Animation & Moving Image Category

Spode by Adam Georgiou won last years Film & Animation category and Adam went on to be crowned the 2010 Maurice Miller Design Champion.

Brief: This category invites submissions of:

  • films and documentaries
  • animations
  • motion picture productions
  • animated games design

Innovative media which demonstrates a high level of technical competency will be favoured by the judges. Creative camera work or progressive approaches to animation will be held in particularly high regard. Entrants that clearly describe how their entry is suitable for its intended audience will do particularly well.

Prize: Five finalists will be selected from all of the entries in this category. The finalists will be invited to an awards evening where the winner will be announced.

The winner will receive a £1000 cash prize and a chance to become the Maurice Miller Design Champion. Second prize will be awarded £100 and third prize will receive £50.

If you are aged 16-18 your entry will automatically be entered into the Young Northern Designer award. Five finalists from across all of the competition categories will be invited to the awards evening where the winner will be announced. The Young Northern Designer will recieve a £500 cash prize and £250 for their school, college or university. The two runners up will receive a prize of £250 each and £100 for their school, college or university.

Criteria: Students wishing to enter films or animations should upload their video to YouTube or another recognised online video sharing service and provide us with a link to their work. If the film or animation is hosted on their own website, entrants are welcome to submit this URL instead. For animated games, students are advised to submit a link to it hosted online or send a link to a video of the game in action.

Important: As part of the entry process, entrants will be asked to submit a rationale (description) for their project. This should be prepared in advance and pasted in to the appropriate box during the submission process. The rationale should include details of the original brief, the process undertaken and the tools and techniques used.

By submitting a well constructed and thorough description of their work, students are likely to do better in the competition because the judges will be able to better understand the purpose of the piece and the student’s interpretation of the original brief. Because of the professional nature of the competition, the judges are likely to favour entries with good use of language and grammar for the rationale.

File requirements: Entrants should ensure that all URL's submitted include the full address including the http:// at the start. There are no quotas for entries where the content is hosted externally. As long as the video meets with the terms and conditions of the hosting site then it is eligible for entry into the Northern Design Competition. For further information and support, please download the competition resource sheet*.

Judge: TBC

* Viewing the competition resource sheet will require a PDF reader, to download one for free please click here.