Anime Los Angeles 2012 AMV Contest - NOW WITH WINNERS!!!

[ysef200]

I sent something but haven't received any confirmation yet

^THIS^

[MikalSaltveit]

So many of you have sent in videos right at the deadline, that I am backlogged responding to them.

I do not have copies of videos from:
Maria Dulce Cabrea
Reginald Gross

I also do not have copies of videos from the following, but I assume you are snail mailing them in and I will pick them up in my mail tommorow night.
Aloura Luna
Ivan Guillen
Margarita Lara, Martha Lara and Rafael Lara

- Mikal Saltveit

[MikalSaltveit]

I will be posting the contest finalists list this Monday Morning. January 2nd 2012.

This year we tried a later final submission date, more in line with our actual policies. I do not like how it has turned out. I don't really have enough time to reply to and deal with submission issues, and that does a disservice to the contest participants. This year we received enough entries by December 10th to hold a decent contest (30 videos). We have received more entries since then, but what that tells me is that we are now big enough to start turning away people for being late.

Over 50 videos have been submitted to the contest as of December 30th. I expect more will rush in just under the line. The contest was planned to have 21 videos. We are expanding that limit to 25, but many people will simply be turned away because of the number of quality entries we already have, and the requirement we have this year that we stick to a strict showing time. I understand this is frustrating for some creators, and I would be glad to discuss the witherfores and the whynots at the convention.

Next year we will also require that all videos be submitted in very specific formats, and through an online FTP upload form. Amazingly this year, 90% of contestants have been nearly of one mind in their submission format (mp4) and delivery method (megaupload). I want to thank everyone who did this, and made things much easier for me.

-Mikal Saltveit

[MikalSaltveit]

New Updates!

This year we received many videos that are more "upbeat/dance" than really comedy. So we are going to try out a "Dance" category. In order to accommodate we may be increasing the accepted videos to 30 (5 categories, 6 each) however we don't want to end up with categories so large that the audience gets bored.

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE COMEDY CATEGORY. NO ONE IS BEING TURNED AWAY BECAUSE OF THIS NEW CATEGORY

I want to also assure everyone that all of your videos are being watched and judged. It is not easy to look at something that obviously had alot of heart poured into it and say "no, this will not be in the contest because..." and then have to justify to myself why. I find this the more difficult task, as everyone has their own opinion on what constitutes art, and how art should be graded. To do this I use 4 categories, 5 points each.

Thematics: How well did the audio and the video fit together to tell a coherent story.
Quality: Was the quality of the video and audio sources high enough that the work clearly communicated to the audience.
Editing: Did the creator put the right amount of effort into editing the video and audio together.
Timing: Were critical parts of the audio timed to the video properly. Did the flow of action fit the beat of the music.

I hope this post informs.

- Mikal Saltveit

[Rider4Z]

Thanks for your hard work Mikal i'm looking forward to the contest.

[Ryvannis]

Soo...its about 40 minutes until the Monday morning ends, then it becomes a Monday afternoon.

Spoiler :

Finalist list?

[MikalSaltveit]

Congratulation to our Finalists

PLEASE CONTACT ME IF I HAVE MISSPELLED A NAME OR TITLE.
WE WILL BE USING GROUP NAMES UNLESS TOLD OTHERWISE, REAL NAMES ARE FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY

FORMAT: Real Name (Group Name) - Title

Action Category
Sean McPartland (Sean McPartland) - The Dark Tournament
Colin Langdon (Bebop0083) - Fighting Fate
Ryan Cech (LC Productions) - Is it Safe?
Courtney Blake Carlile (Blaku92) - PS3 no Jutsu
Maya williams (Kh_Queen Productions) - Awaken the Fantasy
Kennath Chang (ChosenExiled) - Call My Name

Dance Category
Matthew Clayton Lewis (Maguma) - I Heard it Through the Samurai
Mark Scully (Shin) - Safety Dance
Issac Fischer (DMRA) - Pop Culture Reference
Galina Kashina & Ekatherina Kashina (Galia & Kitty) - SuperS
Heather Christy Wells (Truffle Pig Studios) - The Princess is Here
Philip Long (LC Productions) - Nerv's Glee Club

Drama Category
Galina Kashina & Ekatherina Kashina (Galia & Kitty) - Her Loss
Romeo Fayloga (Romeo Fayloga) - One Shining Moment
Martha Lara (Nobodies Inc) - Here We Are
Natalie Szweda (Natalie Szweda) - He'll Never Say
SatoshiSakura - Cold Nights
Lenin Meza (ZonaAMV) - The Voice of a Kawaii Generation

Comedy Category
Nils Houghton (Armed and Out of Medication Productions) - Dungeons and Anime
David Nguyen (L Evaders) - Azumanga May Cry
Serenity Lee (PockyPlus+ Productions) - Team Furi Kuri
Maria Preciado (Mgcmedia) - Free Credit Report
Yosef A. Ghiassy (Y-Sef) - Manly Tears
Erin Nguyen (Eternal Voice Studios) - GaGa For Bishies

Pro Category
Nic Neidenbach (Studio Hybrid) - A Glorious Dawn
Lark Isenberg (1MoonGoddess7) - Luminescence
Heather Christy Wells (Truffle Pig Studios) - Hurricane
Dean Seirafi (Ryvannis)- Momentus
Victoria Rider Galietta (RiderG) - Son of Man

[xYamixStudiosx]

Um most of the categories have 6 videos, except Drama and Pro. Is that purposely or did you forget 2 entries in the Drama and Pro? o_o

[TritioAFB]

There we are again. Congrats to the finalists

[tipsd9video]

Yay my action entry got in Looks like it's gonna be a good contest!