Revamped categories?
Mon, 20 Apr 2015 22:46:55 -0400
"Max DeGroot" <degroot.max [at] gmail.com>
I was just noticing that when it comes to the awards, many of them seem to go
to non-furs. Such categories as:
Best Motion Picture
Best Dramatic Series or Short Work
Best Game
Actual furs rarely get even nominated. Now, for Motion Picture, yeah, that’s
kind of a given. Best Game, though, could easily be won by an actual fur for a
game designed for furs, and I believe some have actually won in the past.
Best Dramatic Series or Short Work? Usually won by an animated series, like My
Little Pony or the like.
I’d like to see the award encourage more furs to do creative work. I’d be
willing to help foot the bill for additional plaques or whatever to create
them, even.
I’d love to see the Best Dramatic Short Work or Series split into two: Best
Dramatic Series, Best Dramatic Short Work. Now, admittedly, they would still
likely be both won by pros, but it would leave the door open for some of the
better flash animators, like Cerebus, to have a chance of winning.
In addition, there seems to be no category at all for audio work. Admittedly,
there is very little, but if, say, someone recorded a short story done by
another fur and added sound effects and voice actors, no matter how good it
was, it would likely lose in the Best Dramatic Short Work category against a
commercial that happened to show an animated teddy bear. And if someone
recorded a furry song along the lines of Rocky Raccoon or What The Fox Say, it
would get little notice. Maybe an award for Best Original Furry Song?
But it would be a start.
Anyway, an idea of how much the plaques cost and offering a category to anyone
willing to sponsor a plaque and can arrange for five different artists to be
nominated... It wouldn’t detract from the awards at all, I don’t think, and
might spark more interest in the awards.
Max DeGroot
Comment via email
Copyright © 2015 "Max DeGroot" <degroot.max [at] gmail.com>