EHShepard and Script Awards 06
The Victorian College of the Arts School of Film & Television last night announced the winners of the inaugural EH Shepard Animation Awards.
The Trust of Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976) - a man universally loved for bringing A.A Milne's Winnie the Pooh books to life with his vivid illustrations of the bear and his companions - set up the award for students at the VCA to recognise excellence and innovation in illustration for animation.
Excellence in Drawing for Animation was won by Tom Fraser, the Innovation In Drawing for Animation Award was won by Elka Kerkhof. Rosalie Osman was Highly Commended. The three winners will share in the $6000 prize money.
All applicants were required to submit a screenplay, a draft storyboard and production design sketches. The entries were assessed by Sue Stamp in Drawing at VCA Art, Dennis Tupicoff, an acclaimed Melbourne animator and the animation staff at the VCA. A short list was provided to the EH Shepard Trust, which examined the shortlist and made a final recommendation.
Other awards made last night at the VCA's Script Awards were:
- Cinevex Digital Awards valued at $10,000 went to Steven Carroll
- Cinevex Film Laboratories Awards of $1,000 to Waine Paris and Kelly West and $500 each to Jarrod Factor and Jessica Leski
- Ominilab Media Group Digital Pictures Award $2000 to Adam Arkapaw
- The LabSydney Award $1000 to Adam Bostock
- OminaLab Media Group Digital Pictures Script Award $2,000 Rebecca Albeck
- Animalogic Script Awards $500 each to Daniel Agdag and Joy Park
- Film Australia Award $500 tp Adrian Francis
- Basement Productions Award $750 each to Michael Dean and Steve Jablonski
- Panavisison - $2000 to Ruby Hamad