Otakon 2016 AMV Mega-Thread: Baltimore Farewell Party Edition

[VicBond007]

AMV Contest Prescreening Results
AMV Contest Finalists (Alphabetical by studio)
Amaterasu (Tsunderbird Studios)
AMV-X
AngelDragoon
AnimeMashup
Aquiline Studios (Cyanna)
BecauseImBored1
Celia Phantomhive
Davis 51 (Under the Box Productions)
dottedtaylor
drewaconclusion
hamstar138
JDTheThree
kasiokami
Kazemon15
King Redeem
KushiiSmiles
LC_Lapen
Luke Dougherty
Maboroshi Studio
machina21
Magicflier
MomtoCutiePia
MycathatesyouAMV
Nekokitkat
PieandBeer
Rider4Z
SeanPNG
SecretDeguchi
Shin
StarTrinity009
Studio Hawk
Trenzilla
UnluckyArtist
Warlike Cygnet
Xophilarus (PixelBlended Studios)
Yusuke

AMV Contest Non-Finalists
Alberto AMV
Aly-san
AngelicDaze
Anime Chaos Productions
AntaresHeart07
Aveng3d
BasharOfTheAges
BigSteveOtaku
cdlang84
Diegao
Drabaz
Dragontamer
Ember Fox
EnQuatre
FoxyProxyRoxy
Frost Productions
Gambito Dark Angel
Hikan
HotaruT
Jordan Sparks
joycescookie
Kagoween
Kandascending
Katie K.
Kireblue
KpopGirl
Krigen - Under The Box Productions
Lightning Ink Productions
Lone Wolves Productions
Lucia Studios
LuciInTheSkyAMVs
MadMegatax
Neardawg
NoglasticNinja
OnyxAMVs
Picky33
Pikapwn
pwcagal272
RahimKS
Ram4919911
Ramen Noodle Productions
SaLK
SatEx MavsZane
SerenityAMV
Seth Ludwig
SeyonoReyone
shorisquared
Spadio Studios
Speedy180
SSGWNBTD
Sunset Animation
Taylor Robin
Tenchen Darkside
ToiletRage
Toon Addict Productions
tsukihanyou
Velocity Studios
Zaber Pro

Special Considerations
- NostalgicNinja, Ram4919911, and Speedy180 all qualified as finalists, but their entries had already won major awards prior to the "anti-trolling deadline" specified in the AMV Contest rules. As such, their entries were moved to Non-Finalist status.
- LuciInTheSkyAMVs' entry was deemed inappropriate for public audiences. However, even ignoring that fact, it did not qualify as a finalist. So, rather than disqualify it, we are considering it a Non-Finalist but screening it during AMVs After Dark (1:00am Sunday morning).
- shiorisquared's entry was deemed "non-anime". Rather than disqualify it, we opted to make it a non-finalist. We're looking into revising the "non-anime" rule for 2017 so that the same applies to future entries.

What Does This All Mean?
So long as you were not disqualified (nobody was this year!) every entrant at the Otakon convention (finalists and non-finalists) will receive 3 passes (one for you, two for your buddies) that are good for the whole weekend. These passes are NOT Otakon memberships. They are additional badges that allow you to skip the line for the AMV Contest, Iron Editor, and AMV Contest Awards Ceremony, as well as entitle you to sit in our reserved section for THOSE EVENTS only.
Passes will be available for pickup in Programming Ops between 2:00-4:00pm Friday, and 10:15am-12:30pm Saturday.
Please show up at least 15 minutes prior to the event's starting time to ensure that we don't give your seat away.

AMV Contest finalists will be screened during the AMV contest from 7:00-9:15pm Friday, 4:00-6:15pm Saturday, and 9:00-11:00am Sunday (no voting on Sunday). The Friday/Saturday screenings will take place in Video 1, with a simulcast in AMV Theater. Sunday's encore screening will take place only in AMV Theater.

