Anime North 2006 AMV Competition Results

dokidoki · Post by **dokidoki** » Wed May 31, 2006 12:18 am

Haunter103 wrote:but this was my second idea for any AMV ever, which had been with me for about 3 years, and I figured it was about time to just do it get it out there.

Works for me.

Haunter103 wrote:I havn't seen an AMV using one of his polka songs that only featured a single anime throughout every segment before O_o.

Oh yeah... I thought that too, but forgot to mention it.

jethropr wrote:anyways, my reasoning is that parody trailers just take from the orignal trailer and then replace everything with anime and w/e to recreate it in anime form. So it lacks orginallity in my book.

Some conventions don't allow them, and some conventions have separate categories for them. I figure if you don't like how one convention runs their contest, there are lots of others to enter.

jethropr wrote:HOWEVER, trailers that are made from scratch, get props in my book cause they pose some great challenges.

My challenge is laziness. -_-

jethropr wrote:Ahh, both years you've managed to find really funny stuff and it's boggled my mind.

Thanks.

jethropr wrote:rofl, I was just informed that QFT means "Quoted For Truth"

I didn't know it either.

I looked it up on Acronym Finder.

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Wed May 31, 2006 3:04 am

How was the exhibition quality (video & audio)? This was the first contest I know of that encouraged MPEG4 files.

Could this be a model for other contest organizers, or is a high level of technical know-how required to pull it off?

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Wed May 31, 2006 3:18 am

TaranT wrote:How was the exhibition quality (video & audio)? This was the first contest I know of that encouraged MPEG4 files.

Could this be a model for other contest organizers, or is a high level of technical know-how required to pull it off?

Considdering the high level of bitching and hand holding I had to do with the person who was charged with managing the MPEG-4 files and the fact that the disc ran fine on his DivX player but prestented issues when it came to actually showing at the convention...

I'd say not so well.

Kitsuner · Post by **Kitsuner** » Wed May 31, 2006 2:11 pm

Ladymercury wrote: Why be cocky about it, you should be happy. x_X

I hope you realize just how amusing this statement is, considering to whom you're talking.

jethropr · Post by **jethropr** » Wed May 31, 2006 4:39 pm

TaranT wrote:Could this be a model for other contest organizers, or is a high level of technical know-how required to pull it off?

Maybe for some cons, like for Anime North it could work, because they just jump disc to disc, but there are some that are better suited for mpeg-2 encodes (AWA for example).

So who knows, we shall have to wait and see.

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Wed May 31, 2006 4:48 pm

We have a great playback solution for AC^3 which allow us to playback almost all formats, adjust video playlists on the fly, have a room operate continiously for up to 18hrs (in practice, there was then a 3hr black out period from 6am till 9am) without interuption, error, crash or disturbance.

THEY'RE CALLED COMPUTERS.

Seriously, with any laptop you can connect your data projector to the VGA out and use nVidia or ATi's theater system so that on the laptop's panel display you have the media player operating in a window with access to the playlist and all other operations while anything in the video window on the overlay channel is dumped full screen to the secondary display, without anyone seeing what's going on behind the scenes. You can transfer files, change the playlist or sit on your butt and play solitare while the room operates smoothly. Using a wireless VGA system you can even have the laptop in an ENTIRELY different room and operate it remotely or from the back of the room without being in the way.

A lot of people complain that computers are unreliable for video room playback because it's not uncommon for people to encounter problems, namely having something crash or having your anti-virus system set up. That's what you get for not spending the 15mins of effort necessary to make sure your computer won't fuck it all up.

In conclusion, laptops are the ideal solution assuming you actually KNOW how to use a computer.

RolltheStampede · Post by **RolltheStampede** » Wed May 31, 2006 4:48 pm

I just want to break the ice in hear and say thanks for the award and sorry I could not make it out. Just been busy trying to move out of Kentucky and hea up to Seattle. Congrads to all other winners as well

Fall_Child42 · Post by **Fall_Child42** » Wed May 31, 2006 6:31 pm

Wow, such drama. I know I would have been quite happy with a award, styled after inuit creation to make it distinctly canadian, sittin on my desk, but my cool Medal is hangin on me wall.

Hey such nice compliments from DokiDoki, and Mike and everyone else was just as good to me as getting the statue. so thank you guys, and it was great meeting all of you!

umm I have nothing to say other than that except, congrats to the winners, especiall you mikestrife it's about damn time! lol

SuperS4 · Post by **SuperS4** » Wed May 31, 2006 10:23 pm

DJ_Izumi wrote:THEY'RE CALLED COMPUTERS.

And you wonder why you got banned from AN's forum?

I actually, disagree with the use of computers at cons for a few reasons. One, that requires either the con to get one, or a person to bring in their own, and since people are not always going to be involved, that means one year you might have it, next year you might not. It's quite a pain in the ass to have things like that changing from year to year.

Also, I actually quite liked the way AN went with it this year. I like the idea of a single format to be used, so that everyone is using a universal format so no one has any superiority based on that. If their quality is better, it is because they took the time to make it so. They used a good clean source, editted it properly and used any necessary filters to make it even better after production is complete. If we start using multiple formats which allow for a range of bitrates, etc, you may encounter a noticeable difference between one video and the next, simply because the other person had a little more knowledge in some new fancy format that most others have never heard of, or may not even be compatible with their computer. Thus, I actually like the idea of using a single format(MPEG4, MPEG-2, etc) so that you can get a universal stance behind. You also wouldn't run into any problems with someone sending in a video with some strange format that no one had heard of before and then encounter playback issues on a single video while all the others play flawlessly. A single format allows for a uniform stance, where the videos are judged on the editting, nothing else, as it should be.

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Wed May 31, 2006 10:26 pm

SuperS4 wrote:I actually, disagree with the use of computers at cons for a few reasons. One, that requires either the con to get one, or a person to bring in their own, and since people are not always going to be involved, that means one year you might have it, next year you might not. It's quite a pain in the ass to have things like that changing from year to year.

Dude, if you can't round up a handfull of laptops for video rooms for once a year, you have to be the most unresourceful person on the planet.