Multimedia Presentation - Non-Video Competition: What It Is, Where It's Run and How It's Judged

A slide-style presentation built from text, images, graphics and sound but no video clips, prepared by one entrant and rated by a panel on content, design and delivery.

Multimedia Presentation - Non-Video is a class in which one entrant builds a presentation on a topic using slides, photographs, drawings, charts, text and, if the notice allows it, a soundtrack or narration, but no moving video footage. The name draws the line on purpose: the video classes sit beside it in the same division, so this class is for the entrant who can hold an audience with well-built still material.

The work is prepared in advance. The entrant chooses a topic, writes the script, designs the slides and rehearses, then delivers the finished file to the organisers or shows it in front of the panel, depending on how the event is run. Judges see the final result only, so the quality of the structure, the layout and the way the points build up matters more than the number of effects used.

On eTalenter the item is carried by the international teen talent template, in the Multimedia category, as an individual item for ages 13 to 19, open to both genders, in English. The template rates it with a maximum score of 5 and sets no time limit in its data, so the organiser's notice should say how many slides or minutes are allowed.

Organisers run it because it lets entrants who are comfortable with presentation software, research and design compete alongside performers, needs no stage set-up beyond a screen, and produces entries that can be shown again at an awards evening or shared with families.

Where Multimedia Presentation - Non-Video is run

On eTalenter this item is carried by one template, the international teen talent template, where it is one of the Multimedia division classes alongside Computer Graphics, Digital Photography, the animated and video classes and Website Design. Slide-based presentation classes also appear in school media festivals, youth programmes and project days, but this page records only the template that carries the item, so organisers should confirm accepted software, file size, slide count and any time limit in their own notice.

• United States
• Worldwide

Key facts

• Individual item: one entrant prepares and submits one presentation
• Non-video: stills, text, charts and audio are fine, moving footage is not
• Ages 13 to 19, open to both genders, English language
• Maximum score of 5 in the teen template, with no time limit set in the data
• Carried by one template, in the Multimedia category
• Sits beside the video and animation classes, which use moving footage, while this one does not

On eTalenter, Multimedia Presentation - Non-Video is filed under Multimedia and typically scored with Rating out of 10. It appears in 1 ready-made event templates — each one can adjust its time limit, age-group assignment and scoring setup independently.

Across the templates that use it, Multimedia Presentation - Non-Video is most often entered as an Individual competition, typically scored out of 5.

What judges look at in Multimedia Presentation - Non-Video

What a Multimedia Presentation - Non-Video panel is actually weighing up, and where the marks are usually won or lost:

• Content and accuracy: a clear topic, facts that are correct and sources that can be trusted
• Structure: a visible opening, a logical build of points and a closing slide that lands the message
• Design: consistent fonts and colours, readable text size, and images that support the point rather than decorate it
• Use of media: pictures, charts and sound chosen with purpose, with no video clips slipped in against the class name
• Originality: the entrant's own research and wording, not text lifted from a website or a ready-made template
• Delivery and finish: slides that open and play as submitted, with timing and narration, if used, that fit the content

Treat these as the judging focus, not a fixed rubric: publish your own weighted criteria for Multimedia Presentation - Non-Video under Scoring Setup, or start from the judging and scoring software guide.

How to prepare for Multimedia Presentation - Non-Video

How entrants and their teachers usually get Multimedia Presentation - Non-Video right on the day:

• Write the key message in one sentence before opening the software, and test every slide against it
• Keep to about one idea per slide and cut any text the audience cannot read from the back of the room
• Choose two fonts and a small palette at the start and use them on every slide
• Use charts, diagrams and your own photographs rather than long paragraphs, and credit any outside picture
• Leave out video clips completely, including short embedded loops, so the entry stays inside the class
• Rehearse with the slides on a different computer to catch missing fonts and broken links
• If you add narration or music, check the volume and make sure you may use the track
• Save the file in the format in your notice and keep a copy on a second device

Frequently asked questions

Is Multimedia Presentation - Non-Video judged individually or as a team?

Across eTalenter's templates it's most often run as an Individual entry, though an organiser can set either participation type when assigning the item to an age group.

What does non-video mean in this class?

The template separates this class from its video classes, so the presentation should be built from stills, text, charts and sound only. Check your own notice for how it treats animated slide transitions and embedded clips.

Is it the same as the video classes?

No. The teen template lists Video - Short Clips, Short Film and Long Film as separate items. This class is for presentations without moving footage.

Is it judged individually or as a team?

Individually. In the teen template it is an individual item, so each presentation is entered and rated as one entrant's work.

Which software can I use?

The template does not name any. Use what your notice allows and export in the file type it asks for.

Want the full judging picture? Read the judging and scoring software guide, or browse every multimedia competition item.

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