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Unread 17-04-2003, 12:32
Chris Nowak Chris Nowak is offline
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Even if you took into account that the majority of the competition was based off of content and creativity, I'm still not satisfied. In my opinion, Team 75 did a much better job at explaining their aspect of first, and their animation had soooo much style. It might not have had the best Technical Execution, but neither did 967....

Also, how the heck did 192(I think its 192, the one with the crayons) lose to 967? I really dont get this...they had a very good message, it was creative, and for tech execution it must have gotten near a 20! Now it couldnt be too far behind 967 in content and creative, but it must have massacred 967 in technical execution!

I really think that many teams this year DID neglect the content communication and creativity aspect. I know we did. The Flash text across our animation was pretty much an afterthought.

I think one of the major problems with the judging here is the points for creativity. I mean, its sooooo subjective. To rate animations on a scale for creativity is almost impossible, cuz its just not defined very well in the criteria. Autodesk really needs to clearly communicate our objectives for this award. In my opinion, a movie trailer is creative, but not the most creative presentation in the world. I also think that the talking guy on a white screen in 75's animation is incredibly creative. However, its obvious the judges have different opinions.

What kind of creative do they want? Do they want something which is professional and subdued(kind of like last years) or something with a more interesting twist(like the movie trailer). My point is, there are very different levels of creativity, but these levels are not necessarily better than each other! When working for a business, it should be obvious what kind of animation you are going for, because you know your target audience and you know what kind of style they would like to see for your particular product. In this case, we have no clue what our audience is, except for the fact that they work for autodesk. Its easy to win a regional animation, because we hang out with our target audience. However, its near impossible to understand what the judges will think of an animation that is a little unproffessional. Will they shrug it off and say "ahhh, its made by kids, whatever" or will they say "its not professional enough, 20 pts off".

Basically, my entire rant can be summarized in my opinion that autodesk does not clearly communicate our objectives.
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