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SoCult GC Rulebook
SoCult GC Rulebook
SoCult GC Rulebook
GENERAL CHAMPIONSHIP
RULEBOOK
Point Distribution:
CHOREOGRAPHY 100
INSTRUMENTAL(Eastern) 60
INSTRUMENTAL(Western) 60
VOCALS (WESTERN) 60
VOCALS (EASTERN) 60
SKETCHING 60
CARTOONING 60
LITERARY(415) DEBATE 60
ENGLISH ELOCUTION 60
BENGALI ELOCUTION 60
HINDI ELOCUTION 60
WTGW 75
General rules
1. No one is supposed to communicate with the judges. Any communication shall be through secretary or non-parti
cipating general secretary Social & Cultural, TSG. Every time a person violates this rule 10% points will be deduc
ted from score.
2. Slot picking will be done in the sub-committee meeting. Exchange of slots between any halls can be done if the c
oncerned halls agree, but the gymkhana secretary should be informed about the change at least 24 hours before
the scheduled start of the event.
3. Any hall picking a slot in sub-committee meeting of event and then if does not turn up in the event then that hall
will be debarred from the General Championship social and cultural for that year.
4. A team has to inform at least 24 hours before the event if it does not wish to participate. After this 25% of the eve
nt marks will be deducted from the GC.
5. Slots will be advanced by one or two on the same day but the day will not be changed, unless the team that has t
o change the day consents to do so.
6. Rules will be read out to the judges 5 min before the event starts and there will be no other rules other than those
specified.
7. For all events, the decision of the judges will be final and binding.
8. The performing team is not allowed to announce/reveal the name of the hall of residence or the performers durin
g the event. If it does so, 10% of the total marks will be deducted.
9. If a team does not obey any of the rules for which the penalty is not mentioned, the automatic penalty will be a de
duction of 10% of the marks obtained by that team.(Penalty will be imposed on that slot not hall)
10. The list of the name of participants (cast) should be submitted to the gymkhana secretary at the time of event.
11. If one judge doesn’t turn up on the second day, then standings will be decided on the basis of the judge who was
present throughout the event.
12. In case of malfunctioning of any equipment provided by the Gymkhana side, the team will be allowed to repeat th
eir performance from the last scene change or from the point of disruption that the team wishes .It depends on th
e judges' discretion as to how much grace time will be given to the performing team. The timing will be stopped A
S SOON AS the hall representative conveys the situation to the TSG Secretary.
13. For all events, the decision of the judges will be final and binding.
Penalty:
If a team exceeds 15 min, 5% of the total marks will be deducted. If a team exceeds 17 min then an additional 10%
i.e. a total of 15% of their total score will be deducted. If a team exceeds 20 min then the team stands to be debarr
ed from the event.
Choreography 30
Synchronization 15
Overall Impact 15
Restriction/Prop usage 10
Theme 15
Penalty:
1. If a team exceeds 60 min, 10% of the marks obtained by the team will be deducted. If a team exceeds 65 mi
n, an additional 15% i.e. 25% of the total marks obtained will be deducted. If a team exceeds 70 min, it stand
s to be debarred from the event. There will be a buffer time of 30 seconds for the performance.
2. Inappropriate content and vulgarity/obscenity will not be tolerated and may lead to 10% penalty.
Acting 35
Overall Impact 10
Street-Play (100 points)
No. of teams per Hall: 1
Duration of each play: Maximum of 25 minutes(Empty stage to empty stage: Gulal marks on road/stage may remai
n and will be considered as an empty stage)
No. of participants: 5-25
Penalty:
● Exceeding the time limit will cause deduction of 10% marks for every 2 min extra.
● After 19 minutes, the team will be disqualified.
Direction 15
Overall Impact 15
MUSIC
General rules for Music Events:
● Participants will be called according to their slots decided, by the entertainment secretary to perform in the ev
ent.
● If any rules mentioned in the rule book or decided in the subcommittee, who’s penalty is not mentioned is viol
ated; it will result in 10 % deduction from final total score.
● Judge evaluates from amps ON to amps OFF. Participant him/ herself says amps ON and amps OFF in indiv
idual event. Violation of this rule leads to penalty of 10 % reduction from individual marks.
● Electronic tanpura can be used.
Penalty:
● For all the groups the maximum performance time is 40 minutes exceeding which the team will be penalized
as :- 0-1 min : 10% , 1-2 min : 15% , >2 will be disqualified.
● Within 10 minutes of the scheduled time or the time of ending of the previous team’s performance (whichever
is later) any member of the next performing group should report to the entertainment secretary, TSG if there i
s some problem causing the delay. If the team reports then the decision is left to the judge. If no one reports
within 10 minutes then the team is disqualified.
Judging Criteria:
Synchronization 30
Vocals 15
Accompaniment 15
Overall impact 20
Penalty:
Exceeding the time limit will lead to penalty as 0-1 min: 15% ,1-2 min: 25% , >2 mins: will be disqualified.
Beat 20
Toughness 10
Penalty:
Exceeding the time limits participants would be penalized as : 0 -1 min ( 10 % ) , 1 – 2 min ( 15 % ) , more than 2 min
– will be disqualified.
Scale sense 35
Beat sense 25
Voice modulation 20
Song Selection 10
Overall impact 10
Painting(60 Points)
Incorporation of theme 25
Finishing 25
Composition 20
Painting skills 30
Composition 30
Shading 40
Judging Criteria:
Will be finalized by judge before the event.
