Connecticon July 2005

Announcement & discussion of Anime Music Video contests
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Post by ConnectiCon » Wed May 04, 2005 11:16 am

Then we might have to limit the non-anime MV's to ones that we'll actually be screening at the convention and have the copyright to screen publicly for the weekend.

The PROXY idea is a good one as well. We'd have to receive notice of who the AMV creator's PROXY is before the convention to make sure that some random person doesn't just come in and claim the prizes and take them home for themselves.

What do you think?
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Post by Vlad G Pohnert » Wed May 04, 2005 1:30 pm

ConnectiCon wrote:Then we might have to limit the non-anime MV's to ones that we'll actually be screening at the convention and have the copyright to screen publicly for the weekend.

The PROXY idea is a good one as well. We'd have to receive notice of who the AMV creator's PROXY is before the convention to make sure that some random person doesn't just come in and claim the prizes and take them home for themselves.

What do you think?
Yes, good call on the live action.. Saves you the hastle of any issues that might come up

Yes, generally the person entering the AMV fills out the proxy and signs it giving the named person authority to pick uo the prizes.. best is if he sends a copy in and then the proxy brings his copy and all you have to do is match them up to confirm the person is there to pick up the prizes... Safest and more fair way of doing it... Lost of contest do it like that and if you are not there or do not have a proxy, the prizes usaully get donated elsewhere (some events do sent out a certificate or trophy though)

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Post by Songbird21 » Thu May 12, 2005 9:08 pm

Yeah. The "you have to attend to be in the contest thing" is a def killer. I'll be entering this year though. My sister is paying for my tickets. ^_^\/
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Post by ConnectiCon » Wed Jun 08, 2005 3:38 pm

We did change that rule...
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Post by Songbird21 » Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:10 pm

ConnectiCon wrote:We did change that rule...
Yay! :)
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Post by pixiebunnigal » Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:32 am

I hope a lot of people will submit their videos this year because it was a shame no one sent in any last year! And it's all going to be viewed at the NEW convention center! It's fun to see other people's creations run wild and have fun with it! 8-)

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Post by ConnectiCon » Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:00 pm

Anime Music Video Contest Rules

1. Entries must be received by July 9th, 2005.
2. You or a proxy assigned by you must be in attendance in order to receive prizes and awards. AMV Contest awards will be presented at closing ceremonies.
3. You must submit your own work. (if you want someone to enter then, bug them to enter and come to ConnectiCon as their proxy if they cannot attend!)
4. Each person may submit no more than four (4) AMVs.
5. Entries must be a minimum of 1 minute and no longer than 6 minutes in length.
6. Entries must be suitable for people under age 18. This includes both the audio and video footage. If it couldn't be seen on basic cable, don't bother sending it in - unless you just want to give us a thrill!
7. You may not use subtitled footage. Make sure you have a dub or original Japanese with no English text. You may add your own subtitles for effect, if you would like.
8. Prizes will be awarded for the following

Category Awards:
 Comedy/Parody
 Drama/Romance
 Action/Adventure
 Sci-Fi/Fantasy (live action or animated)

Merit Awards:
 Best Artistic
 Best Technical

Grand Prize Winners:
 Judges’ Choice Best of Show
 Fans’ Choice Best of Show

9. Submission Formats

Acceptable Codecs for Digital submissions:

Mpeg: Mpeg2 is the preferred format, since the contest will be played in this format and will not be re-encoded if they play fine via the Netstream 2000 mpeg decoder card It is preferred to encode into 720x480 resolution using a 29.97 frame rate, but 640x480 and a 23.97 or 24 frame rate is also acceptable. Ensure that the highest bit rate possible is used (8 megabits per second as the average is recommended) and ensure the audio layer-II is set at 224 kilobits per second or better. If encoding into Mpeg1, ensure that the highest bit rate as possible is used to ensure the best quality.

AVI: Submissions may be also sent in uncompressed format or with the following Codecs: HuffYUV, DivX (no beta versions), Xvid (no beta versions) or DV. Please note that if you require the space of more than one disc, WinRAR can be used to span files over multiple discs.

QuickTime: All formats of Quicktime that are included in PC Quicktime Pro. If converting from a MAC, the file must be “flattened” to be read.

Do not send submissions in WMV or Real Media since we will not accept them.

Videos will be accepted in both analog and digital submissions as follows:

Analog: Formats accepted will be tapes in VHS
Digital media: Using accepted codec as listed below recorded on CD-R/DVD+R/DVD-R media or saved to a USBKey(Drive).
You can also email submissions to: thehappyguy@ConnectiCon.org
Mathew Daigle
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