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The 2010 Ollies - Best Picture

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Congratulations to the winner of the 2010 Ollie for Best Picture - Death in Venice by ChatNoirStudios:

Death in Venice (Moviestorm machinima) from Chat Noir Studios on Vimeo.



This movie also received the Ollies for: Best Picture, Best Mystery Movie, Best Soundtrack and Best Long Form Film

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Ollie Technical Awards Plus More to Come Tomorrow

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TECHNICAL AWARDS 2010



1: BEST SOUNDTRACK FOR A MOVIE OR SERIES
Death in Venice (ChatNoir)
Tribute (RikVargard)
Incubus (ChatNoir)

WINNER: DEATH IN VENICE (by ChatNoir)

2: BEST SOUND EDITING IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
Incubus (ChatNoir)
CQ: Blackstar Rising (K4)
The Calling (JosephKW)

WINNER: CQ: Blackstar Rising (by K4OWNZALL)

3: BEST SOUND DESIGN IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
CQ:Blackstar Rising (K4)
A Nightmare in Hell (Laviv42)
Voyages of the Sojourner (Ricky Grove)

WINNER: CQ:Blackstar Rising (by K4OWNZALL)

4: BEST CUSTOM MOD FOR A MACHINIMA MOVIE OR SERIES
CLEAR WINNER: Castle Greyskull by BudBundysMullet in the Greyskull Movies by Rage.

5: BEST MOD/SET USE IN A MACHINIMA MOVIE OR SERIES
Hybris (SamyHouse)
Solar Freyr (allpoint)

WINNER: Hybris (by SamyHouse)

6: BEST COSTUME OR MAKEUP IN A MACHINIMA MOVIE OR SERIES
Hybris (Samyhouse)
Voyages of the Sojourner (Animatechnica)
Grayskull (Rage)

WINNER: Voyages of the Sojourner (by Animatechnica)

7: MOST OUTSTANDING SPECIAL EFFECTS IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
A Nightmare in Hell (Laviv42)
The Calling (JosephKW)
Voyages of the Sojourner (Animatechnica)

WINNER: The Calling (by JosephKW)

8: MOST OUTSTANDING MODDER FOR A MACHINIMA ENGINE
MikeDBoing
Warlord
SexyMaria

WINNER: MikeDBoing

9: BEST MACHINIMATOGRAPHY IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
Elegy to the Mind (Reepicheep)
Denial (Macwemyss)
The Bard (AnimaTechnica)

WINNER: The Bard (by AnimaTechnica)

The Film and Community Award Winners will be announced on the 2010 Ollies Special tomorrow night.

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This Weekend - THE OLLIES

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This year, we are splitting the awards into two separate categories:-

On Saturday 16 October, we will be announcing the Technical Awards (sound, vision, etc) on The Weekly Look TMOA Radio Show (thanks to Chris62 for allowing us to displace the second half of his show!).

On Sunday 17 October is the full Film and Community Awards, on the Roger & Ken Show on TMOA Radio.

Who will win? Be there for the machinima event of the year to find out!

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Your Clips Played During The Ollies Awards

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As you've no doubt have heard, the Ollies are getting bigger and better. Not only that, The Ollies are now getting wonderful attention by those companies that support moviemaking; companies such as Moviestorm, Reallusion, and CelTx.

The Ollies is a platform for highlighting YOUR movies as well - whether they have been nominated or not. The only criteria is that the movies must have been released on TMU between 22 July 2009 and 21 July 2010

Whether you movie has been nominated or not, please consider sending a short audio clip from your movie to:

thek4network@hotmail.com
under the Subject Header:
OLLIES - MovieTitle - YourName
and
name the submitted file:
ollies_movietitle_yourname
(mp3 preferred, but wav is fine)

Then be listening to TMOA during The Ollies to hear your clip in a montage of movie memories we have all shared at TMU.



Also, Please consider making a good comment about your movie, or the community, or The Ollies in a 1 minute or less mp3 or wav audio file.

These will also be used in the production of The Ollies Award Show on TMOA Radio.

