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Animation Categories

Jury Procedures

• The international jury committee consists of seven members
• The jury selection process will be conducted online and judging is based on the animation clips submitted through the online submission system.

Applications and Time Lines

All applications and animations are required to be submitted through the online submission system

• Entry forms must include artists’ information, artwork title, instructor name, school info, media and timing.
• Each entry must have a brief artist’s statement (maximum 250 words) and a brief technical statement (maximum 150 words)
• Each entry from industry and conceptual animation must include an animation stored as an AVI or QT file. The animation format should be NTSC (720X486) or PAL (720X540).
• Each entry that is interactive, performance, or an installation must include one overview video and one animation clip (AVI/QT in NTSC/PAL format) if it is applicable.
• Each animation/video cannot exceed five minutes in length, and less 300MB total size.
• Each entry must submit one digital image at least 1500 x 1200 pixels, 300 dpi, 5” x 4” wide with TIFF format.
• You must have written authorization for any copyrighted material (images, sound, animation). (fill out a copy of authorization to your entry)
• Deadline for receiving submissions: May 15th, 2008
• Notification by June 1, 2008
• Please submit work and fill out the online submission form at: the SIGGRAPH Information System

Upon Acceptance

Accepted animation artists who are creating an installation as part of their work are responsible for the following:

• A guarantee that the contributor is legally authorized to submit the materials for publication and presentation.
• Final acceptance of any artwork is reliant upon the level of quality of the delivered work.
• Submit all required forms for registration, shipping, insurance, etc. by the due dates.
• The detailed and professional installation instruction is required. Artist come over to install the artwork in person is strongly encouraged.
• Two-way shipping is required to and from the Los Angles Convention Center. SIGGRAPH 2008 is not responsible for shipping charges and damage; we would recommend that you purchase shipping insurance.

For more information, please contact:

LiQin Tan
Curator, SPACE TIME Student Animation Competition
liqintan [at] yahoo.com