Wave Issue 0304 2/14/03 Article 3-01

***Caligari Kicks Off ''Big Break'' Animation Contest
(February 12)

Caligari Corporation, a provider of 3D multimedia authoring
software, today announced an animation contest designed to
inspire hobbyist and professional animators to bring their ideas
to life. All entries will be viewed by a panel of judges with
first, second and third prize winners to be awarded a slew of
technology prizes.

The contest includes two categories: Art Form, for "pure"
animation focusing on a single element - realism, light, a
reconstruction, etc. and Story Form, focusing on the story -
possibly a high concept visual pitch for a film short, television
program or movie. The contest kicks off today and will conclude
on June 15, 2003.

Judges include:
- Ralph Guggenheim, Academy award-winning producer of Toy Story
and Toy Story 2;
- John Evershed, president and co-founder of Mondo Media,
supplier of in-game and marketing art and animation for computer
games;
- Eli Noyes, Academy Award-nominee for his animated film "Clay"
and producer of animation for Sesame Street, HBO, Scholastic,
Nickelodeon;
- Don Davidson, animation and art history teacher in San
Francisco;
- Andrew Britt, author, media spokesperson and digital media
director at the Xpression Center for New Media and Roman Ormandy,
president and founder of Caligari and sponsor of the contest.

In addition to the opportunity provided by having entries viewed
by these animation professionals, top prizewinners in each
category will receive a Wildcat animation card by 3D Labs, Poser
5 software by Curious Labs, video editing software by Ulead, and
a collection of 3D objects specially created for the Big Break
contest by Cacheforce. Prize-winning animations will also be
featured on the Caligari website.

The contest is open to registered users of trueSpace 6.5,
Caligari's 3D modeling and design software product.

www.caligari.com