“Being able to speak at Animation Dingle provided an opportunity to not only share my own story as an animator in the entertainment industry over the last twenty-five years, but be reminded of the shared enthusiasm and creativity that is so abundant in the next generation of animators.”
Stings
Animation Students are invited to create Stings for Animation Dingle 2022.
One Sting will receive THE BEST STING AWARD at our YouTube Kids Animation Student Awards.
Our theme for 2022 STINGS is
THE UNBELIEVABLY FABULOUS, FICTITIOUS AND INVENTED LIFE OF AN PHIAST
This year Animation Dingle celebrates its 10th Birthday!
We are inviting you to reveal and fabulise, fictionalise and re-invent our wonderful An Phiast…..
Is he just imagining it? Is it real? Is this a NEW An Phiast? Whatever it is, it is FABULOUS!…unbelievably so….
We are looking for you to tell us, to show us and to reveal this side of our mascot to the world of animation.
An Phaist in your hands – being fabulous, fictitious and invented by you – as only An Phiast can be.
Remember, if your sting is selected, your Unbelievably Fabulous, Fictitious and Invented Life of An Phiast will be revealed for all to see at Animation Dingle 2022…
…and we will be waiting!
Rules:
Cost to enter: FREE
All submissions must be original works; we are looking for original and unique ideas.
All ideas entered will be adjudicated by our judges and a number of Sting ideas will be selected to go ahead into production. Final stings will be screened at our festival in March 2022 and the winner announced at our awards ceremony.
Only students may apply.
Duration: no longer than 40 secs and no shorter than 20 secs including credits.
Credits: Along with your college logo, Animation Dingle and JAM Media Logos must appear on the credits – opening or closing or both.
Request high res logos for Animation Dingle and Jam Media from stings@animationdingle.com
Deadline: October 29th 2021. No submissions will be accepted after this time.
Selections:
- Selected Stings ideas will be notified and the project can begin by 11th November 2021
- Selected finished Stings must be delivered to the festival by 18th February 2022
Festival will deliver the selected Stings to EGG Post Production for DCP conversion and screening at the festival. It is our aim to screen the selected Stings in a cinema setting (The Phoenix Cinema), but this is dependent on Covid restrictions.
Stings to be screened at the festival and winner announced: March 11-12
Submit your Sting idea by sharing your submission with maurice@animationdingle.com on google drive, clearly label your folder.
Your entry must include:
- Written idea/synopsis – this may include your storyboard, character design, etc.
- An Image to represent your Sting
- Animatics
- Credits; these must include the name of the principal contact for the project; the names of all other students involved in the project and their roles
- Your contact details, including email and phone number
We look forward to your fabulous & fictitious ideas!
The Story of An Phiast
Just outside the town of Dingle, in Moorestown parish, lies a small lake called Loch Corraillí. The depths of this lake are home to our mischievous monster, An Phiast. Legend has it, An Phiast, a magical monster, emerged from the lake every seven years on May Day to create mayhem. He devoured the cattle and sheep of local farmers. No one could stop him. St. Cuan heard about the monster in Dingle and the havoc that he caused. So on May Day, before sunrise, St. Cuan and a crowd of locals gathered at the lake’s edge. St. Cuan came armed with a large three-legged black pot, and the crowd waited and waited for the monster to appear.
As they watched, a ripple crossed the water, green scales sliced through the surface, followed by the cheeky monster’s head.
“May you have bad health Cuan,” said An Phiast and opened his enormous mouth to swallow St. Cuan.
“The same curse on you,” said St. Cuan, throwing the pot on top of the monster’s head.
“How long will this pot be on my head?” the monster roared.
“For eternity and to the end of time,” responded St. Cuan.
“Forever is a long time,” the monster said sadly, “If I didn’t have the pot on my head, I would eat you and half the world with you”.
“You won’t eat anything else now, there is no fear of that, you will not cause any more trouble or damage here again,” said St. Cuan.
St. Cuan is buried in the townland of Moorestown parish and An Phiast lurks in Loch Corraillí with the pot on his head. Locals say you may still see the monster and, if you listen, you might hear his cries echoing through the pot.
Animation Dingle feels An Phiast has suffered enough, and are happy to welcome him to our festivities each year. Keep an eye out for him and let him join in the fun!
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