Electronic Arts (EA) is kicking off the third edition of Reveal 07, Canada’s national student computer animation competition, and is looking for submissions from graduating Canadian art and 3D animation students. The event is designed to provide a national stage for students to showcase their talents, win cash prizes, and earn national accolades for their work. A $20,000 grand prize will be awarded to the winner of Best Short Digital Animation, and EA will kick in a $20,000 matching grant to the winner’s school.
Reveal 07 challenges students to create a digital short that showcases the skills and techniques they’ve learned at one of the many post-secondary digital arts programs in Canada. A panel of EA judges will select the winners based on technical ability, originality, creativity and artistic merit. In addition to the Grand Prize, EA will award first-, second- and third-place winners with $2,000, $1,000 and $500 prizes respectively in the categories of Animation (character or effects), Modeling/Texturing (characters, environments, props or vehicles), and Lighting/Rendering (characters, environments, compositing, lighting effects).
The top 20 finalists will be invited to Electronic Arts’ Vancouver studios for the final judging before going to the Reveal finale on May 8 at the EA Canada campus for the awards presentation.
One of this year’s additions to the program is a new Level/Design category to recognize the work Canadian students are doing in the various game design programs across the country. The winner of that competition will receive a $1,000 cash prize.
Joel Furtado, a graduate of the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, took the top prize at Reveal 06 with his short A Tree For Two and went on to land a role as a character animator on the upcoming Skate videogame being developed by EA Black Box in downtown Vancouver. ‘After winning the competition, I was able to get a huge head start both financially and in the industry,” he comments.
For ‘Reveal 07, EA is accepting entries from Canadian citizens or permanent Canadian residents who are currently enrolled in their graduating year of a recognized Canadian Art Program. Entrants must be graduating between Sept. 1, 2006 and Aug. 31, 2007. Submissions will be accepted through April 6, 2007. For eligibility restrictions and complete rules, go to http://www.reveal.ea.com.
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