SXSW Holds Design Competition
21 Oct, 2009 By: Billy GilFilm design folk, take note: the SXSW Film Festival is holding a title sequence design competition. The first-ever “Excellence in Title Design” award will be given to the best movie title sequence at the festival, taking place in Austin March 12-20, 2010. There also will be an “Excellence in Poster Design” award given.
Entries will be judged by Kyle Cooper of Prologue Films, who directed the sequences for Paramount’s Iron Man and Tropic Thunder; Karin Fong of Imaginary Forces, whose work has appeared in the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, The Wexner Center and publications; Alex Ulloa of The Art of the Title Sequence, a Web resource on film and TV title design, and Femke Wolting of Submarine Channel, an online channel and production company. Submissions are open, and the deadline to submit is Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. The submission fee is $10. Submissions must be hosted online (through such mediums as YouTube HD and Vimeo, or personal or professional sites). Check it out at sxsw.com/film/screenings/design_awards.
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