Art Showcasing on the Lyons Video Wall

Looking to get your photos, videos, etc. showcased? The Lyons New Media Centre has a large video wall and the staff enjoy showcasing student work on it!

The focus of our showcasing is on art and course projects. Photography, videos, music videos, scanned artwork, etc. are all welcome! For more information, please email us.

Submit your art!

Video Wall: Showcase Your Art! Overview

How to Submit Your Work

Do you have media work that you have created that you would like to have showcased on the video wall? Great! We love showcasing student and staff art and photography.

Please be sure that what you are submitting is not an advertisement/commercial, however.

The focus of our showcasing is on art and course projects. Photography, videos, music videos, scanned artwork, etc. are all welcome!

  • Fill out the submission form, then:
    • Submit all files to media@mcmaster.ca via email, Dropbox, Google Drive, or other file sharing service - note that there is a space on the submission form to provide a share link rather than emailing us.
  • REQUIRED: With each image, also include:
    • title for each image
    • brief description what the viewer would see in the image
    • the title and description of each image are required by law for accessibility purposes
  • Any submissions for the video wall that will be played in a random rotation for an event being held in Lyons must be submitted no later than two weeks prior to the event.

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File Specifications

File Specifications

Images

  • Video wall display dimensions: 1920 x 1080 pixels
  • Resolution: 72-150 dpi (generally)
  • File types: PNG or JPG only

Videos

  • Video wall display dimensions: 1920 x 1080 pixels
  • File types: MP4 or YouTube link
  • Audio: videos must be silent
  • Captioning: "open captioning" required for the video wall (captioning is "burned in" on the video)
    • See the section on Captioning below for important information.
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  • Captioning on any video that has speech is required by Ontario law. So, Lyons requires all videos with speech to be captioned.
    • Videos submitted without captioning will be denied.
    • Captioning required for the video wall is known as open captioning which is basically burned into the video (always shows, cannot be turned off).
    • Lyons has software that will aid in adding captioning, including Camtasia (available in both Edit Suites).
      • Don't have time? There are online services that will provide captions and transcriptions such as Rev.com (for a price).
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Be sure that any media you use in your submitted art is your own work.

If you use any additional media that you have not created, be sure that it is covered via a Creative Commons license, is offered royalty free, or that you have permission to use it. If media is found to use copyright protected content without permission, it will not be displayed on the video wall.

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