Tomorrow is the Grand Finale of this year's
UWA 3D Art and Machinima competitions.
There have been ninety 3D Art entries (click here for details) and fifty-one
machinima entries (click here for details). The standard is
high in both categories.
The total prize pool is L$1,300,000 of which L$785,000
(approx. $3,400 USD) is for the machinima contest, split as follows:
·
1st
Prize - L$140,000
·
2nd
Prize - L$120,000
·
3rd
Prize - L$100,000
·
4th
Prize - L$70,000
·
5th
Prize - L$55,000
·
6th
to 10th Special Awards @ L$30,000 each
·
UWA
Special Prize - L$100,000
· Audience Participation Prize: Three prizes totalling L$20,000
·
Machinima
Poster Prize: Three prizes totalling L$20,000
Very healthy!
Last year I came 2nd in the Audience Participation contest
- a competition to predict the Top 10 machinima as would finally be decided by
the judges. I didn't enter this contest this year for a number of reasons - but
mainly time related.
My personal tips for a prize this year would be:
·
Tutsy
Navarathna's 'The Syllable of Recorded Time'
·
Natascha
Randt and Karima Hoisan's 'Seek Wisdom'
·
Tikaf
Viper's 'run RAM' (embedded below)
Now, it has to be said - I have not watched all the entries!
But of those I have watched, these three stood out for me.
One thing that did occur to me while watching some of the
entries was that, even more than last year, there were quite a number of films
that *conceptually* were really very interesting. However, in my opinion the filmmaking/camera/editing was not able to do justice to the original concept. This is simply a matter of "technique and
practice" and so I assume we'll see more rounded and polished machinima
from these entrants in future years.
Having written the above, it would now be cowardice to avoid
saying where I believe my own entry - 'Fwd: Evolution' - falls. Despite many
encouraging and enthusiastic comments about this movie - including a dedicated thread on SLUniverse, no less - having seen some of
the other entries, I am unable to rank it in the Top 5. However, of those I
have watched, I was in fact able to rank it in the Top 10. We'll see tomorrow!
The Grande Finale ceremony starts at 6am SLT, Sunday. But
arrive in plenty of time to secure a place - it is strictly a 'first come,
first served' affair!
There are three entrances:
Good luck to all, and give me a call if you see me!
Pixie xx
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