Awards Categories

• Best Audio Mix (This project will be judged on how well the audio is mixed. Levels, compression, equalization and other effects will be considered. Submissions can be stereo, mono or surround.. )
• Best Sound for Picture (This project will be judged on how well the audio fits with the video portion, as well as levels and effects [including panning and reverb])
• Best Overall Production (This project would need to have all of the requirements for best mix but, the student should have also tracked the audio as well as had something to do with the performance. This could be choosing the performers, arrangements and other aspects of a complete audio production.)

Requirements for submission

• No more than 2 students can submit the same project. The students should have worked on the project equally.
• Projects can also be previous submissions for other awards such as the AES student award.

Specifications for submission

• Entries must be no longer than 10 minutes in length.
• Entries must be labeled clearly
• Entries should be put on CD or DVD and accompanied paperwork (production notes-see below) and placed in
  Allan Kraut's mailbox, which is located in the education office.
• Submission deadline is March 1st, 2011
• Complete production notes should accompany projects. The notes should include:
  • Personnel
  • Facilities used
  • Duties
  • Format information – (i.e. Red Book CD, MP3, Dolby surround etc.)

Awards Categories

• Best Narrative Piece Submissions to this category includes any fictional work that tells a complete story. This includes (but is not limited to) traditional narrative, mockumentaries, sketch comedy, etc. Among the criteria the jury will use to judge in this category: Story & Storytelling, Visual Quality, Technical Proficiency, Overall Creativity, and Collaboration.
• Best Non-Fiction Piece Submissions to this category must be completely non-fictional documentaries. Among the criteria the jury will use to judge in this category: Story & Storytelling, Visual Quality, Technical Proficiency, Overall Creativity, and Collaboration.
• Best Experimental Piece This category encompasses all pieces that do not clearly qualify for either of the other two categories. These include, but are not limited to, commercials, music videos, expressionistic/abstract pieces, trailers (of original work), television show intros, montages, etc. Among the criteria the jury will use to judge in this category: Visual Quality, Technical Proficiency, Overall Creativity, and how well the piece fulfilled its apparent purpose.

General Submissions Rules

• Submissions may be from 30 seconds to 8 minutes long. Pieces must be submitted individually -- no compilations or reels -- and in their entirety on an approved format. The submission media must be clearly labeled with the title.
• On each piece, all credited writers; directors and creative producers (if any) are considered submitters. More importantly, no one besides these personnel may be listed as submitters. Using non-students as cast and "below-the-line" crewmembers is allowed.
• Class projects are acceptable, but class exercises are not. In other words, all work, from idea to footage to edit, must be original to the submitters. Pieces created outside of class are also acceptable, but the same qualification rules apply.
• Each piece may be submitted to only one category. If you are at all unsure which category your piece belongs in, please consult a DFVP faculty member. If a submission is submitted for more than one category, the jury will decide which one best suits it and only judge it in that category. If the jury decides that a submission does not belong in the single category to which it was submitted, it may be moved. Submitters may or may not be notified of these changes. In either of these cases, though, the jury's decision is final.
• If a piece does not meet all of these requirements, the jury shall disqualify it from consideration. Submitters shall be notified of the disqualification and the reasons for it. In the case of disqualification, the jury's decision is final.
• Submissions must be submitted in DVD format to Art Cohen’s Mailbox.

Awards Categories

• Creative Writing Award This award recognizes a short story or a poem for its artistic merit. Students may submit as many as 5 poems of any length. Short stories should be 20 pages or less.
• Multimedia Award This award recognizes any project created in response to a Gen Ed assignment that uses a medium other than traditional text. Media may include (but is not limited to) video/film, animation, music, photography, painting, drawing, and sculpture.
• Non-fiction Award This award recognizes critical, personal, and expository essays, including research papers and memoirs.

Submissions Requirements

• Entries must be submitted to Tanya Larkin's mailbox
• Non-fiction submissions should not be longer than 20 pages.
• Excerpts of longer work are permitted.

