N.E.mation! 11 : Spotlight on “Passionfruit” (#NE11C10)

We met with one of the Top Ten teams for this year’s N.E.mation! competition – “Passionfruit” from Evergreen Secondary School.

Update (14 January, 2017):

Passionfruit’s animation, “Shields of Singapore”, is now available for viewing and voting. You can find out the four methods of voting your three favourite clips here.

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N.E.mation! 11 Team “Passionfruit” from Evergreen Secondary School. From left: Wong Xin Yuan Mabel, Maybelle Ong Hui Leng, Yolanda Low Jing Xuan, Pamela Lee (Li Ming Fang).

This team is the most passionate of the lot – seriously folks!

Leader of the bunch (of Passion fruits) - Mabel Wong Xin Yuan.

Leader of the bunch (of Passion fruits) – Mabel Wong Xin Yuan.

I could tell from talking with these four young ladies about the digital 2D animation that they have been working on for the past three weeks of production.

The title of their 1-minute animation is “Shields of Singapore”.

Using the allegory of an umbrella to express their main idea, the theme is that “Everyone is a shield of Singapore, no matter rain or shine”.

And this is embodied in what citizens do in their everyday lives, manifesting itself in how Singaporeans help one another in sticky situation and even in the littlest things – shielding one another from harm and giving a hand when needed.

Not to be confused with the team leader’s name - Maybelle Ong Hui Leng.

Not to be confused with the team leader’s name – Maybelle Ong Hui Leng.

So they’ve been living this idea out in these three weeks – drawing their own set of pictures for their digital 2D animation, yet finding time to help each other out in the drawings of fellow team members.

For the girls, it took some getting used to drawing geometric shapes on the computer to create characters and props for the animation.

Fortunately, they find it fun and have consequently learnt much about digital drawing through all the practice.

Check out the progress of this great team 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).

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.

More than 15,000 students from secondary schools, junior colleges and centralised institutes have participated in N.E.mation! since its inauguration in 2007.

Team member Yolanda Low Jing Xuan.

Team member Yolanda Low Jing Xuan.

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”.

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.

Last but not least, Pamela Lee (Li Ming Fang).

Last but not least, Pamela Lee (Li Ming Fang).

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.

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