Sound & Screen
AI Music Video Awards
Season One
The Nominees
- 158Submissions
- 56In consideration
- 35Nominations
- 21Creators
Over 5 weeks. Only videos played on the show were eligible.
How every nominee is judged
Six criteria
- Story Is there a crafted idea, or just a run of nice shots?
- Vision Creativity and originality. Did they go past the obvious version of this song?
- Cinematography Framing, lighting, camera movement, editing. Industry standard within its own style.
- Character & World Consistency Same face, same wardrobe, same world, first frame to last.
- Technical Execution Clean shots. No artifacts, no morphing, no transitions that fall apart.
- Song Service Does the video make the track hit harder than it does on its own?
Lip sync is a deduction, never a scored criterion.
The nominees for
Best Storytelling
The idea
A crafted narrative with a beginning and an end, not a run of beautiful shots in a row.
Best Storytelling 1 of 5
After Eve
Mirage
Best Storytelling 2 of 5
J. Frequency
Drink The Pain Away
Best Storytelling 3 of 5
Rebel Redeemed
Send Me
Best Storytelling 4 of 5
The Room2Breathe Project
The Jokes On You
Best Storytelling 5 of 5
Ravyn Mae
Daddy Don't
The nominees for
Best Visual Style
The look
Art direction and aesthetic command. Photoreal, Pixar-adjacent, art deco, hand-drawn, graphic. Judged against what it is trying to be.
Best Visual Style 1 of 5
Algorithm Of Chaos
Dance Through the Insanity
Best Visual Style 2 of 5
Melvin Jamison
Rest Of My Life
Best Visual Style 3 of 5
The Wizave Project
Break in the Sky
Best Visual Style 4 of 5
Temptation Of The Priest
Bees and Flowers
Best Visual Style 5 of 5
Dream Relic
Time is a Limited Allowance
The nominees for
Best Technical Achievement
The craft
Character consistency, clean execution, lip sync when it is used. The category that could not exist at any other awards show.
Best Technical Achievement 1 of 5
After Eve
Blah Blah Blah
Best Technical Achievement 2 of 5
Will & Bunny
Love is Crying
Best Technical Achievement 3 of 5
iiSwangSongii
Into The Ether
Best Technical Achievement 4 of 5
Post Modern Society
The Shawnie Show
Best Technical Achievement 5 of 5
Rebel Redeemed
Send Me
The nominees for
Best Animation
The world
A world built from nothing, not a camera pointed at one. Judged on movement, character design, and whether the animation serves the song.
Best Animation 1 of 5
iiSwangSongii
Into The Ether
Best Animation 2 of 5
Namaste Warriors
Awakened
Best Animation 3 of 5
Waking Up Christopher
Take My Heart
Best Animation 4 of 5
Robyn Nikole
Cosmic Zoo
Best Animation 5 of 5
Lord Spit
Juggalo Jesus x One Piece Pt. 2
The nominees for
Best Social Commentary
The message
A video that uses its running time to say something about the world. Judged on whether the point lands, not on whether the judges agree with it.
Best Social Commentary 1 of 5
Will & Bunny
Love is Crying
Best Social Commentary 2 of 5
Robyn Nikole
Cosmic Zoo
Best Social Commentary 3 of 5
J. Frequency
Would Have Never Imagined
Best Social Commentary 4 of 5
Paradigm
Masquerade
Best Social Commentary 5 of 5
Rayneedaye
Greenwood Stories
The nominees for
Viewers' Choice
The crowd
Decided entirely by public vote from October 14 to 20. No judges. This one belongs to the audience.
Vote at samoricoles.com/awards/vote
Viewers' Choice 1 of 5
Paradigm
Masquerade
Viewers' Choice 2 of 5
Fraize
Hand On The Wheel
Viewers' Choice 3 of 5
Dream Relic
Time is a Limited Allowance
Viewers' Choice 4 of 5
Drai Producer
Write A Letter
Viewers' Choice 5 of 5
Ravyn Mae
Daddy Don't
The nominees for
Best AI Music Video
The headline
Judged on all six criteria. The one video that did everything well and did it with a point of view.
Best AI Music Video 1 of 5
After Eve
Hollow
Best AI Music Video 2 of 5
Will & Bunny
Love is Crying
Best AI Music Video 3 of 5
The Wizave Project
Break in the Sky
Best AI Music Video 4 of 5
Melvin Jamison
Rest Of My Life
Best AI Music Video 5 of 5
Post Modern Society
The Shawnie Show