San Japan 7 (2014) AMV Contest - WINNERS POSTED

[l33tmeatwad]

The preferred format for AMV submissions is Xvid, but MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and Divx can also be accepted at your own risk. You may use any codec you wish, however your submission must have a file extension of “.mp4”.

Isn't this rather contradictory on two counts:

• If MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 are accepted, then why does the file extension have to be .MP4?
• Are we limited to XviD/MPEG-1/MPEG-2/DivX, or may we use any codec we wish?

Reading that rule made me die a little on the inside...coordinators should know better than to recommend such awful formats...thankfully they will accept "MP4s" so we can submit h264, lol...

This rule is pretty f**king stupid too...

All videos must have a 3 second “slate” that has your full name, your username, your e-mail address, the name of your submission (if it has one) and the category(ies) that you are submitting it to IN WHITE TEXT ON A SOLID BLACK BACKGROUND.

I really hate it when conventions pick coordinators that create unnecessary rules which makes it a pain in the ass for us to submit...

[MaboroshiStudio]

results? I heard there were some tech issues

[UnluckyArtist]

Yeah there were some issues apparently but I think now they're trying to post the videos online .. and then maybe they're post results, i dunno, I'd give it another week tops.

[Proz]

Nathaniel Maturo -- Nostalgia (Drama) - Best in Show
Matthew Gutierrez -- A Piece of Toast - Runner Up / 2nd Place
Galina and Katherina Kashina -- Smile of an Angel - 2nd Runner Up / 3rd Place
Emma Richards -- My Blood is Black - Judge's Award
Scott Turner -- Rejected AMV's - Honorable Mention (no prize)
Matthew Gutierrez -- Animu Stew -- Honorable Mention (no prize)
Leland Lacey -- With a Capital T -- Honorable Mention (no prize)

[MaboroshiStudio]

Congrats to the winners but it is odd to have 2 videos in a very similar style both getting an honorable mentions... Animu Stew and Rejected AMV's. I have seen both and Scott's Rejected AMV's imho is far more superior. I have also heard from various creators that the jokes in Stew are not original / been done before...

I would also recommend next year have a anti-troll rule so you have newer stuff in the contest. I run MTAC in Nashville and this year if the video has won more than 10 awards (I am considering 6) I won't accept it. People can make new stuff and limiting videos that have won less than 10 awards won't really reduce the field by a ton.

[Obsidian Zero]

When should we expect prizes to arrive?

[Proz]

When should we expect prizes to arrive?

In 4-6 weeks. Need to put in orders for the trophies which will be custom engraved.

[Proz]

All prizes and trophies are going out this week. Sorry for the delay.

US winners should see them by the end of the week and international winners will get them in 2-3 weeks.