Categories:
-Action
-Comedy
-Drama
-Parody/random
All ages AMV contest rules
-TBA
Hardcore AMV Showdown
-Competing AMVs and their submission forms are due by August 1st, 2016 at 11:59 P.M. PDT.
Encoding
-MP4s using H.264/AVC compression are preferred. However, we will also work with AVIs and MPEG files. Files larger than 375MB will not be downloaded, so please correctly compress your work.
-submitted videos must be at least 480p (640x480 for fullscreen and 720x480 for widescreen)
Submission form:
To enter your video, you must submit a completed entry form along with each of your video entries. If you enter multiple videos, you must complete multiple entry forms, one form for each video you submit
Please create a simple TXT file with the following information in it:
Real Name:
Full Address:
Phone Number w/ area code:
Working Email Address:
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Editor Name: (your real name if you do not use a pseudonym):
Member Name: at http://www.animemusicvideos.org (if any):
Studio Name: (if any):
Video Title:
Video Source: (if 3 or more, you may list as ‘various’):
Category:
Audio Source Title:
Audio Source Artist:
Note: If submitting a multi-editor project, list all the editors in the Real Name and Editor Name sections in order above, with the contact person as the first person listed. For the Address, phone number, and email address, only the contact person’s information is required.
Save the above as a TXT file and name it as stated in the File Naming Convention section below.
Dropbox or Google Drive links are preferred and streaming sites are not accepted. We can download from a-m-v.org's local server, but remember, no intros/bumpers/watermarks/titles/credits/etc.
If you don't have all of your videos available at the same time, feel free to use the form multiple times. Please contact us if you need/want to replace an entry with a new one or need to give us an updated download link, however.
Electronic Entries
For electronic submissions, please email your completed entry form(s) to amv4anicali@gmail.com.
Enter via Upload:
If you are entering electronically via public file-serving sites, please compress your video and completed entry form together into one file using either a ZIP or RAR compression format prior to uploading it to the site. Please limit one entry (video and entry form) per compressed file – if you are submitting multiple entries, please upload multiple compressed files for ease of documentation of your entries. Once you have uploaded your file, email the location to the Anime California AMV Coordinator (all contact information will be listed at the very end).
File Naming Convention
All video files and completed entry forms submitted must be named in the following format:
Creator – title – music artist – music title – anime source . file type
Creator – your editor name (or real name if you prefer)
Title – the title of your video (if any)
Music artist – Artist / group name of the song used in the video, or if using another audio source type, source of the audio file (e.g. – ‘The Dark Knight’ movie trailer)
Music title – title of the song, or identifying segment for the audio if not using a musical source
File type – the type of video container you are using (MPG, AVI, WMV, etc), or TXT for your entry form
This means that both your video and your completed entry form will be named exactly the same, with the exception of the file type at the end.
Entry Checklist
Does your video meet the video profile requirements?
Did you fill out your entry form?
Are your video and entry form named in the following format?
Creator – title – music artist – music title – anime source . file type
Did you email your entry form to the Anime Crossroads MV Coordinator?
Did you compress as a ZIP or RAR file your video and entry form (one entry per file)?
Did you upload the compressed file to eithr Dropbox or Google Drive and email the link to amv4anicali@gmail.com?
If you have any question about anything above, please feel free to contact the AMV coordinator via the above e-mail address
Finalists