Send to:
thek4network@hotmail.com
under the Subject Header:
OLLIES - Comment - YourName
and
name the submitted comment file:
ollies_comment_yourname

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TMU Ollie Award Finalists

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THE 2010 TMU OLLIE AWARD FINALISTS
BEST PICTURE OR SERIES
Tribute – Rik Vargard
Death in Venice – Chatnoir Studios
Family Values – Macwemyss

BEST MOVIE OR SERIES DIRECTOR
JosephKW
Macwemyss
Chatnoir Studios (Kate Lee/Sherwin Liu)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
AnotherNewDawn - Death in Venice
K4 - Family Values
GoofParade - Incubus

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
GoofParade - Grayskull
K4 - Incubus
MikeDBoing – SINS (Remake)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
Victoria Electa (Incubus)
Sonya (Denial)
Bella (The Only Alien on the Planet)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
Sisch (Incubus)
Sonya (Shadows of the Past)
Bella (Grayskull)

MOST OUTSTANDING TMU NEWCOMER
Luxaeternam
Seabiscuit
KV

MOST OUTSTANDING SCREENWRITER
Macwemyss
Kate Lee
JosephKW

BEST COMPOSER FOR A MOVIE OR SERIES
SherwinLiu (Death in Venice)
GoofParade (The Tom Wopat Christmas Spectacular)
Nukester (SINS)

BEST DRAMA MOVIE OR SERIES
Incubus (ChatNoir)
Tribute (RikVargard)
Death in Venice (ChatNoir)

BEST COMEDY MOVIE OR SERIES
The Ex Files (Biggstrek)
The Tom Wopat Christmas Spectacular (BudBundysMullet)
Farce of the Zombies (BenTuttle90)

BEST WESTERN MOVIE OR SERIES
Deadly Bullet (Macwemyss)
El hilo de Láquesis (Reepicheep)
The Merciless Sun (Mericc)

BEST ROMANCE MOVIE OR SERIES
Denial (Macwemyss)
Complication (Dulci)
Incubus (ChatNoir)

BEST SCI-FI MOVIE OR SERIES
Family Values (Macwemyss)
Enigma (Uber)
Solar Freyr (Allpoint)

BEST ACTION MOVIE OR SERIES
Indiana Jones and the Gray Ghost (MrPoe)
Sting of the Scorpion Part One- WXIVAN
Voyages of the Sojourner - animatechnica

BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIE OR SERIES
Elegy to the Mind (Reepicheep)
The Biz’s House of Horror (The Biz)
Incubus (ChatNoir)

BEST FANTASY MOVIE
Hybris (Samyhouse)
The Bard (AnimaTechnica)
Grayskull Series (Rage)

BEST HORROR MOVIE OR SERIES
The Calling (JosephKW)
A Nightmare in Hell (Laviv42)
Entity (KV)

BEST MUSICAL MOVIE OR SERIES
Jesus Christ Superstar: Gethsemane (Jase180)
J-Hard's Christmas Album (act3scene24)
The Ultimate Showdown of TMO History (Guppi)

BEST WAR MOVIE OR SERIES
Shadows of the Past (Harb40)
Sandstorm (HardyCapo)
The Dragon Slain (LewisQ)

BEST MYSTERY MOVIE
Death in Venice (ChatNoir)
Hard Requitals (MefuneAkira)
Denial (Macwemyss)

BEST TRAILER FOR MOVIE OR SERIES
Gerbil Man (Pookashells)
The Nobbit Trailer (AnimaTechnica)
Tribute Trailer (RikVargard)

BEST SOUNDTRACK FOR MOVIE OR SERIES
Death in Venice (ChatNoir)
Tribute (RikVargard)
Incubus (ChatNoir)

BEST SOUND EDITING IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
Incubus (ChatNoir)
CQ: Blackstar Rising (K4)
The Calling (JosephKW)

BEST SOUND DESIGN IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
CQ:Blackstar Rising (K4)
A Nightmare in Hell (Laviv42)
Voyages of the Sojourner (Ricky Grove)

BEST MOD/SET USE IN A MACHINIMA MOVIE OR SERIES
Hybris (SamyHouse)
Enigma (Uber)
Solar Freyr (allpoint)

BEST COSTUME OR MAKEUP IN A MACHINIMA MOVIE OR SERIES
Hybris (Samyhouse)
Voyages of the Sojourner (Animatechnica)
Grayskull (Rage)

MOST OUTSTANDING SPECIAL EFFECTS IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
A Nightmare in Hell (Laviv42)
The Calling (JosephKW)
Voyages of the Sojourner (Animatechnica)

MOST OUTSTANDING MODDER FOR A MACHINIMA ENGINE
MikeDBoing
Warlord
SexyMaria

BEST CUSTOM MOD FOR A MACHINIMA MOVIE OR SERIES
CLEAR WINNER ALREADY PICKED BY NOMINATION!

