Your Shot at the 2012 VIEW AWARD Contest
The 2012 VIEW AWARD’s are ready to come out in full! Breaking free from its international tradition, the 2012 VIEW AWARD’s are opening up their doors to new themes, subjects, and a wider audience of contestants!
Now, I am sure you are wondering about the 2012 VIEW AWARD categories? Well don’t get your knickers (or panties) in a bunch, I have them all set out for you right here:
The Best Short
Ah yes, while the time honored tradition of gawking at the “vertically challenged” has long since passed, this tall standing award will look to honor the most outstanding, the most incredible short movie created in either 2D, 3D digital animation, or live footage with digital visual effects. Motion Capture Data is optional but can be used for animation! Please remember: Keep film duration to 30 minutes or less.
How entries will be judged:
Technical Excellence
Originality
Creativity
Design
Aesthetics
The 2011 VIEW AWARD Best Short Winner:
“De Riz ou d’Arménie”
by Hélène Marchal, Samy Barras, Romain Blondelle, Céline Seille, della scuola Supinfocom Valenciennes
Best Environment Design
This award is not to be confused with “environmentally friendly design” but rather the award will give props to the best environment created with digital techniques:
Entirely 3D or a mix of 3D graphics and digital matte painting techniques.
Depiction of an interior or an exterior environment.
The 3D modeling, rendering and digital painting can be created with any 2D, 3D or digital painting software. However, keep in mind, the environment must be complete with surface appearance, painted or textured.
How entries will be judged:
Technical Excellence
Originality
Creativity
Aesthetics
Architectural Value
The 2011 VIEW AWARD Best Environment Design Winner:
“La Détente”
by Pierre DUcos & Bertrand Bey
Best Character
This award will be given to the best of the best 3D digital character modeled for either an animated short film or for a videogame that has some sort of inherent personality. The character can be created with any software you so desire that is used for 3D graphics.
How entries will be judged:
Technical Excellence
Originality
Creativity
Aesthetics
Character’s Personality
The 2011 VIEW AWARD Best Character Winner:
“A Morning Stroll”
by Grant Orchard, Studio AKA
Best Digital Visual Effects
The final award in this list (drum roll please) is for the best Digital Visual Effects sequence used in a CG animated or live-action short film. The VFX may be created with any software that could ever conceivably be used for 3D graphics and compositing.
How entries will be judged:
Technical Excellence
Originality
Creativity
Coherence with the narrative structure of the short
The 2011 VIEW AWARD Best Digital Visual Effects Winner:
“Paths of Hate”
by Damian Nenow-Platige Image
The Almighty Rules and Regulations:
What would a contest be without rules and regulations? Please adhere to the following lest your entry becomes yet another bug on the windshield of life:
All entries must be received by September 15, 2012
All entries must have been completed from 2011 to 2012 to be eligible
Duration: maximum length is 30 minutes
Both individual and group projects are accepted
All entries should be submitted on DVD
Video: PAL 16/9
Audio: MPEG2 Stereo and be ready for screening
N.B. Submitted media will not be returned
Submitted work must be accompanied by some Hi-Res screenshots of your project and a Hi-Res photo of the director
Submitted work must be accompanied by a completed entry form, containing original signature of the person entering VIEW AWARD competition
All entries must provide written authorization for any copyrighted material included in the work
Prizes!
What is a contest without prizes? Hmmm? Winners of the 2012 VIEW AWARD contest will receive prizes in the form of:
Cash (Euro’s)
Technology
Paid internships
Entry Forms
You can choose either PDF format or Word.doc format:
Where do I send my entry form?
Send entries and inquiries to:
VIEW Conference Corso Marconi, 38 10125 Turin, Italy Office phone: +39 011 66 80 948 Fax: +39 011 65 0 12 14 info@viewconference.itAdditional Information
If you have made an animated short with 3D animation and VFX in the last 2 years, feel free to send it in; just fill the entry form and send it to us.
And Good Luck: you may become the winner of 2012 VIEW AWARD!
About VIEW Conference and VIEW Award
VIEW Conference is the premiere international event in Italy on Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Digital Cinema, 3D Animation, Gaming, and VFX.
VIEW 2012, from 16th to 19th October in Torino, will continue to focus on exploring the increasingly fluid boundary between real and digital worlds. Through lectures, meetings, tributes, exhibits, screenings and demo presentations VIEW will reveal the new digital frontier sweeping from cinema to architecture, from automotive design to advertisement, from medicine to videogames.
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