Twenty-four Hour Animation Contest

The Twenty-four Hour Animation Contest, commonly abbreviated to THAC, is an annual brickfilming contest that lasts for exactly 24 hours. With the exception of music production, all writing, recording, animating, editing and submitting has to be done within the time limit of 24 hours. Original hosted on Brickfilms.com, THAC now is hosted on the website Bricks in Motion. The contest was conceived by David West and has been run by various individuals since 2005. The contest is now officially sponsored by Bricks in Motion, and is run by Nathan Wells.

The First THAC
The first THAC was held on Brickfilms.com by David West from 12 noon GMT on August 27th, 2005 to 12 noon GMT on August 28th 2005, though the contest started half an hour late after David's alarm 'failed to go off'. The only method of submission was emailing a maximum of 3mb per minute film at 320 x 240 resolution of less. This is the only THAC that had no option to submit via YouTube, since YouTube had not been publicly released yet.
 * Theme: General
 * Mod Element: The letter "N"

22 of the films entered successfully followed the rules and qualified and they were judged by ballot in 4 separate categories: Animation, Cinematography, Sound Design, and Story. Judges, Entrants and Audiences could submit their top ten films in each category. Most of the prizes were provided by Nick Maniatis, and the judges were David West, James Morr, Brendan Henry, Robinson Wood, and "Watson Films"

Top Five Entrants Choice

 * 1) His Master's Plan - by Stefan van Zwam
 * 2) No News is Good News - by Dave Wardell
 * 3) The Evilness Begins - by Roland Szentesi (personal testimony, must verify)
 * 4) A Quiet Evening - by "Brickbrock"
 * 5) Speak - by Rachel Dew

Top Five Judges Choice
There were insufficient ballots cast by the audience to determine a ranking for the audience choice prize. It was decided that the Audience Choice prize would be awarded to the 4th place finisher in the Entrants Choice Awards (Roland Szentesi).
 * 1) His Master's Plan- by Stefan van Zwam
 * 2) No News is Good News- byDave Wardell
 * 3) The Evilness Begins - byRoland Szentesi (personal testimony, must verify)
 * 4) A Quiet Evening- by "Brickbrock"
 * 5) Speak- by Rachel Dew

THAC 2
Official announcement: http://brickfilms.com/topic/thac2-results/

THAC 3
Results: http://brickfilms.com/topic/thac3-results/

THAC 5
THAC 5 was unique in that it was split into two contests, hosted a week apart: THAC 5A and THAC 5B. They were hosted on the fledgling ilovebrickfilming.com (later to be renamed Bricks In Motion) by Uncle_Cheesedog on April 5th and 12th 2008. The theme for THAC 5A was "misunderstanding", and for THAC 5B was "intervention".

When THAC 5 was announced just a few days before it was to take place, many users complained that they hadn't been given enough notice. The contest received a very low number of entries, so it was decided that a second THAC 5 would be hosted a week later. It fared much better, and in total, there were 40 entries.

The winners were:
 * 1) Cashman by Sméagol
 * 2) Narrow Escape by Night Owl
 * 3) Leo by CrazyAnimator
 * 4) The Incident in the Alley by Twobit & CaptainBulldog
 * 5) Happy Together by Infurno

THAC 6
THAC 6 was hosted by Bricks In Motion member "stoteh".

The theme for THAC 6 was "New". The color mod element was a red brick attached to a yellow brick. The letter mod element was the letter "A" Official announcement: http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/topic/273/thac-6-starts-now-closed/

Results: http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/topic/1058/thac-6-results/

THAC 7
THAC 7 was hosted by Bricks In Motion member "Cheshire".

The theme for THAC 7 was "Unexpected". The color mod element was a black brick connected to a yellow brick. The letter mod element was the letter "S".

Official announcement: http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/topic/4896/thac-7-starts-now/

Results: http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/topic/5244/thac-7-final-results/

THAC 8
THAC 8 was hosted by Dylan Woodley.

The theme for THAC 8 was "Ambition". The color mod element was a red brick attached to a green brick. The letter mod element was the letter "M".

Results: http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/topic/9526/thac-8-final-results/

THAC 9
THAC 9 was hosted by Cheshire

The theme for THAC 9 was "Whatever you want" (So basically, there wasn't a theme). The color mod element was a white brick attached to a blue brick. The letter mod element was the letter "L".

Offical announcement: http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/topic/12682/thac-9-starts-now-closed/

Results: http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/topic/12811/thac-9-results/

THAC X
THAC X was hosted by Harry Bossert.

The theme for THAC X was "The Grand Unveiling". The color mod element was a white brick attached to a grey brick. The letter mod element was the letter M.

Official announcement:http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/topic/15978/thac-x-starts-now-closed/

Results: http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/topic/16278/thac-x-results/

Playlist of entries: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXr7QhekOKzrixw69AqqJiC5UbuOKAv1K

THAC 11
THAC 11 was hosted by Harry Bossert.

The theme for THAC 11 was "A Mistaken Identity". The color mod element was a grey brick attached to a red brick. The letter mod element was the letter T.

Official announcement:http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/topic/18221/thac-11-starts-now-closed/

Results: http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/topic/18432/thac-11-results/

Playlist of entries: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXr7QhekOKzovhLaYXqQboHU6QEAE_3cR

THAC 11 was considered by some to be the best THAC so far, it received 78 entries.

THAC2015
THAC2015 will be hosted by Nathan Wells in early January of 2015.