Note: The Gen Ed department gravitates toward art that is perceptive, moving, true, and deeply felt. Emily Dickinson said she knows a good poem when she feels "physically as if the top of her head were taken off." We can only hope for a similar response to your submissions!

Awards Categories

• Advertising/Marketing (ad campaigns,posters, packaging)
• Publications (magazines, books, newsletters, brochures)
• Fine Art (digital and hand crafted artwork, illustrations, photography).

Rules and Regulations

• There is no limit to the amount of entries submitted per person, however each entry may only be entered into one category.
• Any piece entered into an inappropriate category can be turned down for judging.The AiME committee will be the decision makers if this situation is to occur.
• Any entry not accompanied with an entry form will be disqualified.
• All entries will be returned. If an entry remains longer than 6 months however, it will be discarded.

How to Submit Entries

• All entries will be entered as low-resolution (screen resolution – 72dpi) pdf files.
• Download the Graphic Design entry form here [PDF (22kb)]. An entry form must accompany each project submitted and should be submitted with the pdf of your project all in one pdf file. If you enter more than one project, please submit each entry in a separate PDF file.
• Make sure that work submitted is large enough to be viewed in its entirety. If you are submitting a publication, submit all pages of the publication, not just the cover.
• If you are submitting 3-D work (such as package design), make sure the work is showcased in a way for the judges to be able to see the work clearly from all angles. Submitting flat work is fine if the piece can be viewed well and in its entirety. Photographing your project is the preferred method of presentation.
• Submit work to Stephanie Warnesky and put the text AIME 2011 in the subject line. The AIME committee cannot be responsible for lost files if the subject line is not filled out correctly.

Awards Categories

• Excellence in 3D Animation
• Excellence in 2D Animation
• Best Animation

Requirements

• QuickTime Movie (640 x 480)
• At least 30 seconds in length
• All copyrighted materials used (music, models, etc...) must be credited
• Contact Jason Donati – jdonati@aii.edu – 617.582.4453

Awards Categories(All participants may submit one to three images per a category.)

• "The Constructed" in Photography
• "The Self" in Photography
• "The Place & Time" in Photography

• Requirements/guidelines for entry.
  • All participants may submit one to three images per a category.
  • Open to all students at New England Institute of Art
• Specifications of work (size, aspect ratio or format, etc.)
  • 3000 pixels in length (longest dimensions) at 300dpi
  • Save as a high quality JPEG file(s)
  • Image(s) must be burned to a CD and delivered to Dan O'Connor with proper labeling (name, major,category of submission, contact information including email and phone)
  • Upon winning the participant must also be able to provide a high resolution digital file suitable for printing if required.
• A contact person from each department
  • Dan O'Connor
  • doconnor@aii.edu

Awards Category:

• Excellence in Interactive Design

• Excellance in interactive design - This will go the best interactive project design. Designs will be accepted that are created with any combination of tools. Judging for the design award will take into consideration:
• Color and typography
• Interface design
• Usability
• Form
• Integration of design with interactivity
• Overall success of concept
• Proposal
• Creativity

Requirements for submission:

• Entries must be labeled clearly with users name and contact information
  • Entries should be put on CD or DVD with accompanied paperwork and placed in Jason Donati's mailbox, which is located in the education office.
  • A list of all people who contributed to the project and their roles must be included.
  • A Student Permission Form from each person who contributed to the project must accompany each project.
  • No copywritten materials can be used in the project without written permission from the owner of the copyright.
  • source files (fla files, project files, script files etc.) should be included on the CD with the project. In the case of projects that are web based, the URL's for the project should be submitted along with a disk version of the project and copies of all server code.
  • Non-traditional interactive projects such as physical computing projects will be considered for awards. Please speak to a full time member of the WDIM faculty or WDIM chair Jason Donati if you are interested in applying with a project cannot be stored on a disk.