AMV Salad: With More Crunchy Bits! Accepting submissions

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AMV Salad: With More Crunchy Bits! Accepting submissions

Postby Deuce Loosely » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:44 pm

Otakon has come and gone for 2007, and AMV Hell 3.14 made its impact...for the better.

In brief: About The Name
1. Started as AMV Hell: TekkoshoCon Edition over a year ago.
2. Slightly changed to AMV Hell 3.14: TekkoshoCon Edition about six months into the project.
3. TekkoshoCon dropped from the title due to technical difficulties on the con end 86-ing the premiere.
4. AMV Hell 3.14 renamed ADD Theater 3.14 after Otakon due to AMV Hell 4 nearing post-production and producers being confused between the two MEPs.
5. ADD Theater 3.14 renamed AGAIN because of con staff fearing anyone with ADD taking offense to the title.

Confused yet? Then disregard all that and welcome to AMV Salad! Thanks, purplepolecat. There will likely be future MEPs under this title, working around subtle themes (as yet undetermined). Please for to stay tuned...

The next stop for this MEP will be NekoCon X the weekend of November 2. There will be more conventions, but that would be merely the next in line.

This project is once again accepting submissions. More material is needed to fill more time since the conventions I'm shopping this project to want to make this its own event.

Final call for submissions: September 20
Post-production: September 24
Beta testing: September 28
Submission to NekoCon: October 4


Here's the scoop:
Right now, my computer has gone on strike as far as playing sound is concerned. While I work to remedy the situation, you can send in clips and add yourself to the collaboration (if you're new to this project). I'll get around to making decisions about what goes in as soon as my system's sound is running again. I'm putting a rush on this...

The "rules":
* 1. First of all, this is a collaborative effort; not a competitive one. We're here to have fun, so let's do that. The final outcome will be shown at several anime conventions throughout the year.
* 2. All entries must be under 30 seconds in length. You may submit a complete AMV, but I among a panel of others will personally select a piece for the compilation from it.
* 3. Your video must meet the standards required for being uploaded to a-m-v.org. Video source must be anime, no extreme graphic violence, nudity, or sexual content. The "PG-13" standard is in effect here.
* 4. You can submit as many entries as you like, provided they are all different. Do not submit multiple entries that only have slight variations from each other.
* 5. Please refrain from publishing your clips to Yoo Toobe or other such public video web sites until after the project goes live on the 'org. We kind of want to keep the contents of the final edit a surprise.
* 6. EVERYONE who enters this project will have at least one entry in the final compilation. The catch is you don't want to turn in just one entry and have it be a mediocre video among the other great submissions. Show us your best effort.
* 7. No no NO SUBTITLES! The only exception to this rule is if you inserted your own as a means of parody or left a line in to further express the point of your video. Just make sure that whatever subtitles you leave in run with the context of the sound source somehow.
* 8. NO watermarks of any kind! If you don't know how to remove that thing from playback yet, consult the Help files in the respective program (most often, it's DivX).

You may also send your unfinished "doomed to incompletion" AMVs for consideration. Again, we will select what part of the video (not to exceed 30 seconds) will be included in the final product. You will be informed of that decision.

If any more guidelines are needed, this list will be modified to include them.

Send all entries to deuceloosely@gmail.com OR (if your email server won't allow you to transfer large files) send a download link from http://www.megaupload.com.

Technical standards:
Be sure to send the highest quality version of your work possible. If you have the option of using DVD video rather than downloaded fansubs, please do so. Seriously.

* To be honest, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, or AVI are the preferred file formats to submit, as all other formats will be converted to MPEG-2 for playback. Unfortunately, that means due to the lossy visual quality after conversion, we can no longer accept WMVs. If you wish to overcome this obstacle, PM me.
* The final compilation will be shown on full-screen mode when presented, so 720x480 display size, a frame rate of 29.97 fps (NTSC "drop frame"), 4:3 aspect ratio (if possible) is preferred as a standard for this project.
* If your vertical resolution is 480, encode your AMV as interlaced (lower field first) instead of progressive; it is much easier to change the interlace field order than to undo a bad 'Interlace to Progressive' encoding.
* All smaller frame sizes will be increased up to 720x480, so please don't send in videos with frames much smaller than that or it will look... bad... when resized to 720x480 for the convention. Like, 640x480 is okay, but 320x280...not so much. ;)

(I know this is a lot to swallow, but the end result will be spectacular...)

