Hi everyone, Reallusion salutes all the winners in this year’s iClone Dance Animation Competition. In this short 2 month period, we've recieved over 100 submissions from all over the world.
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Several animators went to great lengths to create professional dance music videos with new and unique styles. Congratulations to all the winners! Let's check out all the winners and their submissions!
Top 1 - Best Video
Prize: CANON EOS 60D US$999
Video Title: Grandparty
Director: Igor Tkachenko
Judges' Comment: This animated dance video delivers stunning performances in every aspect. The simple story line and camera movement successfully attract audience's interest and attention from the very beginning, with toon actor styles, well-performed dance moves and vivid facial expressions. The dance move arrangements also well-present its music and beats. Our judges have no doubt that this dance animation video is the best one in the competition!
Top 2 - Best Video
Prize: The new iPad 32GB US$599
Video Title: Change the way you kissed me
Director: René Jacob
Judge's Comment: This submission brings an attractive atmosphere. The creative story successfully brings out the characters' dance performance. The dance scene transitions between reality and imagination are impressive as they perfectly matched the music’s flow. The character dance moves are also well-arranged.
Top 3 - Best Video
Prize: Xbox 360 250 GB Kinect Holiday Bundle US$399.99
Video Title: Learning to fly
Director: Tom Jantol
Judge's Comment: “Learning to fly” is a special and stylish dance video entry. Unlike other entries that used pop music, Tom makes its vampire characters dance to musical lyrics. The unique color tone and castle scenes are also key elements to making this video outstanding. We especially love the dancing on the castle roof top which is visually stunning!
Best Dancer
Prize: Video Pro X4 US$399
Video Title: The Worst Dancer In New York City
Director: Teviniii
Judges' Comment: The Best Dancer Prize goes to Teviniii and “The Worst Dancer In New York City”. In this video, Teviniii creates many unique dance characters, ranging from artistic female dancers to funny, weird ballet dancers, which makes this dance animation even more interesting.
Best Choreography
Prize: PhotoPlus X5 x1 (English) US$89.99, DrawPlus X5 x1 (English) US$99.99, MoviePlus X6 x1 (English) US$79.99
Video Title: Dance with the Avatars
Director: Tobias Kolodziey
Judges' Comment: The Best Choreography goes to Tobias and Dance with the Avatars. The characters' dance moves perfectly hit every beat of the music. The dance move arrangements also match the feeling of the music
Best Animation
Prize: Sparkle GTX650 1GB GDDR5 OC US$119 (Entry x 3)
Video Title: iClone Dance Animation
Director: NORTE43
Judges' Comment: In this video, Norte43 has made a perfect blend among different dance moves. The variety in camera angles and movements also make the dance performances even more appealing!
Video Title: Party People - The Snagging List edit
Director: Darren Thompson
Judges' Comment: Darren is good at transitioning among scenes. His combinations of dance moves and scene arrangements complete this professionally made dance music video!
Video Title: The Audition
Director: Mark Pleasant
Judges' Comment: “The Audition” is no doubt the best entry when it comes to animation skills. Complete with professional storytelling ability, lighting skills, and natural actor animation. Congratulations for an exceptional job!
Best Visual FX
Prize: Renderosity Gift Certificate valued US$100
Video Title: "Rock & Roll Relics" part 1
Director: Mark Pleasant
Judges' Comment: This video uses good lighting and shadows to present its dance performance. The movie projector effect also delivers appealing visual effects.
Best Camera
Prize: Amazon.com Gift Card valued US$100
Video Title: War of the dance
Director: Jonathan Clemens
Judges' Comment: In the very beginning of this video, Jonathan uses shaky camera movements which successfully create suspicion in the video, making audiences expect the dance battle.
Best Compositing Prize: Amazon.com Gift Card valued US$100
Video Title: Janet Jackson: Escapade Revisited
Director: Jason Brown
Judges' Comment: Jason combines live human dancers and 3D avatars to remake one of Janet Jackson's greatest hits. The compositing skill and the dancers' performance all make this music video very enjoyable.
Best Pipeline
Prize: Amazon.com Gift Card valued US$100
Video Title: Funky toys
Director: David THOMAS
Judges' Comment: David brings so many interesting characters into this iClone animation, including spider man, super man, Darth Vader and more. These characters also show us how they can be applied with iClone motions and dance styles!