2007 West Virginia
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Category |
First Place Cash Prize |
Runner-Up |
| Comedy Short Animation (Approximately 5 minutes or less) - An original linear webisode. Will be judged on originality, artistic merit, humor, and professionalism. |
$100 |
$50 |
| Dramatic Short Animation (Approximately 5 minutes or
less) - An original dramatic webisode. Will be judged on originality, artistic merit, dramatic presentation, and professionalism. |
$100 |
$50 |
| Personal resume - An interactive personal resume. Will be judged on originality, interactivity, content, artistic merit, and professionalism. |
$100 |
$50 |
| Professional website (real or fictitious) - An interactive professional website. Will be judged on originality, interactivity, content, artistic merit, and professionalism. |
$100 |
$50 |
| Advertisement - Web advertisements for real or imagined products. The advertisements can be of any dimension (height and width), should load quickly and will be judged on their creativity, style and function. Traditional web banners, or innovative forms of advertising, such as games or comedic pieces, will be accepted in this category. |
$100 |
$50 |
| Experimental - The experimental category is wide open. Winning entries will push the envelope in terms of programming, interactivity and/or graphic experimentation. |
$100 |
$50 |
Artistic Installation - These looping stand-alone animations will be judged on originality, artistic merit and professional execution. |
$100 |
$50 |
Flash Video - Original video must be shot by the student and imported into Flash to produce a swf file, or Flash files may be manipulated with video editing software such as After Effects or Premiere. Will be judged on originality, editing, artistic merit, and professionalism. |
$100 |
$50 |
Interactive Game - Flash games will be judged on on original concept, interactivity, artistic merit, and professionalism. |
$100 |
$50 |
| Educational - Entries may include informational tools, such as interactive maps and timelines, or educational projects that include testing and user tracking. Judging will be based upon original concept, interactivity, content, and professionalism. | $100 |
$50 |
In addition to the category prizes there will be a $250 Best of Show Prize awarded. The $250 award is guaranteed. The other cash prizes are contingent upon sponsor donations. For the past 7 years, we have paid out the full amount of projected prize money.
Note: Since this is an educational festival open to the public, all entries should be suitable for a general PG audience. Keep in mind that winning entries will be showcased online, so make sure your files are not too large for reasonable downloads. Also, preloaders are essential for any file over 300K.
Entry Requirements:
To submit your entry you must do the following:
1. Wait until after March 1, 2007 to submit your entry.
2
. Create your animation or website at a maximum size of 955 x 600 in order to fit into the festival site template.
2. Name the files using your first and last name like this: johndoe.swf
3. Upload your files to your website.
4. Make sure your files play directly from your website URL.
5. Go to http://faculty.westliberty.edu/2007festival/2007entry_forms/FFsubmitEntry.asp to submit your entries.
Only two entries per student or group of two students.
Any questions about entry requirements may be directed to the festival director:
James Haizlett, Division of Art, West Liberty State College.
Winners will be announced at the Festival event on Thursday, April 26, 2007. All are welcome to attend the festival. Admission is free and
refreshments will be served. Details for Instant Messaging participation
will be forthcoming.
Winning animations will be posted on this website by April 30, 2007.
Click here for directions to West Liberty State College.
Where does the prize money
come from? Individuals and businesses interested in supporting
the arts in this region are providing the cash prizes for the festival.
Sponsors for the 2007 festival include: Sony Pictures, AIGA - (Pittsburgh Chapter), Echo International, The Ridgefield Group, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, Dr. Jeffrey Kreisberg, Design and Image Studio, HH Artworks, and West Liberty State College Department of Arts and Communications. If you have an interest in supporting the festival, please contact
the festival director.
Juror: We are pleased to announce that our juror for the 2007 festival is Scott Nourse, Vice President, Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment. He is responsible for strategic planning and day-to-day operations of production, design, technology, and product development in support of the studio’s online and mobile marketing efforts. Prior to joining Sony Pictures in 2002, Nourse was President and founding partner of the Austin, Texas-based marketing agency, Deeply Superficial Productions (DSP), where he managed creative services for such clients as Turner Network Television, America Online, MGM Interactive, Visa, and the United States Postal Service. Prior to his tenure at DSP, Nourse was an Executive Producer at American Cybercast, a Los Angeles-based subsidiary of Grey Advertising, where he produced the ground-breaking “webisodic” The Spot and the award winning Sci-Fi, Project: EON-4.