For the fifth annual Advanced Media Entertainment Society (AMES) Film and Animation Design Competition and Showcase students were required to make a film or animation that used elements studied this year, from concept to design, and implementation. They competed at their local school level and five teams won the right to represent their school and compete at this state-level event in Everett, WA at Everett High School Little Theatre on May 18, 2024.
All classes were given the following prompt and eight weeks to complete a film or animation based on the prompt:
“Artificial but not intelligent”
Itch.io Showcase Pages
Super Showcase Judges
Super Showcase Program
Super Showcase Rubric
High School Film Winners
1st Place: Glitchbound
2nd Place: Big Al’s Revenge
3rd Place: Catfish
Skill Center Animation Winners
1st Place: Revenge of Chop
2nd Place: Dummy
3rd Place: Red Delicious
Outstanding Achievement Awards in Film
- Writing & Story: Your Good Pal David
- Cinematography: Glitchbound
- Acting: Big Al’s Revenge
- Sound: Glitchbound
- Unique Perspective: Big Al’s Revenge
- Editing: Glitchbound
- Direction: Big Al’s Revenge
Outstanding Achievement Awards in Animation
- Character Performance: Robo Inc.
- Cinematics: Adam
- Editing: System Error
- Sound: Adam
- Unique Perspective: Apery
- Direction: Revenge of Chop
- Writing: Dummy
YouTube Playlist of The Event
Comprehensive High School Competitors
Capital High School
Olympia, WA
Scott Le Duc
Instructor
Big Al’s Revenge
https://chsgamedesign.itch.io/chs-period-5-team-1
Director: Sawyer Conklin
Screenwriter: Micha Roberts
Cinematography: Carli Cockrell
Sound: Dakin Dean-Clark
Catfish
https://chsgamedesign.itch.io/chs-period-3-team-2
Director: Raven Berndt
Screenwriter: Gerald Ryder
Cinematography: Parker Taylor
Editor: Rachel Kauffman
Glitchbound
https://chsgamedesign.itch.io/chs-period-3-team-4
Director: Jacob Cotey
Screenwriter: Teagan Aoude
Cinematography: Nate Donahue
Sound: Connor Pratt
Editor: Zayvier Brown
Human Error
https://chsgamedesign.itch.io/chs-period-5-team-4
Director: John Cohn
Screenwriter: Audrey Brien
Cinematography: Carlson Vroman
Editor: Jack Riley
Your Good Pal David
https://chsgamedesign.itch.io/chs-period-5-team-2
Director: Murphy Landgraff
Screenwriter: Araya Carlson
Cinematography: Tori Murray
Sound: Miles Salvi
Editor: Genoa Loertscher
Skill Center Competitors
Northwest Career & Technical Academy
Mount Vernon, WA
Linton Porteous
Instructor
Drizzy Productions
https://ncta-anim.itch.io/revenge-of-chop
Revenge of Chop
Director: Cameron Neal
Editor: Evin Vargas
JAZ
https://ncta-anim.itch.io/system-error
System Error
Animators: Annya Edin, Jordan Cook, Zoe Bernstein
Mace of War
https://ncta-anim.itch.io/robo-inc
Robo Inc.
Animator: Zachary Hardin, Garrett Hanson
Shrimp in a Jar Studios
https://ncta-anim.itch.io/dummy
Dummy
Animator: Kit Cooper, Carla Jimenez-Nava
Team Gibby
https://ncta-anim.itch.io/adam
Adam
Animator: Ivy Holson, Alexa Silva
Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center
Everett, WA
Lee Anne Lumsden
Animation Instructor
Bear Print Studios
https://lumsdenlx.itch.io/24team-110-red-delicious
Red Delicious
Animators: Hadley Babb, Saturn Guerrero, Thalia Sibaja
Best Buds Studios
https://lumsdenlx.itch.io/24team-107
Apery
Animators: Emma Smith, Sky Valeeva, Piper Yerrington
Far Out Studios
https://lumsdenlx.itch.io/24am-101
Love in Wires
Animators: Virginia Abbott, Lily Bean, Alex Valm
Globtree Productions
https://lumsdenlx.itch.io/24team-102
Authentic-Feeling – Feelings
Animators: Maliyah Cassa, Danny Gomez, Harper Neff
H.G.B. Productions
https://lumsdenlx.itch.io/24team-106
Digital Love
Animators: Collin Akers, Faustina Do-Tong, Jasmine Merkel
Thank You!
We would like to thank our Advisory Committees for going above and beyond in their help with curriculum steering, helping students with their projects, and constant support for our programs.
We would also like to thank our industry representatives
for attending this event and being part of our panel.
We really appreciate everything you do!
A special thank you to itch.io for hosting our Showcase.
To all our guests, thank you for sharing this day with us to support our students.
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