BEST MACHINIMATOGRAPHY IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
Elegy to the Mind (Reepicheep)
Denial (Macwemyss)
The Bard (AnimaTechnica)

BEST SHORT FORM FILM OR EPISODE (<15>
Ad Hominem Attack (act3scene24)
The Calling (JosephKW)
Family Values (Macwemyss)

BEST LONG FORM FILM OR EPISODE (>15 MINS)
Tribute (RikVargard)
Hybris (Samyhouse)
Death in Venice (ChatNoir)

BEST "THE MOVIES" FILM OR SERIES 2010
Tribute (RikVargard)
Elegy to the Mind (Reepicheep)
Family Values (Macwemyss)

BEST "MOVIESTORM" FILM OR SERIES 2010
Incubus (ChatNoir)
Hard Requitals (MefuneAkira)
Embers (IceAxe)

BEST "ICLONE" FILM OR SERIES 2010
The Bard (AnimaTechnica)
Grayskull: Rise of Hordak Parts 1 - Finale (Rage)
Voyages of the Sojourner (AnimaTechnica)

BEST OTHER MACHINIMA FILM OR SERIES 2010
CLEAR WINNER ALREADY PICKED BY NOMINATION!

BEST "ANYMATION" FILM OR SERIES 2010
The Duleks (SatscapeFilms)
Incubus (ChatNoir)
DiVAS (Phaylen)
The EX Files (Biggstrek)
(yes, there are 4, but it was a dead-hat, so we're letting YOU decide!)

BEST SINGLE SCREENPLAY FOR A FILM OR SERIES 2010
Tribute (JosephKW)
Death in Venice (KateLee)
Incubus (KateLee)

BEST SUBTITLED FILM OR SERIES 2010
Clout (Tumac)
American Hero (Smokstir13)
A Nightmare in Hell (Laviv42)

BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM OR SERIES 2010
A Nightmare in Hell (Laviv42)
Garel's Invention (Gilga)
Hybris (samyhouse)

BEST LIVE ACTION FILM OR SERIES 2010
Cinderblock Dreams (Nick Blacketer)
The Nose Collectors (Timothy Richmond 3)
The Console (JosephKW)

BEST PR CAMPAIGN FOR A FILM OR SERIES 2010
Enigma III (Uber)
CQ: Blackstar Rising (K4)
Tales from the People Zoo (thebiz)

BEST MOVIE/EPISODE POSTER 2010
CQ: Blackstar Rising (K4)
Enigma III, Episode 6: Et Tu Kwong (Burkey1993)
The Calling (Burkey1993)

MOST HELPFUL COMMUNITY MEMBER 2010
Macwemyss
Chris62
K4

MOST ENTERTAINING GUEST ON A TMOA RADIO SHOW 2010
MefuneAkira (The Ken and Roger Show)
K4 (The Ken and Roger Show)
Act3Scene24 (The Ken and Roger Show)

THE "THONG DE ROGER" AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO TMU 2010
Ken
K4
Dulci


So, there we have it; the finalist list for the 2010 Ollies!

The Voting Form can be found HERE; this form is slightly different from the previous one, as it e-mails a copy of itself to me as well as storing the database.

RULES
1) ALL categories must be voted on; no abstentions in Phase Two!

2) As ever, you cannot vote for yourself or you will be disqualified!

3) Again, no canvassing for votes or you will be disqualified.

4) If you make a cock-up on the submission, PM me or Tom on here and we will sort it out for you.


And there we have it!


You have until midnight, UK time on 30th September 2010 to complete your form and get it in.

And, as a reminder....

...and, because I forgot when typing all this out, MASSIVE KUDOS to those collectively-minded individuals who nominated; without dedicated folk like you, the community event that is the Ollies would not have happened, so THANK YOU!

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TMOA and the Ollies

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TMOA RADIO is the Internet's Only Home for Machinima Movies! It is also the station that airs the Biggest Event of the Year - The Ollies.



As you've no doubt have heard, the Ollies are getting bigger and better. Not only that, The Ollies are now getting wonderful attention by those companies that support moviemaking; companies such as Moviestorm, Reallusion, and CelTx.

The Ollies is a platform for highlighting YOUR movies as well!

Whether you movie has been nominated or not, please consider sending a short audio clip from your movie to:

thek4network@hotmail.com

Then be listening to TMOA during The Ollies to hear your clip in a montage of movie memories we have all shared at TMU.

Don't delay! I need ample Production time to create the soundtracks and time is running out. So... HURRY!


