Competition: [GJW XVII Event Long] Graphics/Multimedia - Audiobook

Sitrep

Many transmissions travel between people during a war. Some are proud proclamations of loyalty, others desperate messages to loved ones just before death. All of them are important. It is your task to create such a moment.

Objective

Create an audiobook-style message from one character to another. The theme is your own choice, but it must be from an original transcript written specifically for this competition.

Rules

• Audio entries must be submitted in one of the following formats: .avi, .mp3
• Teams must be formed of anywhere from 1 to 4 members from the same clan.
• A transcript of the audio entry must be supplied with the audio itself and in .pdf format
• Entries may be compressed into a zip format for easier upload: .zip, .rar
• A minimum of two voices and two sound effects must be utilized (the voices may be modulated)
• The audio excerpt must be at least 30 seconds long
• Reminder: AI-generated entries are NOT allowed
• Each team must create a transcript of who did what in the team (not everyone needs to do voices, but everyone has to do a part of the entry)
• This competition offers double clusters
• Any AI entries will be disqualified

Grading

All entries will be graded on:

• Voice performance (30%)
• Coherency of the final excerpt (30%)
• Effort put into submission (30%)
• Personal preference (10%).

Please provide a transcript of the audio with the submission.

Valuable tools

• Audacity (or any similar audio editing program)
• Youtube and other sites where you can find Royalty free sound effects
• Star Wars SFX Archive on Youtube
• Youtube to MP3 tools
• Example of an audio entry (we are not looking for this level of quality, it’s just an example)