The winners of the AMV Contest will be announced on Sunday from 12:45pm-1:45pm.

AMV Contest Non-Finalists will be screened 9:00-11:00am Friday, and 11:00am-12:30pm Sunday (both in AMV Theater). There will be enough time to show ALL videos once at the convention. Anybody who indicated that they would be in attendance at Otakon, your video is in the top half of the playlist (so your entry will likely be screened Friday morning). They are queued up alphabetically by studio name. If you are in attendance at the actual event, let somebody at the booth know, and your AMV will be moved to the top of the list so that you don't have to hang around all morning to see it. If we have already played your video, we will not have time to play it again.

While these schedules are HOPEFULLY accurate, they are still subject to change.

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Iron Editor Info
Iron Editor Info in this thread: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/forum/v ... 5&t=125642

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Otakon 2016 AMV Theater
The Otakon 2016 AMV Theater will be in the same room as last year, BCC 324-326. It will still seat around 300 people.

Due to overwhelming popularity last year, we are putting 15-minute breaks in between ALL events in AMV Theater this year. These are NOT room clears unless specifically noted.

The plan is still to simulcast the AMV Contest on Friday and Saturday both in the huge Video 1, and in the AMV Theater, so there will be plenty of room to spread out. We are also looking into moving the AMV Contest Winner announcements to Sunday (after hotel check-out time). This should hopefully cut down on the number of people we have to turn away due to capacity issues.

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Official AMV Contest Rules
Official link: https://www.otakon.com/events_amv.asp

Contest deadline is June 19th.

Only major change from last year is that we ditched the Cosplay Music Video category.

[Scintilla]

Oh good, I might actually have time to work on something for this after getting back from AnimeNEXT...

[BecauseImBored1]

MY FAV CON

[Parodic Productions]

That time again. Another wonderful year of Otakon. And my favorite event: the AMV's.

...shame I won't be submitting this year.

I'm sorry, but I'm done. I am hilariously tapped out. My work has gotten more hectic than usual, my new pc is a lemon, and I just can't come up with a feasible comedy vid (well, one that doesn't require me dumping all my money into), but most of all, I'm just exhausted.

Thus after some careful consideration I've decided to retire Parodic Productions. For good.

It's really not so bad. I got in several videos overy the years, about three or four good ones, and I got to meet all kinds of great people in this hobby. Looking back, I don't regret a single minute.

Now that isn't to say I'm done with AMV's altogether. I might branch out to other genres, maybe under a new pseudonym. As for Otakon, I'm joining the gofer staff this year so that I can become a future staff member (little late, I fully admit, but hindsight). So I still hope to see you all there this year, at least at the AMV dinner and Iron Editor.

Otherwise, I wish everyone a great contest and hope to see some awesome vids this year. So see you all then!

Oh, followup. My friend and I will be running an AMV meetup (not contest) this coming July. I'll post more info on that later. Til then, get to work.

Peace, I'm out.

[MycathatesyouAMV]

Let's do this boys.

[PieandBeer]

we're rolling out.

[MycathatesyouAMV]

Also just gonna express my opinion that I really like having the winners being announced during Iron Editor if it means anything lol.

[UnluckyArtist]

ah, the legendary one amv entry only contest

we're rolling out.

[milesprower05]

That time again. Another wonderful year of Otakon. And my favorite event: the AMV's.
...
...shame I won't be submitting this year.
...
Thus after some careful consideration I've decided to retire Parodic Productions. For good.
...
Peace, I'm out.

You're entertaining comedy entries will be missed. I've also enjoyed the handful of times we have briefly chatted during previous contests and iron editors. Hope things go well for you, and hey, it is never bad going out on a high note!

That said I'm very excited about this year. Otakon AMV season is a fun time. Good luck everyone! I know I'm going to need some to finish my AMV idea in time this year.

[MycathatesyouAMV]

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/forum/v ... 8&t=125491 dinnuh thread. early, but why not