We met with one of the Top Ten teams for this year’s N.E.mation! competition – “MADEit” from Cedar Girls Secondary School. Erin Tan reports.
MADEit’s animation, “Our SG Dollar”, is now available for viewing and voting. You can find out the four methods of voting your three favourite clips here.
N.E.mation! 11 Team “MADEit” from Cedar Girls Secondary School. From left: Wendalyna Lye, Gwyneth Tey, Angel Goh, Nicolle Gan.
MADEit is one of three teams from Cedar Girls Secondary School (CGSS) that made it to the Top Ten for N.E.mation! 11 this year.
The team members are all veterans, having also made it to the Top Ten for N.E.mation! 10 last year.
De facto team leader, Angel Goh of “MADEit”, the veteran team from Cedar Girls Secondary School. Her teammates describe Angel as an “angelic angel”.
This year marks their comeback.
MADEit is made up of four ladies from CGSS, and they are all proud to have made it so far for two consecutive years – as evidenced by their team name.
As a school, CGSS is relatively new to the Top Ten round of the N.E.mation! series of animation competitions.
However, they are rapidly up-and-coming – from the lone team in the Top Ten of N.E.mation! (HigherThanYou, which clinched the 1st Runner’s up in 2014, to sporting three finalists in both last’s year’s N.E.mation! 10 Top Ten, and this year’s N.E.mation! 11.
Wendalyna, the tallest among the team, loves cosplay.
MADEit has endured many rigorous selection and judging rounds and has been selected from hundreds of promising teams from schools around Singapore.
When we visited them last Wednesday, the team seemed relaxed and optimistic about their chances, and mentioned that food was their main motivator to help them get through their exhausting schedule.
They hoped that their experiences from last year would lend them more confidence and render the experience less overwhelming.
They will have to produce 60 seconds of animation during these three weeks of production, to make the ideas and storyline they proposed during the selection rounds come to life.
Team member Gwyneth Tey – the self-proclaimed “cutest”.
Their animation will revolve around how money and Singapore’s economy is crucial to our nation’s defence, using a variety of techniques like photo manipulation and rotoscoping.
I viewed a sample of their animation so far, and it is extremely creative and well put-together.
We will be closely watching the progress of this innovative team and wish them all the best for N.E.mation! 11.
You can check out their journey through the competition by following their Blog, Instagram and Twitter accounts.
N.E.mation! 11
N.E.mation! Is an annual inter-school digital animation competition organised by Nexus for youths (aged 13-17) to express their thoughts on Total Defence (TD).
More than 15,000 students from secondary schools, junior colleges and centralised institutes have participated in N.E.mation! since its inauguration in 2007.
This is the 11th iteration of the N.E.mation! series of animation competition in Singapore.
This is the 11th iteration of the N.E.mation! series of animation competition in Singapore.
For N.E.mation! 11, students are asked to use their creativity and share stories centered on the theme “Together We Keep Singapore Strong”.
Final of four team members, Nicolle Gan, who keeps the workspace neat.
The animation clips produced by the top 10 finalist teams will be judged by a panel comprising industry professionals.
In addition, the public can show their support by voting for their three favourite clips come January 2017 via website (www.nemation.sg), Facebook or SMS.
About MADEit’s animation
The title of MADEit’s animation is “Our SG Dollar” while their tagline is “Strive to Thrive”.
The winning team will win a coveted trip to visit renowned animation studios in the USA.
Prior experience or knowledge in animation is not required as training and guidance in story creation and development, animation techniques and presentation skills will be provided for the shortlisted teams.
The clips will be of broadcast quality and will be viewed by more than 1.3 million audiences on both television and in cinemas across the island.
Some of these clips have gone on to win awards in prestigious international animation festivals.
Through the learning journey of the competition, student participants acquire TD knowledge and gain useful skills that they can apply to future endeavours.
Tags: animation, Cedar, CGSS, competition, MINDEF, N.E.mation!, N.E.mation! 11, ne11, NE11C08, nemation, Nexus, NYP, Singapore
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