The Next Big Idea -- The shortlist judges weigh in

Visit www.gettyimages.com/thenextbigidea to check-out the creative visions of 30 talented designers and directors from around the world and vote for the top ten films. The final top ten films will be screened before audiences at major industry events and film festivals across the globe in May 2006. One grand prize filmmaker will win $10,000 in support of a future creative endeavor.

About the competition:

Getty Images challenged aspiring creative professionals to conceive and execute their films through a groundbreaking approach: exploring the one thing that links all creative work - The Big Idea - produce a 30 - 60-second film with at least half of the content originating from the millions of still images and over 90,000 film clips at Getty Images, including high production aerial footage and feature film outtakes from Universal Studios. Finalists responded to the brief exploring subjects ranging from nature ("Indian Steps") to time travel ("The Closest Thing to Time Travel") to memory ("In Memory Of") to a machine that paints reality ("Color Robot") to visual concepts that express unfinished thoughts ("Defective").

The Next Big Idea represents the evolution of Getty Images' highly successful 2004 campaign, The Big Idea, which featured shorts from seven internationally acclaimed designers and directors. Their films demonstrated new ways to conceive and execute ideas via a revolutionary digital workflow.

WHEN:

Online judging takes place March 27th - April 14th, at www.gettyimages.com/thenextbigidea