Call for IEEE Women in Engineering Videos

Video delivery specifications for individual profiles:

• 16x9 aspect ratio, H.264 codec, 720p or 1080p resolution. iPhone and Android-based phones are perfect for this.
• Frame your shot as a centered head and shoulders (not too close, not too wide) at eye level, as in the example to the right.
• On-camera components: For individual profiles, please introduce yourself and clearly state and spell name, job title, company affiliation, and IEEE affiliations.

• Share a story about being an engineer (optional).
• Why did you choose engineering as your profession?
• What was the hardest part about getting your engineering education?
• What can you tell others about your inspiration/mentors?
• How does your technical field benefit humanity?
• Why did you join IEEE Women in Engineering?

Video delivery specifications for WIE affinity group event coverage:

• For any specific activity within the event, make sure you capture the building blocks.
• Select an interviewee and ask them to sit down and explain the activity to you in short sentences or answers to short questions.
• Use the information from the interview to plan your other shots.
• Do not take the camera on a walking tour through the event; instead, capture your footage in separate shots that can be edited to tell the story.
• Each shot should last at least 10 seconds (count slowly in your head).
• Shoot wide shots of the scene to set the context.
• Shoot close shots of activity to draw the viewer in.
• Do not use a zoom.
• If you want closer shots, move yourself and the camera closer.
• If you want wide shots, move yourself further away.

For WIE affinity group and WIE Student Branch affinity group submissions:

• Please clearly state the name of the IEEE Women in Engineering affinity group or IEEE Women in Engineering Student Branch affinity group.
• Include region and country.
• Provide the name of the event/activity being submitted.
• Provide an overview of the video you will be submitting.
• Explain the activities your group conducts annually.
• Explain the benefits of forming a WIE affinity group.
• Explain if any of your events are STAR related.

Some topics include:

• classroom activities;
• humanitarian projects;
• competitions;
• hands-on activities with pre-university community;
• training of pre-university teachers;
• mentoring;
• public awareness;
• activities;
• field trips;
• technical events;
• networking events;
• forums;
• receptions;
• panels.

Please send any and all photos, video, etc., that will help illustrate your profile.

When submitting videos that are five minutes or shorter, please upload to https://dropbox.yousendit.com/STEVEs-BOX

For video submissions longer than five minutes, please contact IEEEtv’s Steve Esker at s.esker@ieee.org to arrange the best delivery method.

Finally, when submitting videos, please add the following information to the subject line: "IEEE Women in Engineering Video" and include your name or affinity group name.

For example:
SUBJECT: IEEE Women in Engineering Video/Keyana Tennant
Or
SUBJECT: IEEE Women in Engineering Video/WIE XXXXX Student Branch Affinity Group

Include any contact information in the body of the e-mail.

If you are an IEEE Women in Engineering member and are interested in participating, please send all questions and e-mail of interest to keyana.tennant@ieee.org.