I have to say I completely disagree with you. For example the entry in second
place shows a journey both literally and metaphorically. Besides which concept
is only 1/3rd of the judging criteria, technical merit seems to have been judged
fairly IMHO, and artistic merit is highly subjective so inevitably you may
disagree with the marks in that area.

I felt that electrical one was a very clever idea for an animation, executed
fairly well but with a few technical flaws. It's a good interpretation of the
topic because it's very different to what I usually would think of as a journey.

And finally, I'm fairly sure the phrase "something more than just traveling"
comes from the IRTC's suggested meaning of the topic. As I understand the rules
there's no need to stick to that, so long as it still fits the title of the
topic. Obviously an animation that shows no interpretation of the topic would
get a lower concept mark, but I think all of the winning entries portray
something other than a simple everyday passage from A to B.

--
Tek
http://www.evilsuperbrain.com


"simian" <sim### [at] localhostlocaldomain> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 19 May 2003 14:06:37 -0400, John VanSickle wrote:
>
> > simian wrote:
> >>
> >> I ran across some discussion on the website that prior to the current
> >> system on stills that they current system was adopted because of images
> >> that should not have won were winning.
> >>
> >> So I only note there has been a problem which can be construed as a
> >> conspiracy.
> >
> > The old voting system allowed anyone to vote.  The people who wanted
> > prizes for crap took the old Chicago slogan "Vote early--vote often."
> > They voted for themselves multiple times.  Crap won.  The administrators
> > instituted registration.  There was no conspiracy.
>
> I can live with that.
>
> But I still can't understand who would consider something on the order
> of an local electric company commercial better titled "Electricity and
> Me" for school children to have merit as an animation. There was a winner
> from a ways back doing the same as that but following a rolling ball down
> a complex roller coaster. That was good. This one is nothing in
> comparison. I don't see how it happened to win anything if it was judged
> as an animation. It did not grow in the journey. It is a Reddy Kilowatt
> commercial in a fancy setting.
>
> The judging criteria is not apparent given the winners or the ranking
> simply on the grounds of the theme, journey as a journey not just getting
> there, and as animation.
>
> C'est la Vie.

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