Otakuthon Avatar Music Video Contest Screening
The Otakuthon Avatar Music Video Contest Screening will be presenting the top entries of each category of the Otakuthon Avatar Music Video Contest. Come see the variety of action, drama, comedy, and special effects of these original AMVs as the winner is decided. Not only will you get to see the best of the best, but you will get to vote for the best of the best and help choose the real winners of the Otakuthon Avatar Music Video Contest!
Otakuthon Avatar Music Video Contest
General Information
Avatar Music Video entries will be screened at the Otakuthon Avatar Music Video Contest Screening on Friday August 12th, 2011. During the screening, the audience will vote for their favourite Avatar Music Video through secret ballot in the following categories: Comedy/Parody, Action, Drama/Romance and Originality. The audience will also vote for the "People's Choice" award for best Avatar Music Video.
All AMVs submitted will also be automatically entered into the "Best of Show" category for best overall Avatar Music Video as well as the "Best Visual Effects/Video Editing" category. The winners of these two categories will be selected by a panel of Avatar Music Video Contest judges prior to the convention.
Due to time constraints, not all AMVs will be shown during the contest screening.
Participants may enter a maximum of two video entries total (one entry per category)?
Content Guidelines
Video Content
Videos may not be shorter than 1 minute and should not be longer than 5 minutes.
The majority of the video footage must be from Avatar (Japanese animation) or from Japanese video games (e.g. Final Fantasy XIII)?
Live action or other sorts of animation footage are acceptable provided that they are not a dominant part of the video.
Do not include any video opening or closing credits. Otakuthon will be adding an opening credit to all entered AMVs containing the title of the music video, creator's name, source of video footage, voting category, and the music title.
There should be no subtitles in the Avatar Music Video unless it is an important element of the music video or if they are karaoke song lyrics.
Any Avatar Music Video that contains hentai, full frontal nudity, explicit sexuality or other pornographic material, as well as extreme or excessive violence and gore will not be accepted for the Avatar Music Video Contest. Scenes with graphic violence and/or sexuality, eroticism, ecchi, and horror are permitted, however.
Textual/Audio Content
Music must be used as the main soundtrack and may be from any genre and in any language.
Coarse language, including music lyrics, within the AMVs must be acceptable of what can be heard on public radio, prime time television, or any film that is rated 13+?
All videos will be pre-screened by the Avatar Music Video Contest Director and staff. Otakuthon reserves the right to accept or reject any video based on the prescribed criteria or for any other reason.
Submission Rules
Avatar Music Videos (AMVs) submitted for competition must be your OWN work and must be an ORIGINAL work. You may NOT submit an Avatar Music Video on another person's behalf.
We will be accepting submissions via e-mail only. Please send all contest submissions to amvcontest@otakuthon.com? Do NOT send CDs or DVDs via snail mail.
All AMVs for the contest must be submitted by Friday July 22nd, 2011 before 11:59pm. If your Avatar Music Video is submitted after this date, it will not be considered for the contest.
AMVs which are submitted can be entered into one of the following four categories:
Comedy/Parody
Action
Drama/Romance
Originality
To submit your Avatar Music Video, send an email to amvcontest@otakuthon.com with the subject line "Avatar Music Video Contest 2011 Submission" and provide the following information:
Your name
E-mail address and other contact info
(if you will not be present at the awards ceremony) Name of the person designated to pick up your awards OR your mailing address
Title of your music video
Category in which you would like the Avatar Music Video entered (select one, see table above)
A short description of the video (maximum 50 words)
Source of video footage used (i.e. series, movies, etc.)
Source of music or audio soundtrack used
A link to download your Avatar Music Video
When submitting for the Otakuthon Avatar Music Video Contest, participants may enter up to a maximum of two AMVs. Each video may only be entered into ONE category for voting.
All Avatar Music Video entries will be automatically entered into the "People's Choice", "Best of Show", and "Best Visual Effects/Video Editing" categories
Creators may submit their videos with their submission by:
Providing a link for direct download via web (http) or FTP.
Providing a BitTorrent metafile or link where the file can be downloaded (if the torrent is seedless or cannot be downloaded, your entry will be disqualified)?
Providing a link to the file being hosted on a free upload service such as MegaUpload.com.
Providing a link to the Avatar Music Video on AnimeMusicVideos.org.
The following are a list of "DON'Ts" which will disqualify your submission:
Don't send YouTube or similar video streaming site links.
Don't send AMVs which you did not create.
Don't send IRC addresses with instructions for DCC downloads.
Don't send the actual Avatar Music Video file as an attachment in the e-mail.
Don't send any submissions via "snail" mail.
Format
Please note the following guidelines with respect to video format:
All videos must be playable on a PC with the latest Combined Community Codec Pack (CCCP) installed.
Files for competition should be AVI, MPG, WMV or MP4 format and compressed using DivX or xVid video compression and MP3 audio compression.
DO NOT send videos in RealPlayer or QuickTime format.
Awards
Each category winner will receive an award and a copy of all submitted AMVs from this year's contest. Awards will be handed out to the winning Avatar Music Video creators during the Avatar Music Video Contest Awards Ceremony to be held on Sunday August 14th, 2011. If you cannot be present during the awards ceremony, please specify in your Avatar Music Video submission the name of the designated person who will pick up awards on your behalf or provide us with a mailing address so that the award can be shipped to you.
Note
Otakuthon reserves the right to use any submitted AMVs, in whole or in part, for promotional purposes during and after the convention.
Otakuthon does not guarantee that any Avatar Music Video submitted will be screened. The convention reserves the right whether or not to screen an Avatar Music Video for any reason.
For any questions about the Avatar Music Video Contest, please e-mail the Avatar Music Video Contest Director at amvcontest@otakuthon.com?




