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How to apply
Welcome Scrappers! You are just a few steps away from taking part in what promises to be the oiliest, dirtiest and most exciting experience of the year. Please follow the directions carefully and you'll be well on your way to the heap. Check out the FAQs page for more information.
Click to view the application form, ready for printing.
Step 1
Decide who is going to be on your team. Teams must consist of three members (we provide the fourth – the expert – at a later date). Together you need a broad range of skills from woodworking and welding to a familiarity with engines. Don't worry if one of you is a bit short on skills – brainpower and brawn are useful too. We love teams with a strong identity, so it's good if you have something in common (in other words if you are all coppers or teachers, for example).
Step 2
Think of a team name. Better yet, think of two or three. It should be something that really sums your team up for people who don't know you – like the Scrapheap production team! Preferably, it should be funny – for instance, in the 2003 series we had a team of farmers called the Muck Spreaders.
Step 3
Carefully fill out the application form, in CAPITAL LETTERS. Remember to print three copies and get your team mates to fill out one copy each.
Step 4
Find a recent photograph of each team member. Write his or her name, the address, telephone number and team name on the back. Attach the correct photograph to each set of forms – this helps us put names to faces when we finally get to meet you.
Step 5
Take care here, it's the most important step. This is where the fun starts. So we can get to know you better, we ask all our applicants to put together a video. Beg, steal or borrow a video camera (of any type – we can handle all formats, though we do prefer normal-sized VHS) and set it up on something solid. Stand in front of it and switch it on – it's show time! The first two minutes should be of the three of you introducing yourselves briefly, giving us your names, saying how you know each other and telling us what your main skill is. For example: 'I'm Fred, and we are a team of mortuary technicians. I'm brilliant at welding because I used to be a blacksmith.' Since sound recording isn't too good on some video cameras, please speak clearly and make sure you do the recording in a quiet place.
The next part MUST be no more than THREE minutes, but it's your chance to shine. We'd like all three of you to put together some kind of machine, however simple, to see how you interact as a team. It could be anything from a clever 'mousetrap' device to a jet engine, but the most important thing is that you talk us through what you're doing and you talk to each other during the task. Don't talk in jargon, feel free to use props, gags and gimmicks and be as serious or crazy as you like!
Previous teams have made rockets out of pop bottles and compressed air, home-made trebuchets, motorised skateboards, etc. No ready-to-build models though – this is about showing your ingenuity and imagination!
Step 6
Finally, gather together your three application forms (one for each team member), with photos attached, and your team video, and mail them to:
SCRAPHEAP CHALLENGE APPLICATION
RDF MEDIA
PO BOX 43741
LONDON
W14 8XA
The deadline for applications is 28 January 2005.
SO DON'T DELAY, DON'T DILLY-DALLY, GET YOUR MATES TOGETHER AND TAKE THE FIRST STEP TO SCRAPHEAP FAME!!
Due to the large number of applications, we regret we cannot acknowledge receipt. Nor can we return the tapes and photographs you send us. Please do not contact us: we will get in touch if you are shortlisted.
Scrapheap Challenge welcomes applications from anyone over the age of 18 (however much over!), regardless of gender, ethnic origin or disability (subject to safety considerations). Check out the FAQs page for more information.
Click to view the application form, ready for printing.
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