Howdy howdy! We're back! As we move toward our 8th annual Christmas charity stream to date, The DanDy Boys and I have decided to bring back our AMV contest for a second year in a row. Since 2016, our organization has benefitted the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and will continue to do through the holiday season. In our 7 years of fundraising, we've raised over $44,000 for this cause, and are slowly approaching the $50k milestone. After a lovely number of submissions last year, we'd love to see your continued support through submissions or donations if you're able! (I know, it's not even Halloween..)
Deadline: December 1st, 2023 11:59pm EST
CATEGORY RULESWe're expanding our list of categories to four this year:
- Narrative - Edits that tell a heartwarming story, have dramatic flair, or are expressive by design
- Comedy - Make us laugh! These edits will have us smiling or chuckling from start to finish
- Action - Take us on a thrill ride. High energy, that 'oomph' and more
- Winter Wonderland - Match the flavor of the season. These edits should remind us of anything and everything winter
- Freshness rule: AMVs must not be premiered before January 1st 2023.
- Participants can submit 1 AMV to each category.
- Videos should not contain excessive violence, language, or content that would place it above a PG-13 rating. This will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Derogatory language is prohibited, and will disqualify you from the event.
- All submissions must be sent through a file sharing service that is accessible to the public (Google Drive, Dropbox, Mega, etc.). We do not accept physical submissions.
- Entries should be of reasonable video and audio quality. Videos that have a resolution and frame rate less than 720p may be disqualified.
- Entries should be between 1 to 5 minutes in length (give or take a few seconds).
- Audio from videos should be mostly music.
- Videos should not contain subtitles that were not created by the editor.
- Videos should not contain watermarks, TV logos, studio bumpers, credits or texts that are unnecessary to the content or context of the video.
- Videos must be in a standard format (mp4 preferred).
- Files sizes should be at most 1GB.
The award ceremony will be held Thursday, Dec. 7th at 7:00 PM EST at YouTube.com/hilovids. Afterwards, an Iron Editor between myself (hilovids) and ChetMcLovin (Himbo Productions) will take place. Awards will be presented for the following categories:
- Best in Category
- Best in Show
- Judges' Choice
- The hilovids Award for Sickest Effect
For any further questions, contact me at hilovids@outlook.com or join our discord
