New Animation Contest - Extra Credit Opportunity

http://tongal.com/project/BriskBaby

Up to $10,000 for this one, and you don't even need to come up with the idea (but you can, for even more $$$).

This is a no brainer. If it fit within the deadline of the Independent Study, it SO would have been included.


Phase 1 - Idea (Submission Deadline: April 7, 2011 6:30PM)
1st - $1,000
2nd - $500
3rd - $250
4th - $150
5th through 10th - $100

Phase 2 - Animation (Begins: April 15, 2011 6:30PM)
1st - $10,000
2nd - $5,000
3rd - $4,000
4th - $2,500
5th - $1,000

Animation Contest Project Links

Choice 1: Kindness the Movie
http://www.kindnessthemovie.com/we-want-your-stories/video-contest/
Make a short animation related to kindness.
Length: 10 minutes or less (must be at least 1.5 minutes for my purposes)      
Prize: $1000, plus other prizes

Choice 2: Annecy 2001 YouTube Contest
http://www.annecy.org/annecy-2010/take-part/youtube-contest
Create an original animated short film with the theme “Animation, land of freedom”.
Length: 5 minutes or less (must be at least 1.5 minutes for my purposes)
Prize: a trip to the Annecy Festival, from 6th to 11th June 2011

Choice 3: Vocab Film Festival
http://memelabs.com/vocabfilmfest/
For this, you must choose at least three (3) vocab words and create a 30 second animation for each, based on the monthly challenge theme. Please note, there is a different challenge for each month, and you will not know the exact theme until April 1. Therefore, these storyboards will need to be completed very soon after you learn the theme (by April 4), and you will not be able to start until April 1. However, you can become familiar with the words and think about ideas based on previous challenges.
Length: 30 seconds each
Prize: $1000, plus other prizes

Choice 4: Independent Study
Create an original animated short film based on the topic of your choosing. If you choose this option, you must submit a brief proposal (1-2 paragraphs) describing the project, for my approval, before you complete your storyboards. Finished film must be at least 1.5 minutes in length.

Animation - Lip Synching Mouth Charts

http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/%7Erpyjp/a_notes/mouth_shapes_01.html

http://www.garycmartin.com/mouth_shapes.html

http://toonboomcartooning.wetpaint.com/page/lip+chart

Free Blender Rigs for Animation Class

Here are some resources for free Blender Rigs to use in the 11 Second club project.

http://www.11secondclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=228
http://www.blendernation.com/2010/09/13/free-rigs-for-blender-2-5/
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=173626&page=1