Nominees Announced for the First Annual International 3D Awards
May 2nd, 2003
The International 3D Awards Committee is pleased to announce the final list of nominees for the 1st Annnual International 3D Awards, proudly sponsored by HP, NVIDIA and Alias|Wavefront. The winners will be announced at the International 3D Awards ceremony on 9th May, at Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark running in conjunction with the 3D Festival 2003. Winners will receive the Digital Hero trophy, hand sculpted by Dan Platt.
Feature Film VFX
The award for Best 3D Visual Effects for a Feature Film honors outstanding visual effects production used in a feature film. Entries were judged based on the criteria of Originality & Creativity, Design & Aesthetics and Technical Excellence.
Nominees
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, DreamWorks, USA
- Spider-Man, Sony Pictures Imageworks, USA
- Stuart Little 2, Sony Pictures Imageworks, USA
- Star Wars Episode II, Industrial Light & Magic, USA
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Chamber Sequence, Framestore CFC, UK
- Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Weta Digital, New Zealand
Television VFX
The award for Best 3D Visual Effects for Television honors outstanding use of 3D visual effects for a television-based production. Entries were judged based on the criteria of Originality & Creativity, Design & Aesthetics and Technical Excellence.
Nominees
- Wild Weather for BBC One, The Moving Picture Company, UK
- Dinotopia (mini-series), Framestore CFC, UK
- The Giant Claw/Land of Giants, Framestore CFC, UK
- The Future is Wild, 422 Ltd, UK
Commercials
The award for Best 3D in a Commercial is for outstanding use of 3D in a television or cinema commercial, fully CG or containing key 3D elements. Entries were judged based on the criteria of Originality & Creativity, Design & Aesthetics and Technical Excellence.
Nominees
- Levi's Stampede, The Mill, UK
- Nintendo, La Maison, France
- Levi's Odyssey, Framestore CFC, UK
- X-Box Mosquito, Framestore CFC, UK
- Carl and Ray: Kung Fu, Tippett Studio, USA
- Murphy's Peanut, The Mill, UK
Music Videos
The award for Best 3D in a Music Video is for outstanding use of 3D (composited with live action or fully animated) in a music video. Entries were judged based on the criteria of Originality & Creativity, Design & Aesthetics and Technical Excellence.
Nominees
- Nature is Ancient (Bjork), Glassworks Post Productions Ltd., UK
- Respire (Mickey 3D), Andre Bessy, Jerome Combe, Stephane Hamache, Amazing Studio, France
- Miss Lucifer (Primal Scream), The Moving Picture Company, UK
- Courage, for Cartoon Network, FilmTecknarna Animation AB, Sweden
- Use Yur Imagination, Oddworld Inhabitants, USA
Short Films
The award for Best 3D Short Film honors an outstanding 3D-animated short film with no restrictions on commercial, studio or independent productions. Entries were judged based on the criteria of Originality & Creativity, Design & Aesthetics, Workmanship & Technical Excellence, Storytelling and Cinematography.
Nominees
- Show & Tell, Kapow Pictures, Australia
- The ChubbChubbs, Sony Pictures Imageworks, USA
- Cane Toad, Andrew Silke and David Clayton, Australia
- Mike's New Car, Pixar Animation Studios, USA
- Polar Bears, Passion Pictures, UK
Independent Animations
The award for Best Independent 3D Animation honors an outstanding animation or short film produced by independent 3D artists. Entries were judged based on the criteria of Originality & Creativity, Design & Aesthetics, Workmanship & Technical Excellence, Storytelling and Cinematography.
Nominees
- Pigly, Philippe Tailliez & Sandrine Auvertin, France
- This Wonderful Life, Liam Kemp, UK
- Eternal Gaze, Sam Chen, USA
- Chain Smoker, Ulf Lundgren, Sweden
Game Cinematics
The award for Best Non-Interactive 3D Game Cinematics honors an outstanding cinematic sequence produced for a game, with no restriction on pre-rendered or in-game-engine sequences. Entries were judged based on the criteria of Originality & Creativity, Design & Aesthetics, Workmanship & Technical Excellence and Storytelling.
Nominees
- Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Blizzard Entertainment, USA
- Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, Lost Boys Studios for Electronic Arts, Canada
- Dead to Rights, Attitude Studio for Namco Hometek, France
- Primal, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ð Cambridge, UK
Logos and Idents
The award for Best use of 3D in a Logo or Ident honors outstanding use of 3D in a logo or ident. Entries were judged based on the criteria of Originality & Creativity, Design & Aesthetics and Technical Excellence.
