Avatar Expo 2014 Avatar Music Video Competition - Now Open! (DL: May 3rd)

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Re: Avatar Expo 2014 Avatar Music Video Competition - Now Open! (DL: May 3rd

Postby XStylus » Sun Feb 02, 2014 12:25 pm

Scintilla wrote:Another question. I know you said that genre classification is up to us, but considering how different the rules are for Commercials & Trailers, I thought I should ask just to be safe -- would an opening sequence parody video be properly classified under Parody, or under Commercials & Trailers?


They should be placed under Parody. Under reconsideration. Will get back to you.
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Re: Avatar Expo 2014 Avatar Music Video Competition - Now Open! (DL: May 3rd

Postby machina21 » Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:06 pm

What about opening sequences that aren't meant to be parody?
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Re: Avatar Expo 2014 Avatar Music Video Competition - Now Open! (DL: May 3rd

Postby Rider4Z » Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:11 pm

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Re: Avatar Expo 2014 Avatar Music Video Competition - Now Open! (DL: May 3rd

Postby BasharOfTheAges » Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:46 pm

machina21 wrote:What about opening sequences that aren't meant to be parody?

Like a fake opening sequence / promotional piece that isn't mimicking an existing opening? That sounds exactly like what a commercial / trailer (that doesn't intersect with parody) is. Though, I'm kinda scratching my head at how the general supply of trailers/commercials necessitates such a delineation.
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Re: Avatar Expo 2014 Avatar Music Video Competition - Now Open! (DL: May 3rd

Postby XStylus » Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:11 pm

BasharOfTheAges wrote:
machina21 wrote:What about opening sequences that aren't meant to be parody?

Like a fake opening sequence / promotional piece that isn't mimicking an existing opening? That sounds exactly like what a commercial / trailer (that doesn't intersect with parody) is. Though, I'm kinda scratching my head at how the general supply of trailers/commercials necessitates such a delineation.


You have a point.

It's not too late to declare that Intros/Openers shall be part of the Bonus Category, but I'd like to have some side discussions with some people first.

I knew that a perfect way to handle Intros/Trailers/Commercials under the new Bonus Category concept wasn't something that we would slam dunk from the get-go, but I think in the end this'll be a better way to go once it's ironed out (plus has a respectable award behind it)?

Machima21, I'll have a better answer for your question after I have those discussions.
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Re: Avatar Expo 2014 Avatar Music Video Competition - Now Open! (DL: May 3rd

Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:23 pm

Rider4Z wrote:Stand by seating is a brilliant idea.


Actually, they use to do that in the good old days at AX

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Re: Avatar Expo 2014 Avatar Music Video Competition - Now Open! (DL: May 3rd

Postby Kisagi » Tue Feb 04, 2014 1:32 am

Oh it seems like it will be interesting this year
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Re: Avatar Expo 2014 Avatar Music Video Competition - Now Open! (DL: May 3rd

Postby Cyrix » Fri Feb 07, 2014 7:25 pm

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Cyrix wrote:Is it too late to include the Challenge Genre? That sounds fun as hell.


I was talked out of it for this year. :P I could very much consider it for next year though, but with off-the-wall ideas like these it's hard to predict how receptive people would be to it. If we tried something new like that and people didn't respond to it with enough entries, it'd be an embarrassment.

I will happily cover any number of 15 second videos you need to feel comfortable about that as a category. :wink:

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Re: Avatar Expo 2014 Avatar Music Video Competition - Now Open! (DL: May 3rd

Postby Niotex » Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:31 pm

I guess I should jump in and play nice too.

For some reason I've had people contact me with questions related to AX, I have however directed all of them back to this topic. I have high hopes for AX this year. I had a great time working with Troy, Vlad and the rest last year. I'm looking forward to it again this year and will do my best to meet/surpass your expectations.

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Re: Avatar Expo 2014 Avatar Music Video Competition - Now Open! (DL: May 3rd

Postby XStylus » Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:55 pm

machina21 wrote:What about opening sequences that aren't meant to be parody?


Vlad and I have come to the decision that opening sequence vids shall be considered Bonus Genre entries.

This is because it's the only place they can go due to Rule 9 regarding minimum length (which is 1min 30sec, and most intros are shorter than that)? We neglected to consider the effect Rule 9 would have on Intro vids, but this is easily fixed by giving them a home in the Bonus Genre.

The rules will be updated to reflect this change shortly.
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Re: Avatar Expo 2014 Avatar Music Video Competition - Now Open! (DL: May 3rd

Postby machina21 » Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:52 pm

XStylus wrote:
machina21 wrote:What about opening sequences that aren't meant to be parody?


Vlad and I have come to the decision that opening sequence vids shall be considered Bonus Genre entries.

This is because it's the only place they can go due to Rule 9 regarding minimum length (which is 1min 30sec, and most intros are shorter than that)? We neglected to consider the effect Rule 9 would have on Intro vids, but this is easily fixed by giving them a home in the Bonus Genre.

The rules will be updated to reflect this change shortly.


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Re: Avatar Expo 2014 Avatar Music Video Competition - Now Open! (DL: May 3rd

Postby Cyrix » Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:40 am

That feeling when you go to submit your Avatar Music Video and realize you need to tweak exactly one shot and that you don't know which computer the source project is on or whether that computer still works.

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Re: Avatar Expo 2014 Avatar Music Video Competition - Now Open! (DL: May 3rd

Postby OokamiHD » Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:12 pm

If we have already submitted an Avatar Music Video do we get a notification that you guys received it?
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Re: Avatar Expo 2014 Avatar Music Video Competition - Now Open! (DL: May 3rd

Postby Rider4Z » Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:30 pm

OokamiHD wrote:If we have already submitted an Avatar Music Video do we get a notification that you guys received it?

if I read the rules thoroughly, you should have received one within 3 days of submitting. :uhoh:
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Re: Avatar Expo 2014 Avatar Music Video Competition - Now Open! (DL: May 3rd

Postby XStylus » Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:41 pm

OokamiHD wrote:If we have already submitted an Avatar Music Video do we get a notification that you guys received it?


Yes, you do get a notification. No, I haven't sent them out yet.

Rider4Z wrote:if I read the rules thoroughly, you should have received one within 3 days of submitting. :uhoh:


I think you're confusing registration with submission. We send your registration code within two days of registering. We send Avatar Music Video submission confirmations as we inspect them, which we generally do in batches. We're starting to get a sizable chunk of submissions so we'll be doing our first inspection batch soon.
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