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| Anime Music Video
Contest
Categories | Deadline | Submission Form | Submission Format | Rules | Delivery Options Grab your DVD's, grab your music, fire up your favorite video editing software and get to work! This year's AMV contest is gearing up to blow the doors off of the Greater Richmond Convention Center, but we need YOUR videos to do it! There are a few minor changes to the rules this year, so please make sure to read them over thoroughly before submitting. |
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Categories
There will be four categories this year.
The top three submissions in each category are voted on by the audience. Our hand-selected panel of judges and the convention chairman choose our special Judge’s favorite and Chairman’s Awards respectively. |
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Deadline
Saturday, May 27th 2006 All entries MUST be submitted no later then this. Any entry arriving
after this date will not be considered, so make sure to get them
in ASAP!!! |
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Submission
Form
You must include a separate form for each AMV that you submit. The form should be nothing more then a normal .txt file that contains the following information: - Title of AMV You must include ALL of that information before your video will be considered for the contest. If you are unsure about any of the information please look it up, as it is all crucial information. To make things easier, we would prefer that you use the naming
convention of “Editor’s name – AMV title”
to name both your AMV and submission form so that we can make sure
to keep them together. |
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Submission Format
All submissions must meet the following standards: - 720 x 480 resolution Any of the following encoding formats may be used, provided that they meet the above standards: Video: Audio: |
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Rules
1) All entries *MUST* conform to the formats listed above. 2) Due to issues with formatting, videos encoded using Windows Movie Maker are ineligible. You can download a free 30-day trial of Adobe Premiere Pro from http://adobe.com/support/downloads/ if you need an alternate video editor. 3) A maximum of two submissions per person, one per category is allowed. 4) Entries must not exceed 5:00 minutes running time in length. 5) Submission should be recent work (i.e. made within the last year or so) and should not be winning submissions from this or any other convention or contest. 6) The following excessive materials are not allowed: nudity, violence, racial or verbal obscenities. 7) Dubbed sound from licensed commercial translation is NOT allowed. Subtitles of ANY kind (commercial or self made) are also strictly forbidden. 8) All entries must be accompanied by a completely filled out submission form. (see above) 9) Mailed submissions must have your name, phone number, address, and submission information clearly written on the jewel case and the media itself. 10) Mailed submission materials become the property of Anime Mid-Atlantic, and are non-returnable. 11) Only the best quality submissions will be eligible to compete. Submissions with significant audio or visual degradation will not be accepted. 12) Prizes will be presented during closing ceremonies on Sunday. If the contestant is not attending the convention, he/she is responsible for arranging for receipt of their prize at their own expense however, plaques and certificates will be mailed out after the convention courtesy of Anime Mid-Atlantic. All prizes not claimed by June 30, 2006 will become property of the convention. 13) Copies of the contest will not be available due to legal concerns. 14) Anime Mid-Atlantic is not responsible for lost, stolen, misdirected, or damaged entries, prizes, etc. 15) We reserve the right to reject any video for any reason at any time. Although unlikely, rules are subject to change. If any major changes are necessary to your video, we will attempt to contact you. Any questions or concerns about these rules
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Delivery Options
FTP
You may submit your AMV via our FTP using the following information.
Once you are logged in, you can upload your AMV and submission form directly into the root directory that it starts you in. A few things to note about the FTP: - Username and password MUST be lowercase in order to log in Any FTP client should work fine, but if you are
in need of one, we recommend the free version of SmartFTP available
from http://www.smartftp.com |
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Snail Mail
If for any reason you are unable to submit via our FTP, You may mail your entry on CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+/-R, or DVD+/-RW to the following address: Anime Mid-Atlantic AMV Contest 614 Shawn Court Highland Springs, VA 23075 Please note that any submission by mail should be written to the disc as “data” and should not be authored. |
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Any additional questions
about the contest can be directed to AnimeMidAtlanticAMV@Gmail.com Many questions about editing and encoding can be found at www.AnimeMusicVideos.org |
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