For a listing of inexpensive alternatives to Windows Movie Maker which will export your work as MPEGs and AVIs, refer to the following link:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=61207
(I personally recommend Sony Vegas 7 for those of you hooked on the WMM2 interface). If you're on a low budget, MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 11 or higher is a good option.

Audio compressed to layer II stereo, 128kbps is recommended. If you prefer, leave it uncompressed as a wav.

Who wants in?
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Postby SilversLightning » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:54 pm

.....fail

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Postby Deuce Loosely » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:17 pm

DivineQueenYeiweh wrote:.....fail

:(


If you didn't want to participate, you could have simply ignored this thread and moved on rather than post a needless remark like that. If you can't be constructive about it, don't bother commenting, please. We like to be adults here...
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Postby NS » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:36 pm

I don't -_-.

Although I must agree about this particular one, for it has already been around and proven that it does NOT fail.. as sort of a Headliner of AMV hell 4. I've gotten some ideas recently that I might wanna contribute t othis btw :P
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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:54 pm

coat-tails. :lol:
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Postby CodeZTM » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:43 pm

Hmmm.. Maybe I will submit something. I'm thinking about it, but I have several deadlines coming up in the next few months, and my senior year of school is also coming up, so you might get something out of me :wink:
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Postby -GfN- » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:37 am

1/10 |:<

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Postby requiett » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:00 am

Can't be worse than the "official" AMV Hells.
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Postby Deuce Loosely » Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:19 pm

Well,...to those of you who plan on submitting, please refer to the deadlines listed in the initial post.

And welcome to (AMV) Hell. :P

The first thing you should do if you're gonna be part of this is send a production tag for yourself to the project. They will run during the closing credits. Also, ignore the naysayers. We're trying to have fun here and entertain the viewers. The Otakon crowd seemed to really enjoy it, so your additions to this compilation should only make the experience that much more fun...right?

I thought so. ;)

I'm running on two hours of sleep over the past 28, so I'm a bit incoherent. I already have entries coming in, which is a good thing. Stick around and add your ingredients to this chowder...

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Postby Zarxrax » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:11 pm

/me would appreciate a renaming of the project to something else, if possible. It's been causing a bit of confusion among some people.

Doesn't have to be huge change, maybe something minor like "amv heck"... I'm sure someone already used that though :p
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Postby Garridy » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:37 pm

I agree. Renaming the AMV will make it clear that it is not from the offical AMV Hell family. I don't think its proper to leech off the popularity of another video by using the same name (especially when the content is very similar). :?
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Postby Deuce Loosely » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:08 pm

In case you hadn't heard or noticed, the name of this project has been changed to reflect that this is not in conjunction with the "official" AMV Hell series.

Therefore, ADD Theater 3.14 will be the title. This is just to clear any confusion.

Unfortunately, this also means another alteration to the opening titles and closing credits. Since new clips are being submitted now, it's going to have to be that way anyhow. I apologize profusely for any inconvenience this may cause.

Please feel free to weigh in...
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Postby NS » Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:59 pm

ADD hell? Wtf. That's a stupid name, Seriously -_-. Why, because it's random and crap?.. Still, the name is just ahh. not so great. It doesn't flow well.
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Postby Deuce Loosely » Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:17 pm

NerdStrudel wrote:ADD hell? Wtf. That's a stupid name, Seriously -_-. Why, because it's random and crap?.. Still, the name is just ahh. not so great. It doesn't flow well.


1. It's ADD Theater.

2. Aren't all AMV Hell-type projects random and sometimes crap?

3. Feel free to suggest a better name if you're not happy with this one. It is a collaboration, after all.

That is all, I guess.
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Postby NS » Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:38 pm

I don't know a better name, Just that one kinda sucks IMO. Plus all 3 AMV hells i've seen i've enjoyed... Actually.. All i've seen i've enjoyed at least somewhat, I wouldn't say they are crap.
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