American Cinema Editors (ACE) has added a brand new aggressive award class to its ACE Eddie Awards — Greatest Edited Brief — and can, for the primary time, settle for submissions from YouTube and different digital platforms throughout suitable present classes. Moreover, ACE will current YouTube with the ACE Visionary Award, recognizing its influence on visible storytelling. Extra on that in a bit.
The awards will happen on February 27 in Los Angeles.
The newly accredited Greatest Edited Brief class will rejoice modifying in short-form storytelling. Eligible submissions will embody:
- Theatrical brief movies (corresponding to these eligible for Oscar consideration)
- Unique short-form content material made particularly for digital platforms
- Narrative, documentary, animation and experimental works
Whereas some brief movies obtain restricted theatrical distribution, most are consumed on-line, making it well timed to acknowledge each conventional and digital brief content material inside one unified class. ACE is contemplating aligning the utmost runtime with the Academy of Movement Image Arts & Science’s 40- minute commonplace, although the ultimate parameters might be confirmed and introduced on the ACE web site earlier than the following submission interval.
Along with the brand new brief movie class, ACE has broadened eligibility throughout suitable present classes to incorporate work launched solely on platforms like YouTube. Whether or not actuality or selection sequence or feature-length documentaries, these tasks might be judged by the identical inventive and technical requirements ACE applies to all entries. This shift acknowledges the caliber of modifying now seen in digital-first storytelling and ensures that editors working in these codecs are acknowledged for his or her craft.
To honor its transformative affect on the world of storytelling, ACE will current YouTube with the ACE Visionary Award. The popularity is given within the spirit of earlier honors bestowed upon pioneering firms, corresponding to Avid, and celebrates YouTube’s position in empowering a worldwide era of visible storytellers.
“This isn’t about catching as much as a development,” says ACE govt director Jenni McCormick. “It’s about planting our flag and saying ACE is dedicated to main the best way into what’s subsequent — with out ever shedding sight of the place we got here from.”
