lectronic Arts today announced that it is partnering with the University of Southern California - School of Cinema Television to offer game players and aspiring filmmakers the opportunity to participate in a cinema contest. The Sims 2 Student Life Movie Contest invites ambitious movie creators to use The Sims 2 to create short films with its in-game movie making feature.
Commenting on the contest, Steve Seabolt, Vice President, Electronic Arts, said, "This contest is further affirmation of the EA/USC partnership. The ability to customize the gameplay experience and ‘tell your own story’ is an increasingly important part of the interactive entertainment experience. This contest taps into USC’s legendary expertise in cinematography and the art of storytelling and marries it to EA’s state of the art technology."
With this contest, participants will compete for a grand prize of $5000 or a four-week associate intern position, working alongside The Sims 2 development team at Electronic Arts’ Maxis Studio in Redwood City, California. One second place winner will receive a state-of-the-art NVIDIA powered PC computer system (excluding monitor) and three third place winners will each receive one NVIDIA video card. Contest begins April 20, 2005 and submissions will be accepted until the end of May 2005. Contest winners will be announced this summer.
For more information on The Sims 2 and The Sims 2 Student Life Movie Contest visit http://www.thesims2.com.