No. of teams per Hall: 1(6 participants- 3 for Thermocol and 3 for Clay Modeling)
Duration: 6 hours
Judging Criteria
Will be finalized by judge before the event.
Literary
General Rules
● A representative of the hall whose speaker is speaking must sit along with the timekeeper, verify the time rec
orded and put his sign. If the hall doesn’t send a representative, no complaint will be entertained.
● Any communication with the judge has to be through the gymkhana literary secretary or the social and cultur
al general secretaries. Initiation of any kind of communication with the judge by the participant will lead to 10
% deduction from the total marks.
● In case of any dispute, the judge will be presented with the argument in favour and against the situation open
ly by the gymkhana literary secretary and judge's decision will be final and binding.
● In case of a power cut the speaker can restart. In case of any technical failure, speaker can ask for a restart.
Debate(60 Points)
No of participants per Hall-2
Note:Topic will be released 72 hrs before the event
Duration: Total speaking time of 4+1 min will be given to each participant.
Penalty:
There will be a penalty for exceeding the time limit (15% of the marks scored, for up to 30 secs exceeded). Exceedin
g the time limit by more than 30 secs will lead to disqualification.
Content 25
Rebuttal 15
Delivery/style 10
IMPT: BENGALI ELOCUTION WOULD BE PRIMARILY A PART OF BENGALI CUP AND THE POINTS WOULD B
E CONSIDERED FOR BOTH THE CUPS.
Penalty:
There will be a penalty for exceeding the time limit (15% of the marks scored, for up to 30 secs exceeded). Exceedin
g the time limit by more than 30 seconds may lead to disqualification.
Content 15
Voice modulation 15
Clarity 5
Speech consistency 5
Overall impact 5
● The competition is theme based. Four themes will be released out of which, the teams have to cho
ose only one to make the film and declare the same at the time of submission as described under
Submission Rules.
● There’s no limit on the size of cast and crew. Cast needs to be declared at the time of submission.
● Actors need not be members of a specific hall!
● Submission: Physical,( Pen-Drive: “.mp4” files, subtitle file, a word file declaring the cast) the Secr
etary will be present on the day of submission in Sports Library(or other venue as informed), Gymk
hana, 10 P.M. onwards, with his laptop. You have to verify that you have the correct Pen Drive. On
ce verified your submission will be accepted, and time of submission will be noted down!
● A failure to the .mp4 rule will lead to direct disqualification.
● Mandatory to submit the subtitle file, failure will lead to a 5% penalty.
● Submitted films and subtitles must be named: “ SFM_SLOT_THEME<1/2/3/4>”.
● (Slots will be given on the spot, as the various Hall come for submission)
● In case of failure in properly naming the file, in such a manner, that theme is unclear/wrongly decla
red, the team will be fully responsible and no alterations/ considerations will be made once the sub
mission has been made.
● Film Duration: 5-15 mins.
● No credit sequence in the movie, failure to this leads to direct disqualification.
● Disclaimer: A disclaimer needs to be put at the beginning of the movie, in case it contains, strong l
anguage, display of tobacco, drugs, alcohol and or any other vulgarity, obscenity, and depravity tha
t might offend human sensibilities.
● The fact that the team has given a disclaimer gives it no right to show whatever they want( full nudi
ty etc.). In case the judges still find it offensive and off-topic, they’ll be free to decide the penalty, an
d the decision by the judges will be final and binding.
● Hall Anonymity: In any <way/ manner>, any hall’s identity must not be explicitly revealed!
Failure to abide leads to a 25% penalty.
● Usage of stock footage or footage shot before the declaration of themes is not allowed.
● In case such material is found it will lead to a 35% penalty.
● The complete visible part of the screen cannot be completely taken or used from a source for whic
h you cannot provide raw footage with the time stamps, within the time period of the event ( i.e. fro
m the declaration of themes to the submission deadline).
● Participating teams must retain raw footage until the judging. And must present it in case of grieva
nce redressal. Failure to present would lead to a 35% penalty.
● Penalties for late submission:
● Up to one hour of deadline: 10% deduction on points scored
● Up to three hours of deadline: 20% deduction on points scored
● After three hours of deadline: Disqualification
● Penalties for film not fitting in the given time duration:
● Within 30 seconds of the limits: 10% deduction on the points scored
● Within a minute of the limits: 25% deduction on the points scored
● More than a minute of the limits: Disqualified
● Free use of script or music. No penalty for plagiarism.
● Judging Criterion:
○ Story and Scripting(relevance and originality): 25
○ Cinematography: 20
○ Editing( Sound and video): 20
○ Direction: 25
○ Overall Impact(Production Design, Background Score Fit, Overall Conveying the Idea): 10
● At the time of judging, General Secretaries of Halls will be sent their slots, however, they can be pr
esent during the whole screening.
● Each hall can have up to five representatives during their judging/ screening.
● After the screening, the judges will discuss, and they might ask for the raw footages of some scene
s, they desire, any Hall Rep/ G.Sec must present the demanded clips/ evidence, within 5 minutes o
f the demand being made. Otherwise, the penalty will be imposed.
● Within 5 minutes of the demand being made, the hall representative/ team representative must res
pond in one of the two ways:
● Present evidence. (If proper no penalty, otherwise 35% penalty)
● Refuse to present evidence. (35% penalty)
● The Hall/(Team) representative must ensure that they do not try to communicate to the judges dire
ctly, any such communication, if needed, must be through the Gymkhana Secretaries or General S
ecretaries! In case any such communication is established, first, a warning will be issued, followed
by the disqualification of the Hall/(Team), whose representative, communicated.