The Producers of the Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts announced the Final Nominees for their 2nd Annual Elan Awards this morning at a press/industry conference, attended by West Coast animation/digital media industry players, at the Sutton Place Hotel.
The categories for Electronic Game Categories ranged from Best Console Game to Best Art Direction.
This year’s awards show will be Hosted by Seth "Family Guy" MacFarlane at the Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts, February 15th.
Holly Carinci, Founder, Producer CAEAA/The Elans
And the nominees are...
ANIMATION CATEGORIES
1. BEST FEATURE LENGTH ANIMATED PRODUCTION
1. Barbie As The Island Princess/Rainmaker Animation
2. Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow/Rainmaker Animation
3. Max Steel: Countdown/Rainmaker Animation
2. BEST ANIMATED PRODUCTION (Television Series)
1. Carl Squared/ Portfolio Entertainment INC
2. Class of Titans/Studio B
3. Edgar & Ellen/Bardel Entertainment
4. Starveillance/Cuppa coffee Studios
3. BEST ANIMATED SHORT SUBJECT
1. Yyellow Sticky Notes/Jeff Chiba Stearns
2. Clancy With The Puck/ Studio B
4. BEST DIRECTION in a FEATURE LENGTH ANIMATED PRODUCTION
1. Barbie As The Island Princess/Rainmaker Animation
2. Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow/Rainmaker Animation
3. Max Steel: Countdown/Rainmaker Animation
5. BEST DIRECTION in an ANIMATED TELEVISION SERIES
1. Carl Squared/Portfolio Entertainment INC
2. George of the Jungle/Studio B
3. Ricky Sprocket/Studio B
4. Ruby Gloom/Nelvana LTD
6. BEST MALE VOICE OVER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE OR TELEVISION PRODUCTION
1. Lee Tockar "George of the Jungle"/Studio B
2. Louie Chiurillo "Johnny Test"/Cookie Jar Entertainment
3. Stewart Stone "Carl Squared" Episode 32 "Superstar"/Portfolio Entertainment INC
7. BEST FEMALE VOICE OVER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE OR TELEVISION PRODUCTION
1. Emily Hampshire "Carl Squared" Episode #29 "Carl SuperSized"/Portfolio Entertainment INC
2. Maryke Hendrisk "Johnny Test"/Cookie Jar entertainment
3. Julie Lemieux "Wibur: Wilburs Birthday"/Mercury Filmworks
4. Tabitha St. Germain "Ricky Sprocket"/Showbiz Boy Voicebox Productions/Studio B
8. BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL SCORE
1. Bruno and the Banana/Bunch Cuppa Coffee Studios
2. Carl Squared Episode 32 "Superstar"/Portfolio Entertainment INC
11. BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN OR ART DIRECTION
1. Edgar & Ellen: Crushed/Bardel Entertainment
2. George of the Jungle: Naked Ape Man/Studio B
3. Max Steel: Countdown/Rainmaker Animation
4. Weird Years: Pipes/Mercury Filmworks
12. BEST WRITING IN AN ANIMATED PRODUCTION
1. Carl Squared Episode #44 "Doomsday"/Portfolio Entertainment INC
2. George of the Jungle: Beetle Invasions/Naked Ape Man Studio B
3. Ricky Sprocket Showbiz Boy: Screen Kiss/Double Crossed Studio B
4. Storm Hawks Age of Heros/Nerd Corps Entertainment
BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED PRODUCTION (Television Series)
