Fanime 2009 AMV Contest List of Entries + Rules

[eaglemech_45]

Now just to clarify, this list is only to inform you the editor that your AMV has been
1. Been submitted
2. Been downloaded
3. Been cataloged
4. Been confirmed

This isn’t a list to let you know that you have made it into the Fanime AMV event at Fanime Con just a list to let you know we have your entry. Everyone will have to wait till after our judges approve who goes onto the next round. Afterwards you will receive either Email "A" that states that you have made it or email "B" that states you didn’t make it this year.

Below are the initials of the creator and AMV Title.



V.G. Lord of the Anime
V.G. Life of a Dog (Pt. 2)
F.R.C, C.A.P, S.J. In The Rain
J.J.G. The Bodies Burning
J.J.G. Goldenpants: Based on a True Story
O.M. Third hokage's final words to the village
J.L. I My Me Mine
D.C. Rememberance
D.C. Twisted Thunder
R.M., B.D. Street Fighter Reunion
R.M., B.D. What We've Done
B.D. Perfect Day
A.J.M. I Have To Find You
J.N. Roomies
E. F. D. The Significant Other
C.S. Under Wings of Steel
C.S. Cyber City Shoot-Up
A.H. L and Light are Best Friends :]
K.S. Hollows Touch
T.C. Dying Without Your Love
T.C. I Feel Your Presence
R.C. Ran, Forget About Love.
S.G. Guide Me
B.A. Haseo's Girl Problems
Y.B. Endosky
Y.B. Hypnerotomachia
E.N. Dying Will
E.N. Switchback
I.F. Left 4 Wired
I.F. Get Your Ass Too Mars
D.S. Monsoon
D.S. Valhalla
A.R. For Love of Mankind
G.G. The power in your hands
J.C. Hope: Lost and Found
L.S. You're Sucha HBFS Video
B.C. 01110010 01101111 01100010 01101111
B.C. & B.C. Contrition
K.B. The Road
M.P. Haunting Hour
M.P. Distorted Love
C.A.D. You're Not Alone
C.A.D. One Winged Dove
D.G. Cherish
D.G. Hero
B.O. Fahrenheit
N.N. You Know My Name
S.M. Huricane Michiko
S.M. The Terrorists
A.A.N The Laitrix
A.C. A Tale of Two Stars
M.P. You Are Loved
L.W.S Time to Dance
L.W.S Disconnected
M.D. Hayate's Saltwater Room
M.L. The Main Sacrifice
M.A. Untitled
S.S.W. and J.B AMV Purgatory
J.Z. Demonic Mermaids
J.Z. Look at it, It's Ugly
J.F. Torn Memories
J.F. Standing Still
V.P. The Heroes of El Hazard
T.J.W. Contrast
K.M. That Girl Is So HONEY!

This is the Final List. If you have entered an AMV and are not on the list but have previously contacted me then send it to me again A.S.A.P at FMV@fanime.com

And Now for the Rules.

Dear Contestants,

First I would like to apologize for not getting this out sooner. I was in the process of getting sponsorship “which fell thru” and talking to a few online communities like a-m-v.org about partnering with them for this year “again, that fell thru”.

Let’s not to dwell on what could have been, and instead move on, getting into the theme of this year. As I hope you know by now the theme for the Fanime convention this year is Music. Naturally music videos would be a part of this theme. Now, onto what we want from you the editor. Mix it, mash it, put the music video in a blender and press puree, we want you to break new ground on either the music side by making a video using a mash-up song or by mashing the original music video with your video. I’m trying to leave this open because I don’t wish to limit you in any one category. Naturally comedy would have trouble with this contest, and therefore will be free from the theme portion of the contest.

And for those who don't know what a mash-up is. . .
Mash-up (music), the musical genre encompassing songs which consist entirely of parts of other songs "A song using two or more artist, eg. Linkin Park vs. NIN"

Mash-up (video), a video that is edited from more than one source to appear as one "Using the original music video for your song and mixing in your already edited video or a new video using clips from the original music video and clips of anime."

Good luck, this theme has only been broached a few times and thus it leaves it open to your own interpretation.

-Sean Barber
AMV Head

FMV Contest Rules and Guidelines Contest Rules
The rules are put in place to make an even playing field for all contestants. Please keep in mind that we at Fanime aren't perfect, so mistakes can happen. If the mistake is found on your end, we will do our best to contact you and give you the chance to fix it. With the large number of entrants expected, we can't devote a lot of time to any one FMV, so some corrections may not be allowed. If the mistake is found on our end we will work as fast as possible to correct it. Remember we on the FMV staff work hard and will do our best to do right by all contestants.

