International Students Creative Award 2013 ISCA

The International Students Creative Award (ISCA) is an international award contest for both Japanese and foreign university, graduate school, and vocational school students in the fields of art and information media.

Knowledge Capital’s mission is to promote “industrial creation, culture dissemination, international exchange, and human resource development”. The purpose of the International Students Creative Award is to discover and nurture the creative ideas and talents of today’s youth to enable them to become tomorrow’s stars on the world stage.

In 2013, two other award divisions were established in addition to the Video Content category in the Japan division—a Mobile App division and an International division with a Video Content category—making a total of three divisions.

On Nov. 30, 2013 (Sat.) an open review of the award nominees was held in the Knowledge Theater, along with an announcement of the winners and video showings. Please have a look at the selected award winners and at scenes from the event.

A grand total of 251 entries were received from 17 countries, ranging from the United States to Europe and Southeast Asia, as well as from all over Japan stretching from Hokkaido to Okinawa. The award winners were outstanding examples of youthful sensibilities.

Note: Some works are unavailable for viewing

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“For a while” A boy and a girl come to a park. He makes a phone call at a phone booth. She is playing at a park while he is calling. She comes back to a phone booth after a while and they enjoy playing across the booth. Kyoto University of Art & Design / Miiku Sakanishi By participating in this contest I found it very stimulating to meet other people of my generation involved in video production and to see their work. Winning the Grand Prize has encouraged me to continue my work, and to continue creating visuals that will touch people’s hearts. I truly thank you.

“Head of Hina Doll” Hina doll is the doll set on the Girl’s Day in Japan. We can find the mysterious beauty of the doll and the meaning as a symbol. This is an animation expressing the recognition to the philosophy about women. Tohoku University of Art and Design / Hiroko Funayama This is an animated film that expresses attitudes and feelings towards women through a central motif of traditional Japanese hina dolls. I hope this work will make viewers more aware of their unconscious views of women.
“M(Y)E” The city view varies every day. Why don’t you compare and mix up my view and your view to create a new one? Osaka Seikei University / Toshiyuki Osuga “How do other people see the same scenery that I’m seeing? The angle of view and height are of course different for each person. So does the scenery itself appear different? Am I the only one who can see that sign?” What will happen if we overlap what we ourselves see and what others see? How does the view appear? That was the theme of this work.

“White Rain Coatman” He recalls his memory about her.” The beautiful voice from Scenarioart can be reached to the all. This is produced as a music video for “White Rain Coatman. http://youtu.be/yrP0dzagUwo Kyoto Seika University / Chihori Muro I had a lot of help from many people in producing this work, and I’m really happy to have received this award. There were some difficult times when I listened to the music over and over again and changed the composition, but I’m very glad to have persevered to the end. Thank you very much.

“Miyoko, a housewife living in a housing complex” Miyoko, a housewife living in a housing complex, tires of her daily life without any exciting moment. One night, she meets an alien. She has an affair with him and gets pregnant. Osaka University of Arts / Natsuko Iwagami I thought it would be interesting to mix the two distinct genres of science fiction and Roman Porno, and this stop-motion animation was the result. Thank you very much for presenting me with this wonderful award.
“Outline of the Base” I don’t know well about the U.S. military base which is often discussed at TVs and on newspapers. I have produced this animation work on the idea that many people might not know about the base like me. We can find what it is once checking its outline. I have described it in this work as a neutral position. Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts / Kazutomo Arakaki I’m delighted to have received this award. Living in Okinawa, I felt that there was too little awareness of the problems arising from the US military bases there, and that is why I produced this work. I hope it will make people think more about the military base problems.
“A Man with Shadowl” Do you know “Optical Illusion”? There only exist objects and its shadows in this real world. However, you can find the figures which do not actually exist by means of various moves of people and their shadows. Musashino Art University / Misato Oka The only things that appear in my work are a man and his shadow. But through the movements of the man and the changing shapes of his shadow, it is possible to see other objects that do not actually exist. It is an animation using optical illusions.

