♪ Muse Cycle 2 ♪ - Winner Announced!
https://i.imgur.com/SKXrgHR.png Welcome music lovers to Muse Cycle 2! In this competition you will be making photos based on your interpretations of songs, or in other words, what they mean to ...
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Assignment 8 - Into The Darkness
Another vague song, and I'm sure most of you gamers have heard this song before. Please do not base your images on the actual game though, just focus on the song's lyrics or beat as usual. This is your final round, so do your absolute best! You guys are still close in scores, and this can be anyone's round. I am giving you till the 18th to finish your shots, so please take your time.
Due date: 8/18 - Timer
https://youtu.be/aPRySFzfh7U
https://i.imgur.com/bSceTuT.png
This competition uses a ranking system, as I didn’t feel that it was fair to score these with a rubric when this was based on creative interpretation. The ranking system works like the other comps, in that points are assigned to each rank and added up at the end to determine placement.
Feedback is optional on your end, and also on the judges end. So, if you don’t want feedback for whatever reason, say so, and the judges will skip your comments every round. Otherwise everyone will receive feedback from us as normal, unless a judge is skipping a round. Feedback includes the usual pros/cons, how to improve editing, and how better to go about executing an idea. We will keep them short to make judging faster.
When judging, the judges must consider these (in order):
Creativity
Relevance
Quality & Composition
Judge’s Preference (to act as a tie breaker)
How Creative you are is the most important aspect of this competition. Next, Relevance, is just to make sure you are being inspired by the song itself. Judges are only to look for a small relevance, and this can be as small as a single line of lyrics. We then consider your Quality and Composition. Like most comps we will not be looking at game quality, just editing quality and how the image looks overall. Finally, the judges consider their Preference as sometimes we get stuck on who to place where when tied or unsure.
They then rank the images based on everything above.
Ranking
20 points
18 points
16 points
14 points
12 points
10 points
8 points
6 points
4 points
The rank and point value differs depending on how many contestants we have. If you miss a round, you receive the lowest amount of points for that round. That means if we have 6 contestants and one doesn't submit, the lowest rank is 5. That means the one who didn't submit receives the same rank as whoever got rank 5, meaning they both got 12 points instead of 10. Hopefully that made sense, but if not, ask questions.
I will be posting scorecards so people can see how judging is going, but I will not reveal total points, etc. until we get to the final 3, as I feel that stresses everyone.
Tips:
In other words, as long as you are creative and execute the ideas semi-well when doing your interpretations, you should do well in this comp.
Assignment 8 - Into The Darkness
Another vague song, and I'm sure most of you gamers have heard this song before. Please do not base your images on the actual game though, just focus on the song's lyrics or beat as usual. This is your final round, so do your absolute best! You guys are still close in scores, and this can be anyone's round. I am giving you till the 18th to finish your shots, so please take your time.
Due date: 8/18 - Timer
https://youtu.be/aPRySFzfh7U
https://i.imgur.com/bSceTuT.png
This competition uses a ranking system, as I didn’t feel that it was fair to score these with a rubric when this was based on creative interpretation. The ranking system works like the other comps, in that points are assigned to each rank and added up at the end to determine placement.
Feedback is optional on your end, and also on the judges end. So, if you don’t want feedback for whatever reason, say so, and the judges will skip your comments every round. Otherwise everyone will receive feedback from us as normal, unless a judge is skipping a round. Feedback includes the usual pros/cons, how to improve editing, and how better to go about executing an idea. We will keep them short to make judging faster.
When judging, the judges must consider these (in order):
How Creative you are is the most important aspect of this competition. Next, Relevance, is just to make sure you are being inspired by the song itself. Judges are only to look for a small relevance, and this can be as small as a single line of lyrics. We then consider your Quality and Composition. Like most comps we will not be looking at game quality, just editing quality and how the image looks overall. Finally, the judges consider their Preference as sometimes we get stuck on who to place where when tied or unsure.
They then rank the images based on everything above.
Ranking
The rank and point value differs depending on how many contestants we have. If you miss a round, you receive the lowest amount of points for that round. That means if we have 6 contestants and one doesn't submit, the lowest rank is 5. That means the one who didn't submit receives the same rank as whoever got rank 5, meaning they both got 12 points instead of 10. Hopefully that made sense, but if not, ask questions.
I will be posting scorecards so people can see how judging is going, but I will not reveal total points, etc. until we get to the final 3, as I feel that stresses everyone.
Tips:
- Be creative! If your sim is just standing there staring at the camera when the song is about devoted love, etc., you will not do well. Make sure your image tells a story. Here is what I said last cycle:
When I say standing, I mean with very little posing (neutral standing basically), with very little expression. Of course, depending on the idea and explanation you present me with, the more I'm expecting from your sim. If you say your sim is supposed to be dancing, they need to be dancing. If they are working on a project, they need to be working on a project, not standing there surrounded by work. If the sim is supposed to be sad and standing in the rain, I'm not expecting much, just a sad standing position with a sad expression. Hopefully that clears up any confusion.
- This is not a regular modeling/fashion competition. Don’t worry about how fashionable the model is, don’t focus on editorial poses, etc. Go for poses that actually express your idea, and dress them appropriately for the situation.
- If you feel your image starts to become confusing and/or unrelated, provide an explanation as a just in case. The explanation is only meant to clarify, fill in missing details, explain metaphors, your view of the lyrics/theme, etc. The last thing you want to do is get the judges confused and not have an explanation to help guide them. Do not rely on your explanation to get the story across though.
- Quality is not a large focus in this comp, but that does not mean you should forego quality. This means you should still do your best to fix edges, lighting, etc., but it is a small focus when judging.
In other words, as long as you are creative and execute the ideas semi-well when doing your interpretations, you should do well in this comp.
