Anime North AMV Contest 2007

Org Profile · Post by **808-buma** » Sun May 27, 2007 11:56 pm

Mr.Panda wrote: 13. BCG 2040 + ? /? - HM (Novice)

is this my vid (see sig image "unrequited" below)???

Kieop · Post by **Kieop** » Sun May 27, 2007 11:59 pm

(For those who don't have access to the mailing list...)

There's a mailing list?

I would just like to say that viewing conditions in the Congress Centre were not optimal. There were over 1000 seats there, so the event appeared to be less well attended than it actually was. In a large concrete hall, you can't set up huge speakers at the front and expect quality acoustics. The sound travelled to the back wall and bounced back, muffling the sound overall and distorting the lyrics to many of the songs, which reduced their impact on the audience. It was difficult to get all the jokes on the more complicated humour pieces. Subtle instrumentation was also lost.

For that kind of venue, you need multiple speakers in surround formation playing at a lower volume.

Anyway, we started late because we were scheduled after a Jrock concert. Greedy rockstars wouldn't get off the stage!

Today's repeat screening was a much better experience for gauging the videos' reception; it was in the Doubletree

. Eg. inthesto's video met with bewildered polite applause on Friday, but today, people laughed and cheered -- especially the baby

.

The dramatic videos, in particular, got a much better reception today, because people could hear the musical transitions more clearly. This greatly affected more moving videos like The Last Conquest (FF XII) and When the Lights Go On Again (Grave of the Fireflies).

The fan service crowd pleasers continued to be crowd pleasers, but in general, the appreciation shown for the other videos was heightened under these conditions.

OK, here are the official results. Sorry, I just got home.

I was going to just give you the list, but you obviously want them in playlist order, so here goes -- hope you don't mind me using your names:

Finalists

Challenge

"Breakdown"
"Big Poppa"
"Destination Unknown"
"When the Lights Go On Again"
"Eye of the Dragon"

Novice

"Strahl"
"Keep Holding On"
"Full Metal Sexyness"
"Wir Sind Schwarz"
"Unrequited"
"A World Worth Fighting For"
"Bebop in the Fridge"
"Two Lost Maidens"

Open

"Another Crappy Video"
"Distant Journey"
Uryuu, the Guy From Quincy"
(Removed)
"Shonen Libido -- AMV Dust: Don't Breathe This"
"Life in Space"
"The Last Conquest"
"The End is Near"
"Ockhamian"
"Anime Party Revolution"
"Flashdance"
"Chronicles of Ghibli"

edited to remove names

ANIME NORTH MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION 2007 WINNERS

Northern Lights – Best Overall Video Award
Todd Serge “Shonen Libido – AMV Dust: Don’t Breathe This”

Momiji no Video – Judges’ Choice Award
Vlad G. Pohnert “The Chronicles of Ghibli”

The Newbie – Novice Award
Nicolas Juzda “Two Lost Maidens”

Momiji’s Challenge
Miles Klub “Eye of the Dragon”

Criterion Awards

Editing
Sylvester Ng “Anime Party Revolution”

Cinematography
Andre Marentette “The Last Conquest”

Creativity
Tim Park “Another Crappy Video”

Artistic Vision
Travis Kuhn “The End is Near”

Honourable Mentions

Gold Medal – Novice Runner-Up
Roy Bann “Unrequited”

Gold Medal – Challenge Runner-Up
Michael Martignetti “Big Poppa”

Silver Medal – Overall Merit
Miles Klub “Uryuu, The Guy From Quincy”

Org Profile · Post by **Vlad G Pohnert** » Mon May 28, 2007 12:05 am

Thanks for the post and update.. I'm real happy to win something at a Canadian Con for the first time. As I'm involved in quite a few of the contests in Western Canada, I dont' get a chance to send anything in to a lot of Canadian contests

This is the final contest I send my entry to (send it to all three cons on the same day) and so I retire my video.

Congrats to all the winners!

Vlad

Org Profile · Post by **808-buma** » Mon May 28, 2007 12:13 am

Mr.Panda wrote: 13. BCG 2040 + ? /? - HM (Novice)

Kieop wrote:Gold Medal – Novice Runner-Up
Roy Bann “Unrequited”

um, yup, daz mine

woot! awesome! And congrats to all the other winners too!

jade_eyed_angel · Post by **jade_eyed_angel** » Mon May 28, 2007 1:36 am

808-buma wrote:
Mr.Panda wrote: 13. BCG 2040 + ? /? - HM (Novice)

Kieop wrote:Gold Medal – Novice Runner-Up
Roy Bann “Unrequited”
um, yup, daz mine

woot! awesome! And congrats to all the other winners too!

ahhhh buma good job!!!!!

and congrats everyone else! ^_^

Fall_Child42 · Post by **Fall_Child42** » Mon May 28, 2007 7:56 am

Ying's not banned? lol wut?

Anywho about the contest, I throughly enjoyed most of those videos... I unlike everyone else like the dogtato video

Mike strife's video was good, I liked the grave of the fireflies video, Mr.Pandas AP video(third strike bitches!) And many of the others good contest this year. Not really dominated by one category.

And I was honestly quite surprised and pleased with Northern lights award.

and damn those novices were good :O

Congrats Buma, Haunter, doki, and all the other winners

Osakaness · Post by **Osakaness** » Mon May 28, 2007 10:02 am

Kieop wrote:
(For those who don't have access to the mailing list...)