“I cannot have a sex” Mr. Mizuno who has a complex from his childhood has accidentally got into bad terms with his girlfriend. His friend takes him to a sex-related shop to clear his complex, and Mr. Mizuno sees a woman who does not hesitate saying her opinions to everything. This is produced for the people with some complex to think about the complex itself and find a clue to clear it. Ritsumeikan University / Ryo Mizukami I’m delighted that my work was selected for honorable mention in a contest such as this. Looking at the other entries, I felt that I’m still very inexperienced. It made me want to work hard to create videos that convey my view of the world. I want to express my deep appreciation to filmmaker Toshio Matsumoto for the strong support he showed for my work. Thank you very much.
“Karakuri Cannon” This is an animation work on the concept of continuity. Quick continuous moves are described in this work starting from a girl’s pray. Kyushu University Graduate School / Yushi Iwamoto, Takayuki Ogata, Shohei Yoshioka, Naoya Sakamoto, and Tomoki Kuroki Thank you very much for presenting us with this wonderful award. We want to share this joy with everyone who was involved in the production of this work. Receiving this award has inspired us to want to undertake new challenges and to work even harder on future video productions.
“A Study in the movement of Ferris wheel” This is a work using still images on the concept of “what will happen if the Ferris wheel changes its shape into a monster.” This is produced based on the fear I have experienced and from my point of view as an acrophobe. Nagoya City University / Naoya Matsumoto Based on the concept of a Ferris wheel turning into a monster, I aimed to create an exciting noise-filled world of movement so as to break away from the normal way of seeing things. Thank you very much for presenting me with this award. I want to express my gratitude to the contest sponsors.

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“MIRROR” Mirror is about how standards of happiness differ from person to person. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Two cats, living in completely different worlds, switch places through a mirror and experience each other’s life. School of Visual Arts / Gyuhyun Kim I really didn't expect anything about this festival but one-day, Tong asked me to come over and attend this festival, which was even great for me! And a few days later, the prize and very good people... I have to say this was the best experience for me ever!

“ADOPTION” a wife planned to kill her husband for having an affair. the problem is getting complicated when it turns out her husband's infidelities women know their adopted child. INSTITUT KESENIAN MAKASSAR / ANDREUW PARINUSSA I found a new experience in making this film. I hope through this film you also get a new experience in watching movies and you love it..
“Duku Spacemarines” A Chinese hack the capitalism system of United States. Disputes with Czech Republic, chichens and the Great Day are also mentioned. Université Paris 8 / La Macanique du Plastique "The whole team is really happy and honored about that award. It was a wonderful experience for which we thank the entire ISCA festival and all the people who worked to make it happen"

“Everything is Falling” A short film about a young man who's life is abruptly turned upside down when his childhood sweetheart unexpectedly develops Schizophrenia. New York University / Tomson Tee "I really didn't expect anything about this festival but one-day, Tong asked me to come over and attend this festival, which was even great for me! And a few days later, the prize and very good people... I have to say this was the best experience for me ever!"
“ANIMA” The film was made in order to share photographer Xim Izquierdo's personal ritual. The ritual symbolises the metaphorical transition from the dark to the light and was all filmed at the north coast of Mallorca, island at the Mediterranean sea in Spain. Ravensbourne college of design and communication / Alexandra Miguel Martinez It was a pleasure to stay in Osaka with all you guys! thanks for the opportunity.
“Origin” Family stories have been told a million times. What makes Origin unique is the metaphorical context expressed through the mother and the son water droplets, and the water cycle. CalArts / Jessica Poon It was my pleasure and it had been a great experience to have my work to be shown in Japan and meeting other Japanese student creators.

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"My Drama" This is a web application produced by using Twitter API on the concept of “to be a character in a drama with followers. The log-in users on Twitter can easily make an original correlation chart in a drama and tweet about it in this application. They can expand the conversation with their close friends who can be appeared in a chart. Joshi University of Art and Design / Azusa Funakoshi I thought, “Wouldn’t it be interesting if such a thing were on Twitter?” As I had no experience with programming, it was all trial and error from the initial planning stages, but somehow I was able to create My Drama and launch it on the Web. I’m really happy to win such an award. I would like to thank everyone involved in the production of My Drama.

"Satory" What will happen if we have a special power of reading the mind of others close-by. This application will automatically send/receive the own latest tweet to the others close-by through the network communication. The received tweet will be also automatically read out through the mobile system. It will provide us the illusion of reading other people’s mind since the communication will be completed without one’s intension or relationship with others. Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences / Yusuke Ishigo This app was created by only two people. While it was under development, anyone near our desks would probably have heard random comments like "I'm sleepy," "I'm tired," "I'm wiped out," or "I need to go home." The atmosphere was either euphoria or dysphoria. Everyone should try developing an app sometime.
"Good Conversation" We can hear the pronunciations of English native speakers through this educational application using Google’s speech recognition system. ECC Computer Institute / Katsunori Tsuji This app will help a person learn to speak English by repeating a native English speaker's pronunciation over and over. Use it and enjoy traveling the world!