Nominees
- The Presentators: Pets for Nickelodeon UK, Aardman, UK
- Morning Glory 1 for MTV Networks Nordic, FilmTecknarna Animation AB, Sweden
- Teletoon, Guru Animation Studio, Canada
- Big Brother Stings for E4, The Moving Picture Company, UK
- Santa Lights up New York for Radio City Music Hall, Kleiser-Walczak, USA
Technological Innovation Special Award
This award honors the best recent Technological Innovation in the 3D industry. Technologies nominated in this category demonstrate a high degree of technical novelty, quality of commercial and proprietary implementations, novelty and quality of implementations, breadth of applications and impact on recent and current productions.
Nominees
- The Terrain Engine Behind Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, Sony Online Entertainment, USA
- Animanium: An Application for Character Animation with Flexible Inverse Kinematics, The University of Tokyo and Sega Corporation Mirari R&D, Japan
- RealFlow: Fluid Dynamics, Next Limit, Spain
- FaceGen: Statistical based face generation technology, Singular Inversions, USA
- Shave and Haircut: Dynamic hair simulation technology, Joe Alter, USA
- NPR1: Non-photorealistic rendering system, Reyes Infografica, Spain
Industrial Design
The award for Best 3D Industrial Design honors outstanding use of 3D in a design project. Entries were judged based on the criteria of Originality & Creativity, Design & Aesthetics and Technical Excellence.
Nominees
- Philips MC-i200 Flash product presentation, Annemieke Froger (Philips Design/Communications), Netherlands
- AudiPhone, Gabor Vaszkun, Hungary
- Z1010, Jeanna Kimbre (Sony Ericsson), Sweden
- Philips eXp 431 Flash product presentation, Annemieke Froger (Philips Design/Communications), Netherlands
Architectural Visualization (Animation)
The award for Best Architectural Visualization (Animation) is for outstanding use of 3D in an animated architectural visualization project. Entries were judged based on the criteria of Originality & Creativity, Design & Aesthetics, Technical Excellence and Animation.
Nominees
- The Edge, Smoothe Ltd., UK
- My House, Architecture in Motion, UK
- Residential Housing 'Het Volk', AniMotionS, Belgium
- Bristol City Academy, Blink Image Limited, UK
Architectural Visualization (Still)
The award for Best Architectural Visualization (Still) is for outstanding use of 3D in still image for an architectural visualization project. Entries were judged based on the criteria of Originality & Creativity, Design & Aesthetics and Technical Excellence.
Nominees
- Venezia, Peter Hoffman, Germany
- Vertical Village project
- bioclimatic tower, Igor Knezevic (Flare Group), USA
- My house, Architecture in Motion, UK
- Turning Torso, apt. A3, Aaro Designsystem AB, Sweden
Student 3D Animation
The award for Best Student 3D Animation is for a short film produced by an individual or team of students displaying outstanding use of 3D graphics and animation.
Nominees
- Bert, Moonsung Lee, USA
- On the Sunny Side of the Street, Wilhelm Landt (Hochschule fŸr KŸnste Bremen), Germany
- Dronez, Paul Dreisen, Alexander Hupperich, Manuel Macha, Leif Arne Petersen (German Film School), Germany
- Tim Tom, SUPINFOCOM, France
- Ritterschlag, Sven Martin, Sebastian Frey, Florian Kraft, Stephan Haase, Oliver Bermes, Tim Weimann, Tom Bracht, Denis Behnke, Sven Dreesbach, Volker Willmann, Oliver Finkelde (Institut of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction), Germany
- Le Faux Pli, SUPINFOCOM, France
3D Art (Still)
The award for Best 3D Art (Still) is for an image of outstanding artistic nature using a 3D application. Entries were judged based on the criteria of Originality & Creativity, Design & Aesthetics and Technical Excellence.
Nominees
- One Last Time, Steven Stahlberg, Malaysia
- Leaving the Fifties, Stephane Belin, France
- Trust, Dany Lyon, Switzerland
- Savage Warrior, Juan Jose Palomo, Spain
About the International 3D Awards
The International 3D Awards honors the achievements of companies and individuals in the 3D computer graphic arts industry. Held annually at the 3D Festival in Copenhagen, Denmark, it covers the entire spectrum of the 3D industry from animation and digital effects to gaming, architectural visualization and independent productions. The 3D Awards is a non-profit organisation held by a committee of industry luminaries.
About the 3D Festival
3D Festival is the leading European event for 3D computer graphic artists. Comprising of three conferences: 3D Festival Conference, Game Developers World and Architectural Visualization Conference; and the largest exhibition of creative services in Europe, 3D Festival prides itself in its ability to attract the industry's most prominent professionals to participate in the annual event. www.3dfestival.com |
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