2024 APDG Awards Entry Guide

Thank you for your interest in entering the 2024 Australian Production Design Guild Awards. Entries will be open between March 28, 2024 and April 29, 2024. If you’d like to be part of the APDG Awards ceremony you can buy tickets when they go on sale in May.

The information below is intended to assist entrants in answering questions and ensuring their entry application is successful.

Please note: You may enter with a “Joint Entry” if you and another APDG member/s had the same role on the same workYou may still enter as an individual and acknowledge your team for those that had different roles on the same work.

Awards Entry Checklist

  1. Ensure you have read the Terms & Conditions
  2. Ensure your membership is valid or you can join HERE.
  3. Ensure your work is eligible: Check that the work was first screened, broadcast, shown or performed between February 2, 2023 and February 1, 2024.

You can save and close your application at anytime.

To be eligible for the early-bird discount you need to submit prior to April 14, however you can still update your entry until April 29, 2024.

What you need

  1. Your Contact Details (Name, address, email).
  2. A PDF Design Process document: An outline of your design process with the director, co-designers and other artists through concept and design development and realisation.
  3. Design Process Images: 6-12 photos and/or illustrations that demonstrate the design or the design process in creating the work. Please submit as labelled JPGs or PNGs. You may also add labelled images, formatted into the design process document, however this is optional.
  4. Video or Images of the Work: 1- 3 video files of the work to support your entry. The video files may be the full work, edited highlights or a promotional clip. You may upload an additional 12 photographs.
    OR
    If not submitting video, 15 – 20 high-resolution production stills made into a slideshow of the work.
  5. Promotional Clip of the work*: A clip of the work that demonstrates its design quality.  The clip is not judged but will be screened at the awards ceremony if the work is shortlisted by the judges. The clip can be either video or a slide show of images. Please ensure there is no text on this clip. Ideal length is 20 seconds and should be no shorter than 15 seconds and no longer than 25 seconds. Please aim for a file size of between 20Mb and 70Mb. Please note The clip should not exceed 500Mb. 
  6. Promotional Image: 1 image that demonstrates the quality of the work. This image will represent the work at the awards ceremony, on the website and in media coverage. This image will be less that 2000 pixels wide and submitted as a JPEG or PNG. A landscape formatted image is preferred.
  7. Design Team contact details: You may nominate up to 5 additional members of your design team. Please ensure you have their details and their approval. The Trophy will only have the entrant’s name, unless it is a joint entry. All those entering as joint entrants must be APDG members.  Please note – there is only 1 trophy per category including for Joint Entries, additional trophies can be purchased by the entrant.
  8. Authority to use supporting documentation and promotional materials: Please ensure that you have the relevant permissions to use images and videos submitted.

Design Process Document Assistance

Unsure where to start? You can see some great examples of Design Process documents on the following websites:

Promotional Clip Assistance

If you are unsure how to create an APDG awards ceremony promotion clip, please refer to the following short videos that demonstrate how to create a clip using stills or how to trim/edit exisiting footage.

If you would like to be connected to a volunteer to assist with clip or have any further questions, please contact admin@apdg.org.au

Entry Guide

STEP 1: LOGIN TO YOUR APDG MEMBER ACCOUNT

Visit the APDG website and sign-in to your member account. If you don’t have a member account, you can join HERE.

STEP 2: ENTER THE AWARDS PORTAL

Once you have logged-in, you will need to go to the ENTER section of the website.

STEP 3: COMPLETE THE ENTRY FORM

The new easy to use form guides you step-by-step through the entry process. If you need assistance, please email admin@apdg.org.au. You do not need to complete your entry in one session. You can save and close your entry at any time and return to complete it prior to the closing date.

STEP 4: PAY THE ENTRY FEE

Payment of the entry fee/s can be made via secure online credit card payment embedded in the application form. If you don’t have a credit card, please contact admin@apdg.org.au for further payment options.

