Otakon contest rules

genestarwind21122 · Post by **genestarwind21122** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 4:47 pm

Hey my friend (Toji Fujawara) I look forward to seeing your video. One day well get our productions together and create a video if you would like. I'm coming home this Saturday. Well once again to everyone participating at Otakon best of luck to you all.

trigunvash · Post by **trigunvash** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:17 pm

Two questions:

1. You said no staff or guest of Otakon may compete. What if you are a fan Panel speaker on a subject that has absolutly nothing to do with AMV's?

2. Do you accept SVCD formatted mpg' files? Its better than VCD but not exactly DVD, but its 480x480 which is better than normal vcd.

Superios · Post by **Superios** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:59 pm

trigunvash wrote:Two questions:

1. You said no staff or guest of Otakon may compete. What if you are a fan Panel speaker on a subject that has absolutly nothing to do with AMV's?

2. Do you accept SVCD formatted mpg' files? Its better than VCD but not exactly DVD, but its 480x480 which is better than normal vcd.

Good questions...

1)I asked this question to some of the big-wigs at Otakon, who told me, "Panelists are not guests". If that is true, then I see no reason why a panelist can not make a submission.

2)The most I know on the subject is that If your sending VCD, you should not make it DVD playable, as it doesn't mesh well and all tales I know personally about sending an AMV in DVD format end terribly. I would ask Patrick Bohnet (Quu) about it

On another note...The address you see at the top here, has been incorrect since I made the original post...I have since corrected it. If anyone HAS sent me a form and has to pay for additional postage, email me.

Superios · Post by **Superios** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 4:01 pm

My bad....I can't edit msgs...

My actual addy is
7404 Barkdoll Ct Apt#B
Baltimore, MD 21237

Cybermat · Post by **Cybermat** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 6:40 pm

BogoSort wrote:
Scintilla wrote:I know there's no explicit rule against them [Plot Spoilers --Cybermat], but will they hurt our chances of getting to the finals?
It never has in the past, I don't see why it should matter now. There does happen to be this wonderful warning at the beginning of the tape that mentions the possibility of major spoilers.

I can think of a couple of videos that had some pretty spoiler-rific footage in them (Trigun... Escaflowne...), and they still got into the contest finals, and even won a prize. Getting an AMV into the finals is much more a case of how good your AMV is and how well it communicates to people in the audience, rather than what it's about.

I'm not saying people should go hog-wild with footage that's likely to be a spoiler for people, but sometimes the right footage for a specific AMV needs to include scenes from the plot that turn out that way.

Superios · Post by **Superios** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:54 pm

Hello.

I am, as of right now, kicking my own ass right now, because I put the wrong addess for my submission form AGAIN.

the street address is 7407 Barkdoll Court, Apt B...

If you want an alternative, you can send your submission forms to

Otakon AMV contest
C/O Geoff Beebe
7603 Harford Rd, #133
Parkville, MD 21236

you all have no idea how aorry I am for making this mistake twice now

Superios · Post by **Superios** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:57 pm

and forget my first name...just send it to

Beebe

AnimeMusicVideos.org

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