Connichi 2003 AMV contest

iserlohn · Post by **iserlohn** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 11:35 pm

Giton: Vielen dank. Wie viele Videos können wir einreichen? 1? 2? Auch, ist shounen-ai ok?

To everyone else:

I did a little experimenting tonight and have the following recommendations for submitting your video.

1)The contest is being run in Europe, which means that any (S)VHS/DVD mastering will be in PAL. Please use your editing software's specs for PAL if you are making a vid specifically for this con. This should be 352x288 for VCD/Half-Re and 720x576 for DVD/Full Res.

2)I did a test outputting a 640x480 29.97 workfile to PAL. Premiere does a much better job than Vegas Video, providing smoother lines on high motion sequences. TMPEG also does a very nice job, but I recommend using higher bitrates than the generic DVD (PAL) profile. I wish that I could comment on Final Cut Pro, but alas, I'm using Windows.

3)DivX uses whatever you give it for framerate. This means that if you feed it a 29.97fps file you'll get one out. Understand that something may be lost in the conversion (since I have no idea what the contest is being compiled on).

Good luck to all!

Giton · Post by **Giton** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 3:19 am

Shonen ai would be ok. The prohibtion of pornographic material concerns only pure Hentai (Anime like Ebichu might be an exception).

I contacted one of the organizers to obtain more information about the AMV expo and I will post it here when I get an answer.

1)The contest is being run in Europe, which means that any (S)VHS/DVD mastering will be in PAL. Please use your editing software's specs for PAL if you are making a vid specifically for this con. This should be 352x288 for VCD/Half-Re and 720x576 for DVD/Full Res.

Thanks for the interest, but you don't have to go that far

Indeed the standart video format used at the con will be NTSC.
Thats due to the circumstance that many European creators and especially German creator use Japanese or US source for their AMVs.
PAL conversions of Anime are still very crappy here

I suggest using a framerate of 23,976/24 fps, but 29,97 fps should be ok, too.
Never mind the resolution as long it's above or arround 352x288.
Normally computers or NTSCable Players are used.

I know But I've wanted to make a video to a couple of the Die Prinzen songs for a while anyways, and this would be a perfect opportunity, and a bit better of a target audience than a US con anyways- especially if I'm planning on matching the video up with the lyrics (and not putting subtitles in, though I would probably do that as an option in distroing it).

OK fine with me

douzo!

JCD · Post by **JCD** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 2:30 pm

I'll be there, too. So if anyone wants to drink a beer with me...

Ashyukun · Post by **Ashyukun** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 3:32 pm

I wish I could be there- it would be quite nice to get back to Europe for a while. But, I'll likely have to settle for sending a bit of my creativity in my place

MAGI2 · Post by **MAGI2** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 3:49 pm

Important :

Only 1 AMV for the contest.
You can send us more videos for showing on the con,but YOU MUST select the contesting video.

No Warranty for showing the extra videos

I will select a AMV Program for our Video Rooms

>3. The AMV mustn't be shorter than 2 minutes and should not exceed a >duration of 5 minutes.
>The footage should consist of Japanese entertainment material (Anime, >Manga, J-Rock, J-Pop, Japanese Movies etc.).
>There are no limitations for the music you use!

@Paul Kieviets
Maybe we could make an exeption for this video,but please, if you make a new video : Limit is 5min

>6.Send your videos to:

>SNIP<

>Note: Please use digital media (CD, DVD) for shipping.
>If you want to send a tape or send the video via internet, please contact >David first.

For Internet Transfers:
Contact me for Transfers via IRC,FTP,ICQ, or other

> 8.The use of pornographic or radical (left/right wing) footage/music is strictly prohibited!
Etchi is OK but no Hentai

>9.
>The resolution SHOULD be 352x288 or higher.
>Allowed codecs: Mpeg 1/2, Divx/Xvid, WMV
>Rejected codecs: Real Media, Quicktime, Indeo, all others...

This is not really a rule ! Only a recommendation
We can play all NTSC Standards.

... Alex (AMV Jury and Orga Team Connichi 2003)

PS : The Original Translation for the contest and the Connichi Website is coming soon.

www.connichi.de[/b]

Giton · Post by **Giton** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 4:59 pm

Schön, dass sich mal wer vom Orga-team meldet, hatte schon befürchtet ich müsste hier alles alleine in die Hand nehmen

Hoffe meine vorläufige Übersetzung der Regeln passt in etwa...
Konnte leider keinen beim Animexx erreichen und bekam erst gestern ne Rückmeldung von David.
Hoffe man sieht sich auf der Con

For English readers:

MAGI2 is one of the organizers, I am not!

Listen to him,
obey him,
kneel before him!

iserlohn · Post by **iserlohn** » Sat Mar 01, 2003 1:25 am

I'd love to go to a non-North American con, but unless I get approved for an overseas exchange program starting in October (which would possibly mean apartment hunting in September), I doubt that I can make it =(

And being able to enter in NTSC...makes my life a whole lot easier. Thanks for the updates, Giton.

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Sun Mar 09, 2003 6:55 pm

I plan on entering in a nice 450 meg version of "War".

Hope y'all like it

JokerOne · Post by **JokerOne** » Sun Mar 09, 2003 7:27 pm

argh why do you have to told it all the good Americans??

how am I to there now win??

*argh*

But I never give it up *hrhr*

iserlohn · Post by **iserlohn** » Sun Mar 09, 2003 9:16 pm

Joker: I'm sending my vids in as non-competing, so you've nothing to fear there. Besides, anyone who's read my journal knows how low I think of my stuff anyhow. Either way, that's two (one if my trailer doesn't fly) chances in your favor.

Viele Glück!

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