K4

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Generous Sponsors of TMU Ollies

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TMUnderground is excited to announce some fabulous prizes for the 2010 Ollies. Nominations are open until August 21st, so be sure to nominate your favorite TMU movie!

BEST "ICLONE" FILM OR SERIES
The iClone Basic Starter Kit - Reallusion
1 Hour of Training with James Martin
1 training set (which consists of:Introduction to iclone, modeling, texturing, lighting, animation part one) from stuckon3d
iClone Grab Bag (contents of this subject to confirmation)

BEST OTHER MACHINIMA FILM OR SERIES
Copy of iClone4 Pro - Reallusion

BEST MYSTERY MOVIE OR SERIES
1 Alley pack

BEST WESTERN MOVIE OR SERIES
1 Alley pack

BEST COSTUME OR MAKEUP IN A MACHINIMA MOVIE OR SERIES
1 Alley pack

BEST COMEDY MOVIE OR SERIES
1 Alley pack

BEST HORROR MOVIE OR SERIES
The Horror Movies motion pack – Reallusion

BEST ACTION MOVIE OR SERIES
The Action Movie motion pack – Reallusion

BEST DRAMA MOVIE OR SERIES
Endearment Vol 1 - Reallusion

BEST ROMANCE MOVIE OR SERIES
Endearment Vol 2 - Reallusion

BEST SCI-FI MOVIE OR SERIES
Outerspace Interior Elements - Reallusion

BEST MACHINIMATOGRAPHY IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
An iClone training set, which consists of:Introduction to iclone, modeling,texturing, lighting, and animation part one - Stuckon3d

BEST "MOVIESTORM" FILM OR SERIES
One year's Moviestorm subscription - Moviestorm

BEST PICTURE OR SERIES 2010
2000 Moviestorm points;
Celtx Prize Pack' which would include an annual 5-seat Celtx Studio and all 11 Art Packs + the Writers Pack of writing tools (aka the Super Bundle add-on)

BEST MOVIE OR SERIES DIRECTOR 2010
2000 Moviestorm points

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
2000 Moviestorm points

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
2000 Moviestorm points

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
2000 Moviestorm points

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
2000 Moviestorm points

MOST OUTSTANDING TMU NEWCOMER 2010
2000 Moviestorm points

MOST OUTSTANDING SCREENWRITER 2010
2000 Moviestorm points
Celtx Prize Pack' which would include an annual 5-seat Celtx Studio and all 11 Art Packs + the Writers Pack of writing tools (aka the Super Bundle add-on)

BEST COMPOSER FOR A MOVIE OR SERIES
2000 Moviestorm points

MOST OUTSTANDING MODDER FOR A MACHINIMA ENGINE
2000 Moviestorm points

BEST SINGLE SCREENPLAY
Celtx Prize Pack' which would include an annual 5-seat Celtx Studio and all 11 Art Packs + the Writers Pack of writing tools (aka the Super Bundle add-on)

BEST SHORT FORM FILM
Celtx Prize Pack' which would include an annual 5-seat Celtx Studio and all 11 Art Packs + the Writers Pack of writing tools (aka the Super Bundle add-on)

BEST LONGFORM FILM
Celtx Prize Pack' which would include an annual 5-seat Celtx Studio and all 11 Art Packs + the Writers Pack of writing tools (aka the Super Bundle add-on)

Prizes subject to change; stay tuned for further info.

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Tick tock, tick tock

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...Tick, tock, tick, tock...

Time is counting down to the closure of the Nomination Phase of the 2010 Ollies!

You have just over 10 days to get your Nominations in, so don't delay!

I can see by the number of responses thus far that people are obviously agonising over their choices (and I don't blame you; there are some damnably hard choices to make this year. I'd venture to say, the choice is even harder than last year!), but don't miss out on your chance to nominate!

Make sure you follow the proscribed format for completing the nominations to avoid your hard work going to waste; without specifics, we haven't got the time to work through all 8,000+ movies uploaded in the last 12 months to have a rough idea of what movie you were talking about that director X made, or performer Y starred in, etc!

So, make sure you get your nominations in by midnight UK time on 21 August to ensure that your views are considered in the Voting Phase!

Access the voting form HERE

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Start thinking about the Second Annual Ollies

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As you may (or may not) be aware, 22 July 2010 marks the end date for acceptable nominations for this year's Ollies.

For those of you not aware, this is last year's thread, containing the categories, etc. that you, the community, voted on last time.

