"Sexual Assault - Megan's Story," a production created for the Navy's Center for Personnel Development in Virginia Beach, VA, by the Naval Media Center in Washington, DC, won first place in the "Education" category at last month's Italian Ministry of Defense-sponsored international military production competition in Rome.
The competition is an initiative of the Italian non-profit association "Eserciti e Popoli" (Armed Forces and Peoples). It was established to recognize outstanding visual information productions created by, or on behalf of armed forces throughout the world. It is intended to build friendships, integration, cooperation, and mutual understanding among the armed forces of the participating countries, and to make known and promote the films and videos produced by those countries.
This year the competition featured 67 entries from the militaries of 24 nations, ranging from Bulgaria to China, and from Latvia to South Africa. An international panel of media producers judged the entries.
This year, as in the recent past, the competition was tough. Many nations, and especially those in Western Europe, make a considerably greater investment of intellectual and monetary capital in the creation of military films and videos than the United States typically does.
The Navy's winning 14-minute video depicts an incident of sexual assault, and the events leading up to and following the assault, from the perspectives of all involved - victim, perpetrator and shipmates.
The target audience for "Sexual Assault - Megan's Story" is all military personnel in the Navy. It's intended to be augmented by instructor-led training before and after viewing. The production is not intended for standalone presentation.
"Megan's Story" is cleared for public release and can be ordered through the Defense Visual Information website at http://dodimagery.afis.osd.mil/. Simply follow the link to the DAVIS/DITIS database and request PIN 806793.
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