A note to all contestants: please do not send your only or master copy, as all materials submitted will not be returned.

All questions and comments need to be sent to: fmv@fanime.com

GENERAL SUBMISSION RULES
• Up to, but not exceeding, 2 videos may be submitted per entrant, organization, or group.

• There is no maximum length for videos, but 6 minutes is preferred as the longest length. Keep in mind that videos of excessive length may be cut due to time constraints.

• All videos may not have been submitted to any prior Fanime Con AMV event.

• Any video with extreme sexual and/or excessive violent content will be automatically disqualified from the contest. Keep in mind that some nudity is artistic in nature, but any video that the judges deem in poor taste will be removed.

• Specific dates and times for all FanimeCon events are to be determined at a later date.

• Special seating will be made available for all contestants during the showing. Please be sure we have your E-mail and mailing address when submitting so your seating location, times, and materials may be sent to you.

Video Bumpers
Please don't put opening or closing bumpers in your video if at all possible. We will be putting uniform title bumpers to all the videos ourselves. Having a bumper will not disqualify your video but will be edited out. If you do not want your video to possibly receive a bad edit, please do it yourself.

Submission Due Dates
All videos must be in the hands of the video coordinator by midnight on May 5, 2009. All videos submitted will be tested to make sure that there are no problems with playback. If there are any problems, there is a short amount of time to fix and/or resubmit your work. Remember this isn't school, so don't delay - submit A.S.A.P.

Digital Submissions
All entries must be submitted in a digital format, this means no VHS, HI8, or BETA Max. To allow complete control over the final appearance and quality of the video submitted, and to prevent quality loss, it is in the submitter's best interest to handle digital conversion.

The inclusion of extra files sent in during your submission will not be tolerated. This infraction depending on the materiel sent may cause you to be disqualified.

Online Submissions
If you’re a very busy person and a lot of us are, please send your videos online. You can send your file over the Internet via Yousendit.com. Yousendit.com will handle files up to 100mb in size for free, and $2.99 for larger files. There are many other file sharing websites online and you may use any that you want, just don’t send links to any illegal or illicit file hosting websites. Remember all file formatting and type rules still apply. Make sure to send your video to fmv@fanime.com. After the video has made its way to us please send another email with all the info as if it were a mailed entry.

Mailing Media
Multiple entries may be on a single disk, and multiple disks may be in a single mailer. A letter and text file detailing all media included on the disks must be included with the disk and on the disk/s. All media must be turned in on time to meet all requirements for application into the contest.
Disks must be labeled properly with all info in clean legible handwriting.

Info to be included on the label of the disks:
• Fanime FMV 2K9
• Your full name and either your email address or phone number on each disk.
* Note! If multiple individuals are responsible for the content of the disks, a single contact person must be chosen and that persons name included on top.
• If the file is larger then 650 megabytes or 4.7 gigabytes please span it across multiple disks. Please use either (Winzip - .zip) or (Rarsoft - .rar) to break the file into manageable file sizes.

All disks must be clearly labeled in consecutive order as part of a set (3 of 7 or XXX of YYY)

If you wish to submit your file in another format to span media please email fmv@fanime.com to confirm we can handle it.


Info to accompany your disks, as both a written document and a text file on your disks.
For every production group (or individual if a video was made by themselves):
• Production Group Name (if applicable)
• Full legal names of everybody in the production group
• Mailing address (single address for the group)
• Email address (single address for the group)
• Phone number (single phone number for the group)
For every video on the disks:
• Name of the video
• Production group responsible (if multiple groups are submitting on one disk)
• Song Artist
• Song Title
• Footage used (If your video uses more then 3 sources, you need only list "various")
* Category to be judged in

* Note! Judging staff reserves the right to place your video in any category if they feel the video was misplaced. To avoid any conflicts we will contact you before this move.

No media formatted as VCD, SVCD, or DVD-Video will be accepted. All media should be data formatted and readable as a simple file, usable on a PC or MAC.