In preparation for this year's awards, we thought now would be a good time to start folk thinking about the last twelve months of movie making, to allow you to check back on some of the great flicks you may have missed and give you plenty of time to think about what you want to nominate this year.

We will be following the same general process as before; the "nomination phase", where every registered TMU member will be able to nominate the films they believe deserve recognition in the various categories, followed by the "voting phase", where again all "filmic collective" participants get to register their vote for the shortlisted movies from the nominations received.

We may have a cool new way for the nominations and votes to be tallied this year (if our resident coding genius can get it working, that is ), and further details will be posted nearer the actual kick off time for the first phase.

In the meantime, constructive suggestions for categories (other than those we already had last time) are gratefully accepted; as the hobby has moved on a lot since last year, some of the categories may no longer be relevant, some may need to be "updated" and there are no doubt some which we missed last time round.

There is a thread which K4 created last year for ease of use which has a few entries; we have been discussing a potential sub forum specifically for Ollies posts; more news on that if and when.

As an example of the changes, it is possible that, to avoid such a manic evening as last year, we will be looking to announce the "Technical Awards" on Saturday and the "Movie Awards" on Sunday to allow more time for interviews, etc.

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2009 Ollies Award Show - Download

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The airing of the live TMUnderground 2009 Ollies Award Show is now available for download here.

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The First Annual Ollies - Winners Announced

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The First Annual Ollie Award Winners: 2009

Winning Movies Can Be Viewed HERE.

OLLIE AWARD BADGE DESIGN WINNER: Stvndysn

BEST PICTURE Saving Grace
BEST DIRECTOR Sisch
BEST ACTOR Goofparade
BEST ACTRESS Sisch
BEST TMU NEWCOMER Act3Scene24
BEST WRITER Sisch
BEST DRAMA Kate Lee's The Afflicted by Sisch
BEST COMEDY The Clarks by act3scene24
BEST WESTERN The Phantom of The West by BenTuttle90
BEST ROMANCE Temporary Night by Nukester
BEST SCI-FI Saving Grace by Sisch
BEST ACTION Valentine’s Day by Michael B6
BEST ARTHOUSE Clockwork by Iceaxe
BEST FANTASY Kayna – Rik Vargard
BEST HORROR Shadows over Innsmouth by JosephKW
BEST MUSICAL Temporary Night by Nukester
BEST WAR Memoirs of Meuse River by Pookashells
BEST MYSTERY Transience by JosephKW
BEST TRAILER November: Trailer by Pookashells
BEST SOUNDTRACK Temporary Night by Nukester
BEST COMPOSER Nukester
BEST SOUND EDITING Temporary Night by Nukester
BEST SOUND DESIGN Temporary Night by Nukester
BEST SET USE IN A MACHINIMA MOVIE Cleopatra IV by TheMGMKid
BEST COSTUME OR MAKEUP IN A MACHINIMA MOVIE Cleopatra IV by TheMGMKid
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS Shadows over Innsmouth by JosephKW
BEST PROP FOR A MACHINIMA MOVIE Tarison’s Bluescreen Sets by Tarison
BEST SHORT FORM FILM (<10>Clockwork by IceAxe
BEST LONG FORM FILM (>10 MINS) Saving Grace by Sisch
Best The Movies Film The Shadow over Innsmouth by JosephKW
Best Moviestorm Film Saving Grace by Sisch
Best iClone Film Coming Home by Lizard
Best Other Machinima Movie Little Pablo by act3scene24
Best "Mash-up" or Anymation Movie Saving Grace by Sisch
Best Screenplay Saving Grace (Sisch)
Best Subtitled Film Unfaithful by Meowan
Best Non-English Movie Award Next Door by Neonoir
Best Live Action Movie Dial for your Life by JosephKW
Best PR Campaign The Grey People by Moonlight Pictures
Best Movie Poster Shadows over Innsmouth poster by Burkey1993
Most Helpful Community Member Dulci
Most Entertaining Guest Norrie
The Thong De Roger Award for Outstanding Contribution to TMU Ken

Thanks to all who contributed in any way, shape or form to this year's awards (especially our MC, Mr K4 himself, who soldiered on like a proper trooper with his grevious injury; what a star!) Congratulations to the winners... and well done to everyone who has contributed to movies shown on TMU this past year.

