AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby Scintilla » Wed May 27, 2009 4:30 pm

ReligionX wrote:Due to the skew of certain genre submissions, the AMVs were split into 6 genres. AMVs were assigned an appropriate genre with other AMVs containing similar qualities. We ended up with:
Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sentimental, and Upbeat

Yay, more awards?

ReligionX wrote:The lineup of AMVs played in each genre of the AMV Contest will be determined by a random number generator.

/me has baaaaaad flashbacks to Otakon 2004...
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby Ijexis » Wed May 27, 2009 4:40 pm

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wonder which category mine got put in to...
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby Rider4Z » Wed May 27, 2009 4:50 pm

good luck everybody :up:

(thanks anyway, tommy) :amv:
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby ReligionX » Thu May 28, 2009 1:41 pm

Scintilla wrote:/me has baaaaaad flashbacks to Otakon 2004...

Not quite sure what that means. There is no bias in the order that AMVs are played.

Rider4Z wrote:(thanks anyway, tommy) :amv:

I tried. I did everything I could absolutely humanly do for everyone to get their AMVs free of disqualifications short of editing the AMV myself. I had someone re-submit 5 times before it clear.

In any event, I'm back from work, so I'm going to gets to writing those 50 some odd e-mails.
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby Ijexis » Thu May 28, 2009 2:40 pm

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Sentimental...yea, that works...
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby Rider4Z » Thu May 28, 2009 4:23 pm

ReligionX wrote:[
Rider4Z wrote:(thanks anyway, tommy) :amv:

I tried. I did everything I could absolutely humanly do for everyone to get their AMVs free of disqualifications short of editing the AMV myself. I had someone re-submit 5 times before it clear.

egad XD next year just modify the rules :mrgreen: i didn't say that
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby Scintilla » Thu May 28, 2009 7:23 pm

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Scintilla wrote:/me has baaaaaad flashbacks to Otakon 2004...

Not quite sure what that means. There is no bias in the order that AMVs are played.

The Otakon 2004 contest ended with a Humorous/Satirical category that clearly did not have its play order thought through very carefully. The last comedy video was too long by half, as it ran out of funny about halfway through and never recovered; the end result was that you had a fair number of people walking out before the end.

It was quite distressing, and I can't imagine how the editor would have taken it if he'd been there.

All this could have been avoided if they'd ended the contest with one of the videos judged strongest in the prescreenings, one they knew would keep the audience entertained the whole way through. (There were at least two other videos that would have been much better choices, one of which was the original "AMV Hell" for crying out loud!)
They also could have approached the problem from the angle of: which video would be the toughest act to follow? Because nobody wants to have to follow that video, so putting it last makes sense.

Oh, and I should add that putting a video last in any category does not mean it will win (there's plenty of experience to bear this out).
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby DDR-GIRL86 » Thu May 28, 2009 8:44 pm

I'm very excited and can't wait to see all of the wonderful videos that this contest will be filled with. Hopefully my video goes over well and lands a nice spot in the order that it is played during the competition. I'm apart of the Dramatic group this year and the anime I used is fairly recent so it will be a good way to introduce the series to other fans. Really has a lovely story to it, very touching.
Maybe the new screening room will have gigantic projections? Or like the years past, just two separate screens. Either way I think it will go over well, hope there are big crowds.

Good luck everyone~!
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby Dragon/Roy » Thu May 28, 2009 9:07 pm

Yay , cant wait to go to Anime Next again and cant wait to see what videos are in the finals
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby Melichan923 » Fri May 29, 2009 1:19 pm

Yay, thanks! :) Grats to all finalists.
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby TheTreeAMV » Sat May 30, 2009 5:50 pm

ReligionX wrote:I will be sending out individual e-mails on Thursday. I will inform editors which AMVs are being shown at which screening, and which Genre the AMV has been assigned. If you have questions as to your AMV rating, please wait until you have received an e-mail from me on Thursday.


My name was included in the AMV contest list, but I never received an email. Should I be concerned? Or was it just an oversight?
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby Minimoto » Sun May 31, 2009 10:54 pm

I was looking like this :shock: when I got the e-mail. Even now I'm still looking like :shock: And congrats to all the finalist.
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby ReligionX » Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:24 am

It has been pointed out to me that I have made a few mistakes. A couple AMVs the title information displayed at the end of the AMV, and for some reason it did not register with me at the time. There are also a few AMVs that were submitted to me past the deadline in places that I didn't know that I had (e-mails with attachments).

There will be one or two AMVs in the contest with some wording that shouldn't be there. There will be a few additional AMVs playing in the general screening from editors that aren't listed here. At this point, we are too far along to make any alterations to the lineup (ballots are being printed).

Someone tried to UPS me an AMV. They required a signature for delivery. I work about 9 - 10 hours a day. Needless to say, I did not receive that AMV.

Overall the AMV Contest has gone 99% according to plan. I apologize to those editors that have run into complications. The presentations have to be presented as is. Thank you for your understanding.

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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby ReligionX » Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:32 am

TheTreeAMV wrote:My name was included in the AMV contest list, but I never received an email. Should I be concerned? Or was it just an oversight?

I submitted the e-mail to everyone based on the the e-mail address provided in the Information .txt Document (you sent a word document tsk tsk ^-^ ).

I also copied and pasted most of the content of the e-mails and sent them in rapid succession. The e-mail may have been sent to your spam box, as you were lower alphabetically on the list of e-mails I sent out.

If anyone else has not received their e-mail indicating which genre their AMV will be, please let me know.

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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby ReligionX » Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:21 am

Scintilla wrote:The Otakon 2004 contest ended with a Humorous/Satirical category that clearly did not have its play order thought through very carefully. The last comedy video was too long by half, as it ran out of funny about halfway through and never recovered; the end result was that you had a fair number of people walking out before the end.


That is weird. I have been to Otakon 2001 - 2008, and I don't recall seeing all of those AMVs played at Otakon. I know I saw some of them at Otakon. Oh. That was the year L'arc-en-Ciel was there. That explains it. I think I tried to see the contest once, but had to leave after only seeing a few. Is AMV Hell really only 5 years old? I know I didn't see that premiered at Otakon.

There shouldn't be a problem with the AMV lineup for AnimeNEXT 2009.
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