Walton launches 'Smart Fridge, Smart Maker' video contest

Country's electronics giant Walton launched an online video making contest titled 'Smart Fridge, Smart Maker.' The contestants will have to make a maximum of 90-second duration video contents on Walton fridge based on their own script to win up to Tk 100 thousand (1 lakh), says a statement.

The first round of the two-round video making competition will continue throughout this December after beginning December 1.

Walton Hi-Tech Industries Limited's (WHIL) Managing Director Engineer Golam Murshed officially launched the 'Smart Fridge, Smart Maker' video making contest at a programme held at the Walton Corporate Office at the city's Bashundhara Residential Area on Monday.

The launching programme was attended by National Film Award winner Nargis Akter, WHIL's Deputy Managing Directors Nazrul Islam Sarker, Eva Rezwana Nilu and Amdadul Haque Sarker, Executive Directors SM Zahid Hasan, Humayun Kabir, Uday Hakim, Tanvir Rahman, Mohammad Rayhan, Firoj Alam, Anisur Rahman Mallik, Mostafa Nahid Hossain, Dr. Shakhawat Hossen and Amin Khan, Senior Deputy Executive Director Shahjada Salim, Deputy Executive Director Shahjalal Limon, Senior Operative Director Robiul Alam Bhuiyan, Deputy Operative Director Shahiduzzaman Rana, First Senior Additional Directors Mustafizur Rahman and Milton Ahmed.

Anybody can take part in the first round by registering themselves from the link of https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LtgtHFstOILVSWrcdDnc3vEYfCo2BCARih3DkcMMpqA/edit. After making the video content on Walton fridge based on own script, they have to send it to Walton Refrigerator email address ([email protected]).

A 3-member panel consisting of film maker Nargis Akter, actor Amin Khan and Walton Executive Director and Brand Development Coordinator Firoj Alam will select publishable videos. Then the makers have to release approved videos on social media with the hashtag #SmartFridgeSmartMaker. Each of these video contents will have marking based on 100 marks, of which 25 marks on story, 50 marks on content development and 25 marks on the maker's social media activities.

The top 10 highest marks obtainers will be promoted to the second round. Then, each of them will be given Tk 20,000 with a script for making another video. In the second round, each video content will have 100 marks, of which 50 marks on video content development and the rest 50 marks on the maker's social media activities.

Among the 10 contestants, the top 3 highest marks obtainers will be announced as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd winners of the competition.

Among the awardees, the first award winner will get Tk 1 lakh while the second and the third winners will get Tk 50,000 and Tk 30,000 respectively. The other contestants will get Walton Refrigerator's complementary gift hampers.

Popular online news portal risingbd.com is the media partner of the event.