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First Annual Ollies - Sunday, October 11

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Tune in next sunday (11th October 2009) for The First Annual Ollies Ceremony which will be live on TMOA Radio during the Ken and Roger Show (2pm-7pm EST; 7pm-12am UK)

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The Ollies 2009 Final Nominations

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THE OLLIES 2009
OFFICIAL NOMINATIONS

(Listed in no particular order)

Best Picture
Saving Grace by Sisch; Temporary Night by Nukester; The Shadow over Innsmouth by JosephKW

Best Director
Sisch; JosephKW; Nukester

Best Actor
GoofParade; AnotherNewDawn; K4 (Tinman)

Best Actress
Sisch; Dulci; Ellie; Bella
(It was so close for 3rd place we decided to split the last one rather than make a snap decision about who should go on the shortlist)

Best TMU Newcomer
Act3scene24; Rage; IceAxe

Best Writer
Act3scene24; Sisch; thebiz

Best Drama
Kate Lee's The Afflicted by Sisch; Temporary Night by Nukester; Anonymous by Act3scene24

Best Comedy
The Clarks by act3scene24; Do You Like JosephKW Movies? By Macwemyss; Jesus V Easter: MS Edition by Mefune Akira

Best Western
The Phantom of The West by BenTuttle90; Theory of the Heart by Pookashells; Rio Diablo by TheMGMKid

Best Romance
Temporary Night by Nukester; The Story of Us by Jase180; The Lounge Singer (2009) by Dulci

Best SCI-FI
Saving Grace by Sisch; The Gray People by Moonlight Pictures (D.L. Watson); Coming Home by Lizard

Best Action
Valentine’s Day by Michael B6; Sitting on Top of the World by Bricks Films; The Expedition by animatechnica

Best Arthouse
Rochelle Rochelle by Biggstrek; Whitefish by thebiz; Clockwork by IceAxe

Best Fantasy
Angels V Demons by Capemedia; Grayskull by Rage; Kayna – Rik Vargard

Best Horror
Saimaya by Mefune Akira; Shadows over Innsmouth by JosephKW; Dark Tides of Innsmouth by JosephKW

Best Musical
Temporary Night by Nukester; Jesus Christ Superstar (Act 1 Scene 1) by Jase180; The Lounge Singer (2009) by Dulci

Best War
The Sniper by WarLord; Memoirs of Meuse River by Pookashells; The Expedition by animatechnica

Best Mystery
Transience by JosephKW; November: Pilot by Pookashells; The Dead Cases by Jase180

Best Trailer
For My Love, Theodora by act3scene24; November: Teaser Trailer by Pookashells; KoT: The Final Trailer by Rik Vargard

Best Soundtrack
Temporary Night by Nukester; Kate Lee's The Afflicted by Sisch (music by Sherwin Liu); The Intermediate by Sisch

Best Composer
Nukester; Biggstrek; Norrie

Best Sound Editing
Saving Grace by Sisch; Sorrows of the Spy by Orky; Temporary Night by Nukester

Best Sound Design
Saving Grace by Sisch; Temporary Night by Nukester; November by Pookashells

Best Set Use in a Machinima Movie
Cleopatra IV by TheMGMKid; The Expedition by animatechnica; The Grey People by Moonlight Pictures

Best Costume or Makeup in a Machinima Movie
The Expedition by animatechnica; Cleopatra IV by TheMGMKid and JudyAnn88; Saimaya by MefuneAkira.

Best Special Effects
The Grey People by Moonlight Pictures; Shadows over Innsmouth by JosephKW; Valentine’s Day by MichaelB6

Best Prop for a Machinima Movie
Tarison’s Bluescreen Sets by Tarison; Roger Thong by MarvellousGuppiMovies (Guppi); Castle Grayskull in Greyskull by BudBundysMullet

Best Short Form Film (<10>
Clockwork by IceAxe; November - pilot by Pookashells; She and I are Us by Nukester.

Best Long Form Film (>10 MINS)
Temporary Night by Nukester; Saving Grace by Sisch; Shadows over Innsmouth by JosephKW

Best The Movies Film
Temporary Night by Nukester; The Shadow over Innsmouth by JosephKW; The Gray People: Chapter One - Moonlight Pictures

Best Moviestorm Film
Saving Grace by Sisch; Clockwork by IceAxe; Café Insomniac by Hardycapo

Best iClone Film
Coming Home by Lizard; The Expedition by animatechnica; Soulking by Allpoint

Best Other Machinima Movie
Little Pablo by act3scene24; Sweet Nothingness by Overman; How it all began by Cloneposer

Best "Mash-up" or Anymation Movie
Saving Grace by Sisch; The Sniper by WarLord; The Windmill Song by Cloneposer

