Thy Geekdom Con 2021 AMV contest [Winners Video airing 6/11 @7pm EST]

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Thy Geekdom Con 2021 AMV contest [Winners Video airing 6/11 @7pm EST]

Post by ThyGeekdomCon » Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:19 pm

Thy Geekdom Con AMV Contest

***Update 6/10/2021***
Hello Artists,
We will be airing the winner's video of this year's showdown tomorrow, 6/11/2021, at 7 pm EST on our discord channel. Please join us to congratulate this year's contest winners! If you can't make it for the official viewing please come visit our social media pages to find a link to watch the video at any time!
~ThyGeekdomCon AMV Staff


***Update 5/27/2021***
Hello Artists,
We will be airing this year's showdown on our discord channel tomorrow (5/28/2021) at 7 pm EST. Come join us in the viewing and take an opportunity to vote for your favorites!
Our discord link is: https://discord.gg/thygeekdomcon


***Update 5/1/2021***
Hello AMV artists,
We have received a great turnout on submissions so far and are really excited about our AMV contest this year. However, we feel a few categories could use a few more submissions. If you haven’t submitted yet and have an AMV for the Upbeat or Horror category we would be more than happy to take in some more submissions in those two categories. If you considering submitting to our contest but don't think your entry meets all of our requirements we encourage you to either reach out to us or submit it anyway as we may still accept the submission into our contest.
In addition, for any submissions for the Upbeat and Horror, we are extending the submission deadline to May 7, 2021 at 11:59PM EST. We look forward to seeing your AMVs and your participation in our contest!

You can submit your AMV's at: https://thygeekdomcon.com/amv-showdown/

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email us at Programming@thygeekdomcon.com


**Update: While the convention itself was canceled due to COVID-19 the AMV contest will still take place via an online method.

All entries MUST be submitted no later than this.
Late entries will not be considered.
Contact Programming@thygeekdomcon.com with questions or for more information.
Please submit entries through https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp ... w/viewform
Please use provide either Google Drive or URL link to upload your entries

As videos are submitted our staff will evaluate the entries to ensure the rules are upheld and disqualify any submission that does not follow the listed rules if the artist is unable to make adequate changes.

If you are unsure about any of the source information (anime, song titles, etc) please look it up, as it is all crucial. Google is your friend.

AMV Categories
Action
Artistic
Comedy
Drama/Romance
Horror
Upbeat

Please name your files in this format:
"Your name or alias – video title – Category"
EXAMPLE: Thy Geekdom – The Game – Comedy

Technical Guidelines:
- Video is at least 720 x 480 resolution (higher Res recommended)
- Video submission must be at least two (2) minutes in length.
- A minimum of 24 fps (30 fps recommended)
- File type must be either MP4, MPEG 2, or AVI
- File to be named "your studio name - AMV title - category"

AMV Rules
- Each contestant is allowed to submit two (2) submissions. Each submission must be in separate categories.
- Do not include studio lead in or lead out bumpers. We will make sure to give you and your studio proper credit.
- Your submission must use footage from an animated series, manga, or video games. We will not be accepting live action at this time.
- Original animated series or video game audio is allowed but may not exceed 15 seconds and is not preferred.
- Video can not contain any watermarks.
- Video can not contain original subtitles from the source materials. Original text is allowed.
- Submission must be longer than 120 seconds. There is no maximum length.
- Video will not contain nudity
- Video will not contain excessive explicit language. You may use edited versions of songs with such language.
- Videos will not contain excessive violence.
- Video can not contain video from the music video from the song or trailers.
- Video is not to be plagiarized from another studio. This will result in an automatic disqualification.
- Convention attendance is not required for submission.
- **Convention reserves the right to reject a submission on any grounds.
- **Convention reserves the right to switch the category of any submission
*If you have any questions please contact us at Programming@thygeekdomcon.com

All AMVs containing anime, video game, non japanese anime (RWBY, Code:Lyoko, Miraculous tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, etc) will be eligible for the contest.

Winners and prizes will be presented during an award showing Sunday morning of Thy Geekdom Con 2021. If you win any awards but are not attending the convention or must leave before the award show, awards will be mailed out or digitally sent after the convention courtesy of Thy Geekdom Con. DVD copies of the contest will not be available due to legal concerns.
*** Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there may be no physical prizes or they may be limited.

