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| What are the Golden Cursor awards? |
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The Indian animation industry is booming. Within the next three years, the industry will be worth over a billion dollars.
However, for this to happen, the industry needs oodles of fresh talent in the form of new animators. To identify and encourage such new talent, Arena Animation and CNBC TV18 have launched the ‘Golden Cursor Excellence in Animation Awards’. |
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| Who are competing? |
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| Award catagories: |
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Apart from the possibility of winning in their individual segments, entries sent in for any of the following 17 categories automatically become eligible for the Golden Cursor Award! |
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| Hall of Fame Award |
| It’s been nearly a hundred years since Dadasaheb Phalke made India’s first animated short film – Birth of a teapot – in 1911. High time we revisited the rich body of animated work our country has produced so far and confer the ‘Hall of Fame’ Awards on a few truly legendary works |
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| Best Animation - Live Action Combo: Film |
| Saw Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherjee dance with bears in Ta Ra Rum Pum? Managed to do anything like it yourself? Okay then, your work may just make the mark here |
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| Best Animation Film (2D/ 3D) |
| Open to fresh talent as well as experienced animators, this Award takes into account only completely animated features |
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| Best Title Sequence – Film or TV |
| Made filmgoers sit up and take notice of your fantastic title sequence, a la Taare Zameen Par? Well, you may just make us sit up and give you this Award |
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| Best Animation in a Film |
| An Award for a seamless blend of animation with live action or any other type of footage |
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| Best Online Animation Sequence |
| The Net is taking over – and how! If we are bowled over by what you did with this fantastic new medium, you walk away with all the accolades |
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| Best Animation Ad (Television commercial) |
| Think the Amul girl sells better than any top model? This Award showcases animated TVCs that made the maximum impact |
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| Best Animated Mobile Content |
| Yes, we know our mobile phone is the Next Big Thing in entertainment, communication, media… If you did something that made us do a double-take at those tiny screens, you could really make it here |
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| Best Student/ Amateur Animation Film |
| This one is for all those hidden stars set to shine in the animation firmament. Great amateur work walks away with top honours! |
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| Best Animation-based TV Channel |
| Figure you are up there in the animation arena? Not until your numbers speak for themselves. Channel heads sit up and take notice – this category could help you decide your employee increments for 2008 |
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| Best New Animation Style |
| Done something never seen before in animation? Trailblazers stand to win big with this one |
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| Best Animation Game - role player/ simulation |
| Lara Croft is old hat. What’s new? You tell us, with this category |
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| Best Animation Public Service Ad |
| Ran an anti-AIDS campaign or sent five lakh more voters to the polling booths this year? Your animated ad could well win this prize |
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| Best Animation Game - Online |
| Attracted hoards of gaming addicts to your site? Demonstrate the tools of your trade. If they are impressive enough, you would have legitimately hotfooted your way to the top |
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| Best Animated Character of the Year |
| Flashback to Mickey Mouse or The Little Mermaid or even cute little Nemo. With this category, creators of characters set to become the next big icon on mugs and T-shirts are going to reap rich rewards |
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| Best Animation Game - Educational |
| Entertained people and taught them a thing or two? Educational animated games are big business – and could mean a big win for some lucky ones out there |
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| Best Animation - Live Action Combo: TV Commercial |
| Remember that cute commercial with Kajol taming a wild crocodile with regular doses of Alpenliebe? This category shows off talent that blends the real with the unreal via a television ad |
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| Award schedule |
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| March 2008 could just be your luckiest month yet. Watch out for the exact date and award schedules of the coveted Awards! |
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| Award process |
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| All entries are screened and filtered by a panel of animation experts from The Cell (the TV18 graphics and animation team), Tech2 editorial, and AnimationXpress.com. The final selection will be done by a jury consisting of prominent names from the industry. |
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| The Golden Cursor Awards are being extensively covered on television, in newspapers and on the Internet. Continuing media coverage will ensure that good work is noticed and that young animators get a chance to make their mark in the industry. |
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| Application guidelines |
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Entry forms downloaded and filled out |
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Entries enclosed only in the DVD Pal or Beta Pal (telecast quality) format |
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Entries marked in bold block letters: ‘For Arena Animation - CNBC TV18 Animation Awards’ |
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Forms as well as entries dropped off at participants’ nearest Arena Animation Centre.
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Mailed to:
The Manager, CNBC TV18, 414, Empire Complex, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel - 400013. Tel: (022) 40019000
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Swati Shetty, Animationxpress.com, 317/ 318/ 319, Kuber Complex, Opp. Laxmi Ind. Estate, New Link Road, Andheri (West), Mumbai - 400053. Tel: (022) 40666777. Fax: (022) 26740644
Download entry form |
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| Rules |
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Individuals/ companies/ organisations can send multiple entries. There is no limit on the number of entries that can be sent |
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The nomination forms should be typed or handwritten |
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Each form can be used only for a single entry; multiple entries on one form will not be permitted |
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For multiple entries, form to be printed or photocopied separately for each separate entry |
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| Eligibility |
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| The following rules are applicable to entries sent across all categories. The work to be entered should: |
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Be of Indian origin, released to Indian audiences |
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Be in Hindi, English or any other Indian regional language or dialect |
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Have been released to Indian audiences between January 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007 |
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Be in the DVD Pal or Beta Pal formats only |
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Have proper sound sync |
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Be sent along with an additional back-up copy. Company’s covering letter and nomination forms should also have been filled up completely |
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Be accompanied by two print-resolution images which can be used to feature the entry in the Awards brochure/ catalogue |
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| Goodluck! |
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| Disclaimer |
The organisers are not responsible for late entries or for entries lost/ delayed in the post. All postage/ courier charges must be pre-paid. No material will be returned and the material submitted will automatically become the property of Arena Animation, CNBC TV18 and AnimationXpress.com. Entries once submitted and accepted will be considered final and no changes/ alterations/ modifications will be permitted. By entering the competition, entrants warrant to Arena Animation, CNBC TV18 and AnimationXpress.com, that they possess or have secured all necessary rights, clearances, and/ or licenses with respect to all materials and elements embodied in works submitted for the competition, and that the use by Arena Animation, CNBC TV18 and AnimationXpress.com of such works will neither violate nor infringe upon the copyright, trademark, privacy, creative, or other rights of any party not submitting the work. Entrant irrevocably grants to Arena Animation, CNBC TV18 and AnimationXpress.com the non-exclusive worldwide right to edit, create derivative works, reproduce, display or publicly perform the work, as submitted or edited, and any derivative works, for broadcast use and for sale, without compensation from Arena Animation, CNBC TV18 and AnimationXpress.com. Entrants agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Arena Animation, CNBC TV18 and AnimationXpress.com harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, costs, and losses arising out of the breach of this warranty. |
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