The Slide and Animation Competitions and Shows
Contents
• 1 The Slide and Animation Competitions and
Shows
♦ 1.1 Introduction
♦ 1.2 Organisation
♦ 1.3 Rules for the Competitions
♦ 1.4 Computer Slides (if held)
♦ 1.5 Computer Animation
The Slide and Animation Competitions and Shows
Introduction
The Organisation of the Slide and Animation Competitions and Shows is the responsibility of the Slide and
Animation Chairman. Prizes and certificates are awarded for the best entries in each category. A judging scheme
is used which takes account of both artistic and technical merit, and of the resources used to produce the entry.
This latter consideration is of some importance if the prizes are not to be won all the time by those with large
budgets!
In recent years there was no Slide Competition, only an Animation Competition. Inform yourself of how it was
done the years before and why from the respective chairs.
Organisation
The major tasks for the Chairman are:
• Drafting a call for entries which will be included in the Call for Papers in June/July 20xx-1.
• Forming a Jury of three to four people who will judge the entries in the competitions and decide who
should receive prizes.
• Formulating the rules for the competitions, giving these to the Conference Organiser so that they can be
sent to people inquiring.
• Making arrangements for receipt of entries to be notified to those submitting (can be done by the Local
Organiser, but needs to be arranged in advance). The call for entries will give a closing date, usually
around May xxxx.
• Arranging for distribution of entries to the Jury members. This entails some practical organisation, since
entries may be received in different formats. At past events this has been handled in two ways:
1. By organising a meeting at which the Jury view all the entries together. This has been done early
in the week of the event, but takes a very large amount of time. The selection of entries for a
video show really should be done earlier than this.
2. By transcribing all material to an agreed format (e.g. PAL/VHS) and sending it to Jury members
in advance. This is the preferred method, but requires that someone can be found who will
perform the conversion between different media formats. One way to do this is to seek
sponsorship from a local TV or video company.
• Providing the text for the Preliminary and Final Programmes. By this stage the format of the programme
must have been decided. For example decisions must have been made on whether there will be a big
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video show, or whether entries will be shown only as part of the conference programme (in parallel with
other sessions).
• After selection of entries the slide and animation show(s) must be assembled. A detailed programme
should be prepared which will be distributed at the registration desk.
• Overseeing local arrangements at the event for the showing of slides, videos and films. The transcription
of videos to a common format can help considerably here.
• Checking that certificates have been produced by the Local Organiser for presentation to the winners.
Also checking arrangements for presentation of prizes.
• Organising a meeting of the Jury at the event. This is to discuss entries and make final decisions on the
winners. After this, the names can be entered on the certificates ready for presentation.
• Saying a few words about each of the winning entries, and presenting the prizes and certificates at the
closing session of the conference. (Announcements are usually made in reverse order.) The winning
entries are shown during the closing session.
• Preparing a summary of the results of the competitions for publication in Computer Graphics Forum.
The winning slides should be included with the report which should be sent to one of the two Chief
Editors of the journal immediately after the conference so that it can be included in the final issue of the
journal for the year.
At some past events it has also proved possible to make a video tape of the best animation entries. This can then
be sold through Eurographics. Again, sponsorship from a local TV or video company is usually required in order
to produce such a tape, because of the need to transcribe between formats. If this is done it is the responsibility of
the Slide and Animation Chairman to ensure that copyright clearance is obtained from the originators of the
material.
Rules for the Competitions
General Rules
1. All contributions should be sent, prior to deadline, to: address for entries.
2. Each contributor will be notified as soon as his/her material has arrived at the above address.
3. Contributions will be returned after the conference to the contributor.
4. The EGxxxx conference cannot be charged for copyright while using the material for EGxxxx
conference purposes.
5. The contributor is responsible for shipping the work to the EGxxxx Organising Committee.
6. The competition is open to everyone except members of the jury and the organizing committee of the the
EGxxxx conference or persons affiliated to them.
7. Finalists will be chosen by a jury consisting of specialists from different disciplines.
8. The results of the competition will be announced during the EGxxxx conference to be held in venue on
dates.
Computer Slides (if held)
There will be two prizes for the competition:
1. Artistic Merit.
2. Technical Achievement.
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The rules are:
1. All entries should be 35mm slides of computer generated output.
2. All entries must be original, previously unpublished and solely the contributor's property/work.
3. The maximum number of slides a contributor may enter is 10.
4. The contributor's name and address must be printed on the border (mount) of each slide.
5. The contributor must send an accompanying letter explaining the subject of each slide and how the
graphics on it were made.
6. Eurographics will have the right to reproduce and show, without limitation, all entries in:
♦ its journal (Computer Graphics Forum);
♦ its advertising, promotion and displays;
♦ shows and exhibitions;
♦ other Computer Graphics promotion events.
7. In each such case Eurographics will credit the artist. The Prize-Winning contestants may not permit
publication or display of prize-winning slides without the prior written consent of Eurographics.
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Computer Animation
There will be a prize for the best entry and the best three entries will be highlighted. The rules are:
1. The work submitted for this competition must have been produced in the last two years. Each
contribution must include an accompanying letter containing the following information:
♦ Title;
♦ Date and place of production;
♦ Format;
♦ Length in minutes;
♦ Details of hard- and software used;
♦ Any relevant additional information about the work.
2. Contributors are invited to send in their work on 16 mm film (optical sound) or on video tape (U-matic).
3. Unless stated otherwise by the contributor EGxxxx has the right to use the contributions in order to build
a Computer Graphics Promotional DVD to be used by the Eurographics Association. Contributors will
be informed in advance if such a tape is to be produced, and all artists will be credited on the tape. A
copyright form must be signed by the submitter confirming that he/she is the owner of all rights related
to the content. (This also includes any music attached to animations).
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