New York Anime Festival - call for entries

NYAFamv · Post by **NYAFamv** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:36 pm

New York Anime Festival (Sept. 26-28 2008) is now accepting AMV entries for our AMV contest!

We are accepting digital entries through our website at nyanimefestival.com or by snail mail. Full rules and info are also on the website. (Most of them should be familiar to everyone who's entered an AMV contest before.)

Prizes will be announced soon. They'll be given out for the following categories:
- Best action AMV
- Best comedy AMV
- Best drama AMV
- Best motion graphics/SFX AMV
- Judge's prize
- People's choice

Judging will be done by audience ballot. The deadline for entry is September 1, so don't delay!

Any questions can be posted here or e-mailed to me at nyafamv@gmail.com. Good luck!

-Justin

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:54 am

Okay, here we go:

- What are the acceptable audio codecs? Bounds on bit rate? Bit depth? Sample rate? Is joint stereo acceptable?
- For the video, bounds on frame rate? Can we submit interlaced?

Lastly, how is the overall People's Choice decided? Do the audience members vote for one video in each category and then one video for the People's Choice?

Org Profile · Post by **LantisEscudo** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:10 am

Um, I'm not sure that this clause on the entry form is really feasible.

Furthermore, I hereby certify that I own rights to, or have permission, and/or have been authorized to use any and all video, images, audio, and/or sound effects material not owned but otherwise contained in my Anime Music Video from said materials' respective property holders.

Ijexis · Post by **Ijexis** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:16 am

Scintilla wrote:Okay, here we go:

- What are the acceptable audio codecs? Bounds on bit rate? Bit depth? Sample rate? Is joint stereo acceptable?
- For the video, bounds on frame rate? Can we submit interlaced?

Lastly, how is the overall People's Choice decided? Do the audience members vote for one video in each category and then one video for the People's Choice?

Well they have more detailed specifications on the site.
http://www.nyanimefestival.com/en-us/603.cfm

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:56 am

Ijexis wrote:
Scintilla wrote:Okay, here we go:

- What are the acceptable audio codecs? Bounds on bit rate? Bit depth? Sample rate? Is joint stereo acceptable?
- For the video, bounds on frame rate? Can we submit interlaced?

Lastly, how is the overall People's Choice decided? Do the audience members vote for one video in each category and then one video for the People's Choice?
Well they have more detailed specifications on the site.
http://www.nyanimefestival.com/en-us/603.cfm

And I asked the questions I asked specifically because they <i>weren't covered</i> by the rules on the site.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:13 pm

LantisEscudo wrote:Um, I'm not sure that this clause on the entry form is really feasible.

Furthermore, I hereby certify that I own rights to, or have permission, and/or have been authorized to use any and all video, images, audio, and/or sound effects material not owned but otherwise contained in my Anime Music Video from said materials' respective property holders.

Yea - good luck having a contest with that stipulation. Protip: If anyone enters, they're violating that clause.

NYAFamv · Post by **NYAFamv** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:58 pm

Scintilla wrote:- What are the acceptable audio codecs? Bounds on bit rate? Bit depth? Sample rate? Is joint stereo acceptable?
- For the video, bounds on frame rate? Can we submit interlaced?

Acceptable audio codecs include MP3, AAC (in its various flavors), Theora, Ogg, Uncompressed (LPCM) and AC3. We'll take MP2, but we'll grumble about it. Joint Stereo is just fine. Sample rates between 44.1 kHz up to 96 kHz are acceptable. Bit depth 16 or 24 bit. No limit on bitrate, but keep it sane.

Frame rates between 24 and 59.98. Interlaced is discouraged for any format that's not MPEG-2.

Scintilla wrote:Lastly, how is the overall People's Choice decided? Do the audience members vote for one video in each category and then one video for the People's Choice?

The ballot will have a space at the bottom that says, "if you could only pick one of the choices you made for the above categories, which would you vote for?" or something to that extent. Not 100% set in stone.

Sorry about the legal disclaimer, but it's an unfortunate demand by lawyers that is par for the course when an anime con is run by a big company, which is much more likely to be sued by either a music company or anime producer than an individual or a non-profit. Not a whole lot we can do about it.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:14 pm

yea but with a disclaimer like that then no one can enter O.o

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:19 pm

NYAFamv wrote:Sorry about the legal disclaimer, but it's an unfortunate demand by lawyers that is par for the course when an anime con is run by a big company, which is much more likely to be sued by either a music company or anime producer than an individual. Not a whole lot we can do about it.

Most cons purchase general licenses to publicly play the music - the same kind you legally need if your con has a dance, plays any sort of music at an event during seating, if any of your masq. participants have music in their skits, or if you have a karaoke event/room (hell, you might even be liable if you have people with boom boxes roaming the halls). As for the anime, the general viewing rights you get from the companies that donate and allow for your video rooms should cover AMVs as well.

If you insist on going the route you are going in that regard, then you must be aware that nobody is going to have the rights you require, and to suggest that they attempt to get them has the potential to ruin this AMV community far more than the issue with Wind-up records did.

Don't think I'm just being a dick - realize what you're asking and what it means.

NYAFamv · Post by **NYAFamv** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:37 pm

BasharOfTheAges wrote:Most cons purchase general licenses to publicly play the music - the same kind you legally need if your con has a dance, plays any sort of music at an event during seating, if any of your masq. participants have music in their skits, or if you have a karaoke event/room (hell, you might even be liable if you have people with boom boxes roaming the halls). As for the anime, the general viewing rights you get from the companies that donate and allow for your video rooms should cover AMVs as well.

I completely understand. Thanks for the additional information. NYAF is still a new con (this will only be year 2), and coming at this from the industry side rather than the fan side, we're still learning a few things. (We're fans as well, but we're used to working with corporations more than individuals is what I'm saying.)

I'll see what we can do... I'll post updates as I'm able. Thanks again for raising the issue.