vivo, a leading brand in the smartphone industry, announced the launch of its latest X series smartphone, the vivo X80 that is a culmination of design, technology and innovation. Through the release of the latest X series device, vivo presented “Chakrakar” a Short Film featuring Afsana Mimi, Yash Rohan and Nova Firoze. The film was shot entirely on the vivo X80, showcasing X80’s Imaging Capabilities on display aiming to provide professional filmmakers and photographers the opportunity to test the image quality of the new X80. Taking the success of the short film into account, vivo proudly announces its Visual Creator Short Film contest in the country.
Through this campaign, the brand encourages young directors, university students and new age filmmakers to take part in this competition by creating their own world of cinematography with the help of the X80. The competition aims to unravel hidden talents in the world of cinematography through this challenge. The competition will take place from 15th June until 24th October in Bangladesh. Users are requested to upload their videos to social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter) with the hashtag #vivoVisualCreator #shotonX80Series and mark @vivo official account in their posts. The contestants would also need to email the video to vivovisualcreator.bd@vivo.com with the name, social media account/email address, county/region and some personal remarks about the background of the video created.
A total of 12 awards will be awarded to the contestants, including 5 Global Awards and 7 Regional Awards, for which the winners will be announced on 11th November. The award-winning contestants will receive a certificate of the 2022 edition of the contest, one vivo X80 smartphone, professional comments from 5 judges, a vivo official promotion, $3000 for each of regional awards and $7000 for each of global awards as the prize reward from vivo for their excellent performance.
Roni Bhowmik, Director of Chakrakar, said, “It has been a wonderful experience collaborating with vivo for this project, and the capabilities of the vivo X80 smartphone have left me captivated. It is a truly magnificent smartphone, for both, aspirational and professional videographers. During the shoot, I was excited and always looking forward to exploring different features, filters, and lighting to set and suite the mood of the film. Overall, vivo smartphones have always gained recognition and attention for its camera and versatility but the synergy with ZEISS Professional imaging has ensured that the users experience professional photography at its best.
This contest is vivo’s way of promoting smartphone photography and videography in the country. As a brand that holds pride in its camera technology, vivo is rightfully the best host to take upon this challenge with the launch of the X80. The X80 gives power to an average user to become a professional photographer and videographer just by using well qualified equipment that is the all new vivo X80.
The X80 features a 50MP Ultra-Sensing Sensor Camera, 12 MP Portrait Camera and a 12MP Wide-Angle Camera on the main panel that had made professional imaging a reality. Furthermore, with ZEISS as a partner comes ZEISS Professional Imaging which includes an array of features that enhances the camera system surpassing expectations. vivo has always believed in cutting-edge photography and cinematography and will continue to aspire towards making superior technology accessible to everyone.