Best Screenplay
Temporary Night by Nukester; Kate Lee’s The Afflicted (Sisch and Kate Lee); Saving Grace by Sisch

Best Subtitled Film
Into The Reich by Harry; Emperivium by Harry; Next Door by Neonoir

Best Non-English Movie Award
Captain LeBorgne by RikVargard; Unfaithful by Meowan; The Writer by Laviv42

Best Live Action Movie
Dial for your Life by JosephKW; The Tell Tale Heart by Timothy Richmond; The Mice by Moonlight Pictures

Best PR Campaign
The Grey People by Moonlight Pictures; The Last Close Up by TheMGMKid; Whitefish by TheBiz

Best Movie Poster
Shadows over Innsmouth poster by Burkey1993; StarQuest: The Freighter poster by act3scene24; The Afflicted poster by Sisch

Most Helpful Community Member
Dulci; Ken; Chris62.

Funniest Comment on a Movie
(Due to the low number of submissions this year, this category was withdrawn with no clear shortlist)

Best Comment on a Movie
(Due to the low number of submissions this year, this category was withdrawn with no clear shortlist)

Most Entertaining Guest
Norrie; Act3scene24; K4

The Thong De Roger Award for Outstanding Contribution to TMU
Ken White; Dulci; K4


As before, the online form is


or via PM to Killian here on the boards.

This form is even easier to complete than the last (you don’t even need to type anything other than your name!); all you need to do is:-

1: Click the link above,
2: Fill in your FORUM ACCOUNT name,
3: Tick ONE choice only for each category you want to vote for and
4: Hit SUBMIT

It can’t be any easier.
You have until September 27 2009 to vote on the nominees. Please note that there are NO abstentions for this final round; you MUST vote for every category.


So Get VOTING HERE and have fun!

We would like to thank everyone who nominated in Round One (and to Mr DeBoing and Mr Guppi for their sterling work in producing the Ollie Statuettes (and the as yet unnamed winner whose work will be decorating the winner's forum tags...)), and we hope to get as many votes as we did in the first round for Round Two and good luck to all the nominees!

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August 31st DEADLINE

Posted by TMUnderground

The deadline for The First Annual Ollies is August 31st. Please take some time to review the various categories and submit your nominations.

Also, if you would like to donate any prizes for the competition, please let us know.

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First Annual Ollies - TMUnderground Awards

Posted by TMUnderground

The First Annual Ollies

As part of the celebrations in regard to the first birthday of TMU, we are looking to see which movies the "viewing public" loved over the last twelve months, in our 1st Annual Ollies!

The process is simple; we are looking for everyone (for indeed YOU, as the viewing public, will be the "members of the Academy" in these awards) to place their votes for the award categories below; everyone gets a vote and the winners will be chosen based on the total number of votes tallied for each category. This way, the community speaks, and the winners will be those voted for BY the community as a whole.

 Procedure
1) Copy and paste the list below into a PM.

2) List your vote for each category against the category name.

3) Send the completed list to Killian via PM on the boards here, with a subject line of " CA Nominations". The votes will be tallied after the deadline, and the nominees and winners will be listed at a later date.

Any questions please feel free to ask Mr Tom Foster, who will be happy to field any queries you have (provided they’re not the ones about where babies come from, how many beans make five, or two trains start from New York and Chicago…).

Please note that both Tom and I have exempted ourselves from nomination for any of these awards to ensure fair play, so DON'T vote for either of us.

 Rules
1) One vote per registered TMU member (you must include your screen-name at the top of your voting form).

2) You must complete every category on the list (i.e. no voting for “Best Picture” and leaving the rest blank, for example; partially completed forms will be disqualified from the final tally).

3) To qualify for nomination, the listed movie(s) must have been released on TMU between 22 July 2008 and 22 July 2009 (either via direct upload or embedding from another hosting site). Movies hosted/uploaded to other sites, which have NOT been embedded on the movie site, do not qualify (i.e. forum posts pointing to movies hosted off-site, for example).

As the Movie site lists movies by days since it was uploaded, the cut off point is: any movie uploaded 18 days ago OR MORE (correct as of Sunday 8 August 2009).

The last acceptable movie that could be voted on this year would therefore be Sanction27’s Mod Showcase movie for July 09; anything later than this would be acceptable for the 2010 Awards, but not this year’s.

3) All completed lists must be back by 31 August 2009.

4) You CANNOT vote for yourself or your own movies; you can only vote for ANOTHER community member.

