Fjorg Winners!!!!
Last night we caught the winners of the first ever Fjorg competition, an Iron Animator event where teams of three had 32 hours to create a short animation. I think I detailed more about it in a previous post.
It was a cool event. First the lady who organized it all talked for a bit about the event and the participants. Then the panel of judges (guys from Dreamworks, Pixar, ILM, and the creators of the Electronic Theaters best in show; the ARK). Next they showed the shorts, followed by a short documentary about the event. Then we had the presentations of the winners. These guy’s got HUGE prize packages, and the winners got to meet alot of industry high ups from Pixar and Dreamworks. Cool stuff.
The winning short was a nice little piece about two guys tied two different train tracks. With a train fast approaching they start hiting the track switches next to themselves, trying to switch the train on the other guy’s track. In the end their furious switching derails the train, saving both thier lives. It was quite well done.
That said, everyone in our group agreed that RMCAD needs to get a team together for this event. Not to take anything away from the teams involved, but I truly believe that RMCAD could easily put together a team that can compete with every group there, including the winners. Our group is eager to talk about the even with RMCAD when we get back!