If you have any questions, email Programming@thygeekdomcon.com for more details.
Bring us your best and tell your friends who edit AMVs that they are more than welcome to submit an AMV as well!
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Re: Thy Geekdom Con 2021 AMV contest [Deadline extended to 5/6/2021 for Upbeat & Horror submissions]

Post by ThyGeekdomCon » Fri Apr 30, 2021 11:22 pm

***Update 5/1/2021***
Hello AMV artists,
We have received a great turnout on submissions so far and are really excited for our AMV contest this year. However, we feel a few categories could use a few more submissions. If you haven’t submitted yet and have an AMV for the Upbeat or Horror category we would be more than happy to take in some more submissions in those two categories.If you considering submitting to our contest but don't think your entry meets all of our requirements we encourage you to either reach out to us or submit it anyway as we may still accept the submission into our contest.
In addition, for any submissions for the Upbeat and Horror, we are extending the submission deadline to May 7, 2021 at 11:59PM EST. We look forward to seeing your AMVs and your participation in our contest!

You can submit your AMV's at: https://thygeekdomcon.com/amv-showdown/

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email us at Programming@thygeekdomcon.com
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Re: Thy Geekdom Con 2021 AMV contest [Deadline extended to 5/6/2021 for Upbeat & Horror submissions]

Post by Rider4Z » Sat May 01, 2021 12:18 pm

ThyGeekdomCon wrote:
Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:19 pm
- Submission must be longer than 120 seconds. There is no maximum length.
If you’re short on upbeat you may consider nixing this rule.

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Re: Thy Geekdom Con 2021 AMV contest [Deadline extended to 5/6/2021 for Upbeat & Horror submissions]

Post by ThyGeekdomCon » Sat May 01, 2021 2:21 pm

Hello Rider4Z,
For this year we would accept shorter entries. We want to encourage artists to reach out if they are concerned about if their submission doesn't meet the criteria. We are considering officially lowering the time requirement for this rule and will do our best to better communicate with possible entrants to reach out to us or submit anyway and we will determine if it can work for our contest for following years contests.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

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Re: Thy Geekdom Con 2021 AMV contest [Deadline extended to 5/6/2021 for Upbeat & Horror submissions]

Post by PerkyPastry » Sun May 02, 2021 12:41 am

ThyGeekdomCon wrote:
Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:19 pm
- Your submission must use footage from an animated or video games. We will not be accepting live action at this time.
ThyGeekdomCon wrote:
Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:19 pm
All AMVs containing anime, video game, non japanese anime (RWBY, Code:Lyoko, Miraculous tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, etc) will be eligible for the contest.
So I think there's some confusion with this wording regarding what content is allowed. I had initially interpreted the second quoted statement to mean that only animated sources that were anime-inspired were eligible, but after looking at the AMV Showdown rules page it seems more clear that any animated source is allowed regardless of its regional art style.

It might be a good idea to make this distinction more explicit on both this forum post and the google forms sheet which uses the exact same wording (including the sentence in the first quote, "an animated or video games" which is either missing the word "series" or was intended to be changed to "anime", I'm honestly still not sure).

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Re: Thy Geekdom Con 2021 AMV contest [Deadline extended to 5/6/2021 for Upbeat & Horror submissions]

Post by ThyGeekdomCon » Sun May 02, 2021 12:36 pm

Hello PerkyPastry,
Thank you for catching that. I will update that information right now

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Re: Thy Geekdom Con 2021 AMV contest [Deadline extended to 5/6/2021 for Upbeat & Horror submissions]

Post by Rider4Z » Sun May 02, 2021 5:40 pm

ThyGeekdomCon wrote:
Sat May 01, 2021 2:21 pm
Hello Rider4Z,
For this year we would accept shorter entries. We want to encourage artists to reach out if they are concerned about if their submission doesn't meet the criteria. We are considering officially lowering the time requirement for this rule and will do our best to better communicate with possible entrants to reach out to us or submit anyway and we will determine if it can work for our contest for following years contests.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Sorry that was written in a fellow coordinator mindset. I fortunately had something to send that fit your current time limit so we're good :up:

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Re: Thy Geekdom Con 2021 AMV contest [Showdown airing 5/28 @7pm EST]

Post by ThyGeekdomCon » Thu May 27, 2021 8:38 pm

***Update 5/27/2021***
Hello Artists,
We will be airing this year's showdown on our discord channel tomorrow (5/28/2021) at 7 pm EST. Come join us in the viewing and take an opportunity to vote for your favorites!
Our discord link is: https://discord.gg/thygeekdomcon

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Re: Thy Geekdom Con 2021 AMV contest [Winners Video airing 6/11 @7pm EST]

Post by ThyGeekdomCon » Thu Jun 10, 2021 8:49 pm

***Update 6/10/2021***
Hello Artists,
We will be airing the winner's video of this year's showdown tomorrow, 6/11/2021, at 7 pm EST on our discord channel. Please join us to congratulate this year's contest winners! If you can't make it for the official viewing please come visit our social media pages to find a link to watch the video at any time!
~ThyGeekdomCon AMV Staff

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