{"id":27961,"date":"2019-10-11T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T19:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=27961"},"modified":"2019-10-11T11:30:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T16:30:30","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-students-explore-meaning-of-family-in-24-hours-animation-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2019\/10\/11\/austin-peay-state-university-students-explore-meaning-of-family-in-24-hours-animation-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University Students explore meaning of family in 24 Hours Animation Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Ten Austin Peay State University (APSU) students had 24 hours to create the best possible 30-second animated film they could working off nothing more than a contest prompt and the knowledge they\u2019ve earned from the university\u2019s emerging animation program.<\/p>\n

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Layne’s team created more than 700 drawings and the film\u2019s dialogue. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

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As it turns out, the students \u2013 who broke into two teams of five \u2013 didn\u2019t need the time allotted to them by the 24 Hours Animation Contest for Students, an international competition that last year included more than 200 teams and about 50 colleges.<\/p>\n

One Austin Peay State University team needed only 23 hours to finish its hand-drawn movie (two-dimensional animation), a task that required team members to create more than 700 drawings then scurry across campus for recording equipment to capture the film\u2019s dialogue.<\/p>\n

The other team accomplished its three-dimensional, computer-generated movie in 21 hours, which required team members needing more than five hours just to create the characters, let alone the 12 hours to give the characters\u2019 movement (not counting the time needed to capture real humans modeling character movement).<\/p>\n

\u201cOur group was very happy with the final result of our work,\u201d Claire Layne, who led the team that created the 2D movie (embedded above), said. \u201cEveryone worked extremely hard on each task. Strong communication among our group was a pivotal part of our success, and the experience brought us closer as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peyton VanHook, who led the 3D team (video embedded below), agreed: \u201cIt was a great experience. We really hit our stride. A big part of what we did was develop all the pieces that needed to come together.\u201d<\/p>\n

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