1. HOW DO I REGISTER?
The competition is opened to Malaysian companies and individuals 18 years old and above. One entry per team / individual.
The Competition theme is ‘within a Malaysian Context’. You can creatively create your comic but be sure there is element of design, story, content of Malaysia inside of it to showcase our Malaysia unique identity.
Entries can be submitted to:
Multimedia Development Corporation
MSC Headquarters
2360 Persiaran APEC
63000 Cyberjaya
Selangor
Office Hours: 9.00am – 6.00pm (Monday to Friday)
Attn: Ms Shahrizan Bt Mohd Sharif, Mr. Siow Aik Wee
Tel: 03-8312 3016, 03-8312 3028
Email: shahrizan@mdec.com.my, aikwee@mdec.com.my |
2. FORMAT OF THE PROPOSAL:
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Language: English, or if not in English shall include an English translation as attachment |
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Table of Contents |
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Cover Letter |
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Company / Personal Profile |
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Comic Proposal Details:
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Synopsis of the story |
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Character introduction and design |
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Unique selling points |
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Design Document |
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Art Work:
- Comic Poster
- Comic Strip (min 3 pages, max 8 pages) |
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A declaration letter certifying that the project presented |
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Has not been otherwise grant aided |
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Has not been pre-purchased by any developers, publishers. |
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Is not part of a school project |
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3. REQUIREMENT:
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Proposal must be in A4, portrait format, please submit :-
• A soft copy of the proposal (in .doc format)
• A printed copy of the proposal |
* (Failure to comply with any of the above requirements will result in automatic disqualification.)
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4. IP RIGHTS
Violation of copyright is prohibited. The company or individuals hereby declare and represent to MDC that the work is original and that no part and portion of the work is an infringement or violation of any IP or any propriety rights of any third party. Failure to do so will result in automatic disqualification.
The IP Rights in the works shall vest with the company / individuals. MDeC reserved the rights to use the comics for promotion.
5. JUDGING PROCESS
A panel of 5 judges from the industry, to be selected by MDeC including representative from MDeC, will review all submission received. After the closing date, the panel will choose 20 best submitted entries to go for the pitching presentation.
10 winners will be chosen and automatically eligible for the grant.
During the presentation pitching, each company / individual will be given 5 minutes to pitch their ideas and story. Presentation aid and styles are open to creativity of each company.
6. MONITORING PROCESS
The winners will sign an agreement with MDeC. This is to ensure that the parties (MDeC and grant receiver) agree with the requirements of this project; completion of proposed comic by end of year 2006 or early 2007 with the usage of CADC facilities as in their production.
A monthly progress report will be submitted to MDeC, to assist the winners to go to the next level such as completion their comics.
7. CONTEST ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
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The Story of the comic
(Overall storyline flow) |
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Design works
(Does the design of the character and environment unique and interesting?) |
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Art Composition (The art composition to bring out the comic story?) |
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Originality of the idea
(Is the idea innovative and story interesting / unique?) |
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Appeal of the idea for commercialization
(Does the idea attractive / entertaining for international market?) |
8. AWARDS
Ten winners will be awarded RM15,000 grant each, to support their comic illustration and digitising production of their complete full comic series, mini series or graphic novel from their proposal. The competition closing date will be on
8th December 2006.
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