Machinima Competition - L$50,000 prize!

Hosoi Ichiba announces the Hosoi Ichiba Machinima competition, the first of a planned series of competitions and awards intended to encourage artistic endeavours in Second Life.

Various people have given us feedback on how beautiful they find the island where the Ichiba is located, Virgin Island, so now we'd like to see what the artists in-world can really do with the place, and are willing to reward the best for their efforts.

We are looking for the artist that can compose the best Machinima impression of our Hosoi Ichiba and surroundings on Virgin Island. Hosoi Ichiba is a japanese-style market enclosed by walls and watch towers, overlooking a beautiful landscape. Outside the walls you will find Hosoi Yu Ch'un, a typical japanese fishing village and the farming village, Hosoi Lung Ch'un. We feel that the sim has many potentially great locations around which you could build your story.

The production should have a story line, use the current Windlight client (cos we think it looks coolest), and be a minimum duration of 100 seconds of high quality video (no maximum). It should be published on YouTube and contain the words "Hosoi Ichiba" in the title.

Extra marks will be given by the judges for background sound and or music and the use of authentic japanese avatars fitting with the environment.


What are the rules?

1. Contributions should be published on YouTube between 15 April 2008 and 15 June 2008.
2. A jury will evaluate the submissions and decide which ones best capture the spirit of the place.
3. The jury reserves the right to disqualify any entry that it feels does not enter into the spirit of this competition.
4. The Jury's decision is final.
5. Announcement of the award recipient will be made on the blog.


Prizes and Acknowledgments

The winning video will be published on our blog at http://hosoi-ichiba.blogspot.com/ , with credits to the artist, who will be presented with the L$50,000 cash prize.

When you have a video completed, please IM Amiryu Hosoi with the URL to your production (posted on YouTube).

We wish you luck, hope that our environment inspires you, and look forward to seeing your work.