[Brian Yip]

hi,

I'm from team 114. One thing I want to say about the Autodesk is that the topic of the award and the rules are not consistent. The award says "visualization award", which means it's for both animation and movie. and the rules repeatedly say "animation". I'm surprise to know that 967 has won. I have heard that their project is mostly composed with movie clips. I still have to see their project to look at their quality. I think Autodesk has fooled us into thinking that this award is only for animations, because their rules repeatedly say "animation"

I will not critize 967's work, because I think taking movie clips that can present an excellent message about FIRST can be very tough. But of course I don't know how much effort they put into. The fact that they have won made me think of some positive ideas about Autodesk. I was thinking Autodesk picked them because they want us to understand that a clear message is extremely important. Fancy things will not make an animation better. For kids, it might be. For professional though, the message is the most important. Last year, we won the national champ. We were curious about our score, so we asked Autodesk to send it to us. They said that our animation has a great quality, but the message did not emphasize clearly. Same thing happen with this year's animation. We did not have a narrator to emphasize our theme clearly. The quality is great, but without emphasizing the theme clearly, the animation will not score high. One thing I am very unhappy with is the lack of time, and we can do way better if we have more time to work on it. Let's learn their strength and not bashing them. I'm sorry for team 967 for receiving these critizism about their way in presenting their work.

One thing I want to add is that, animation and movie are two different things. I hope next year, Autodesk can open a new category for movie clips and have a separate competition for animations. SO there will be more awards for teams. Also, we should have more than 1 Honorable mentions for teams that are great. 74, 75, 103, 114, 116 and 192 are certainly great, and I think all of us should receive some sort of award. Compare with last year, there's a lot of more great animations. To encourage students in working hard, Autodesk should issue more awards to teams.

give some comments,
Brian