There's a mailing list?

I would just like to say that viewing conditions in the Congress Centre were not optimal. There were over 1000 seats there, so the event appeared to be less well attended than it actually was. In a large concrete hall, you can't set up huge speakers at the front and expect quality acoustics. The sound travelled to the back wall and bounced back, muffling the sound overall and distorting the lyrics to many of the songs, which reduced their impact on the audience. It was difficult to get all the jokes on the more complicated humour pieces. Subtle instrumentation was also lost. For that kind of venue, you need multiple speakers in surround formation playing at a lower volume.

Anyway, we started late because we were scheduled after a Jrock concert. Greedy rockstars wouldn't get off the stage!

Today's repeat screening was a much better experience for gauging the videos' reception; it was in the Doubletree . Eg. inthesto's video met with bewildered polite applause on Friday, but today, people laughed and cheered -- especially the baby .

The dramatic videos, in particular, got a much better reception today, because people could hear the musical transitions more clearly. This greatly affected more moving videos like The Last Conquest (FF XII) and When the Lights Go On Again (Grave of the Fireflies).

The fan service crowd pleasers continued to be crowd pleasers, but in general, the appreciation shown for the other videos was heightened under these conditions.

OK, here are the official results. Sorry, I just got home.
I was going to just give you the list, but you obviously want them in playlist order, so here goes -- hope you don't mind me using your names:

Finalists

Challenge

"Breakdown"
"Big Poppa"
"Destination Unknown"
"When the Lights Go On Again"
"Eye of the Dragon"

Novice

"Strahl"
"Keep Holding On"
"Full Metal Sexyness"
"Wir Sind Schwarz"
"Unrequited"
"A World Worth Fighting For"
"Bebop in the Fridge"
"Two Lost Maidens"

Open

"Another Crappy Video"
"Distant Journey"
Uryuu, the Guy From Quincy"
"Hajimete"
"Shonen Libido -- AMV Dust: Don't Breathe This"
"Life in Space"
"The Last Conquest"
"The End is Near"
"Ockhamian"
"Anime Party Revolution"
"Flashdance"
"Chronicles of Ghibli"

edited to remove names

ANIME NORTH MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION 2007 WINNERS

Northern Lights – Best Overall Video Award
Todd Serge “Shonen Libido – AMV Dust: Don’t Breathe This”

Momiji no Video – Judges’ Choice Award
Vlad G. Pohnert “The Chronicles of Ghibli”

The Newbie – Novice Award
Nicolas Juzda “Two Lost Maidens”

Momiji’s Challenge
Miles Klub “Eye of the Dragon”

Criterion Awards

Editing
Sylvester Ng “Anime Party Revolution”

Cinematography
Andre Marentette “The Last Conquest”

Creativity
Tim Park “Another Crappy Video”

Artistic Vision
Travis Kuhn “The End is Near”

Honourable Mentions

Gold Medal – Novice Runner-Up
Roy Bann “Unrequited”

Gold Medal – Challenge Runner-Up
Michael Martignetti “Big Poppa”

Silver Medal – Overall Merit
Miles Klub “Uryuu, The Guy From Quincy”

Bronze Medal – General Merit
Samantha Taylor “Hajimete”

I'm surprised some people even found the room... but then again, most of them left during the showing because of how crap the sound setup was. The same went for the ZZ concert on saturday, except they actually decided to put the "performance stage" sign

But anyway, alot of great entries this year. Congrats to everyone!

Fall_Child42 wrote:Ying's not banned? lol wut?

Anywho about the contest, I throughly enjoyed most of those videos... I unlike everyone else like the dogtato video

Mike strife's video was good, I liked the grave of the fireflies video, Mr.Pandas AP video(third strike bitches!) And many of the others good contest this year. Not really dominated by one category.

And I was honestly quite surprised and pleased with Northern lights award.

and damn those novices were good :O

Congrats Buma, Haunter, doki, and all the other winners

heh, nice finally meeting you and chatting. I did manage to attend that 3rd strike tournament, but it was like near the end... and playing with PS2 Controllers...

Fall_Child42 · Post by **Fall_Child42** » Mon May 28, 2007 10:10 am

Mr.Panda wrote: heh, nice finally meeting you and chatting. I did manage to attend that 3rd strike tournament, but it was like near the end... and playing with PS2 Controllers...

Yeah I had to go back to work in the deler's room about 12:00

Did you atleast play inthesto?

He had a nice Tekken arcade Stick.

inthesto · Post by **inthesto** » Mon May 28, 2007 10:47 am

I wouldn't go so far as to calling a stick being held together by tape "nice", but it's definitely better than using a PS2 pad.

Still, no forgiveness for people who don't play 3S with me. :evil:

I actually would have stuck around longer, but I sensed my friends were getting pissy over having nothing to do, and we had a ten hour drive anyway.

guy07 · Post by **guy07** » Mon May 28, 2007 1:32 pm

So there were tons of good video eh? Better then last year, i only remember 3 of them catching my eye (that i hadn't already seen). Good stuff, congrats to all the winners! Expect me to be checking out your videos

Um, could you put the names on the list?

it might help with finding them.

Congrats on all people who made it to the finals as well, that in it's self is a big accomplishment!