SVOD or
AVOD platform. Programs may be rated up to PG and can be live action, animation or
a combination of both. Works may be drawn from ongoing series or limited series,
they may also be one-off programs, and works may be drama, comedy or factual.
Episodes must be no longer than 60 minutes.
DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES
Note, when choosing to enter your production, you will need to consider the most
appropriate category as there is some crossover of interpretation between
Documentary and Factual. Judges will re-allocate productions if they are deemed to
be in the wrong category to ensure a fair outcome.
Documentary Feature
A non-fiction production providing a creative, in depth analysis or interpretation of a
specific subject, theme or point of view, supported by evidence and or informed
commentary. A production of at least 60 minutes in duration.
Documentary & Documentary Series
A non-fiction production providing a creative, in depth analysis or interpretation of a
specific subject, theme, point of view or story, supported by evidence and or informed
commentary.
The subjects and/or story must demonstrate unique thought and expression.
Entries must be over 20 minutes in duration, and can either be a stand-alone nonfeature
length documentary, or a single episode from a documentary series.
They must, however, be unique in existence and not a modified version of a feature
length documentary.
Examples include: 'First Australians', 'Revelation', 'Exposed: The Case of Keli Lane', 'A
Sense of Self', 'Hawke: The Larrikin and the Leader'.
Factual Entertainment
A work is considered to be Factual Entertainment where the main intent and purpose
of the production is to inform and entertain.
Typically a constructed format, sometimes with a presenter, factual entertainment
depicts actual events, people or places.
Full episodes only, segments cannot be entered.
This category includes lifestyle and informative programs, (food, travel, science,
home renovation) and other light documentary programs.
Examples include – 'Border Security', 'Bondi Rescue', 'Food Safari', 'Catalyst', 'Who Do You
Think You Are?', 'Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery', 'You Can’t Ask That', 'Love on the
Spectrum'.
Reality
A substantially non-scripted, formatted production that documents participants
interacting in a particular environment as devised by the producer. There is generally
an element of competition to the program, often involving games/challenges or
matchmaking.
Full episodes only, segments cannot be entered.
Examples include - 'MasterChef', 'The Voice', 'The Bachelor', 'Survivor', 'Married at First
Sight'.
News & Current Affairs
A program or segment broadcast as part of a regular news or current affairs series,
which employs a journalistic approach to social, political, or economic issues.
These programs aim to provide revelation, fresh insight, analysis and debate.
Entries must be at least 5 minutes in duration.
Examples include - '7:30', 'A Current Affair', 'Four Corners', 'Dateline', '60 Minutes',
'Foreign Correspondent', 'The Drum', 'Landline'.
Commercial
Advertising or promotional production. May have screened on TV or cinema, online via
YouTube, Vimeo, social media or company website. Must be under 90 seconds.
Corporate and Branded
Promotional production including company name or logo. May have screened on TV
or cinema, online via YouTube, Vimeo, social media or company website. May also
have screened at an internal event or presentation. Must be between 90 seconds and
30 minutes.
Trailers and Promos
Trailers, teasers, and promos refer to short previews of other underlying creative
works. Typically, they are short form previews of the plot, characters, genre and/or
the tone of the underlying work and are designed to attract audience interest.
Works in this category may include trailers, teasers, and promos for feature films,
television and streaming series, documentaries, and video games. Must be under 5
minutes.
Music Video
Music Clip consisting of a single track or song.
Open Content
For content that is not covered in the other categories. We are looking for
high quality story-telling and editing no matter what the genre. This may be additional
online content, short documentaries, animation, title sequences or perhaps a genre
we haven’t seen yet. Must be under 20 minutes.
APPLICATION GUIDELINES:
No production can be entered in more than one category.
Co-Editors may submit. All credited Co-Editors must be Full Financial Members of
the Australian Screen Editors Guild. In the case that a winning entry has more than
one Editor, only one trophy will be awarded to that entry. Additional trophies may be
purchased through the ASE.
You may only submit one entry per category unless you are part of a Co-Entry in
which case you may enter that category a maximum of twice.
Entries will only be accepted from the principal Editor or Editors. That is, the person
or persons whom the Producer has accorded the official, primary credit of 'Editor'.
In the event that an entry contains no on-screen credits, written verification from the
Producer / Production Company / Client MUST be attached to the application.
The judging panels' decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into. The
ASE reserves the right to cancel a category and refund entrants if there are not
enough entries in any category.
Entries are to be submitted ONLINE at:
https://australianscreeneditors.wufoo.com/forms/ziaganc03v7ad1/
You will be required to upload your video online for judging as we use a web-based
submissions process.
For ease of use and widest compatibility across devices, the ASE highly recommends
Vimeo as the best site to upload and stream your video.
YouTube is also acceptable - but please don’t use any other services (Dropbox,
Hightail, OneDrive, Digital Pigeon, GoogleDrive, WeTransfer, etc.)
We need to make sure the judges can readily stream your video easily and at the
highest quality.
ENCODING YOUR VIDEO
Vimeo provides a detailed explanation of the settings that work best for their
platform. Follow the link to learn more.
https://vimeo.com/help/compression
UPLOADING YOUR VIDEO
Vimeo offers various privacy settings, including the option to set a password.
To find out what’s best for you, see here:
https://vimeo.com/help/faq/managing-your-videos/privacy-settings
It is the responsibility of the entrant to provide a web link to their production, and to
ensure that it works. The link must remain online until judging is finished on Sunday
8th October 2023. (See specs links with application form)
SUBMISSION DEADLINES:
EARLY BIRD ENTRIES - Must be received by midnight Sunday 2nd July 2023.
REGULAR ENTRIES – Must be received by midnight Sunday 6th August 2023.
LATE ENTRIES – Must be received by midnight Sunday 13th August 2023.
Completed submissions must contain:
• All submission fields complete.
• Letter from Producer / Production Company if no on-screen credit.
• Vimeo or YouTube link to the production, with password if applicable.
• Paid Entry fee of $60 (includes GST) for Early Bird entries.
• Paid Entry fee of $72 (includes GST) for regular entries.
• Paid Entry fee of $100 (includes GST) for late entries.
Good luck!