SMASH! 2019 AMV Competition and Showcase (WINNERS REVEALED)

Empyreanous · Post by **Empyreanous** » Fri Apr 19, 2019 8:41 pm

WINNERS FOR SMASH! 2019 AMV COMPETITION!

Hey all! Special shoutout to Renato for updating our SMASH! AMV website, and Silent Hero Studios for posting the information on the thread!

Just wanted to officially update the forum post as well and provide you guys a playlist for all the SMASH! AMVs. This playlist will come soon (once people start uploading their works online), but for now, I am happy to officially announce the winners for this year's competition! So big congratulations to the following:

People's Choice Award
"Whatever It Takes" by Judisak

Judges' Choice Award
"Something That Shouldn't Be Said Out Loud" by BlazzingBlossom

Best Technical Award
"i'm not sorry" by Heshan

True Blue Award
"Bungou Stray Dogs - Safe & Sound" by Cneq

ACTION
Honourable mentions:
“Shield Hero” by SG Editz
“Link Start!” by SG Editz
“Hylian Shield” by Kireblue

Runner up: “Toxic” by Erik Heckert
WINNER: “This Is How We Burn” by Opner

COMEDY/PARODY
Honourable mentions:
“MILLION DREAMS” by PaNTSU oF d00m

Runner up: “ExcaliFool” by Cirera
WINNER: “Kaguya Wants To Play A Game Of War” by Opner

DRAMA/SENTIMENTAL
Honourable mentions:
“Electric Dreams” by thefanvideoer2
“Sleep Walkers” by JavisCOE
“i’m not sorry” by Heshan

Runner up: “Married Life” by thefanvideoer2
WINNER: “fin” by shorisquared

FUN
Honourable mentions:
“LO(ve) L(ive) Championships” by Jerry Li

Runner up: “zombie rave yeet” by Alderwick
WINNER: “Purrfect Pawsitivity”

Congratulations to all of our winners, and BIG shoutout to everyone who entered this year! We received a lot of awesome entries which made judging really hard for us this year. But nevertheless, thank you everyone for your patience with us! Looking back at this year's competition, there are definitely a few things we are looking to change for next year in order to improve the overall experience for you guys! If you have any feedback, please feel free to let us know and we will definitely take it into consideration. Also, we do apologise if we were a bit slow with updating you guys on the forum and replying to emails but we do appreiciate you all sticking around.

In addition, thank you to those who entered the AMV Showcase! We managed to get two screenings this year to highlight your AMVs, which the crowd loved! We had a new location this year which was a little far from the main convention itself, but we still had an awesome turn out - so thank you for submitting your entries, as the Australians loved them! As we also were managing the room, we had some of the attendees ask us a few questions about your AMVs and getting into AMVs themselves, which is awesome to hear!

Finally, just want to say thank you to everyone for making this year such an awesome year and it is an awesome experience being able to interact with you guys! If you have any questions that you would like to address with us, please do not hestiate to contact us at amv@smash.org.au

See you guys in 2020!

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Refer for competition info below:

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Empyreanous · Post by **Empyreanous** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 11:31 pm

EDIT: Fixed up times - sorry guys, I had to fix up the times on the post (that was my bad!)

You can check above now for the CORRECT times based on what country you are from!

*Edit (again, grammer)

Website · Post by **shorisquared** » Sun Apr 21, 2019 12:12 am

So is it June 9th or July 14 that videos are due?

Empyreanous · Post by **Empyreanous** » Sun Apr 21, 2019 2:18 pm

shorisquared wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2019 12:12 am
So is it June 9th or July 14 that videos are due?

OH! I am so sorry about the confusion - when I was fixing the times I put the wrong date

The deadline is UTC+10 - Sunday, 9 June 2019 @ 11:59 p.m., but the competition is officially over on Sunday 14 July 2019. I have fixed the post to reflect this information, and double checked everything else

I'm so sorry for the muck up

I must of gotten too excited to put this post up, that I placed the wrong dates.

Thank you for picking it up

TritioAFB · Post by **TritioAFB** » Sun Apr 21, 2019 10:58 pm

I will promise I will return next year. SMASH! is one of the video-exclusive contests for me

Empyreanous · Post by **Empyreanous** » Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:03 am

TritioAFB wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2019 10:58 pm
I will promise I will return next year. SMASH! is one of the video-exclusive contests for me

We look forward to your return!

