Otakon 2008 AMV Contest Rules: THEY'RE HERE

Miracle_Falcon · Post by **Miracle_Falcon** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:47 pm

Wow, so you guys do that stuff for every video, even if it's not getting in? oo;

Org Profile · Post by **VicBond007** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:13 pm

Miracle: We don't know what's getting in until it's screened, so every submission is handled with the utmost care from the start.

Dragonsong: Your flattery has been noted and will be held into consideration when the time comes to determine the finalists

dragonsong12 · Post by **dragonsong12** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:44 am

VicBond007 wrote:Dragonsong: Your flattery has been noted and will be held into consideration when the time comes to determine the finalists

Ha! And if I thought that was true for even half a second, I wouldn't bother entering.

Luckily, AUSA has taught me otherwise. That's one of the things I like so much about it, there seems to be very little of the favoritism that plagues most cons. I've never won there, incedentally, and I still love entering it because each time I lost I could honestly look at the winner and say "yes, THAT one deserved it." And while you'll have little control over the outcome of the contest since Otakon still uses the audience vote format, right? I feel confident that if my video DOES happen to get to the finals, it'll be because you actually thought it belonged there.
Otakon always has steep competition though, so we'll see.

I just like to give credit when I think it's due.

Millenium Strife · Post by **Millenium Strife** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:47 am

Just hoping everything works out and that Otakon has an actual AMV contest this year. Wouldn't be the same without it!

-MS

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:29 pm

STONGLY!

I uploaded my entry. Best of luck to everyone else!

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:04 pm

Castor Troy wrote:STONGLY!

I uploaded my entry. Best of luck to everyone else!

I'm only like 10 seconds into my entry...

Side Swipe · Post by **Side Swipe** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:57 am

I intend to enter a video but, am almost certain I will not be in attendance at otakon... would it be possible to be notified after the pre-screening if it makes it in... It is not an easy thing for me to go this year as I am working 2 full time jobs. However, if I have a competing video... I may be more willing to jump through some hoops to make the trip happen... I pre-screen and count votes for AB's AMV contest so I understand all about AMV contest confidentiality and all.... But, I figured couldn't hurt to at least ask.

Cheers

Loop's

Org Profile · Post by **VicBond007** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:17 am

After all of the prescreenings have concluded and the scores have been tallied, the finalists will be listed in a separate thread on this forum. However, it looks like the prescreenings will not conclude until mid-July, so you may not have much time to arrange a trip if you're coming from far away. We are working on two prescreening sessions at this time, but nothing has been finalized yet.

jasper-isis · Post by **jasper-isis** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:50 am

TaranT wrote:
Sonydjsnmix wrote:... Im using Vegas 7.0 so Idk whether i have Adobe's "TV Colors" filter....
Try the Broadcast Colors effect. Although the one time that I used this, it was taking so long that I just canceled the render. It's faster to just go through your video clip by clip fixing problem areas which are actually easy to identify.

Another way is to make an AVS file that contains the following:

Code: Select all

AVISource("C:\yourlosslessfile.avi")
converttoyv12()
ColorYUV(levels="PC->TV")

This is potentially faster, because you can just use Avisynth to frameserve in TMPGEnc.

dji · Post by **dji** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:58 am

Hey look... they're up! The rules are finally UP!

http://www.otakon.com/events_amv.asp

Enjoy, consume and even though we'd deny it in person, we're looking forward to seeing what you submit!

:: OTAKON 2008 ::