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Asian Youth Animation & Comics Contest (2008AYACC)
Rules For Contest Submission
Great event for Asian Youth Animation & Cartoon Arts
Platform for Asian Young Talents
Asian Youth Animation and Comic Contest is authorized by All China
Youth Federation and hosted by ACYF International Project
Cooperation Center, Cartoon Commission of China TV Artists
Association and Guiyang government, Asian Youth Animation & Comics
Contest (hereinafter referred to as “AYACC”) is aimed to be top
annual award for Asian original animation and comics.
AYACC is dedicated to integrate Asian cultural resources, promote
the influence of Asian youth animation and comics, create cultural
image of Asia, provide a platform of information exchange, as well
as to boost Asian animation industry development. It is the great
event for Asian animation and comics.
Objectives
To discover and foster talents
To encourage original arts
To stimulate technology Innovation
To develop cartoon products
To assist animation industry including producing, merchandising,
distributing, brand licensing
Format
(A) Animated work:
All animations submitted must be 1-22 minutes in length.
Any of the following animation types are acceptable: painted cel,
computer-assisted or computer-generated; stop-motion (including clay
animation) 2Dwork, 3D work, FLASH, puppet animation, paper-cutting
work, in fact, any format except live action!
(B) Still image work:
Single-frame work; Four-frame work; multi-frame work; comic strips;
illustration
Qualification
1The submission should be completed after Jan 1st 2004 and
the applicant has the copyrights of the work
2Entry for the Category (A)
[1]All works must be submitted on DVD or CD with high definition
[2] The first episode, one of the middle episodes and last episode
as well as demo of TV animation series are required
3 Entry for the Category (B)
[1] All works must be submitted on DVD or CD. The format should be
“.TIFF” or “.JPG” in a minimum size of 300 dpi.
[2] Any printing submission will be not accepted (work can be
submitted in either computer or hand drawing, however, the
electronic-version of submission is definitely required)
4、Format
[1] compressed work such as ”.RAR” format is not allowed
[2] animated submissions (including FLASH) should be submitted in
“.MPG”, “.AVI”, “.MOV” format. For each FLASH work, a copy of “.SWF”
submission and 5 still images are required separately, which is used
to present character and background with a minimum size of “300 dpi”
in “.TIFF” or “.JPG”.
[3] please be sure to edit 5~10 seconds blank-screen at both head
and end of each animation.
[4] in case of multiple submissions, please separately apart each
individual submission. An uninterrupted multi-work submission is not
allowed.
[5] still image work must be submitted in one “.TIFF” and one “.JPG”
with minimum size of 300 dpi.
5 Language
[1] All works must be subtitled in English
[2] The story background, synopsis, brief introduction, and
character description are required in either Chinese or English
electronic-version
Eligibility
☆Any one living in Asia and /or with roots in Asia under age of 40
is eligible for enter, groups and individual are eligible for entry
☆Professional and amateur are eligible for entry
☆The applicant must be the copyright owner of the submission
☆The applicant may entry multiple works
☆Group entries that win prizes are responsible for
sharing/apportioning any prize money won among themselves.
Awards and Prizes
☆Grand Prize (1) 18,000 RMB
☆Best Production (2 animation works，and 2 still image works ) 10,000
RMB/ each
☆Best Screenplay (1) 4,000 RMB
☆Best Director (2) 2,500 RMB/ each
☆Most Innovative Design (1 animated work, and 1 still image work)
3,000 RMB/ each
☆Best Original Score (1) 2,000 RMB
☆Best Visual Effects (1 animated work, and 1 still image work) 2,500
RMB/ each
☆Best Character Image (2 animated works, and 2 still image works)
2,000/ each
☆Best Student Work (5 animated works, and 5 still image works) 1,000
MB/ each
☆Best Technical Innovation and Application (1) 2,000 RMB
☆Special Jury Prize
Other honors
1The organizing committee will inform the result of the Contest to
all prize winners and nominated applicants before the awarding
ceremony
2The organizing committee will invite ONE representative from each
award to present at the awarding ceremony and provide the invitees
the transportation tickets and accommodations during the period time
of the awarding ceremony.
3The nominated applicants that participate the awarding ceremony
will have free-of-charge pass, which offered by organizing committee
4There are trophy and certificate for prize winners and nominated
applicants
5All prizewinners are solely responsible for paying taxes in
connection with any monetary award, in accordance with all
applicable local laws.
