The mission of the “Chicago Venue Advertising Competition” is to join Chicago's filmmakers & copywriters with Chicago's musicians to create 30 second promotional ads for all of our city's venues that feature original music. Abbey Pub - Scott Dedoes - 10 votes
2. Beat Kitchen - Marlo Habeeb - 73
3. Buddy Guy's Legends - Eric Almond - 3
4. Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Scott Hunt & Harold Welch -13
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. Cobra Lounge - Jose Aguilara - 24
6. Double Door - Jeff & Jim Rosal, Charlie Ensslin - 10
7. Elbo Room - Jay Weinberg - 7
8. Empty Bottle - Kevin Graves -57
9. FitzGerald's - Ben Tully - 9
10. Green Mill - Vinh Tran - 8
11. Hideout - Jeff & Jim Rosal, Charlie Ensslin - 11
12. Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Adam Lieberman, Ben Ong, J. Jerry's - Chris Hauser, Jessica Mondres & Alexandra Wolf - 85
14. Joe’s Bar on Weed St. - Megan St. John - 9
15. Kingston Mines - Ricky Johanet & Brandan Gajic - 76
16. Lincoln Hall - Mark Schoeck - 24
17. Martyrs' - Kelsey MacDonald - 21
18. Mayne Stage - Vihn Tran & Patrick O'Malley - 17
19. Metro - Chicago Copywriters (Mike, Natalie, Evan, Owen) - 14
20. Moe's Tavern - Patrick O'Malley - 39
21. Old Town School of Folk Music - Evey, Grace & Tina - 91
22. Park West - Chris Rogers and Kevin Shea - 7
23. Phyllis' Musical Inn - Dean III & The Wagers - 2
24. Quenchers - An Aesthetic Anaesthetic (Sam) - 1
25. Red Line Tap - Chicago Copywriters - 6
26. Reggies - Grecia Aguilar - 26
27. Riviera Theatre - Molly Stapleton - 69
28. Rosa's Blues Lounge - Los Improviachis Productions, Nelson - 6
29. Schubas - Logan Cascia- 108
30. Subterranean - Daniel Martinez - 18
31. The Burlington Bar - David Cook & Patrick O'Malley - 9
32. The Vic Theatre - Mark Schoeck - 9
33. Township - Chicago Copywriters - 8
34. Uncommon Ground - Adam Lieberman, Ben Ong, Justin C. - 4
35. Underground Wonder Bar - Andrew Halliday - 17
36. WIRE - Jeff & Jim Rosal, Charlie Ensslin - 10
The competition process:
1. The venues posted their briefs at www.30secondsoverchicago.com. Venues included links to their favorite bands that might be featured in their ad. The competition website launched on Wednesday, September 25.
2. Local filmmakers & copywriters will read the briefs and post their “pitches” on each venue's contest-page. Creatives may also include links to their portfolios. Both professionals and amateurs are welcome to "pitch." The last day to pitch is Sunday, November 3rd, ending at midnight.
3. Each venue will read through their pitches and pick their favorite idea. The picks will be announced on Wednesday, November 6th.
4. Selected creatives will have about one month to build their team and make their ad. There is no production budget. The ads are due on Sunday, December 8 at 7pm. We’ll then take all of the ads to the Double Door for the premiere & finals (Tuesday, December 10 at 8pm). The ads will be judged by three creative directors from Chicago ad agencies, joined with audience votes to decided the winners. First place is $1000, second is $350, and third place is $150. There is no cost to the venues except that they offer the filmmaker who makes their ad a "thank you" bar/ticket credit of $150. Also, the venues will own their ad to use however they wish in the future. All commercials will receive one free month of pre-rolling on the live & archived streams of Gigity.TV, plus, and all ads will be featured permanently on the Gigity.TV Sponsor’s Map. This competition is affiliated with Gigity.TV, whose mission is to live stream and video archive Chicago culture. Over the last year we produced events that made 30-second spots for 30 Wicker Park small businesses, and 32 Chicago craft breweries. You can watch all of these ads on the Gigity.TV Sponsor’s Map, http://gigity.tv/gigity_sponsors.php. Thank You,
Rich Seng
Producer
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