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Release Summary: Barclays invites amateur movie makers to create
their own film spoof for YouTube and enter a competition to win
a year's free cinema pass
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Release Body: Barclays invites movie fans to make
one movie to have the chance to win a full year of movies. The recently
launched Barclays YouTube film spoof competition,
asks movie makers to make a short movie spoof in order to have a
chance to win a year’s worth of free movie tickets.
Movie
fans and students looking to start their university life out on
the right foot can use their video camera or mobile to create their
own original movie spoof in order to enter the contest. Students
can also receive six free cinema tickets simply by opening up a
student current account at Barclays (terms
and conditions apply).
To kick-start the YouTube movie spoof contest (http://www.barclays.co.uk/fastfoodbeauty/),
Barclays has created three original movie spoofs
of their own that can be viewed on YouTube. The
short clips are spoofs of modern movie classics such as American
Beauty and the 40 Year Old Virgin. Their
spoof of the former entitled "Fast Food Beauty"
parodies the famous scene with Mena Suvari lying
in rose petals but instead of flowers, the video shows a girl lying
surrounded by a sea of fast food. The film concludes with the attractive
actress seductively burping.
Barclays
is offering a year's free cinema pass to the person who uploads
the winning spoof onto YouTube. Entrants need not
use professional equipment, as even the lowest quality videos made
with mobile phones can be uploaded to the website and viewed. There
are also no restrictions on length; the only rule is that the film
clip must parody a popular movie.
The
closing date for entries is 5 October 2007 and the winner will be
selected on 19 October 2007.
Anyone
wishing to enter the competition does not need to open a student
current account for their chance to win.
Barclays,
a leader in UK banking, launched the competition as part of their
promotional activities for the new Barclays Student Additions
account. When students opt for the new student
account, they will automatically receive six free cinema tickets
(terms and conditions apply). The Student
Additions bank account also features interest-free overdraft
of up to £2,000, access to student and graduate relationship
managers in selected branches and other facilities which are likely
to be attractive to students such as a daily £300 ATM withdrawal
limit.
The
competition is open to any UK resident who uploads a clip onto the
Barclays YouTube page, excluding employees and
past employees of Barclays Bank PLC, or any other
persons materially connected to the administration of the prize
draw. Only one entry per person.
About
Barclays Barclays PLC is a major global financial services
provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards,
investment banking, wealth management and investment management
services. Barclays is one of the largest financial
services companies in the world by market capitalisation. Operating
in over 50 countries and employing 123,000 people, Barclays
move, lend, invest and protect money for over 27 million
customers and clients worldwide. With over 300 years of history
and expertise in banking, Barclays PLC has six
major businesses.
UK
Banking delivers banking products and services to over 14 million
retail customers and 780,000 businesses in the UK.
Barclaycard
is one of the leading credit card businesses in Europe, and has
9.8 million UK customers and 6.4 million international cards in
issue.
Barclays
International Retail and Commercial Banking operations
have over 2 million international clients, in geographies which
currently include France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, India, Africa
and the Middle East. Absa has an additional 8.3 million retail customers
in South Africa.
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