The character of Patrimonito was created on the basis of the World Heritage Emblem by a group of Spanish-speaking students at the First World Heritage Youth Forum held in Bergen, Norway in 1995. Patrimonito means “small heritage”in Spanish and represents a young heritage guardian.
Patrimonito has since then been widely adopted as the international mascot of World Heritage Education Programme. Since 2002, Patrimonito is also the main character of the Patrimonito´s World Heritage Adventures cartoon series.
Each participant should pick one themerelated to one World Heritage siteof his or her choice.
The four proposed themes are:
1. World Heritage and the role of the Communities (for example people living in and around World Heritage sites)
2. World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism (visiting responsibility)
3. World Heritage and Sustainable Development (how to balance preserving heritage for future generations with meeting human needs)
4. World Heritage and Biodiversity (sites that are crucial to sustaining life, nature, or species, including those endangered)
Themes can be combined, but the predominant choice should be indicated.
The Competition:
A national selection:
Made by the National Commission of eachcountry; Of the 5 best storyboards;For eachtheme
An international jury:
Composedof heritageand educationexperts
At the UNESCO Headquartersin Paris
An international finale:
The 3 best storyboardsper theme
Announcedin the springof 2011
Who can participate?
Young people from all over the world are invited to submit a storyboard.
Contestants must be 12 to 18 years old. This is an ideal activity for individual students and community youth club members who can submit one storyboard entry each. There is no limit in the number of storyboard entries submitted by a school or youth club.
Winners and awards
Finalists at the national level will receive a UNESCO Certificate. There will betwelve winners (three winners per theme) at the international level, and each of them will receive
- a UNESCO certificateand
- a UNESCO medaland…
- and the winning storyboards will be professionally transformed into an animated film episodes of the Patrimonito’sWorld Heritage Adventure series.
The name of each young authorof the winning storyboards will be creditedin the filmwhich will be distributed worldwideby UNESCO and its partners.
The release of the next episode is scheduled for 2011.
Create your storyboard
Preparing a storyboard is like drawing a comic book.
It is a script that presents a story through sketches in chronological sequence. Usually, a storyboard is drawn in pencil or ink. The images or visual illustrations of the story are portrayed using a series of frames.
Your story and drawing should reflect:
1) your knowledge of theWorld Heritage site you have chosen and reasons for its inscription on the World Heritage List
2) a challenge/problem faced by the sitebased on the theme you have chosen.
3) the solution you propose to the challenge/problem.Use blank storyboard worksheetsfor drawing the cartoons.
The worksheets give you a series of frames that will show the development of the action or story.
Structure of the storyboard
a) First, you need to decide what story you are going to tell.
Think about what you want to communicate to the audience. Remember that your story should reflect the theme that you have chosen.
Do not forget that Patrimonito should play one of the main roles among your characters.
b) Your script will need 'shape' -this means it needs a beginning, middle, and an end.
- Beginning: Set up your story and characters in relation to the selected World Heritage site.
- Middle: This is the backbone of your story. Here you present the obstacles or problems your characters have to overcome: or, perhaps there were no obstacles but an interesting journey or series of coincidences that they experienced. Communicate your main message.
- End: This is the conclusion of your story where everything should become clear, showing how you think the problem should be resolved and giving the end of the story.
Balance the presentation of your story. Consider the number of frames devoted to the description of the site, to the issue confronted by the site and the solution you propose.
Submitting storyboards
The original copy of the storyboard should be sent to the office of the National Commission for UNESCO of your country.
The storyboard must be received by the National Commission at the latest by: 15 December 2010.
See the link below for the list of National Commissions and their addresses: http://www.unesco.org/ncp/index.phplc=E®ion=1&module=national_commissions&showall=1
Prior to submitting an entry:
Remember to put every required personal details at the front of each frame sheet.
Remember to make a copy of the original completed storyboard.
Selection criteria
The following criteria will be used during the selection process
A. General Presentation Points
1. Creativity, clarity and overall presentation of the design /20
2. Presence and active role of Patrimonito /20
B. Contents reflecting
3. Knowledge about the values of the site and the link to the theme chosen /20
4. Overview of situation and challenges faced by the site /20
5. Relevance and quality (realism, effectiveness, viability) of the proposed solution or message /20
Total /100
7. Selection process
Up to five storyboards per theme will be selected by the National Commission of your country.
Finalists at the national level will receive a UNESCO Certificate. All of the national finalists will have a chance to enter the international round, where the storyboards will be judged by an independent jury of heritage and education experts.
Three storyboards per theme will be selected by the jury at the UNESCO Headquarters.
In the spring of 2011 UNESCO will announce the international winners.
Contact:
Carméla Quin
Focal Point for the World Heritage Education Programme
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
7, Place de Fontenoy
75352 Paris 07 SP, France
Tel.: +33 (0)1 45 68 18 71
Fax: +33 (0)1 45 68 55 70
E-mail:
Website: http://whc.unesco.org/en/patrimonito/
Partners:
National Commissions for UNESCO
UNESCO Field Offices
UNESCO Associated Schools Network
World Heritage site management authorities
