Sight & Sound Contest

The Sight & Sound Contest is a brickfilming competition hosted by Philip Heinrich and Nathan Wells on Bricks in Motion in 2016. It is the sixth Bricks in Motion summer contest, following the Darkness and Light Contest. The theme centers around films with well-developed visuals and audio, with particular emphasis given to the sound.

History
The contest was announced on the 1st of June 2016 with a deadline of September 1. It is sponsored by Dragonframe and Brickstuff. The rules are similar to the Darkness and Light contest. There is a minimum time limit of 1 minute and no maximum time limit.

The contest description drew attention to the sound design of many brickfilms being an afterthought, citing this as a motivation for the theme of the contest.

Judging and Prizes
The contest will be judged by a panel consisting of Chris Boyer, Philip Heinrich, Thomas Evans, Steffen Troeger and Nathan Wells. Like the Darkness and Light Contest, there will be no formal list of judging criteria, but aspects such as animation, set design, cinematography, sound, story and theme interpretation will be considered.

Prizes will be given for the top 3 placing films, in a prize pool format. The three available prize bundles will be the Dragonframe bundle, containing a copy of Dragonframe and, the Brickstuff bundle, containing eight Brickstuff Pico LED light boards and and the Blue Snowball bundle, containing a Blue Snowball microphone and.

Results
Results will be ranked down to tenth place. Films below the top ten will not be ranked publicly.