FISM的参赛要求和比赛规则
FISM™ Contest Rules and Procedures9 ?! t6 l% Z! o/ k/ p5 t8 d3 a
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(to be applied at the FISM™ WCM2006 in Stockholm)
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( ]) v& `2 B' M4 `% Z8 l1. ABOUT THE PARTICIPATION AND THE CONTESTANTS
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& J7 R/ U; V" H) B8 K; }a) FISM contests are open to - p* _1 o8 S% p3 j$ ]
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• any magician who has reached FISM Level (see Article 6c) and who is a member of a Society affiliated to the FISM, after having received the written authorization of the President of the FISM Society of which he or she is a member;
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• any magician who has reached FISM Level and who is not a member of a FISM Member Society, after having received the written authorization of the Presidents of FISM Member Societies from three different countries.& p! |( N5 L* y" z
8 l5 I# d l5 g# ab) The President of the FISM Member Society who has given this authorization is responsible for the quality of the act of the performer. Only candidates having attained FISM Level should receive such authorization. The name of the President will be mentioned when the candidate is announced. Presidents, who have sponsored more than one act performing under FISM level, can - to the judgment of the Presidium - lose their sponsoring right for the next World Championship of Magic.
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c) Excluded from participation in a given FISM contest are artists who are booked by the organizing committee to perform or lecture at that Convention.; I: z! I- E# Q! a
: A, v- e# F0 `: m+ `0 dd) A contestant must be a paid registrant of the FISM Convention, during which the contest is held., b/ y& w5 d y) v4 S$ c
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e) The organizing committee must have received the duly signed registration form for the contest, including the appropriate authorization(s), the necessary agreement, the convention fee and the contest fee, at least four weeks before the opening of the Convention. 3 C( M$ ^7 T; E" d( F+ O, I
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f) The number of contestants is limited to 150 applicants.
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4 O4 A6 A0 I% m P$ b s0 ^' |g) By participating in the contest, a contestant agrees to all the decisions of the judges, which are not subject to appeal., _: X! x& Q, E; M5 @
# A! S& C" Z" e8 `2 M6 Xh) A contestant who presents an act that is obviously a copy of the act of another performer will be disqualified.
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* h; ^5 G6 L/ Di) A prize-winning contestant, when asked by the organizing committee, is obliged to perform his or her act again at a show of the Convention, without any fee.
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% Z: `/ `$ d u. F% k2. ABOUT THE JURY- {) h2 K2 |$ D
* r" d1 L* P1 N# f# t( Fa) To determine all prizes and other awards (see Article 5), two judging panels are composed, one for the performances on stage and one for the performances under close-up conditions. They both consist of five or seven judges, one of whom is the chairman. A non-judging president presides over the two panels. 6 ^& z: I$ M1 \* c$ `
& `- k" J+ B# |% D; ~( v Y! Mb) All judges, including the Jury President, are chosen by the Presidium. These choices should be based on the qualifications of the candidates in both the art of Magic and that of judging magic performances. There should be a diversity of age and cultural background and all judges should be able to communicate in English. The Presidium should also acknowledge continuity in FISM juries. Preferably there will be only one judge for any one country.0 L, ]1 O! b- A, }( D; Y! s/ W3 j3 r
1 |" W' M4 L" f0 E' |- Sc) For the second phase of the competition (see Article 6a) the Presidium may decide in common accord to add one non-magician, preferably an authority in the theatre or entertainment business, to the appropriate judging panel. 9 U" e. I0 C' w: `5 k
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d) The president of the jury, although watching as many contest performances as possible, does not judge the acts as the other Judges do. He or she chairs the joint jury meetings and attends as many of the panel meetings as possible. He or she concludes and summarizes the final decisions and is, together with the panel chairmen, responsible for the observance of the FISM contest rules.
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e) Judges will be exempted from paying a convention registration fee, and will get free refreshments and meals during their judging time.
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/ O, ]1 e& D* m9 _% f7 P, _" qf) The President of the jury will send a full report of the contest results, with appropriate remarks and observations, to the International President of the FISM within three months of the closing of the convention.
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3. ABOUT THE CATEGORIES
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a) The contest performances are open in the following categories:$ @, W: U# Z/ Q: [4 R! T4 f
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Stage Performances Close-Up Performances On Stage or in Close-Up:
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- H1 A3 n1 s6 P • Manipulation • Card Magic • Parlour Magic! |* c/ K2 ]' ]+ Y' a! g2 J
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• Stage Illusions • Mental Magic / B2 T/ _! `+ `1 w
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$ P) k% T9 C, J' _b) If the Judges are of the shared opinion that it would be in the best interests of a contestant to change his or her category, they are entitled to make such a change.