Your entry's package must be properly labeled on both the package itself and the disks included. And must include the full name of the contest you are entering as follows:

ATTN: Fanime FMV 2K9
Your name and address

Mail all entries to:

ATTN: Fanime FMV 2K9
C/o Sean Barber
161 Cadloni Lane Apt. G
Vallejo, CA 94591

File Formats
We are only accepting files that are formatted in MPEG2, AVI, MP4, or MOV. If you choose to select a format that is different from the one’s listed we will contact you and ask that you change it’s format. Please when exporting your files stay within official resolutions 720X480 or an HD size of 1280x720 and with stereo audio.

Suggested Programs for file conversion
If you need to convert your video to an accepted file format we suggest using one of these two programs. MPEG Streamclip and TMPGEnc. Both are free and easy to use.

ASF, WMV, MKV, Windows Media, Flash/Shockwave Animation, Real Media Files are unacceptable.

General File Settings
Video:
• 29.97 Frames Per second
• Encode with an aspect ratio of 16:9, 4:3 is allowed but might be stretched during our conversion process.
• If your original source was film or 24fps add a 3:2 Pulldown this will convert it to 29.97 fps
• Please encode your video as deinterlaced. Interlaced is OK but we will deinterlace the video for the contest.
• Video size must be either 720X480 or 1280X720
• Single pass set to a variable bit rate and select 16 megabits per second
• If you use two pass VBR set to 2 megabits as the minimum, 8 megabits as the average, and 16 megabits as the maximum.

Audio:
• Use Layer-II or Layer-III audio at 224 Kilobits per second or better
• Choose stereo over joint stereo for best quality
• Sample at 44.1Khz

We have a lot of hard drive space available and would rather sacrifice size over quality. If you're unsure of how or what resolution/frame rate/bit rate/audio settings to choose, please send the source file and let us do the conversion for you.

*Note! Your file will be converted to MOV, as we will be editing on a MAC, when resizing your video the choice of maintaining the aspect ratio will be determined on a video-to-video basis.

Events and Judging
Judging staff will consist of Fanime FMV coordination staff, Fanime Con staff, outside technical and artistic judges, and AMV editors not participating in Fanime AMV events for the current year.
Judging staff will separate all videos submitted into 5 genres as follows:
• Action/Adventure/Horror
• Drama/Romance
• Comedy/Parody
• Experimental (any FMV that pushes the limits and crosses genre barriers, A.K.A the ones we can't categorize)
*Note! If we decide to move you video to another category we will attempt to contact you, if we get no reply we will make the change.

Notifications
Different notifications will be sent out to each contestant depending on how far they made it thru judging. I will post copies of the Email’s on the forums and a description of what they mean to avoid any confusion.
1st Email – This will be sent to you notifying you that your video has been received and logged into our system.
2nd Email – There will be two different types sent out. Type A will be informing you that you have made it into the contest. Type B will be informing you your’s was not chosen this year.
3rd Email – This Email will be sent to everyone giving you the time, date, and seating arrangements.


100 Point Judging Scale:
40 Points – Skill/Technical Prowess
30 Points – Creativity/Concept – “does the Video go with the music?” “Does your Music Video flow gracefully or does it roll like Square wheels”
15 Points - Submitted properly – This one must be self evident, you need to submit the right forms, format, and have it in on time.
10 Points – Choice of Audio Selection – “Does the music fit the tone or selection of anime used in your Music Video”
5 Points – Quality of source material – “Does you video have the DivX Logo? Does your video look grainy when expanded to full screen?”


The judging staff will view each entry and choose which entries will make it into the finals. Don't despair - those that don't make it into the finals will still be shown along with those that did make it into the contest during the con in-between programming during the convention.


Award Classifications

• Judges Choice
Judges Choice will be decided prior to Fanime Con and will not be announced until the Award Ceremony.
• Viewers Choice
The attending audience of the finals judging will decide viewers Choice. All audience members will vote on their favorite video by ballot. Each genre will have a winner. There will also be a Best of Show from all genres. Awards will be submitted to all winners during the Award Ceremony, which is held during con. You do not have to be present at the con to receive your award but it would be nice if you were.


Exhibition Videos
Exhibition videos will be accepted and may be shown at other events during the con. If you wish to submit an exhibition FMV please make sure your documentation says that it specifically is for the exhibition. Otherwise it will be judged as a regular FMV and may or may not be disqualified.

Notice!!! Fanime Con 2009 reserves the right to make amendments to the rules at any time.

[Pwolf]

never fails to amaze me how messed up this contest has become...

Keep in mind that if your video was created digitally, it will keep its quality if left digital.

That is incorrect and should be changed or removed to prevent any confusion.

