So... you have ~1 week to submit your breakthrough video | Breakthrough Junior Challenge ADVICE

[@renzluyao]

I love this! Thanks for the inspiration and tips Jeff!

[@ayushimittal754]

Tysm! your advice was pretty helpful

[@haniyarafique1278]

Thanks so much for making all your tip videos! They’ve really helped me make my video, just submitted today! Now time to start on next years 😅

[@neoeternal1639]

Really great tips Jeffery! Time to just hope for the best 😄

[@zoydless2089]

Hello! To anyone that has reached the semi finalist stage before, do you know whether the short interview-call affects your chances of winning? Thanks

[@ZorbaHoangPhysMath]

Hi Jeffrey! Could you do a quick review of the essays-ish questions? Like how did you answer them? Are they like university application essays?

[@Lil_b0othang111]

What editing apps can i use

[@zoydless2089]

@Jeffery when is the earliest you get to know whether you were a semifinalist? Thanks!

[@muntazirarts1]

Thankyou so much ❤❤

[@BharathyPremnathluv]

Thankyou ♥️

[@shreyshah8895]

Hi Jeffery, Thank you so much for the great tips! I had a quick question about the peer-to-peer review. Do we get to know if our video moves on to the evaluation round? Thank you so much for your time!

[@EndevourShadow]

Bro tell me that how many reviews I should give in peer to peer review.

[@Kratos-007]

Hey Jeffery, I hope you are doing well. You mentioned in an earlier video that if you win the BJC, you get invited to the Breakthrough Prize Ceremony, a location filled with leading STEM minds. From your experience at the event, did you make any connections with your idols? If so, how did you go about approaching them?

[@hamzahal-mahdi4617]

Hey Jeffrey, I was wondering if we could hire a freelancer to edit our video as long as they give us access to all raw resources

[@HeLi-dz4mc]

It is so true you mention about checking view counts and comments😢

[@BamlakGetinet-hk8of]

Hey, Jeff it was wonderful advice. And could you please tell me by what you mean by " hold on to the footage, bla bla files and sources you use" what are these things? I made sure I didn't violate any copyrights so 🤷.

[@deepfriedcircuit]

You need that stuff to prove you actually made the video yourself. Keep the messy, uncut footage, sound recordings, animation frames, and I suppose you could also note down where you got your information from.

[@BamlakGetinet-hk8of]

@@deepfriedcircuit oh okay thank you

[@deepfriedcircuit]

@@BamlakGetinet-hk8of Happy to help!😃

[@rockcomet6982]

@@deepfriedcircuit Hello! Could you elaborate more on the "animation frames" ? Would giving the original animation file be enough?

[@deepfriedcircuit]

@@rockcomet6982 Some animation techniques include drawing all the frames separately and them combining them into a video. I use this to make GIFs. In this case, you should keep the individual images. If you are using a more efficient technique, keep the project file. Blender, Pencil2D, and other software have their own filetypes for saving unfinished animations. Save those files for later. Please note that I am just speculating about these proof requirements, as I have not yet progressed very far into one of these competitions.

[@honjarxing6875]

Thank you Jeffery, amazing advice! You mentioned adding sound effects, what site did you use for copyright free sound effects? Thanks!

[@JefferyChen]

I just searched "copyright free sound effects" and they popped up! Some will have you attribute them in the description, but that should be fine.

[@GaniyahAyanlola-yr3lj]

​@@JefferyChenDoes the images/videos/vectors used have to be copyright free or just royalty free. Thanks

[@SpookyPharaoh13-gx1un]

So, I'm doing the Challenge for the first time, and all my peers tell me I can win, but I've seen winner's videos and compared them to my script, and I know I won't on that alone. Any tips/advice on scripting?

[@turansadigli]

Hi Jeffery, I hope you are doing well! I just to wanted to ask a question about Breakthrough Junior Challenge from you. Already submitted my video but I wondered. Should I create a new youtube channel from zero or can I share my video on my youtube channel which has 1.91K subscribers? (in order to get more views); There are some gaming, animation videos and etc. May it create a problem? Thank you very much!

[@jenanabderabby5203]

Hey Jeff, I am confused about the copyright part. Can I use any stock video or image which is licensable? For example, cam I use videos from Canva? Please shed some light on it.

[@ritviknellutla9504]

Jeffery, thanks so much for the video! I had a quick questions, will shooting vertically jeopardize my chances of winning?

[@JefferyChen]

I personally think shooting horizontally is the best for this kind of competition, as it has a more "film" format than a "mobile" one.

[@ritviknellutla9504]

@@JefferyChen Okay, thank you so much for your response! However, there are just hours away, and I don't think I have enough time to reshoot, what would you do? Submit your video with vertically taking scenes?