T-MODE is an annual anime and gaming convention dedicated to the expansion of Asian culture and video gaming in the United States. Previously announced guests for 2008 include actor/director/musician Johnny Yong Bosch (Bleach, Trigun, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers); industry member Kevin McKeever (Robotech); and the first Maryland visual kei band, [geist]. This year's T-MODE is dedicated to the memory of T-MODE Founder and Chairman, Lawrence Stuckey.
T-Mode will be held Sept 5 - 7, 2008 in Arlington, VA. The deadline for AMV submissions is July 1. Visit the website at http://tmode.org/Events/events_video.html. Please send any questions to amventry@tmode.org or post them here.
GUIDELINES
The T-MODE 2008 AMV contest is here and it’s time to get those AMVs in! This year, there will be a slight change to the submission policy as we are currently not accepting mail-in entries. Submissions this year will only be accepted via FTP upload. We will be presenting awards in various categories and there are 7 rules to keep in mind:
1. With the exception of judges, any person may enter this contest. You also don’t need to attend the convention in order to enter.
2. Since T-MODE is an anime & gaming convention, we accept both anime and video game AMVs. This also includes video games like WoW, Doom, and Halo.
The categories this year will be as follows:
• Romance
• Trailers
• Drama
• Comedy
• Action
• Competition Opening
• Mature
The Mature category includes content unsuitable for younger viewers. It will be shown in a separate late night screening as part of the MMM (Mature Midnight Madness) segment. There is no restriction on content for this category (hentai, violence, language, etc) as long as it meets the submission criteria outlined here.
The winner of the competition opening category will be shown as the official AMV contest intro.
3. A text document must be submitted with your entry that includes the following information:
• Name
• Email and Mailing address
• AMV title
• Series title(s)
• Name of song & artist
• Runtime of entry
• Requested category (T-MODE has the right to change submission category)
4. Contact amventry@tmode.org about your submission, and we will forward the account information for you to upload your AMV.
5. Only high quality submissions will be accepted. Entries that have poor audio or visual properties can not be reproduced on larger screens for convention viewing. Videos should have a 720x480 pixel size and a frame rate of 29.97 fps (NTSC "drop frame"). Acceptable file formats include: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and Windows Media. Submissions cannot exceed 200MB.
6. Entries must be a minimum of 30 seconds and no longer than 6 minutes. Please include at least 10 seconds of black both before and after your video.
7. No commercial subtitles, logos, etc will be permitted. However, you can include subtitles that are your own.
ALL VIDEOS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY JULY 1, 2008.



