Caligari Kicks Off ''Big Break'' Animation Contest.Business Editors MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2003 Hobbyist and Professional Animators Invited to Display Creative Talents in High Profile Contest Designed to Identify Hot New Animators for Film and Game Development Caligari Corporation, a pioneer provider of 3D multimedia authoring software, today announced an animation contest designed to inspire hobbyist and professional animators to bring their ideas to life. All entries will be viewed by a star-studded panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
The contest includes two categories: Art Form, for "pure" animation focusing on a single element - realism, light, a reconstruction, etc. and Story Form, focusing on the story - possibly a high concept visual pitch for a film short, television program or movie. The contest kicks off today and will conclude on June 15, 2003. Judges include Ralph Guggenheim, Academy award-winning producer of Toy Story and Toy Story 2; John Evershed John Evershed (1864 – 1956) was a British astronomer. He was the first to observe radial motions in sunspots, a phenomenon known as the Evershed effect. Evershed was born in Gomshall, Surrey on February 26, 1864. , president and co-founder of Mondo mon·do Slang adj. Enormous; huge: a mondo list of pizza toppings. adv. Extremely; very: a mondo big mistake. Media, largest supplier of in-game and marketing art and animation for computer games; Eli Noyes, Academy Award-nominee for his animated film "Clay" and producer of animation for Sesame Street Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. , HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy , Scholastic, Nickelodeon etc; Don Davidson, animation and art history teacher in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden ; Andrew Britt, well-known author, media spokesperson and digital media director at the Xpression Center for New Media and Roman Ormandy, president and founder of Caligari and sponsor of the contest. In addition to the opportunity provided by having entries viewed by these well-known animation professionals, top prizewinners in each category will receive a Wildcat animation card by 3D Labs, Poser 5 software by Curious Labs This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , video editing software Video editing software is application software which handles the editing of video sequences on a computer. It usually includes the ability to import and export video, cut and paste sections of a video clip, and add special effects and transitions; and it sometimes includes the by Ulead, and a collection of 3D objects specially created for the Big Break contest by Cacheforce. Prize-winning animations will also be featured on the Caligari website. "We have the largest and most vibrant design communities on the web," said Roman Ormandy. "We see this contest as a way to showcase some of the talent we've fostered and give back to this very vibrant community." The contest is open to registered users of trueSpace 6.5, Caligari's flagship 3D modeling and design software product. Caligari's trueSpace is the most widely used 3D application and #1 in licenses according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the latest Roncarelli Report. Details on the contest can be found at www.caligari.com and submission details can be found at http://www.caligari.com/store/special/anim_contest/submit.html. About Caligari Corporation Caligari Corporation was founded in 1986 and has remained at the forefront of 3D authoring for the Web age. The company's award-winning flagship product, trueSpace, is a 3D modeling and animation program used by product designers, web designers, illustrators and animators worldwide. Caligari iSpace is a 3D web graphics and animation program that allows web developers to create stunning 3D web pages in HTML and Macromedia Flash format. The company maintains headquarters at 1959 Landings Drive, Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. , 94043. Contact Caligari by phone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600 or by fax at 650-390-9755. Caligari, Caligari trueSpace, and Caligari iSpace are trademarks of Caligari Corporation. |
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