microsite: user-generated video contest

We are launching a contest on our own site for video producers, artists, amateurs and housewives to create a video based on our script. We need a microsite for this contest that appeals to designers and excites their participation.

check the logo here: http://www.bayt.com

http://www.bayt.com

As part of our ongoing site redesign we are addressing a significant need -
job seeker confusion about our role in the hiring process - by soliciting videos from our users that provides an overview of our role. This video will feature
prominently on the main page of Bayt.com and on the page that confirms
a job seeker's application to a vacancy. We have a script, but we need someone to help us say it.

For this contest we need a microsite and I want to see your progressive, slick skills.

- a microsite to serve as the home for this contest- this microsite will NOT have to maintain the look and feel of bayt.com
- the target audience is video producers both pro and amateur - the site MUST appeal to them
- the microsite must be of a quality that inspires confidence in the contest and excites participation = very professional yet extremely creative and "MODERN" (insert web2.0 cliche here)
- size depends on the design and doesn't have to fill the browser window
- clean design - we like whites, greys, steel blues, etc but do what you think is best
- menu tabs: intro, brief, legal, faq's, submission, showcase (the page size will have to accomodate these other content pages - so consider a design that will allow room to post and stream submitted videos)
- our logo
- a placeholder for a sponsor (logo + tagline)
- a placeholder for a video (youtube video dimensions) that will be a video intro to the contest to support the text below...do what you think is best and I appreciate your comments/rationale if you want to scrap the video
- intro page text:
- Welcome to {needs a name}

- Help us shape the
world of Bayt.com.

We are currently
evolving the entire user experience of Bayt.com, and as part of this process, we’ve
decided that we need to
have a multimedia/video explanation that explains what Bayt.com does and
how our users can get the most out of our site.

For this video we
know what we want to say, but we need someone to help us say it.

We looked into
international production companies, local companies, hiring new staff,
freelancers, our friends, neighbours, grandmothers and the great guy who invented
coffee – because we love him...

...but what hit us
is that the solution may be right in front of us. With over 1,000,000 unique
users coming to Bayt.com each month, there must be great talent in that
group – in all of you – and you can help us.

Use the creative
multimedia skills that you have – or go learn some new skills. Either way, help
us make Bayt.com an even better, more user-friendly, life-changing place to be.

This is your chance
to help us, get noticed and win some great prizes too...

Check out the brief, be sure to read the rules, and send us your entry.

Thanks for being
part of building our ‘home.’

- The Bayt team

- clutter - we need instant appeal
- mono-cultural or culture-specific faces