Animation/Digital Film Competition Rules
DIGITAL ART & ANIMATION/DIGITAL FILM
EXHIBITION & COMPETITION 2011
10th March – 17th March 2011
ANIMATION/DIGITAL FILM COMPETITION RULES
- All ‘Senior’ (Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 or Age 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19) students of International Schools of Colombo are entitled to participate. Any other school wishing to participate may also do so.
- All Animation work must be done using the software package Macromedia Flash and saved as a Flash file with the name of the animation. The workings behind the animation must be viewable when the file is opened. If only the animation is saved and the workings not viewable it will be disqualified. All work must be stored on a CD-R/RW.
- Digital Film work may be done using any video editing software package but the workings behind the editing of the digital film must be visible within the software application used to create it and the work must be saved on a CD-R/RW with the name of the digital film used as the file name.
- Animations must be no longer than 1 minute and Digital Film must be no longer than 5 minutes.
- All animation and digital film files must include:
1. The full name of the student (example: Damian Samarasinghe)
2. The name of the Animation/Digital Film (example: Butterfly)
3. The name of the School (example: Colombo International School)
4. The branch (example: Colombo)
- The full name of the student, the name of the Animated or Digital Film work, the name of the school, the branch and the entry level must be clearly printed on the outside label of the CD-R/RW disc and must also be saved as a Microsoft Word document named ‘animdetails’ (if it is an Animation exhibit) or, ‘digitalfilmdetails’ (if it is a Digital Film exhibit) within it (Files saved under any other name other than the exhibit name will not be viewed).
- A detailed description of the following must be saved as a Microsoft Word document named ‘animdescription’ (if it is an Animation exhibit) or digitalfilmdescription’ (if it is a Digital Film exhibit) within the submitted CD-R/RW (Files saved under any other name will not be viewed).
- How the Animated work or Digital Film was created
- The computer used (Mac/PC)
- What inspired the student to create the animation or digital film
(All 3 points above must be included or the exhibit will be disqualified.)
- No other information (other than that asked for) should be stored within the CD. Unmarked, unreadable, wrongly named files will be disqualified. Extra files will be disregarded.
- All work handed in MUST BE ORIGINAL WORK created solely by the student. Any work that is found not to be an original work of the student will be disqualified.
- The animated work can be an advertisement, a greeting card, a character, a story and the digital film work can be an advertisement, story etc. but must be the student’s original work and must not contain names, images or video of actual persons or companies or contain actual company logos or trademarks without the owner’s written permission. Music clips that are not the student’s original work should not be used unless written permission from the owner has been obtained to do so. Work cannot be used to advertise specific companies or persons and no website information, addresses or phone numbers of persons or companies should be included in any work.
- All completed work should be handed over on or before the 18th of January 2011. No late entries will be accepted.
- The Animation/Digital Film Participant Entry Form must also be completed, signed and handed in with each entry. The entry will not be accepted without an accompanying Animation/Digital Film Participant Entry Form.
- A senior student taking part in both the Digital Art and the Animation/Digital Film categories must fill a separate form for each competition (Digital Art Participant Entry Form and Animation/Digital Film Participant Entry Form)
If the above details and requirements are missing the entry will not be accepted.
OTHER POINTS TO NOTE:
- The entries for display will be judged on technical aspects, creativeness and originality of the work. Prizes and certificates for exceptional work will be awarded.
- Entries from students of the participating institutions will be accepted on and until 18th January 2011 and judged by an international panel of judges associated with CLG USA. Schools should fill out the “DAAC 2011 - School entry form” indicating the total number of exhibits sent.
- Winners of the animation/digital film competition will be invited to present their animations/digital film at the Digital Art and Animation/Digital Film Exhibition and Competition 2011 which will be held at the Colombo International School auditorium from 10th March to 17th March 2011. The winners will be announced prior to the exhibition.
- There is no limit on entries per institution. However only one entry per participant will be accepted. Participants can enter either an Animation Entry or Digital Film Entry but not both. However students doing a Digital Film work can incorporate Animation within it and the Animation work can have Digital Film aspects within it.
- Please ensure that all participant entries meet the requirements listed herein and the entries accompany all requirements asked for herein including an electronic copy of the work and Animation/Digital Film Participant Entry Form duly filled and signed by each participant and institution.
- Please make sure that the participant name, entry name (name of the animation or digital film) and other details are correctly spelt and clearly written in the handed in:
- Storage media
- Animation/Digital Film Participant Entry Form
If the names are unclear, unreadable, different or incorrectly spelt in any one of the above, the entry will be disqualified. The information should be either typed or written in block capitals.
Please contact the IT / Network Manager, Colombo International School, Colombo if you require any further clarification on the above mentioned rules and regulations.