5) No canvassing for votes will be allowed; anyone caught doing so will be DISQUALIFIED from nomination.

The votes cast will be tallied, and the top three in each category will go forward to the final stage. A list of the top three will be posted.

At that point, a second round of voting will be taken for the nominees; the movie or individual in each category with the highest number of votes cast will be judged the winner.

 PRIZES
Prizes to be confirmed.

THE TMU MOVIE AWARDS
1. Best Picture (Best overall movie released on TMU in the last twelve months)

2. Best Director (Best overall director of movies in the last twelve months)

3. Best Actor (Best Male Voice over artist in a movie released in the last twelve months)

4. Best Actress (Best Female Voice over artist in a movie released in the last twelve months)

5. Best Newcomer (overall best new filmmaker, writer, voice artist, etc, to come into the community in the last twelve months)

6. Best Writer (for the writer who has shown consistently good scriptwriting ability over the last twelve months)
MOVIE AND SERIES INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY AWARDS (any length)
7. Best Drama

8. Best Comedy

9. Best Western

10. Best Romance

11. Best Sci-Fi

12. Best Action

13. Best Arthouse

14. Best Fantasy

15. Best Horror

16. Best Musical

17. Best War

18. Best Mystery

19. Best Trailer

 TECHNICAL AWARDS
20.Best Soundtrack (Best music for a machinima movie; whether or not this music was composed especially for the movie or not)

21. Best Composer (the creator of the music soundtrack, NOT the film in which it was featured)

22. Best Sound Editing (best ambient and/or atmospheric sound use)

23. Best Sound Design (best use of sound effects, ambient sound, music and voice tracks overall)

24. Best Set Use in a Machinima Movie (modded sets or best use of existing sets)

25. Best Costume or Makeup in a Machinima Movie (best use of existing costume or makeup, or new costume/makeup)

26. Best Special Effects (outside edited using a third party program or particle effects from within the parent software)

26a. Best Prop for a Machinima Movie (custom mod for any engine)

 TMU FILM AWARDS
27. Best Short Form Film (under 10 minutes) (any genre; total running time including credits must be under 10 minutes in length)

28. Best Long Form Film (over 10 minutes) (any genre; total running time including credits must be over 10 minutes in length)

29. Best The Movies Film (using The Movies engine; no length limit)

30. Best Moviestorm Film (using the Moviestorm engine; no length limit)

31. Best iClone Film (using the iClone engine; no length limit)

32. Best Other Machinima Movie (using any engine that does not have its own category (i.e. Sims1, 2 or 3, Poser, Antics, game engines, etc))

33. Best "Mash-up" Movie (using one or more software engines to produce)

34. Best Screenplay (the best SINGLE script for a movie; collaborations are allowed)

35. Best Subtitled Film (must NOT contain a vocal track, but can contain music or sound effects)

36. Best Non-English Movie Award (for the best Non-English machinima film on TMU (any engine))

37. Best Live Action Movie (live action film created by, shot by and/or starring a TMU community member)


 THE "FILMIC COLLECTIVE" AWARDS
38. Best PR Campaign (posters, threads, teasers and trailers combined)

39. Best Movie Poster (self explanatory; the award is for the ARTIST who created the poster, not for the film or series for which it was produced)

40. Most Helpful Community Member (overall, including movie site commentary, forum posting and radio show appearances)

41. Funniest Comment on a Movie (must be derived from the movie page itself, not from the forums)

42. Best Comment on a Movie (must be derived from the movie page itself, not from the forums)

43. Most Entertaining Guest (for ANY TMOA Radio Show; this can be for the funniest, most informative, etc; the person you enjoyed hearing interviewed the most)

44. The Thong De Roger Award for Outstanding Contribution to TMU (the director/voice artist/writer/modder, etc that YOU think has epitomised TMU in the last twelve months)


If you are not sure of names (i.e. for things like the Composer category, for example), contact the filmmaker in question for the name (this is one reason why you should always use proper crediting for mods, VOs and music, folks!)

Please note neither categories nor rules are subject to negotiation.

And remember: these are YOUR awards; vote for the films, directors, writers, etc, who YOU think best encapsulate the spirit of the community.

You have until 12:00 midnight GMT on 31 August 2009 (3 full weeks, people!) to get the first round nominations in. Once these are in and tallied, we will produce the final nominees for the second round votes; submission guidelines for this will be posted after Round One.

Looking forward to seeing how the voting turns out!

Now, enough blather; get your thinking caps on and let’s have those votes in!

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