CIG National Finals
Milton (Toronto) - 5th (1265)
1. Story Event – Ask For: Non-geographical Location (Duck pond)
2. Style Event – Style: Soap Opera
Elements: Long looks to camera/audience to convey reactions of bad
actors, musical accompaniment, surprise character reveals, and long
pauses to heighten emotional responses
Examples: Young and the Restless and Days of our Lives
Ask For: Place you would not normally see a Soap Opera (Zoo)
3. Theme Event – Romantic
4. Life Event – Ask For: Object (Lost & Found Bin – then Newspaper)
Halifax West (Halifax) - 3rd (1336)
1. Theme Event – Motivate
2. Life Event – Ask For: Fantastical, unexpected news a teenager might receive
(You’re growing to 100 feet tall)
3. Story Event – Ask For: Nongeographical Location “A ____ of ______” (A
landfill of mystery)
4. Style Event – Style: Action Directed Line
Elements: Exaggeration, No-audible conversational dialogue, distinct
characters, spoken actions
Examples: Aspects in Commedia, Clown, Pantomime, TV show “Toy
Castle”
Ask For: Disaster on any scale (The Sun is melting)
GP Vanier (Vancouver) - 2nd (1381)
1. Story Event – Ask For: Description using an adjective and a noun
(Magnificent Mullet)
2. Theme Event – Suspenseful
3. Style Event – Style: Anime
Elements: Mystical/fantastical element, clear line between good and evil,
usually combat
Examples: Dragonball Z, Naruto, Pokemon
Ask For: Mystical/fantastical location (The Waterfall of Youth/The End of
the Rainbow)
4. Life Event – Ask For: Task (Washing the car)
Vincent Massey – Young Offenders Act (Winnipeg) - 4th (1301)
1. Life Event – Ask For: A problem you have had in a relationship (Their family
doesn’t like you (Done it)/They don’t acknowledge you in public)
2. Story Event – Ask For: Fantastical Location (Inside a snowglobe)
3. Style Event – Style: Hong Kong Action Cinema
Elements: Martial Arts moves, Master/student relationship, promotes
Martial Arts values, English dubbing, specialized martial arts and
acrobatic violence
Ask For: Occupation (Mail carrier)
4. Theme Event – Whimsical
Lisgar (Ottawa) - 1st (1422)
1. Style Event – Style: Slapstick Comedy
Elements: Exaggerated Physicality, Sound Effects and Comedic Violence
Examples: Looney Toons, Charlie Chaplin, 3 Stooges
Ask For: Active Occupation (Lifeguard)
2. Life Event – Ask For: One word Theme topic (Intelligence)
3. Theme Event – Epic
4. Story Event – Ask For: Occupation (Acrobat)
GP Vanier
Vincent
Massey
Milton District
Lisgar
Halifax West
ROUND 1
Story
319
Life
315
Story
336
Style
379
ROUND 2
Theme
395
Story
331
Style
316
Life
304
ROUND 3
Style
348
Style
358
Theme
324
Theme
368
ROUND 4
Life
319
Theme
297
Life
289
Story
371
Theme
354
Life
304
Story
327
Style
351
TOTAL
1381
1301
1265
1422
1336