For student filmmaker Antonio Babic, that was how long he had to get across his message about the impact of climate change.

"We had an idea from the start the hardest part was making it 88 seconds long. We had too many ideas," said Babic, who teamed up with fellow St. Patrick high school students Marc Laroque and Michael Bowden.

They won $500 in a contest sponsored by the NWT Climate Change Centre and Enbridge.

In the 28-second category the winning entry was submitted by Tim Robertson of Sir John Franklin high school who won. In the 58-second category, the winning work was produced by Sam Bourget, Taum Foliot and Warren Tedrick of St. Pat's. They also won $500 prizes.

Their public service announcements will be broadcast locally on CBC North.

The contest had students across the NWT put their filming prowess to the test while creating public service announcements encourage people to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Jennifer Sanders, NWT Climate Change Centre communications co-ordinator, said the contest went well, but the response outside of Yellowknife was not as good as she hoped.

"Next year we're thinking of making some changes, maybe a video contest in Yellowknife and a writing contest outside of Yellowknife," she said. There was some question whether or not video materials were readily accessible in smaller Northern communities.