Announcement & discussion of Anime Music Video contests
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Anime California is once again accepting entries for its AMV competition!
Please be sure to review all of the rules below before submitting your videos. We can't wait to see what you will amaze us with this year. Good luck!
Categories
-Action
-Comedy
-Drama
AMV contest rules
Spoiler :
Please do not add bumpers or credits to your AMV. Any videos submitted with such will be disqualified.
No audio may be taken from an English dub.
No subtitles/fansubs are allowed unless you add them in yourself.
AMVs with poor audio/video quality will be disqualified. This includes Interlacing issues, audio quality/distortions, etc., etc.
No visible or noticeable studio watermarks may be included in your video submission.
Freshness rule: Entries must not have premiered before August 1st, 2017
Length: Please keep AMV video submissions over 45 seconds and under 5 minutes total in length. Any submissions over this length will be disqualified
Only three (3) entries allowed per participant. (One [1] entry per category, please)
We will not tolerate or allow any plagiarism (which is defined as “the “wrongful appropriation” and “stealing and publication” of another author’s “language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions” and the representation of them as one’s own original work). Any submissions that are found to plagiarize someone else’s work or submission will be removed from the contest and the entrant will be contacted by Anime Conji’s AMV Team to address the issue. During the review process the video submission will not be included as part of the contest or judging until the dispute is settled.
All entries should be AT LEAST 75% Japanese animation or game footage.
Please submit your final videos in the video formats listed below only. This will help us greatly with giving your video the proper amount of time for review and preparing it for the contest. Any videos that require us to edit or change settings will be disqualified.
Entry guidelines:
Spoiler :
Contestants may enter one (1) video per category.
Disqualification Rules:
-Videos containing portions of another editor's video will be disqualified and the submitter of said video will be permanently banned from all subsequent contests. Participants who submit videos that are not their own will also be banned permanently.
-Refusal to provide one's legal name will result in disqualification from the contest.
-All entries should be AT LEAST 75% Japanese animation or game footage.
-Bumpers, title screens, credits, or any other form of creator / footage / audio identification are not allowed: We will be adding custom title screens to identify each video so there really isn’t a need for them on your submitted files, so please remove them. If you're video contains bumpers/titles screens/credits/ect in the video itself (i.e. if part of the video and can not be cut) please make a note on your submission form and I will try to work with you to find a resolution!
No audio may be taken from an English dub.
No subtitles/fansubs are allowed unless you add them in yourself.
AMVs with poor audio/video quality will be disqualified. This includes Interlacing issues, audio quality/distortions, etc., etc.
No visible or noticeable studio watermarks may be included in your video submission.
Time Limit
-The running time for videos may not exceed 6 minutes or be shorter then 45 seconds.
Freshness Rule
-Your video must not have premiered before August 1st, 2017
Judging & Use
Videos will be pre-screened and judged prior to the convention. The judges reserve the right to move a video to another category if they feel it would be a better fit.
Anime California reserves the right to use submitted AMVs during the convention and subsequent Anime California conventions, regardless of Finalist status.
Due Date
-Competing AMVs and their submission forms are due by August 1st, 2018 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 350MB will not be downloaded, so please correctly compress your work.
-submitted videos must be at least 720p (960x720 for fullscreen and 1280x720 for widescreen)
Awards
-TBA
Finalists
Spoiler :
Action
Tokyo Ghoul Survivor by Erik Heckert
Crimson Sky by Tristan Ross - Anime Piano & AMV
A Real Hero by Bimyou
Descent by DopplerDo
Super Budokai Tenkaichi by MrShmucker
Drama
Combat Harness by EnQuatre
300 Million by VHenrik
Hail, Rain or Sunshine by ArtysticAMV
Deep Blue by DopplerDo
You Will Never Leave Me... by Studio le Croc
Comedy
SPF (Stereotypical Party Filler) by Gina Nelson
S is for Sadistic by Kyci
877-YEN-NOW by shorisquared
Bananya Cat Cuteness Overload by Maboroshi Studio
Shiny Teeth by Glitzer
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
Last edited by Dvl-Jigen on Mon Aug 20, 2018 1:56 am, edited 6 times in total.
Retired AMV editor/NOT retired AMV Coordinator
Anime California 2015, 2016, 2018 AMV/CMV Coordinator
Hanadoki Con 2016, 2017 AMV Coordinator
Anime Conji 2018 AMV Coordinator
Hentai Con 2018 Assistant HMV Coordinator
Digital Video Lazyness. Yeah, that sounds about right
We are proud to announce the winners of the Anime California 2018 AMV Contest.
The Winners are:
Best Action
Tokyo Ghoul Survivor by Erik Heckert
Best Drama
You Will Never Leave Me... by Maboroshi Studio
Best Comedy
Shiny Teeth by Glitzer
Best in Show
SPF (Stereotypical Party Filler) by Gina Nelson
Judge's Choice
300 Million by VHenrik
Said winners will be contacted this week to confirm addresses and other mailing info.
Thank you all for entering and we look forward to seeing your work in the future.
Retired AMV editor/NOT retired AMV Coordinator
Anime California 2015, 2016, 2018 AMV/CMV Coordinator
Hanadoki Con 2016, 2017 AMV Coordinator
Anime Conji 2018 AMV Coordinator
Hentai Con 2018 Assistant HMV Coordinator
Digital Video Lazyness. Yeah, that sounds about right
