10 winning films will roll out daily through April 7; ‘Brain Damage’ takes 1st place and £100,000 prize, while ‘Time’ takes 2nd place and £25,000.
Pink Floyd has announced the winners of its “The Dark Side of The Moon” animation competition, championed by YouTube. The competition, which coincided with the iconic album’s 50th anniversary, invited a new generation of animators to create music videos for any of the album’s 10 songs, with up to 10 entries per animator allowed, one per song.
Pink Floyd has a history of collaborating with animators from the beginnings of the band (Ian Emes, Gerald Scarfe, etc.). In some cases, the visuals that accompany the songs have become synonymous with the music itself.
“Given that it was the 50th anniversary of the album, and with the band’s history of working with animation both in videos and on stage, we felt this needed to be acknowledged,” said Pink Floyd’s long-time creative consultant Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell. “It was a huge success with over 900 films being entered and the process of elimination for the judges was very complex. They eventually came up with the final 10 and I can only say they were brilliant choices and representative of the diverse styles of entries that all gave deep respect to the legacy of the band.”
10 winners were announced March 29 by Nick Mason on YouTube. Videos are being released once a day over 10 days offering a behind-the-scenes look. The final video will premiere April 7. A YouTube After Party follows the premiere of the 3rd place winner Eclipse which will include behind-the-scenes from the animator Monica Fibbi, giving insight into the video’s creation.
The competition’s top winners are:
First Place - £100,000:
- Brain Damage by Rati Dabrundashvili and Nastassja Nikitina from Caucas, Georgia.
Second Place - £25,000:
- Time by David Horne from Worcestershire, U.K.
Third Place - £10,000:
- Eclipse by Monica Fibbi from Firenze, Italy.
All winning entries received £10,000 prizes. Watch them all here.
Competition organizers noted their appreciation to the judges Nick Mason, Kyle Alba, Gerald Scarfe, Sarah Smith, Daisy Jacobs, Harry Pearce, Terry Gilliam, Alan Yentob, and Anton Corbijn.
Source: Pink Floyd
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
