THE 11TH ANNUAL OSCARWORLD OPEN (2012)
THE PRIZES!


1st Place Prize Package:

The 1st Place Winner of this year's OscarWorld Open Academy Awards predicting contest will receive this prize package ... one of the most unique and extensive books on film history that you'll ever read and a cool utility to let you watch TV and listen to radio from all over the world!

THE STORY OF FILM BY MARK COUSINS: This new edition of The Story of Film, published to coincide with the fascinating 15-hour film documentary that first aired in September 2011, updates the most accessible and compelling history of the medium yet published. Film critic, producer, and presenter, Mark Cousins shows how film-makers are influenced both by the historical events of their times, and by each other. He demonstrates, for example, how Douglas Sirk's Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s influenced Rainer Werner Fassbinder's despairing visions of 1970s Germany; and how George Lucas' Star Wars epics grew out of Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress. The Story of Film is divided into three main epochs: Silent (1885-1928), Sound (1928-1990) and Digital (1990-Present), and within this structure films are discussed within chapters reflecting both the stylistic concerns of the film-makers and the political and social themes of the time. Film is an international medium, so as well as covering the great American films and film-makers, the book explores cinema in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia and South America, and shows how cinematic ideas and techniques cross national boundaries. Avoiding jargon and obscure critical theory, the author constantly places himself in the role of the moviegoer watching a film, and asks: 'How does a scene or a story affect us, and why?' In so doing he gets to the heart of cinematic technique, explaining how film-makers use lighting, framing, focal length and editing to create their effects. Clearly written, and illustrated with over 400 stills, including numerous sequences explaining how scenes work, The Story of Film is essential reading for both film students and the general moviegoer.

USB WORLDWIDE INTERNET RADIO & TV PLAYER: This product really defines the word innovation. One of its main features is that it plays worldwide radio and TV stations readily categorized into countries, genres, and languages! It also provides over 20,000 radio stations, grouped in 56 genres and 210 countries. It consists of 5000 web TV stations from across the world, classified in 17 types of programs, 210 countries, and 59 languages. It is very user friendly as you can easily control the whole interface by simply clicking the mouse. It is capable of updating new programs and station onsite. For that versatility, it is able to support 12 languages. Also, it records music in WMA format to your hard drive. This is the new best friend a disc jockey should have. Explore that music-lover in you or your loved ones! All you do is plug in the USB player to any computer with a USB port!

That's what you could win this year, as well as bragging rights and your name in the champions circle for all time on the website ... so definitely JOIN US THIS YEAR!