FJORG!

Monday - Tuesday, 6-7 August
Room 28A-E

SIGGRAPH 2007 officials, along with DreamWorks Animation, HP, and AMD, announced the winners of the world's first international FJORG! Competition - an "iron animator" event in which 16 competing teams from around the world had 32 hours to create the most impressive character-driven animation of at least 15 seconds in length adhering to at least one of two themes and using at least one of 16 sound bites.

Based on storytelling, animation talent, use of resources, creativity, and technical skills, the judges selected Team Mocap from Bowling Green State University for their animation "Switch" as the first place winners. The team consists of Jim Levasseur, Tomas Jech, and W. Jacob Gardner. Picture This, a team from Miami International University of Art & Design came in second place and Impulse, from The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg, won third place.

The videos available on this page are QuickTime movies:

FJORG! A Documentary
by Adam Agardy
adam.agardy (at) dreamworks.com
and
Chris Tolle
chris (at) 910media.com

FJORG! Teams

Commandos Animation Joseph Daniels David Suroviec, Crystal Dynamics Jedidiah Mitchell, PSYOP Hellanimation Animation Gil Gavish Amit Chachek Tomer Tvizer The Pillage People Animation Jeff Gill Will White Robin Holstein Savannah College of Art and Design Animação Barros Melo Animation Leonardo Domingues da Silva Antonio Farias Neto Pedro Augusto The Seeds Animation Jacob Patrick Wade Hampton Hock Wong Impulse Animation Joe Garhan Ryan Drag Denny Jovic Illinois Institute of Art - Schaumburg The Henchmen Animation Ryan Chen Arjun Rihan John Helton University of Southern California The Grumpy Dumplin Animation Harry Porudominsky, Snoot Entertainment Dane Stogner, Snoot Entertainment Mike Safianoff, Tippett Studio

Team Mocap Animation Jim Levasseur Tomas Jech W. Jacob Gardner Bowling Green State University Arconyx Animation Kenny Roy Jake Bergman Dan Barker Arconyx Animation Studios Ricochet Animation Minoru Okamoto Yoko Otani Daisuke Miyagawa Polygon Pictures Picture This Animation Juan Pablo Sans Matthew Doble Julio Galan Miami International University of Art and Design Triple-Beat Animation William Moran Blake Penido Nick Bane Woodbury University TEKKAI Animation Keiko Arase Yusuke Miyazawa Masataka Ajima Prosthetic Foreheads Animation Kristin Callahan, 3D Energy Erick Rohn, Rochester Institute of Technology Ferris Webby, Rochester Institute of Technology

FJORG! Judges

Simon Allen Animator Pixar Animation Studios Scott Benza Animation Director, "Transformers" Industrial Light & Magic Spencer Cook Animation Director, "Spider-Man 3" Sony Pictures Imageworks

Raman Hui Co-Director, "Shrek the Third" DreamWorks Animation SKG Gregorz Jonkajtys, Directing Artist Marcin Kobylecki, Executive Producer "The Ark" (SIGGRAPH 2007 Computer Animation Festival Best of Show) David Smith DreamWorks Animation SKG

FJORG! Teams

Commandos Joseph Daniels David Suroviec, Crystal Dynamics Jedidiah Mitchell, PSYOP Hellanimation Gil Gavish Amit Chachek Tomer Tvizer The Pillage People Jeff Gill Will White Robin Holstein Savannah College of Art and Design Animação Barros Melo Leonardo Domingues da Silva Antonio Farias Neto Pedro Augusto Seed Jacob Patrick Wade Hampton Hock Wong Impulse Joe Garhan Ryan Drag Denny Jovic Illinois Institute of Art - Schaumburg The Henchmen Ryan Chen Arjun Rihan John Helton University of Southern California The Grumpy Dumplin Harry Porudominsky, Snoot Entertainment Dane Stogner, Snoot Entertainment Mike Safianoff, Tippett Studio

Team Mocap Jim Levasseur Tomas Jech W. Jacob Gardner Bowling Green State University Arconyx Kenny Roy Jake Bergman Dan Barker Arconyx Animation Studios Ricochet Minoru Okamoto Yoko Otani Daisuke Miyagawa Polygon Pictures Picture This Juan Pablo Sans Matthew Doble Julio Galan Miami International University of Art and Design Trible-Beat William Moran Blake Penido Nick Bane Woodbury University TEKKAI Keiko Arase Yusuke Miyazawa Masataka Ajima Prosthetic Foreheads Kristin Callahan, 3D Energy Erick Rohn, Rochester Institute of Technology Ferris Webby, Rochester Institute of Technology

Provided Software

Autodesk Maya and 3ds Max
Softimage Co.
Adobe Photoshop, Flash, and After Effects
TMZ
Modo

Provided Hardware

Wacom Tablets

These applications are generously provided by our friends at the above companies and are subject to change without notice. In the spirit of Iron Animator (working with the assets provided), contestants are not allowed to bring any other software and hardware for use during the competition.

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