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' X1 X2 p' b2 F5 x9 N4. ABOUT THE CONTEST PERFORMANCE
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" D5 q. x! }" ] W1 Ca) A contestant is not allowed to present more than one act in one category in stage magic and in one category in close-up magic. This restriction does not apply to the Invention category. An invention can be submitted within an act, or can be presented separately. 5 X& r v8 [: A. o7 {5 R
( a' J+ t: g j8 f' i9 jb) A performer who has been awarded a Grand Prix in a previous FISM contest is not allowed to compete again with essentially the same act.+ W) G9 E! Q. P7 q1 ^4 q7 k
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; B) C- w/ E/ @; L2 Nc) A contestant must be ready to perform his act at least ten minutes before the scheduled time. Any contestant who is not ready by this ten-minute notice may be disqualified by the jury.! i& K1 l# S! b8 f5 @ t6 B
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d) A contestant must present a complete act (not a single trick) of at least five minutes and not more than ten minutes. However, in the Invention and Stage Illusions categories, single effects are allowed instead of complete acts.
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" S+ u7 L7 F9 Ue) At the front of the stage will be two electric lamps, one yellow and one red. After nine minutes of a performance, the yellow lamp will be switched on. After the tenth minute, the red lamp will be switched on, showing the contestant that he or she is over time and therefore disqualified. The contestant will also be disqualified in case of a flashing red lamp (see Article 6d)' h0 w6 y% D0 O
; t" a' r4 F, I0 T* ^& C4 [- bf) In introducing a contestant, the Master of Ceremonies of the competition will refrain from any comment on the act, restricting the announcement to the name of the contestant, the category of performance, the country and society and the name(s) of the President(s) authorizing this participation in the contest.8 s U6 z, X4 N- M6 D' I4 Z0 `6 `
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5.1.1 In each category, except for “Invention”, three prizes can be awarded by the jury: a first prize, a second prize and a third prize./ j; J2 x9 d+ H
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5.1.2 One or more prizes can be awarded in the Invention category. There is no hierarchy for prizes in this category. The jury, who will at least determine the invention to be a new effect or a new method or technique, will decide on the prizes to be awarded in this category.
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5 A" X- n; k: _9 x" @7 a) I+ M6 [5.2 Special Contest Awards
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. K$ y$ G" p: G+ N! |3 t# t1 tIn the second phase of the judging process (see Article 6) a Grand Prix for Stage Magic and a Grand Prix for Close-up Magic will be awarded by the jury
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5.4 Other awards
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No other prize, award, distinction or gift can be given without the approval of the Presidium and the President of the jury. This includes any prize or award given on behalf of a private company. Only FISM contestants having received a prize, a special contest award or a Grand Prix, are eligible for an additional prize or award beyond those mentioned in the preceding paragraphs of this Article.6 I9 X, U" Q: I" O1 l4 T t8 o. n
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7 r( ?4 {$ H- E1 _- ^) f6. ABOUT THE JUDGING PROCESS. G0 W/ Y+ L/ v5 p D' t: F! W7 c9 E
3 \! y. Q, M8 a% B Xa) The judging process is two-phased.5 h' |& N' E# }1 B3 t9 R' v( x1 f3 W
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In the first phase the jury will judge all the contestants' performances during the contest in order to determine who’s eligible for the prizes and awards as mentioned in Article 5.1 and 5.2, when appropriate.9 u$ C4 U/ o$ Y4 x, Z k
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b) A member of the jury shall give a fair judgment on the performance of every contestant, without prejudice, with an equal level of critical standards in regard to the following six aspects:
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Showmanship/Presentation
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* a8 n1 o% d3 E! F. sc) In the first phase, using the official judging form in conformity with Annex A, each judge will give a total score of up to 100 points to each contestant. After each contest performance, the part of the judging form below the dotted line will be collected by a member of the special staff as mentioned in Article 8a. Adding the scores of all Judges and dividing the total by the number of judges, the final score will then be calculated. The maximum final score for a contestant will thus be 100 points.
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& z4 x2 o- a: o% K) l9 _4 W! q& r+ L% j A contestant with a final score lower than 50 points is considered below the FISM level and will be disqualified.
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d) Judges will each have access to a switch to activate the red lamp on the performing platform. If, after the first three minutes of an act, a Judge is of the opinion that the performance is below the FISM level, he can press his button. When five out of the seven (or four out of the five) Judges have pressed their button, the system activates the red lamp which then starts flashing. Within twenty seconds the stage curtain will be closed and the contestant is disqualified.7 |) m8 H) y# \- Q' ]2 V
, s2 M E7 |4 L" @ e) At the conclusion of the first phase, having seen the performances of all the contestants, the individual Judges may reconsider their judgments and, with the approval of the President of the jury, will be given the opportunity to change some of their scores. These changes will be given to the special staff members who will recalculate the final scores.
