Wednesday 2 February 2011

L$ 500,000 Machinima Comp... Press Release

MachinUWA III: Journeys (3rd UWA Machinima Challenge - 2011)

http://uwainsl.blogspot.com

We are happy to announce the 3rd Machinima Challenge put forth by the University of Western Australia (UWA). The theme is simply 'Journeys'. We hope you are inspired by this to create many wondrous works as you have been through the years!

PRIZE POOL: $L500,000 (at least)
1st Prize $L100,000
2nd Prize $L70,000
3rd Prize $L50,000
+ L$280,000 in other prizes

WHAT: MachinimUWA III : Journeys

WHEN: Submissions are open between NOW (Feb 2011) till 1st May 2011

THEME : The theme is 'Journeys'. What the journey is, will be left to the Machinimatographer. A journey through Second Life. A journey of self discovery. A journey within. A journey from SL too RL, or vice-versa. A journey through space, through time, a journey of hope, a journey of despair. Your own journey, or a journey by someone else seen through your eyes... or... through Second Life in 80 Days, whatever you can imagine.

MAJOR RULE: The most important rule is that the journey must either start or end at this location. Winthrop Clocktower at the UWA Main SIM. Winthrop Clocktower is the heart of UWA both in RL & SL. Apart from this, feel free to film anything, anywhere. You may use props at the location, or maybe want to change the footage later during the post process, this is up to you, as long as the clocktower is still recognized. http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20WA/109/213/2

LENGTH: 4 - 6 minutes is recommended, but this is not a hard rule. The joint winners of MachinimUWA II were under 2 minutes and over 15 minutes respectively.

All prize winners will receive an exclusive MachinimUWA Trophy. All machinimatographers in the challenge will receive a specially designed medal of honour. Both designed by Laurina Hawks.

Shortlisted entries will be displayed on the University of Western Australia (UWA) Second Life Blog.
Winner will be announced by the 30th of May 2011 at a special gala function.

Method of Entry & Other Info:
* Load the Machinima anywhere, preferablly youtube or vimeo, and provide the link to Jayjay Zifanwe, White Lebed and Laurina Hawks
* The length of machinima referred to above is only a suggested maximum, and will not be enforced nor cause entries to be disqualified
* Please acknowledge the lands or significant artworks and individuals you feature
* If you need to rezz (blue screen etc) on the UWA SIMS, contact Jayjay Zifanwe, White Lebed, FreeWee Ling or Laurina Hawks

Closing Date:
* Midnight 1st May 2011. Allowances on the closing date will only be provided IF the machinimatographer has contacted and explained the reason for the need for additional time prior to the closing date.


JUDGES
1. Professor Ted Snell (RL) - Director, Cultural Precinct, The University of Western Australia
2. Dr Carmen Fies (RL) - Second Life Lead: University of Texas San Antonio
3. White Lebed (SL) - Former Lead of Burning Life Art Department, Director of Special Projects @ UWA
4. Jayjay Zifanwe (SL) - Owner of The University of Western Australia (SL), Creator & co-host of the UWA 3D Art& Design Challenge
5. Yesikita Coppola (SL) - Official Machinimatographer for UWA 2011
6. Laurina Hawks (SL) - Reigning UWA MachinimUWA Champion
7. Raphaella Nightfire (SL) - Snr Writer Best of SL Magazine, Owner Sanctorum Gallery (SL)
8. FreeWee Ling (SL) - Curator, UWA 3D Open Art Challenge

Some Interesting Locations Across the UWA SIMS
(you're welcome to use any part of UWA in the Machinima - this is IF you would like. No advantage will be given for having a lot of content featuring UWA locations)


Well....there ya go... probably one of the few ways to earn a few bucks in SL....

Good Luck.

:))

4 comments:

  1. haha thanks. well still fine tuning some of the minor things... so this is the worldwide scoop.... our website doesnt have it yet till we complete the fine tune :)

    hope people find the theme interesting

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  2. Another scoop! Well, you know us wannabe media tycoons have to be fast... as they say in the business "today's new viewer is tomorrow's chip paper"... ermm...well something along those lines.

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  3. He begged me yesterday to participate.

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  4. umm no. what i told you was that this time, if you do one, it might even not be disqualified.

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