1. American Dad/Fuzzy Door Production
2. Death Note/VIZ Media
3. Dogstar/Media World Pictures
4. Family Guy/Fuzzy Door Productions
ELECTRONIC GAME CATEGORIES
1. GAME OF THE YEAR
1. Assassin’s Creed/Ubisoft
2. Company of Heroes: Opposing Forces/Relic Entertainment
3. Mass Effect/Bioware/Microsoft Games
4. Skate/Electronic Arts
2. BEST CONSOLE GAME
1. Assassin’s Creed/Ubisoft
2. Mass Effect/Bioware/Microsoft Games
3. Scarface/Radical Entertainment
4. Skate/Electronic Arts
3. BEST PC GAME
1. Company of Heroes/Relic Entertainment
2. War Hammer 40,000 Dawn of War: Dark Crusade/Relic Entertainment
3. Power Rangers: Super Legends/Disney Interactive
5. BEST SOUND DESIGN
1. Crash of the Titans/Radical Entertainment
2. Need for Speed ProStreet/Electronic Arts
3. Skate/Electronic Arts
4. Mass Effect/Bioware/Microsoft Games
6. BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL SCORE
1. Assasins Creed/Ubisoft
2. Mass Effect/Bioware/Microsoft Games
3. Company of Heroes/Relic Entertainment
4. War Hammer 40,000 Dawn of War: Dark Crusade/Relic Entertainment
7. BEST CHARACTER
1. Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)/Bioware/Microsoft Games
2. Crash Bandicoot (Crash of the Titans)/Radical Entertainment
3. Death Jr. (Science Fair of Doom)/Backbone Entertainment
4. Tony Montana (Scarface)/Radical Entertainment
8. BEST ART DIRECTION
1. Assassin’s Creed/Ubisoft
2. Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts/Relic Entertainment
3. Mass Effect/Bioware/Microsoft Games
4. Skate/Electronic Arts
9. BEST HANDHELD GAME OF THE YEAR (psp, ds, etc...)
1. Chicken Little: Ace in Action/Disney Interactive
2. High School Musical Sing It/Disney Interactive
3. Socom U.S. Navy Seals: Tactical Strike/Slant Six Games
4. Sonic Rivals/Backbone Games
10. BEST GAME DESIGN OF THE YEAR
1. Assassins Creed/Ubisoft
2. Mario Strikers/Next Level Games
3. Mass Effect/Bioware/Microsoft Games
4. Skate/Electronic Arts
11. BEST MOBILE/CASUAL/ARCADE GAME OF THE YEAR
1. Skate/Electronic Arts Mobile
2. Candace Kane's Candy Factory/Gnosis Games
12. BEST WRITING FOR A GAME PRODUCTION
1. Company of Heroes/Relic Entertainment
2. Company of Heroes: Opposing Forces/Relic Entertainment
3. Mass Effect/Bioware/ Microsoft Games
4. Scarface/Radical Entertainment
OUTSTANDING INNOVATION IN GAMING
1. Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts/Relic Entertainment
2. Mass Effect/Bioware/Microsoft Games
3. Skate/Electronic Arts
4. War Hammer 40,000 Dawn of War: Dark Crusade/Relic Entertainment
INTERNATIONAL VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR
1. The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar/Turbine, Inc.
2. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction/Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment America
3. Crysis/Crytek/Electronic Arts USA
STUDENT ANIMATION AND ELECTRONIC GAME CATEGORIES
1. STUDENT ANIMATED OR MOTION GRAPHIC PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR
1. Legend of Boruta Emily Carr Institute Bartosz Nowakowski
2. Swing Vancouver Film School Estaban Azuela
3. Turntale Emily Carr Institute Kora Kosicka
4. Duelity Vancouver Film School Marcos Ceravolo, Ryan Uhrich
2. STUDENT GAME OF THE YEAR
1. Bloom Vancouver Film School Boring Games; Project Manager: Adrian Audet
2. Chamelio Vancouver Film School Chad Sehn, Dave Malmberg, Jefferey Chang, Kayo Wildman
3. Foamzilla Vancouver Film School Johan Eickmeyer, Mark Barazzuol
4. Seas of Europa Vancouver Film School Scott Riesterer, Jordan Ivey
3. BEST ORIGINAL SOUND DESIGN/MUSICAL SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED PRODUCTION OR GAME
1. Le Building Vancouver Film School Doug Woods
2. Climber Vancouver Film School Jessica Lemes da Silva
3. Snowman Vancouver Film School Steve Bigras
4. Hatched The Art Institute of Vancouver Kevin Webb
4. BEST Student ART DIRECTION - GAME PRODUCTION
1. Hydro School of Interactive Art and Technology(SIAT) SFU Yohei Shimomae, Scott Ko, Darrell Yeo
2. Introspect The Art Institute of Vancouver Team Leader- Mitchell Lagran
3. Patchwork Playgrounds Vancouver Film School Jimmy Steorts, Sean Bosshardt, Brian Chong, Tom Munro
4. Seas of Europa Vancouver Film School Todd Agnello, David Bowring, Diego Rodriguez,Ryan Stancl
5. BEST STUDENT ART DIRECTION - ANIMATED PRODUCTION
. 8 Emily Carr Institute Jeff Simpson
2. A Modelling Reel Vancouver Film School Julianna Kolakis
3. Manso Sinistra Emily Carr Institute Kate Lee
4. The Legend of Boruta Emily Carr Institute Bartosz Nowakowski
6. BEST STUDENT WRITING FOR AN ANIMATED OR GAME PRODUCTION
1. Catnip Western School of Interactive Art and Technology(SIAT) SFU Cody Church, Mohammed El Eryan, John Pang
2. Documentary Vancouver Film School Lawrence Chung
3. For You My People Emily Carr Institute Jose Pablo Gonzalez
4. The Legend of Boruta Emily Carr Institute Bartosz Nowakowski
7. READY TO ROCKET
1. Bartosz Nowakowski Emily Carr Institute
2. Karl Schmidt, Alex Ting School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT)
SFU
3. Diego Rodriguez Vancouver Film School
4. Matt Alder VanArts
screencaps c. 2008- Michael Stevens/SneakPeek.Ca
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