Link to your video on animemusicvideos.org * This is new and must be completed as part of your entry.

Why? What if I want to submit a video that's not on the org and I don't plan on putting on the org until later in the year?

100 Point Judging Scale:
40 Points – Skill/Technical Prowess
30 Points – Creativity/Concept – “does the Video go with the music?” “Does your Music Video flow gracefully or does it roll like Square wheels”
15 Points - Submitted properly – This one must be self evident, you need to submit the right forms, format, and have it in on time.
10 Points – Choice of Audio Selection – “Does the music fit the tone or selection of anime used in your Music Video”
5 Points – Quality of source material – “Does you video have the DivX Logo? Does your video look grainy when expanded to full screen?”

While I like knowing how a judge is voting, i disagree with the middle 15 points... If the video wasn't submitted properly then it shouldn't be in the contest. The scoring system also suggests that a video can be submitted late yet still make the contest. This is a little unfair IMO.

I was going to dissect it even more but I should be nice... this is your contest and you can run it however you want.

[eaglemech_45]

never fails to amaze me how messed up this contest has become...

Ok that right there is why many people don't like to try, because someone out there will tare them apart. But I wont let you negativity hurt my feelings.

Now lets move on Pwolf thank you for noting a few places that need looking into. Lets start

1.
Problem:" Keep in mind that if your video was created digitally, it will keep its quality if left digital."
Answer: Ok you got me there on bad grammar. And for redundancy I will edit this right now.

2.
Problem "Link to your video on animemusicvideos.org * this is new and must be completed as part of your entry."
Answer: This was accidently left in "even after proof reading" as this was going to be used for a different style of audience judging. Again this will be removed.

3.
Problem: 100 Point Judging Scale:
40 Points – Skill/Technical Prowess
30 Points – Creativity/Concept – “does the Video go with the music. . . . . . .
Answer: Submitting properly is a major problem with some people. I put 15 points to show that doing this weighs heavy on how your video does in the judging "eg. do we need to contact you for the correct info". I don't believe that this means you can submit late and still make it in. the quote "and have it in on time" is part of the general idea of submitting a piece of work, It has to be in on time. Now I would hope that you could figure out for yourself that if it's not in on time then it wont be in the event.

Thank you for helping out your input is appreciated.

-Sean

[Pwolf]

3.
Problem: 100 Point Judging Scale:
40 Points – Skill/Technical Prowess
30 Points – Creativity/Concept – “does the Video go with the music. . . . . . .
Answer: Submitting properly is a major problem with some people. I put 15 points to show that doing this weighs heavy on how your video does in the judging. I don't believe that this means you can submit late and still make it in. the quote "and have it in on time" is part of the general idea of submitting a piece of work, It has to be in on time. Now I would hope that you could figure out for yourself that if it's not in on time then it wont be in the event.

Glad I can help, honestly, i am.

I can understand that this might help people submit things properly, but I believe everything is spelled out clearly already (despite some reservations i have about some rules and formats...). Anyone who can't give you a proper encode or fill out the forms correctly should be held accountable by either letting them resend their video/forms if there is enough time to do so or be kicked out for not following the rules. The 15 points sounds like if I had entered a video into the contest and I accidentally forgot my phone number on the form, I'll potentially lose points for that and maybe even not make the contest or win.

Basically what i'm saying is that a video should be judged on the content of the video and not on the actions of the editor who entered the contest. If the editor doesn't follow the rules, kick them out or let them fix their error if there is time. Then judge the video for what it is.

[eaglemech_45]

It's my goal to judge the video as a whole package. And submitting your video is a very integral part of participating in the contest. And points should be awarded or deducted accordingly. Thank you very much for letting me know and if I see that submitting properly is not needed in the future or hindering the the progression of the contest then I will remove it in place of something else or spread the points to other categories.

-Sean

[Kionon]

Mac editor here.

Just tell me what you want me to export as in MOV, so that we there is no loss at all.

[eaglemech_45]

Export the Video with the same settings as the general file settings. But try using a mpeg 4 codec or more to the point the H.264 codec. This will preserve the quality.

-Sean

[SheeGee]

do u prefer songs to be censored?

[Vlad G Pohnert]

"...no VHS, HI8, or BETA Max..."

Does someone still actually have BETA


Anyways, we'll see what I can do.. so many contest and so few videos

Vlad

[eaglemech_45]

do u prefer songs to be censored?

Well Depending on how vulgar the language is yo might want to censor the song. I would like you to be the judge.