"Japanese Park Project" Deployment of location-based apps in outdoor spaces can be difficult, especially in gardens with varied terrain that can obstruct Wi-Fi signals. Additionally, signage alerting users to these services can be problematic because it interferes with the aesthetic goals of Asian gardens. This project created the first outdoor, location-aware mobile app using the Place-Sticker technology developed by Information Services International-Dentsu LTD, Tokyo, Japan (ISID). It continues the productive collaboration between Balboa Park Online Collaborative (BPOC), the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Japan, and the Pacific Rim Undergraduate Experience (PRIME) program at UCSD. Osaka University / University of California / Jesus Rios The JFG Haiku Hunt will give users a different type of experience in the Japanese Friendship Garden in San Diego. The app will serve as an interactive guide which takes users around the garden and teaches them the different elements of the garden. This project will be the first to use a new solar powered PlaceSticker prototype in an outdoor environment. This app was launched using Kickstarter and raised over $2500. Much of the content was made with the help of San Diego community so we felt it was natural to work together using Kickstarter to launch this project. We hope that you will have a chance to experience this adventure.
"Navigation of People" What will happen if we have a special power of reading the mind of others close-by. This application will automatically send/receive the own latest tweet to the others close-by through the network communication. The received tweet will be also automatically read out through the mobile system. It will provide us the illusion of reading other people’s mind since the communication will be completed without one’s intension or relationship with others. Osaka University / Yuki Uwashima When you're at a venue for a big trade show, for example, don't you want to know which booths are popular and what’s happening on the floor in real time? The Hito Navi app lets you connect to other people in the shared space of an event hall as a new type of social system that promotes communication.

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“For a while”

A boy and a girl come to a park. He makes a phone call at a phone booth. She is playing at a park while he is calling. She comes back to a phone booth after a while and they enjoy playing across the booth.

“Head of Hina Doll”

Hina doll is the doll set on the Girl’s Day in Japan. We can find the mysterious beauty of the doll and the meaning as a symbol. This is an animation expressing the recognition to the philosophy about women.

“M(Y)E”

The city view varies every day. Why don’t you compare and mix up my view and your view to create a new one?

“White Rain Coatman”

He recalls his memory about her.” The beautiful voice from Scenarioart can be reached to the all. This is produced as a music video for “White Rain Coatman. http://youtu.be/yrP0dzagUwo

“Miyoko, a housewife living in a housing complex”

Miyoko, a housewife living in a housing complex, tires of her daily life without any exciting moment. One night, she meets an alien. She has an affair with him and gets pregnant.

“Outline of the Base”

“A Man with Shadowl”

Do you know “Optical Illusion”? There only exist objects and its shadows in this real world. However, you can find the figures which do not actually exist by means of various moves of people and their shadows.

“I cannot have a sex”

“Karakuri Cannon”

This is an animation work on the concept of continuity. Quick continuous moves are described in this work starting from a girl’s pray.

“A Study in the movement of Ferris wheel”

This is a work using still images on the concept of “what will happen if the Ferris wheel changes its shape into a monster.” This is produced based on the fear I have experienced and from my point of view as an acrophobe.

“MIRROR”

Mirror is about how standards of happiness differ from person to person. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Two cats, living in completely different worlds, switch places through a mirror and experience each other’s life.

“ADOPTION”

a wife planned to kill her husband for having an affair. the problem is getting complicated when it turns out her husband's infidelities women know their adopted child.

“Duku Spacemarines”

A Chinese hack the capitalism system of United States. Disputes with Czech Republic, chichens and the Great Day are also mentioned.

“Everything is Falling”

A short film about a young man who's life is abruptly turned upside down when his childhood sweetheart unexpectedly develops Schizophrenia.

“ANIMA”

The film was made in order to share photographer Xim Izquierdo's personal ritual. The ritual symbolises the metaphorical transition from the dark to the light and was all filmed at the north coast of Mallorca, island at the Mediterranean sea in Spain.

“Origin”

Family stories have been told a million times. What makes Origin unique is the metaphorical context expressed through the mother and the son water droplets, and the water cycle.

"My Drama"

"Satory"

"Good Conversation"

We can hear the pronunciations of English native speakers through this educational application using Google’s speech recognition system.

"Japanese Park Project"

"Navigation of People"

He recalls his memory about her.” The beautiful voice from Scenarioart can be reached to the all. This is produced as a music video for “White Rain Coatman.

http://youtu.be/yrP0dzagUwo