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“Our team agreed to make a Flash piece talking about the environment because we all believe the environment is so important to us."

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"This was my first movie dealing with international issues. I once made a movie about a white boy who was really into stereotypes, who would eventually be made culturally aware due to a class on Native American culture and his black friend. However, due to my short attention span I have not yet finished that movie."
                         

Use It For Good

AARON & ANDREW CAO

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"Aaron handles most of the technical work, like editing, challenging animations and a whole mess of digital specifics… all while trying to make sure Andrew doesn’t get carried away."

"...just imagine two grown men in a tiny New York apartment on a beautiful Friday night, scuttling around with a microphone going 'Büte. Büte. Büte'!”   

CATEGORY: BEST ANIMATION ELEMENTS

PAT HARPIN

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"I finally finished the piece and submitted it about two minutes before midnight when the contest ended. If it weren't for Daylight Savings I probably wouldn't have made the deadline.”
 

JEREMY SCHICHTEL

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"This is the first time an animation of mine will be viewed by so many people. I’m honored and a little scared!”
 

DANIEL MEILING

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“To get the voice of Joey, I had to convince my friend to lend me his little brother. He told me that it would turn out bad and I’d be wasting my time trying to get him to act. He ended up doing great."

CATEGORY: BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC

CHRIS MAY

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“When I heard about this contest, it was about 3 days before the original deadline, so as I was scrambling to finish everything, the email for the deadline extension arrived. I had a good laugh about that.”
 

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“I showed my family, and they seemed to like it. I'm pretty sure that my family is still my family. I hope...”

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“Hmm... well I only started it when it was extended to April 15th...I guess that’s sort of funny.”

JANINE CARBONE

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“My sister signed up for scholarship information. When she heard of this, she knew I'd like it since I love to animate movies, so she passed it to me.”

KAMRON MEHRINFAR

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“My wife and I played ourselves in the animation, though my wife hasn’t had blue hair since college. She liked it, and our friends thought it was funny.”
 

KATE HILL

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“The most memorable times I will have of this project are the late nights in the recording studio that I spent trying to compose, play/sing, and master the music for the movie.”

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“[This contest] has helped me better understand more about Global problems and how much we really need to help save our world.”
 

TALTON FIGGINS

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“I think I portrayed a pretty positive message, so most people were pretty receptive to the animation.”
 

STANLEY VON MEDVEY

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“The beauty of something like this is that it puts people (especially younger people) in a position where they can think about how these issues affect them.”

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"...I never knew I would become so passionate about the cause by researching and creating this movie. I hope it is able to raise awareness. ...The true strength of America is our ability to speak freely, which became the focus of my movie."

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“We can all make a difference because every little thing DOES matter…and Citizens for Global Solutions ROCKS!!!”