MSC Malaysia Digital Comic Design Competition 2007

Title : MSC Malaysia Digital Comic Design Competition 2007
Deadline : 28 June 2007.
Prize : Professional: 10 winners from this category will be awarded RM 15,000 grant each,
Independent: 5 winners from this category will be awarded RM 10,000 grant each

Description :
The Creative Multimedia Department of Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) is organizing a Comic Design Competition. In this competition, teams or individuals will have to pitch their idea and pre-production of the characters and storyline of the digital comic.

OBJECTIVE:

• To use this as a showcase of Malaysia talent in the content creation industries that can be showcased or marketed globally.
• The competition will be an avenue to encourage and explore talents in Malaysia to turn their greater ideas and stories into reality.

Professional: 10 winners from this category will be awarded RM 15,000 grant each,
Independent: 5 winners from this category will be awarded RM 10,000 grant each
to support their comic illustration and digitising production of their complete full comic series, mini series or graphic novel from their proposal.

Submission of proposals will be open until 28 June 2007. MDeC will be organizing workshops in the month of April, May and June 2007 for the benefit of interested participants. These workshops will help them to have a better understanding of the requirements needed to develop the comic illustration and digitising production within the allocated budget. These workshops will also help participants to come up with strong proposals for the eventual pitch.





1. HOW DO I REGISTER?
i. This competition is only open to Malaysian companies, SME’s, individuals and graduated students only. Only one entry per company / team. Grant Winners of MSC Malaysia Digital Comic Competition 2006 are not eligible to participate in this competition.

ii. Theme: “Malaysia Super Hero”.

Entries can be submitted to:

Multimedia Development Corporation
MSC Headquarters
2360 Persiaran APEC
63000 Cyberjaya
Selangor

Office Hours: 9.00am – 6.00pm (Monday to Friday)
Attn: Mr. Siow Aik Wee, Ms Shahrizan Bt Mohd Sharif
Tel: 03-8312 3014, 03-8312 3016
Email: aikwee@mdec.com.my, shahrizan@mdec.com.my


2. CATEGORIES

a. PROFESSIONAL –
i. companies / individuals with 2 years or more experience in the comic industry and
ii. have published or submitted comic works to be published by companies
iii. works have been distributed and commercialized in the market

b. INDEPENDENT –
i. companies / individuals with less than 2 years experience in the comic industry


3. FORMAT OF THE PROPOSAL:

i. Language: English, or if not in English shall include an English translation as attachment

ii. Table of Contents

iii. Company / Personal Profile

iv. Proposal Details:

• Comic Description
• Synopsis
• Main Character Design and Concept
• Digital Comic Samples
• Production Timeline
• Budget
• Implementation Team
A declaration letter certifying that the project presented
• Has not been otherwise grant aided
• Has not been pre-purchased by any developers, publishers.
• Is not part of a school project



4. REQUIREMENT:

i. Proposal submission:
a. A soft copy of the proposal in .doc format. PDF format will not be accepted
b. A softcopy of all the proposal images in .JPG format. PDF format will not be accepted
c. A soft copy of the Application Form
d. A printed copy of the proposal in A4, portrait format with comb bind.
e. A printed copy of the Application Form must be separated from the bind proposal. Attach the form to the proposal with paper clip.


5. IP RIGHTS

• Violation of copyright is prohibited. The company or individuals hereby declare and represent to MDC that the work is original and that no part and portion of the work is an infringement or violation of any IP or any propriety rights of any third party. Failure to do so will result in automatic disqualification.
• The IP Rights in the works shall vest with the company / individuals.
• MDeC reserved the rights to showcase the comic illustration / digital comic and the information for promotion.
6. JUDGING PROCESS

• A panel of 4 judges from the industry, to be selected by MDeC including representative from MDeC, will review all submissions received.
• After the closing date, the judging panel will choose
i. 20 best submitted entries from the professional category and
ii. 10 best submitted entries from the independent category for the pitching.
iii. Thereafter, 30 finalist from both categories will be chosen and automatically eligible for the grant.


7. MONITORING AND MENTORING PROCESS

• The winners will sign an agreement with MDeC to ensure that the parties (MDeC and grant receiver) agree with the requirements of this project.
• All grant winners are required to complete their digitization product within 6 months from the signing of agreement
• Grant winners are invited to use the “CADC Lab” facilities for their production.
• Grant winners are required to submit a progress report as per agreement to MDeC.

8. PITCHING DAY

• Each company / individual will have to submit their presentation/pitching material 1 week before the pitching day.
• During the pitching day, each company / individual will have to test their presentation / pitching materials an hour before the presentation starts.
• Laptop and LCD Projector will be provided.
• Each company / individual will be given 5 minutes to pitch their idea, main character and concept, business module, schedule & budget, and commercialization of their comic and another 5 minutes for Q&A.
• Presentation aids and styles are open to the creativity of each company / individual.

9. CONTEST ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

i. Creative ideas and concept
ii. Development schedule and budget
iii. Main character and overall artwork design
iv. Commercialization
v. Pitching day presentation aids and styles

* (Failure to comply with any of the above requirements will result in automatic disqualification.)


More Info Here:
http://cmc.msc.com.my/ipcc/IPCCComic.html

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