AICP has announced the call for entries for the AICP Post Awards, its revamped and rebranded competition for excellence in the postproduction arts. Formerly the AICE Awards, its categories have been re-imagined with a focus on recognizing standout examples of various crafts and technique in editing, audio, design, visual effects artistry and finishing. The AICP Post Awards are a part of the AICP Awards suite of competitions, which also include The AICP Show: The Art & Technique of the American Commercial and the AICP Next Awards, both of which are also currently accepting entries.
Among the changes for the AICP Post Awards this year are the opening of the competition to any entity having involvement in the creation of a piece of content beyond the AICP membership—previously the AICE Awards was a “members only” competition.
For the full rundown on rules, categories, eligibility and fees, visit the AICP Post Awards entry portal here. Deadline for entries is Thursday, February 8 at 11:59pm PST. Entrants can use the portal to cross-enter work between all three of the 2019 AICP competitions, including the AICP Show: The Art & Technique of the American Commercial and the AICP Next Awards.
Regarding categories, the competition has regrouped its existing categories, introduced a range of new sections, expanded others and added an entirely new category for vertical video.
“While we’ll continue to recognize editorial across a wide range of product, genre and technique categories, we now have a wider range of subcategories in areas like audio, visual effects and design and color grading,” said Danny Rosenbloom, AICP’s VP, Post and Digital Production.
“We saw this as an opportunity to make the Post Awards more reflective of the varied artists working across the spectrum of post production disciplines,” noted Matt Miller, president and CEO of AICP. “Now that we’ve brought all this postproduction expertise into AICP, we want the Post Awards to be a real celebration of creative talent and achievement.”
A full list of AICP Post Awards categories now includes the following:
Editorial Categories
- Automotive
- Cause Marketing
- Comedy
- Dialogue
- Monologue/Spoken Word
- Docu-Style
- Fashion/Beauty
- Montage
- Music Video
- Storytelling
- National Campaign
- Regional Campaign
Audio Categories
- Audio Mix
- Sound Design With Composed Music
- Sound Design Without Composed Music
Color Categories
- Color :60
- Color :30
- Color Other Lengths
- Color Music Video
Design, Visual Effects & Finishing Categories
- Character Design & Animation
- Typography Design & Animation
- Graphic Design & Animation
- End Tag
- CGI
- Compositing & Visual Effects
- Vertical
In addition to its category winners and Best of Show honoree, the AICP Post Awards will continue to recognize Best of Region winners that represent the best work emanating from companies submitting within each AICP Chapter. These now encompass East, Florida, Midwest, Minnesota, Southeast, Southwest and West.
