Open Call: 1minute Projection Mapping Competition

This international competition is not only one of the industry’s leading contest events, but also a creative venue for top creators from around the world and Japan.

Theme

• Mirror
  • A mirror reflecting various things is a wonderful and mysterious existence. What can be seen is a real image but also a virtual one, giving you the feeling of another dimension.
  • Or, like a mirror in a fairy tale, it might reflect the inner and wishes of the people looking at it. Is what they are facing the truth, or is it the future or their distorted wishes? “Mirrors” cannot help but stir up a variety of imaginations, and while they can be found easily in everyday life, as a creator aren’t they an attractive material?
  • In Japanese, it is said a mirror “reflects the heart and times”, or “a mirror of” to describe a person who can be a role model.
  • Through the physical charms and effects of mirrors, such as kaleidoscopes and reflective water for example, as well as the world of images projected in the word “mirror”, please expand your imagination and express your “Mirror” as a “projection mapping video” for projection onto a Memorial Picture Gallery.

Prize Information

• Grand Prize: 2 million yen, trophy, supplementary prize, invited as a guest creator for the next competition.
• Second Prize: 500k yen, trophy, supplementary prize
• Third Prize: 200k yen, trophy, supplementary prize
• Forth Prize: 100k yen, trophy, supplementary prize
• Audience Prize: 100k yen, trophy, supplementary prize
• Finalists will receive a travel and lodging subsidy for one person (3 days/2 nights, amount is capped) when visiting the screening in mid-September.

Video Format

• Submitted Video Data for the First Screening  
  • Please use the “Temp_1minutePM2024_Tokyo” composition in the After Effects distribution template as the final composition.
  • Please submit the video exported from the “Projection Preview” composition in the After Effects distribution template
  • Please submit your video for the first screening with only the entry number and the length of the video.
  • Rough sketches, still images, storyboards, and other incomplete works may not pass the preliminary screening.
  • Contents Length: 1 minute to 1 minute 59 seconds
  • Frame Rate: 30/fps
  • Video Format: h264, mp4 recommended, embedded audio (WAV, mp3)
  • Resolution: 1920 x 650 pixel
  • Video Data Filename: Entry number submission date.mp4
  • Ex: 001_20240509.mp4
• Submitted Video Data for the Final Delivery (projection) 
  • Resolution: 6656 x 1920 pixel
  • Content Length: 1 minute to 1 minute 59 seconds
  • Frame Rate: 30/fps
  • Video Format: MOV (Details will be announced later.)
  • Audio: Embedded in the video content, and attach WAV data of the same length as the video
  • Video Data Filename: Entry number team submission date.mov Ex: 001_Teamname_20240509.mov

Projection Mapping Venue and Building Size

• Meijijingu Gaien Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery
• Building size of the projection plane: 112m wide and 32.1m high (apex of the central dome)

Who can apply?

• In 2024, they are again calling for video works from creators around the world.

For more information, visit Projection Mapping Association of Japan.