(AUSTIN, TX -- Spet 5, 2006) Aspiring filmmakers Kyle Jones, James Lane, Alex Mejia, and Art Perez have won an all-expense-paid trip to the Austin City Limits Music Festival in September and the opportunity to produce a 64-second film that will compete for the grand prize. The panel of celebrity musicians, including G. Love, Jack Ingram and Matt Costa, reviewed the film entries and ranked their favorites based on creativity, originality, technical prowess, and potential. The four finalist filmmakers will shoot footage at the ACL Festival venue to create a documentary on the topic “My ACL Fest Experience in 64 Seconds.”
From a poetic approach to this year’s ACL line-up, the four finalists’ entries were inspired by a variety of sources and push the limits of digital technology available today.
This promotional initiative, sponsored by AMD and Capital Sports and Entertainment (CSE), brings together music and technology. AMD will provide the finalists a production area within the Festival grounds for editing and producing their footage on AMD LIVE!™ media center PCs featuring AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual-core processors.
On September 19, 2006 the four finalists’ documentaries from the ACL Festival will post on the contest’s Web site www.aclfestival.com/amd64seconds, and public voting will begin. The grand prize winner will be announced on September 29, 2006, and will receive sponsor gifts including 2007 ACL passes and a full-featured AMD LIVE! media center PC.
In addition, mtvU – MTV’s 24-hour college channel, broadcast to 750 colleges and universities nationwide – will showcase the four finalists’ works on the network’s all-access broadband channel, mtvU Über at mtvU.com. mtvU will also be on hand at the ACL Music Festival to film the student finalists for short features promoting their final documentaries and asking for students to vote in the contest.
For more information on the contest, please visit the Austin City Limits Web site www.aclfestival.com/amd64seconds.
WHEN: Sept 14: Finalists arrive in Austin for Festival & orientation
Sept 19: Online public voting begins
Sept. 29: Grand prize winner announced
About AMD
Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is a leading global provider of innovative microprocessor solutions for computing, communications and consumer electronics markets. Founded in 1969, AMD is dedicated to delivering superior computing solutions based on customer needs that empower users worldwide. For more information visit www.amd.com.
About Capital Sports & Entertainment (www.planetcse.com)
Based in Austin, Texas, Capital Sports & Entertainment is an integrated marketing and management firm that creates and produces live experiences and provides services to sports and entertainment personalities and brands. CSE's athlete roster includes NFL players, Olympic athletes, and musicians and entertainers. Marquee clients include seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team, Blues Traveler, Ben Kweller, Jack Ingram, NFL player Ken Hamlin, National Medal of Arts winner Austin City Limits, Austin City Limits Music Festival, and Lollapalooza.
About mtvU
Broadcasting to 750 colleges across the country, with a combined enrollment of over seven million, mtvU is the largest, most comprehensive television network just for college students. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, mtvU can be seen in the dining areas, fitness centers, student lounges and dorm rooms of campuses throughout the U.S. mtvU is dedicated to every aspect of college life, reaching students everywhere they are, through a three pronged approach – on-air, online and on campus. mtvU focuses on content including music videos from emerging artists which can’t be seen anywhere else, news, student life features, events and pro-social initiatives. mtvU is always on campus, with more than 300 events per year, including exclusive concerts, giveaways, shooting mtvU series and more. For more information about mtvU, and for a complete programming schedule, visit www.mtvU.com.
mtvU Über makes mtvU the first MTV Networks channel distributed in its entirety via broadband, streaming 24/7 and on demand, featuring all of mtvU plus exclusive new music, original series and student-produced programming for college students and music fans everywhere.
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