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So long as they’re used as a background or a baseplate, is my understanding.

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"THAC XVII” Entry • YouTube Channel • I voice act

so paper cutout mountains, trees, etc, count as a brick, so im guessing clouds count as one too? correct me if Im wrong.

2x4, can I see your film, since you don’t have a YouTube channel?
(Edit) oops sorry we all have to wait till the end of the contest.

I've move discussion of your individual film to its topic under Releases. This topic is for discussion of the contest itself, not individual films.

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"Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." - 1 Corinthians 10:31b

Regarding sticky-tac, if it's used as an animation tool, and you do your due diligence in trying to hide it reasonably, I certainly won't count it. Now, as you said, if you design a giant sticky-tac monster, then that will have to be counted.

If you want to remove it in post, that would probably make your film more polished, but it's not necessary.

"Just for the record, a background (like a piece of paper) with printed or drawn images on it wouldn't count as an element, right?"
-That's answered quite clearly in the rules and video. No, it doesn't count, unless you use more than one. You get one "free" background.

"But would a sequence of animated 'background' images count?" (Essentially an animated matte)

-Like, a flip book effect? Replacing the background with new drawings each time to create the illusion of motion? If you're switching out pieces of paper each time, that's obviously more that one background, hence, each one would count.
If you're adding it via green-screen, at the very least, the "green-screen" material would be the background, the digital effect by one element, and that's a static background.

Keep in mind the wise words from the original contest rules "This is an animation contest, not a Special Effects contest..."

That sounds so cool I'm tempted to give it a pass just to see it in action!
(Did you know I actually did some of that on my earliest (not publicly released) films?)

The best answer I can give you is this: If I can't see any seams, I would just assume you used one long piece of paper. If I can see seams, I'll be forced to count it. Make sense?

If propping green "hills" of paper against a blue "sky" counts as two separate things, I'll have to count two taped together pieces of paper the same way.  Sorry if that ruins any plans.

Look back at the submission rules. You'll see the answer there.