2024

EARLY BIRD PRICES

Saturday March 28 – Sunday April 14

STANDARD PRICES

Monday April 15 – Monday April 29

EMERGING members

Individuals – $25
Joint – $50*

Individuals – $35
Joint – $75*
FULL members

Individuals – $50
Joint – $100*

Individuals – $75
Joint – $150*

AFFILIATE members

$200

$250

*Please note there is only one trophy per team, with all team members’ names on that trophy. Replica trophies can be ordered and purchased ($350 + delivery) up to 3 months after the awards ceremony.

2024 APDG Awards Categories

APDG full members may enter the following categories. 

Animation Design
This award is for animation design screened in any media for a screen production, commercial or event.

Art Direction for a feature film or a television production
This awards is for art direction for a television production or a feature film.

Concept Art
This award is for concept illustration, storyboard drawings, costume drawings or concept models for a live performance, screen production, event, game, interactive media, exhibition, transmedia, virtual reality, or augmented reality production.

Costume Design for a feature film
This award is for the design of costumes for a feature film.

Costume Design for a live performance or event
This award is for the design of costumes for any genre of live performance (event, dance, drama, physical theatre, music theatre, transmedia).

Costume Design for a television production.
This award is for the design of costumes on a television production in any format (series, stand-alone show, or documentary).

Design for a commercial
This award is for production design, costume design, hair and/or makeup design, or visual effects design for a commercial screened via any media.

Design for a digital production or performance (Previously called the Visual Effects Award)
This award is for visual effects design, world or production design, for a game or transmedia, interactive media, virtual reality, or augmented reality production, event or performance.

Multi-Discipline Design for a live performance or event
This award is for the design of a live performance or event where the designer has multiple design roles: set and costume design, lighting and set design, set and video design or any other combination of these roles.

Lighting Design for a live performance or event
This award is for lighting design in any genre for live performance (event, dance, drama, physical theatre, music theatre, transmedia) or event.

Make-up, Prosthetic Makeup or Hair Design 
This award is for the design of makeup, hair and/or prosthetics for a screen production, live performance or event.

Production Design for a feature film
This award is for the production design for a feature film.

Production Design for a television production
This award is for the production design for a television production in any format (series, stand-alone show, or documentary).

Production Design or Costume Design for a short film, music video or web series
This award is for the production design and/or costume design for a short film, music video or web series.

Set Decoration for a feature film or a television production
This award is for set decoration for a television production or a feature film.

Set Design for a live performance or event
This award is for set design for any genre of live performance (event, dance, drama, physical theatre, music theatre, transmedia) or event.

Title Design
This award is for title design for a screen production in any format.

Graphic Design
This award is for graphic design for a screen production in any format.

Video Design for a live performance or event
This award is for video design for any genre of live performance (event dance, drama, physical theatre, music theatre, transmedia) or event. The video design may be video concept, content and/or video systems design.

APDG emerging design members may enter the following categories.

The APDG will be accepting individual and joint entries (for those designers that worked in the same role on the same work). Please note, for joint entries, only one entrant will apply. All entrants must be APDG emerging members.

Please read the terms and conditions, as entry fees are different for individuals and joint entries. Please note – there is only one trophy awarded per category.

In addition to the trophy, each Emerging Designer category has a $500 prize for the recipient of the award. Please note – there is only one monetary prize per emerging award. 

Emerging Designer for a live performance or event
This award is for an APDG Emerging Designer member who has designed sets, costumes, lighting or video for a live performance production in any genre (event, dance, drama, physical theatre, music theatre, transmedia).

Emerging Designer for a screen production
This award is for an APDG Emerging Designer member who has designed sets, costumes, animation, or VFX for a screen production in any genre (commercial, web series, short film, feature film, music video).

Please contact us if you would like to nominate someone for one of the following awards. 

Artisan Lifetime Achievement Award 
This award is for an artisan working in specialised screen or theatre crafts and who has contributed significantly over a lifetime to the screen or live performance industries. This award is presented in alternate years to screen or live performance artisans.

Outstanding Contribution to Design 
This award acknowledges an APDG Member who over their career has made a significant contribution to design in the screen or live performance industries. Designers in any of the roles or industry sectors represented by the guild may be nominated by the APDG membership, with the successful candidate selected by the APDG Management Committee.

If you are unsure which category your work is eligible for, please CONTACT US.