The Otakon 2012 Thread: AMV Contest Results All Up in Here

[xDreww]

How does Big Contest factor into it? Its an online ongoing contest, and the winners are announced something like 10 days after the final video is played, which could be before or after the Otakon deadline. I'm guessing if we go strictly by the wording of the rules Big Contest wouldn't even factor in since its not a convention or anything, but just wanted to check in to make sure.

Strictly online contests don't count.

Soo..can I do one video for both Otakon and Japan Expo?

[Shin-AMV]

How does Big Contest factor into it? Its an online ongoing contest, and the winners are announced something like 10 days after the final video is played, which could be before or after the Otakon deadline. I'm guessing if we go strictly by the wording of the rules Big Contest wouldn't even factor in since its not a convention or anything, but just wanted to check in to make sure.

Strictly online contests don't count.

Soo..can I do one video for both Otakon and Japan Expo?

Short answer would be yes.

Long Answer
The results of Japan Expo don't get released until the Con which happens around July 5-7th, which satisfies Otakon's No Wins up to June 11th Deadline Rule, and Otakon doesn't happen until July 27th which wouldn't interfere with Japan Expo's exclusive premier rule.

[xDreww]

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Short answer would be yes.

Long Answer
The results of Japan Expo don't get released until the Con which happens around July 5-7th, which satisfies Otakon's No Wins up to June 11th Deadline Rule, and Otakon doesn't happen until July 27th which wouldn't interfere with Japan Expo's exclusive premier rule.[/quote]

Cool! Thanks for letting me know in more detail shin. ^^

[TheLuminaireShow]

So I have a question regarding formatting. Here's my source material:

712 x 480
1.1980 pixel ratio
23.973 fps

Contest says it'll be in 720 x 480 in 4:3 so what's the best way to interpret this footage and get rid of letter boxing? If I tell Adobe Premiere to interpret my footage as NTSC Widescreen (1.2121 pixel ratio) than it previews almost perfectly, there's like less than 4 pixels of vertical black. But contest says to encode for 4:3 playback, which gives the horrible letter boxing. I guess I don't understand the difference between 4:3 and 16:9 if they both fit inside the 720x480 frame.

Help is much appreciated

[VicBond007]

So I have a question regarding formatting. Here's my source material:

712 x 480
1.1980 pixel ratio
23.973 fps

Contest says it'll be in 720 x 480 in 4:3 so what's the best way to interpret this footage and get rid of letter boxing? If I tell Adobe Premiere to interpret my footage as NTSC Widescreen (1.2121 pixel ratio) than it previews almost perfectly, there's like less than 4 pixels of vertical black. But contest says to encode for 4:3 playback, which gives the horrible letter boxing. I guess I don't understand the difference between 4:3 and 16:9 if they both fit inside the 720x480 frame.

Help is much appreciated

Give me what you have, I will make it look right.

[TheLuminaireShow]

I guess I'll just submit multiple versions so there's more to work with.

[VicBond007]

Uberbump due to Earth shattering changes in the first post.

[EimiJ7]

I already submitted a video that was pre-letter boxed. Is it okay if I just upload the widescreen version to the ftp server?

[VicBond007]

I already submitted a video that was pre-letter boxed. Is it okay if I just upload the widescreen version to the ftp server?

Yes by all means please do so. I will also be personally e-mailing everyone who has submitted pre-letterboxed so far, informing them of this change, to see if they have a non-letterboxed version available.

[drewaconclusion]

Uberbump due to Earth shattering changes in the first post.

Nice of them to let you know so late.