RULES & REGULATIONS

Judges' Criteria

Categories	Criteria
	40% Descriptive Power A persuasive and understandable storyline, with a tempo that makes people want to watch along with audio narrations, sound and visual effects.	30% Character Creation Participants are allowed to use existing characters and assets acquired from the Reallusion Content Store. Original creations or significantly modified Content Store characters are preferred.	30% Animation Skill Create intricate facial expressions, talking animations with appropriate mouth shapes. Distinctive body motion styles for characters and animations. Cartoon physics with motion curves are preferred. Deliver natural interactions with Scenes, Props and other characters.
	40% Descriptive Power Transform static comic/images into engaging short stories or animated pieces. Participants can create short trailers with rich character personalities and dramatic behaviors.	30% Character Creation Original character designs are required. Original properly displayed character designs are preferred. (Prove your original designs) Full character setups with unique facial expressions, and properly rigged original body styles.	30% Animation Skill Create intricate facial expressions, talking animations with appropriate mouth shapes. Distinctive body motion styles for characters and animations. Cartoon physics with motion curves are preferred. Deliver natural interactions with Scenes, Props and other characters.
	40% Descriptive Power Combine real video footage with animated elements. Create 2D presentations, or teaser cut scenes with animated illustrations, virtual hosts or both. High view count and viewer positive feedback is preferred.	30% Character Creation Participants are allowed to use existing characters and assets acquired from the Reallusion Content Store. Original creations or significantly modified Content Store characters are preferred.	30% Animation Skill Create intricate facial expressions, talking animations with appropriate mouth shapes. Distinctive body motion styles for characters and animations. Cartoon physics with motion curves are preferred. Deliver natural interactions with Scenes, Props and other characters.
	40% Descriptive Power Make a short animation which can be focusing on topics like teaching, science, environment, sports or any area you are interested in.	30% Character Creation Participants are allowed to use existing characters and assets acquired from the Reallusion Content Store. Original creations or significantly modified Content Store characters are preferred.	30% Animation Skill Create intricate facial expressions, talking animations with appropriate mouth shapes. Distinctive body motion styles for characters and animations. Cartoon physics with motion curves are preferred. Deliver natural interactions with Scenes, Props and other characters.

Other Rules & Criteria

• The grading of award prizes can be made by "judges' score" or "video view count" (means the video view in the sharing site). Please refer to the Prizes page to know more about the winning criteria.
  
• At Reallusion's request, winners may be asked to provide additional contact information for purpose of prize delivery.
  
• Reallusion reserves the right to cancel this competition at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion, and if circumstances arise outside of its control, or if the number of participants do not exceed the minimum number decided by Reallusion.
  
• Reallusion states that all winner announcements are final. Winners will not be chosen based on popularity votes or any other factors other than overall judgment from the judging panel.
  
• By submitting an entry, participants automatically agree and certify that they have read and agreed to all the rules and requirements governing this particular event. By submitting videos, participants also grant Reallusion the permission to use their creative work in any future marketing events or promotions held by Reallusion.
• Reallusion would like to make clear that it does not profit from this event. All Reallusion competitions are done out of good faith and with the purpose of sharing ideas and bringing communities together.