Take it easy in the meanwhile ~

Xophilarus · Post by **Xophilarus** » Wed Apr 24, 2019 12:00 pm

Aww, kind of bummed the whole contest is exclusive again because there's so many exclusive contests now. But I just say that selfishly because this was one of my fav contests to enter, and I wish I had more time to make an exclusive video for it xP. I hope to one year somehow make time for it because it would be lovely being part of the contest again. X___X I hope this year is successful for you guys as well! I may throw something into the showcase it least though~

Empyreanous · Post by **Empyreanous** » Wed Apr 24, 2019 11:02 pm

Xophilarus wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2019 12:00 pm
Aww, kind of bummed the whole contest is exclusive again because there's so many exclusive contests now. But I just say that selfishly because this was one of my fav contests to enter, and I wish I had more time to make an exclusive video for it xP. I hope to one year somehow make time for it because it would be lovely being part of the contest again. X___X I hope this year is successful for you guys as well! I may throw something into the showcase it least though~

Honestly, we love hearing feedback about the competition because it allows us to grow and try make it better for everyone. No opinion is too negative or selfish!

Just being a part of the community myself, I noticed that we did face a lot of negative criticism from going exclusive, and we did make some mistakes over the past two years which has affected the quality of our competition. We are not a perfect as human beings, but we want our entrants to have the best experience possible.

It was a huge decision for us going exclusive. We did consider both the negatives and positives of going exclusive. In fact, being that this is our third year going exclusive, we are still learning and gaining experience from this decision. One reason we made this decision was to allow smaller editors a chance to be noticed. It can be disheartening for a smaller individual to work really hard on a video, enter a really big competition, and get defeated by an AMV that has already won so many awards. And yes, maybe that AMV does deserve to win all those awards from other competitions. Or maybe you can argue that the editor only entered the competition just for fun (which is the case for myself). Or maybe they did it to learn something, gain exposure, win fancy prizes, etc. Regardless of the reason, we still want to give those smaller editors a chance too!

However, as an editor myself, I can understand that trying to create an original AMV for different competitions can be creatively straining, stressful, time-consuming and potentially can impact your mental and physical health. As we grow older, we face a lot more commitments (including studying, working, family, etc.). Some editors only have the time to make 1-2 AMVs per year, where some editors have the time to make 5-10 per year. Regardless, we never want to put anyone in a position where their health gets affected.

Also sorry for the lengthy reply! I just wanted to make sure that we are listening to you guys, but also provide some insight in our decisions. Hopefully I didn't sound like I was being negative, having a go at you or disregarding your feelings. Of course there are MANY good editors out there who deserve to win and be acknowledged for their hard work, and we would love to show off each and every one of you to our audience! We always love when you guys join, or be involved in the competition in some way

To everyone else, we are always open to suggestions and other feedback!!! We want to ensure that you guys are the number one priority! In my opinion, I am not focused on being the best competition (as I know there are far better ones), but being a supportive and enjoyable one to participate in!

We might go back to our old roots, but we'll see what the future holds~!

Xophilarus · Post by **Xophilarus** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 11:42 pm

You didn't sound negative towards my feelings at all! I REALLY appreciate your thoughtful response. Most regions have at least one exclusive contest, so it makes sense that you guys did that for your region as well. I also think it is awesome that one of the big reasons you guys made this decision is to help encourage smaller editors to enter, and I hope some awesome lesser-known talent is able to take advantage of it. I will definitely be watching the contest to see what comes up! Thank you so much for your reply.

Empyreanous · Post by **Empyreanous** » Sat Apr 27, 2019 7:33 pm

Xophilarus wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 26, 2019 11:42 pm
You didn't sound negative towards my feelings at all! I REALLY appreciate your thoughtful response. Most regions have at least one exclusive contest, so it makes sense that you guys did that for your region as well. I also think it is awesome that one of the big reasons you guys made this decision is to help encourage smaller editors to enter, and I hope some awesome lesser-known talent is able to take advantage of it. I will definitely be watching the contest to see what comes up! Thank you so much for your reply.

Not a problem! Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback! We really enjoy talking about these things with you, and of course take this information into consideration when we plan for the future

We definitely will be making some changes next year to ensure we can try be more inclusive. But nevertheless, thank you for your support!

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