William Golding Limited announces a competition for the best
short digital video animation (minimum 4 minutes, maximum 8
minutes) portraying a scene, characters or an imaginative
interpretation from any William Golding novel EXCEPT Lord of the
Flies, The Spire and the Ends of the Earth Trilogy.
For legal reasons, no animation of Lord of the Flies, The Spire,
or the Sea Trilogy can be accepted. See the full Terms and Conditions (Word 91
Kb).
For eligible items see the Library section of the William
Golding website.
The judging panel will be:
Tim Kendall, Professor of English, University of Exeter,
Chair
Merlin Crossingham, Creative Director - Wallace & Gromit,
Aardman Animations
Jon Waring, Creative Director, 3Sixty Internet
Nicola Presley, Digital Social Networking Assistant, William
Golding Limited
Entries will be judged on originality, creativity, technical
competence and fidelity to the power and wit of Golding's
writing.
The winner of the competition will receive a cheque for
£1000.
The runner-up will win £750.
An additional prize of £250 will be given to the video that
receives the most number of 'likes' on YouTube.
Entrants are encouraged to share their videos on social networking
sites.
The competition closing date is 5pm GMT, 31st December 2011.
The winners will be notified by email on or before 31st January
2012 and the names announced at the William Golding Centenary
Conference.
Entries should be uploaded to YouTube and clearly include the
title of the animation and 'WGL comp 2011'.
The URL and embed code from YouTube MUST be included on the
competition entry form (Word
54 Kb).
This form MUST be emailed to info@william-golding.co.uk.
On receipt of the application form, the entry will be added as a
'favourite' on the William Golding Author channel on YouTube.
The entry will also added to the ongoing competition blog.
Entrants can follow details of the competition on Facebook. And
on Twitter.
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