Successful inaugural Dogstar Awards

Close on 300 people attended the awards ceremony to pay tribute to the high standard of local commercial production which has firmly established South Africa as a world-class industry.

More than 120 commercials made in the period January 2001 to January 2003 were entered into the Dogstar Awards which were divided into two sections: Made For South Africa and Made By South Africa. Terraplane triumphed with its I Am Beat commercial for Metro FM by winning the Canis Major Award in Made For South Africa. The Canis Major was won in the Made By South Africa section by The Shooting Gallery for The Fan.

The Dogstar winners are:

MADE FOR SOUTH AFRICA

BEST OVERALL COMMERCIAL: I AM BEAT - Terraplane
BEST DIRECTOR: I AM BEAT - Daniel
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER: I AM BEAT - Clive De Klerk
BEST CAMERA MOVEMENT: I AM BEAT - Juri Geldenhuys
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN: I AM BEAT - Derry Gallacher
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC: I AM BEAT - Felix Laband and Alun Richards
BEST ORIGINAL SOUND DESIGN: I AM BEAT - Alun Richards
BEST ON CAMERA SPECIAL EFFECTS: STEAMROLLER - Nigel Dunkley
BEST STUNT: STEAMROLLER - Mo Marais
BEST CREATIVE DIRECTION FOR EDITING: I AM BEAT - Christen Iversen
BEST DIGITAL ARTWORK: I AM BEAT - Hilton Treves
BEST ANIMATION: I AM BEAT - Sandy Sutherland, Idries Omar
BEST ART DIRECTOR: COUNTRY MUSIC - Leon Morland
BEST WARDROBE: GOLDEN OLDIES - Sylvia Van Heerden
BEST MAKE-UP: COUNTRY MUSIC - Lara Whitehead and Nicolette van Wyk
BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR: I AM BEAT - Daniel

MADE BY SOUTH AFRICA

THE CANIS MAJOR AWARD: THE FAN - The Shooting Gallery
BEST DIRECTOR: CHASE - Keith Rose
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER: SURFER - Terence Maritz
BEST CAMERA MOVEMENT: FIRE - Michael Buckley
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN: SURFER - Trevor Venter
BEST ORIGINAL SOUND DESIGN: MONEY TALKS - Jerry Barnard
BEST ON CAMERA SPECIAL EFFECTS: ASPHALT - Max Poolman
BEST STUNT: APNEA - Craig Ginsberg
BEST CREATIVE DIRECTION FOR EDITING: POEM - Kobus Loots
BEST DIGITAL ARTWORK: 50 SECONDS - Marco Raposa De Barbosa
BEST ANIMATION: 50 SECONDS - Idries Omar, Sandy Sutherland
BEST ART DIRECTOR: SURFER - Petar Spiljevic
BEST WARDROBE: SURFER - Zara Mackie
BEST MAKE-UP: SURFER - Tanya Rex
BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR: X - BOX - Daniel

The following Dogstar sponsors made the event possible:
Dogstar Category sponsors: AFM Lighting (Best Overall Commercial), The Refinery (Best Director), One8Six (Best Cinematographer), MCC Logical Designs (Best Camera Movement), Cinegate Africa (Best Lighting Design), Chris Fellows Sound Studios / Filmlab (Best Original Sound Design), Video Lab (Best Creative Direction for Editing, Gauteng Film Office (Best Animation), Moonlighting Film Production Services (Best Art Direction), Media Film Service (Best Young Director), Imperial Truck Hire (Best Make-up).

Dogstar Supplier Sponsors: Cinemark (Venue & cinema screening), Gearhouse (Awards staging & lighting), The Refinery (Logo and on-air creative promo) Spectrum Visual Networks (Digital cinema transfer) Ukubona (Website), Webber Wentzel Bowens (Awards rules & regulations), Wilder Lockitch (Awards auditing)

The first Dogstar Awards was conceived by Screen Africa, the leading trade publication for the television, film commercials, radio, music and professional equipment industries in southern Africa, and is endorsed by the Commercials Producers Association.

For a more detailed list of the winners visit www.dogstarawards.co.za.