Re: FLASH: Re: New cartoon! ATTN. Anna McMillan

[anna]

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>Could you give us all some information about this animation channel?  I know

>you gave an email address to find out more, but if you posted that

>information here, it might save a lot of emails.



Thanks for your interest in HotWired's upcoming animation

project. Here's a general description of the project, followed by

technical specs.


We are looking for animations in a wide variety of styles, genres

and technologies. The most important thing to keep in mind is that

the site will be designed to showcase animations that stand alone as

entertainment pieces.


If you are interested in submitting work for our launch, please send

a URL with your artwork or an attachment of your animation to

animations-submissionswired [dot] com

 by August 21st, 1998.

However, we will be accepting ongoing submissions to the project.

If you are chosen as a finalist, the selection committee will contact

you by email. The honorarium for each selected animation is $250.


Good luck!


Wendy Owen

Producer

Wired Digital


General Description:

We are currently looking for submissions to an exciting new content

area - an animation site expected to launch October 1st, 1998. The

new site will showcase witty, artistic and innovative animations,

celebrating the most effective entertainment medium on the Web

today. In addition to acting as an ongoing online animation festival,

we hope to foster innovation and reward the people who have been

inspired by this medium by giving them the opportunity to reach a

mass audience with their animation artwork.


We are seeking animation pieces that can stand alone as entertaining

experiences. We hope to exhibit both independent and professional

work which use, but are not limited to, Shockwave for Flash,

Shockwave for Director, Quicktime (and other video formats),

Dynamic HTML, and Gif 89s.


Artists whose work is selected for the site will receive a $250

honorarium for each contribution.


Technical guidelines for submissions to HotWired's animation

project:


The upcoming HotWired animation site will showcase various

technologies that are native to the Web. These include:


     Shockwave for Flash

     Shockwave for Director

     Quicktime

     Streaming Audio

     Streaming Video

     Embedded Audio (.QT, .wav, .au, .aiff)

     Dynamic HTML

     Gif89

     VRML

     JavaScript


We cannot provide access to HotWired log files or traffic data. We

also cannot accept Perl, CGI or any other code to be run directly on

our servers.


Compatibility:

All artwork should be compatible with both Mac and PC versions of

Netscape 3 and 4 as well as PC versions of MSIE 3 and 4. Ideally

work will also be compatible with MSIE 4 for Macs, though this is

not a requirement.


Download Size:

Since these animations will be showcased on the Web, filesize and

download speed is very important to the acceptance of you work.

Ideally animations will be less than 500k, except for streaming

animations which can be larger. (Streaming media include, but are

not limited to, RealFlash, Flash video formats and some Quicktime

pieces.)


These are simply guidelines and by no means hard and fast rules.

Our goal is to get clean and fast artwork that is enjoyable and

accessible for our viewers. We are more than happy to discuss

approaches to presenting your artwork in our forum.


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  anna mcmillan

annawired [dot] com

annataylor [dot] org

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