Contest
Three procedures are gone through the contest for all entries. They
are preliminary selection, semi selection and final selection.
Preliminary selection
The organizing committee of AYACC will select qualified works for
semi selection from all entries
Semi selection
The International Jury will select nomination works in the semi
selection
Final selection
All nominated works shall be judged by the jury. The final results
will be announced during Awarding Ceremony
Submission Period
Entry Deadline
The entry deadline will be on May 20, 2008.
Condition
(1)Any work, which does not relate to animation and comic or
non-disc format submission will not be accepted
(2)Each submission is only allowed to submit to AYACC once. The
submission which has been awarded in other contest can be submitted.
(3)A completely entry form is required for each submission, the
incomplete materials and unclean submission will not be accepted.
(4)Each entry form is applied for ONE submission only, two or more
submission in one form will not be accepted
(5)The completed electronic entry form, submission, and related
materials shall be submitted at the same time to the AYACC
Organizing Committee before the Entry Deadline. Submissions shall be
sent by mail, express delivery, or directly in person
(6)Submission will not be returned, so please don't send us your
only copy!
(7)Any submission sent by Internet will not be accepted .
(8)Title of submission, name of applicant, and category must to be
labeled on the disc
Notice
1.Entry is free. (Any cost of the submission shall be born by the
applicant
2.The submission can be delivered either by each applicant or by
group submission
3.All required information must be filled in the Form
4.The applicant agrees that AYACC organizing committee has the
rights to publish and broadcast the submission for the promoting
purpose
Awarding Ceremony
The Awarding Ceremony will be held on July 2008 in Guiyang, Guizhou
province, China
Declaration
1.The organizer of the Contest will issue the prizes and
certificates
2.The organizing committee reserves all the rights for final
explanation
Contact Information
Please send your submission(s) to the following address:
AYACC organizing committee
Add: Room 9B, Green View Apartment, No. 38 Houguangping Hutong,
Xicheng District Beijing 100035, China
Tel: 86-10-66503539 Fax: 86-10-66503541 email: aaccevent@gmail.com
Entry Form:
Asian Youth Animation & Comic Contest (AYACC) Form
□ Individual
work □
Group work
□
Student
□ professional
Entrant's info:
□ Male
□ Female
Given name: _________________ Surname: _________________
Nationality: _________________
Home address:
_____________________________________________________________________________
Zip/Postal Code: _____ _
Email Address (for receipt notification): _________________
Company’s name: __________________________________
Contact person: _________________
Tel: _________________ Fax: _________________
Email: _________________ Website: _________________
Office address:
_____________________________________________________________________________
Entrant's biography
Type of submission:
□ comic
□ animation
Title: _________________________________
Running time: ___________ page(s) or _______ min ______sec
Year of production: _________
Language to be used in the submission: _______________________
Producer:
Director:
Scriptwriter:
Original design:
Music:
Character design:
Other staff (please specify):
Where else has this animation been screened? Please specify:
Brief synopsis:
My signature below attests:
A. To the accuracy of all information provided.
B. That the enclosed submission is my original work and that I own
all rights to it and all its contents.
C. To my holding AYACC and all those involved in it, harmless from
and defend them against all claims, demands, losses, costs, damages,
judgments, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys' fees)
arising out of or in connection with any and all claims of third
parties, whether groundless or not, based on any submissions made to
this contest.
D. That I grant to AYACC the right to use my submission and name for
publicity and promotional purposes now and in the future.
E. That the burden of obtaining copyright or otherwise protecting
any proprietary interests in this submission rests entirely with me.
F. That I have obtained present permission from the artist and/or
studio for the incorporation of any unoriginal characters or other
graphics, or that such characters or graphics (if any) are in the
public domain and may therefore be used without permission.
G. That I absolve AYACC of any and all responsibility and/or
liability for any copyright infringements, and that I (the entrant)
accept responsibility and/or liability for respecting China and
International (Berne Convention) copyright law.
H. That I agree to be bound by the rules of this contest, and any
decisions made by AYACC respecting it, including interpretations of
these rules and the results of the juried judging.
Signature: ___________________________________________ Date:
_________________
Note:
Please send your submission(s) to the following address:
Room 9B, Green View Apartment, No. 38 Houguangping Hutong,
Xicheng District Beijing 100035, China
Tel: 86-10-66503539 Fax: 86-10-66503541 email:
aaccevent@gmail.com
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