14 March 2018
This year’s N.E.mation! competition was recently held at the iWERKS Theatre at Singapore Discovery Centre. Participating students created 30-second clips based on the Total Defence theme this year: “Together We Keep Singapore Strong”.
N.E.mation! is an annual inter-school digital animation competition organised by Nexus, the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF)’s Central National Education Office.
This year’s edition also had a new Youth Crowdsource Category that allowed members of the public to submit story ideas based on the theme. Students from Nanyang Polytechnic and the Institute of Technical Education College Central turned the best 10 ideas into animation clips. These clips were made available for public viewing on the N.E.mation! website and social media platforms earlier this year.
The winning entry for the Youth Crowdsource Category was produced by Team Nacho Cheese from Nanyang Polytechnic. Their video showcased the trials Singapore had gone through.
The winning team of the Student category was from Cedar Girls’ Secondary School. They chose to focus on everyday activities done with hands. Their entry, which was entitled “It’s In Your Hands”, was about how simple acts can contribute to Total Defence as everyone has hands, according to Cedar Girls’ team member Tanya Lua.
Winning clips from this year’s contest will be broadcast nationwide on television as well as in cinemas.