DerpyCon 2022 - AMV Contest New Thread [Open Through August 10th, 2022]

Announcement & discussion of Anime Music Video contests
Locked
mjtags11
Joined: Mon Nov 20, 2017 5:23 pm
Org Profile

DerpyCon 2022 - AMV Contests [Open Through August 10th, 2022]

Post by mjtags11 » Wed Apr 06, 2022 6:39 pm

DerpyCon is proud to announce the return of the AMV Contest this year! DerpyCon 2022 will be proud host to two AMV Contests - the AMV Showcase Contest and the Saturday Morning Cartoons Contest. If you are interested in submitting AMVs for showing in either of the contests, please take a look at the rules below and fill out the application at the following link.
AMV Contest Applications are open from April 6th, 2022 to August 10th, 2022 at 11:59:59pm ET.

SUBMISSION FORM: https://www.derpycon.com/amvs/

Categories for the DerpyCon AMV Showcase Contest
  • Action/Adventure
  • Drama/Serious
  • Romance/Sentimental
  • Upbeat/Dance
  • Comedy/Parody
Categories for the Saturday Morning Cartoons Contest
  • Cowabunga Pizza (Action)
  • 4Kids4Ever (Comedy)
  • Why Not Commercials (Trailers)
General Rules
  • Entries will be accepted from April 6, 2022 until August 10, 2022.
  • Entries into the DerpyCon AMV Showcase may be no shorter than 1 minute and no longer than 6 minutes. Entries into the Saturday Morning Cartoons Contest may be no shorter than 30 seconds and no longer than 5 minutes.
  • Entries must be family-friendly (appropriate for a PG-13 audience).
  • For the DerpyCon AMV Showcase Contest: At-least 75% of each entry’s video content must consist of anime, manga, or video game derived content. None of the video content can be from live-action; entries with live-action will be rejected. At-least 75% of each entry’s audio content must be music. None of the audio content can be from the original source material or dub.
  • For the Saturday Morning Cartoons Contest: At-least 75% of each entry’s video content must consist of anime or american cartoon derived content. None of the video content can be from live-action; entries with live-action will be rejected. At-least 75% of each entry’s audio content must be music (this rule does not apply to entries submitted into the “Why Not Commercials”). None of the audio content can be from the original source material or dub.
  • Attendance as DerpyCon 2022 is not required for contest entry. Attendance at the convention has no effect on the judging process.
  • Entries from DerpyCon 2022 Staff and Volunteers are not allowed.
  • By submitting an entry, entrants agree that: they have read, understand, and will comply with all official rules and consent to their AMV, name, and information used for the purposes of promotion of the DerpyCon 2022 AMV Contest.
  • By submitting an entry, entrants grant DerpyCon the rights to show the entry at DerpyCon 2022 and all future DerpyCon events.
Technical Rules
  • Entries shall not contain any watermarks, credits, bumpers, or information that is not directly related to the video content. Parody watermarks, bumpers, and corner info are allowed in entries submitted into the “Why Not Commercials” category only in the Saturday Morning Cartoons Contest.
  • Entries shall not contain subtitles that have not been created and added by the editor.
  • Entries shall be MP4 encoded with x264/h264 codec.
  • Entries should be in 1080p resolution and 29.97 fps format, if possible. All entrants will be scaled to this resolution.
  • Leave 3 seconds of black space both before and after the entry.
  • Do not include a title screen, or lead in/out bumpers; video information and credits will be added by DerpyCon.
  • All video editing and concepts must have been made/designed/added by the entrant.
Submission Rules
  • Each entrant is allowed to submit up to one (1) submission per category and up to three (3) submissions in total for the competition. Entries from multi-editor collaborations are allowed but will count as one submission for each member of the collaboration.
  • Submissions will only be accepted via our file upload section of the form or via downloadable link (ie Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, etc.). Links to YouTube or similar video service are not allowed.
  • DerpyCon reserves the right to disqualify any submission for any of reason, without warning.
  • Entries into the Saturday Morning Cartoons Contest are meant to capture the essence of watching Saturday morning cartoons in some fashion. DerpyCon reserves the right to move videos submitted to this Contest to the AMV Showcase Contest if deemed to not fit.

If there are any questions, please feel free to post in this forum. I'll be checking this forum quite frequently (at least once per week, and much more once we get closer to the deadline) and is the easiest way to get feedback and answers. Looking forward to seeing everyone's submissions!
___________
Vice Chair of Public Relations, Setsucon www.setsucon.com
Director of Programming, DerpyCon www.derpycon.com

mjtags11
Joined: Mon Nov 20, 2017 5:23 pm
Org Profile

DerpyCon 2022 - AMV Contest New Thread [Open Through August 10th, 2022]

Post by mjtags11 » Sun Jul 24, 2022 7:34 pm

[Since the first thread was locked... here is an available one for questions now that we are just a few weeks away from the deadline to enter the DerpyCon 2022 AMV Contest!]

DerpyCon is proud to announce the return of the AMV Contest this year! DerpyCon 2022 will be proud host to two AMV Contests - the AMV Showcase Contest and the Saturday Morning Cartoons Contest. If you are interested in submitting AMVs for showing in either of the contests, please take a look at the rules below and fill out the application at the following link.
AMV Contest Applications are open from April 6th, 2022 to August 10th, 2022 at 11:59:59pm ET.

SUBMISSION FORM: https://www.derpycon.com/amvs/

Visit the Form Page above to see the rules and categories.
___________
Vice Chair of Public Relations, Setsucon www.setsucon.com
Director of Programming, DerpyCon www.derpycon.com

User avatar
Kireblue
Forum Admin
Joined: Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:44 pm
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Contact:
Org Profile

Re: DerpyCon 2022 - AMV Contest New Thread [Open Through August 10th, 2022]

Post by Kireblue » Sun Jul 24, 2022 8:28 pm

merged the threads for you

mjtags11
Joined: Mon Nov 20, 2017 5:23 pm
Org Profile

Re: DerpyCon 2022 - AMV Contest New Thread [Open Through August 10th, 2022]

Post by mjtags11 » Sun Jul 24, 2022 9:29 pm

Kireblue wrote:
Sun Jul 24, 2022 8:28 pm
merged the threads for you
Thanks so much!
___________
Vice Chair of Public Relations, Setsucon www.setsucon.com
Director of Programming, DerpyCon www.derpycon.com

Locked

Return to “AMV Contests”