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by MCWagner » Tue Jul 22, 2003 2:28 pm
Couple quick notes:
Bogosort: Yeah, feel free to send in a contestant.
The basic video breakdown is like this:
Masters: Person who has won an award elsewhere once makes a brand new video specifically for this contest. Only one award given=grand prize. Only the winner has a garuntee of being shown at the con, but every effort is made to show everything at some point. Judged by me, with tech help from experts.
Pro: The contest you enter if you don't trust our taste. One video per contestant, videos have to be new _to us_ (not submitted to AWA previously). Blind tapes sent off to the contestants to judge. The "blind" part is really easy if you make a new video for the contest, but that's not a requirement. Videos that have been shown at a few other conventions, it's reasonable to assume, might be recognized and the creator remembered by other judges. However, it's assumed that everyone will try to be fair in their judging, and do their best to ignore any bias that might introduce. By the same count, it's assumed that contestants will not announce what their videos are in the forum, and judges won't go searching online trying to figure out who did what. We trust y'all to be fair....especially since it's impossible to police. All winners are assured to be shown during the convention, and a sizeable block of time is set aside for showing all the others (schedule at the moment says on Sun morning-afternoon). I think there's enough time to show 'em all, but can't say yet. We're pretty laid back about order, so just come up and ask when yours will be shown if you want to be in the room at the time. DON'T FORGET TO SEND YOUR FORM AND TAPES. We can't afford to give everyone blank tapes, and we're skittish about the age-permit thing since the Urotsukodoji to "My Heart Will Go On" of last year.
Expo: Traditional hodge-podge contest, invites everyone and all types of video. Again, must be new _to us_. Judged by me and whoever I can tie down for two days to watch them all. Absurdly large limit on amount of videos one person can submit. We garuntee _one_ video will be shown from each group who submits, and will fill the rest of the time with additional submissions we really like. Large block of time scheduled for that purpose. Especially loved by people trying out new stuff, new creators wanting to judge crowd reaction, and people who miss the other deadlines.
Wonka: Go ahead. Uh...I wouldn't post any more details about it though, for the sake of an attempt at "blind" judging.
(Getting slightly worried about building _too_ much hype about AWA....we are a somewhat small convention, 3600 people last year....)
Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt.
