Genericon XXI AMV

[ChronoWraith]

CONTEST SUBMISSION IS OPEN!

Submission deadline is Jan 1 2008

If you e-mail me and do not receive a reply within 3 days I did not receive your e-mail, please PM if this happens.
OFFICIAL THREAD
GENERICON HOMEPAGE
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IMPORTANT
UNTIL A SUBMISSION FORM IS DECIDED ON I NEED THIS INFORMATION VIA E-MAIL/PM FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS*

->NAME OF EDITOR (real)
->NAME OF EDITOR (what you want displayed, this can be your real name if you want)
->NAME OF VIDEO
->VIDEO CREATION DATE (this can be a rough approximation)
->ANIME USED (for more than 3 just put "VARIOUS")
->SONG ARTIST
->SONG NAME
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*if you send me information this way you don't have to send it again once the form is up

Rules
1. Only 2 videos per studio
2. No low quality encodes, if we deem the video unviewable you will be requested to send a higher quality version. If you are unable to provide one your video will be disqualified.
3. Video must have been completed after Jan. 1 2007, and before Jan. 1 2008
4. If it's allowed on the .Org it's allowed here as far as content
5. Videos can be no longer than 7 minutes
6. No Multi-Editor Projects
7. No Downloaded footage (Exceptions will be made if RAWs of shows not available outside japan at the time of the video's creation, if the show is hard to obtain, or if you can give a good reason why your video should be allowed please show me the video as well as give me the reason via PM or e-mail or talk to me on IM)
8. Each video may only be used for 1 category
9. No Logos/Subtitles/TV station overlays.


The categories are:
1. Action
2. Comedy
3. Drama/Horror
4. Romance

Prizes will be given for the following (subject to change):
1. Best Action
2. Best Comedy
3. Best Drama/Horror
4. Best Romance
5. Viewer's Choice
6. Judge's Choice

Submission methods:
-Snail-mail (address will be on the submission form, until then PM/E-mail me for shipment address as i would prefer not to have it just sitting on the internet)
Mega -Upload/You Send it/some other web hosting service (e-mail the link to mardis[-at-]rpi[-dot-]edu)
-If needed e-mail/PM me if for some reason you need to send it over AIM/MSN
-FTP Server (TBA)

Submission format:
-mpeg2 preferred if you do not know how to make your video into mpeg2, read this guide.
-Other formats accepted depending on video quality/ease of transfer to DVD watchable format.
-720x480, if your video is different aspect ratio please letterbox it. (this is not vital as I will do the letterboxing for you if need be, but it would make things move much smoother if you do, also in the case of overflow, properly setup videos may get first preference if time constraints are too tight.)
-29.97 fps, progressive

Misc.
-If we have more videos than we have time to show then the judges will decide which videos to cut and which videos to show. All those who make it to the "Finals" will be notified by e-mail so please be sure to include that on your submission sheet.

IF YOU HAVE ANY VIDEO QUESTIONS ABOUT RIPPING/USING DVD FOOTAGE AND/OR GENERAL AMV TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THIS GUIDE MIGHT BE HELPFUL

[Kitsuner]

3. Video must have been completed before Jan. 1 2008

So is the the submission deadline?

[ChronoWraith]

3. Video must have been completed before Jan. 1 2008

So is the the submission deadline?

Yes, that is the current submission deadline, though depending on how busy things are before the con/video numbers the deadline may be pushed back farther.

You may note that this deadline is slightly different than the one listed on the org calendar, that was just to make it more visible.

[ChronoWraith]

Rules edited.


Also bumping to increase visibility.

[Scintilla]

Submission format:
-mpeg2 preferred if you do not know how to make your video into mpeg2, read this guide.
-Other formats accepted depending on video quality/ease of transfer to DVD watchable format.
-720x480, if your video is different aspect ratio please letterbox it. (this is not vital as I will do the letterboxing for you if need be, but it would make things move much smoother if you do, also in the case of overflow, properly setup videos may get first preference if time constraints are too tight.)
-29.97 fps, progressive

Is 23.976fps progressive also acceptable, with or without the 3:2-pulldown-upon-playback flag set?

[ChronoWraith]

either are fine, though the 3:2 pulldown is preferred if that's how you are submitting.

[Autraya]

Rules
1. Only 2 videos per studio

WTF? Why? usually it's per editor not by studio.

2. No low quality encodes, if we deem the video unviewable you will be requested to send a higher quality version. If you are unable to provide one your video will be disqualified.

soo you're accepting huffyuv/lagarith/uncompressed and that's it?

6. No Multi-Editor Projects

once again "WTF" and why? *edits* and where do collabs fit in?

9. No Logos/Subtitles/TV station overlays.

So not even ones we made ourselves?

-720x480, if your video is different aspect ratio please letterbox it. (this is not vital as I will do the letterboxing for you if need be, but it would make things move much smoother if you do, also in the case of overflow, properly setup videos may get first preference if time constraints are too tight.)
-29.97 fps, progressive

sooo you aren't allowing square pix, and everything must be 0.9 4:3 and NTSC... well well too bad for the rest of the world -_- and anyone from a country using PAL

[Scintilla]

-720x480, if your video is different aspect ratio please letterbox it. (this is not vital as I will do the letterboxing for you if need be, but it would make things move much smoother if you do, also in the case of overflow, properly setup videos may get first preference if time constraints are too tight.)
-29.97 fps, progressive

sooo you aren't allowing square pix, and everything must be 0.9 4:3 and NTSC... well well too bad for the rest of the world -_- and anyone from a country using PAL

Last I checked, rules like that were pretty standard for North American conventions. I don't think I've ever submitted to a con that allowed 25fps or anamorphic widescreen video.

It's not hard to do the conversion yourself; use one of any number of AVISynth built-in functions to convert to 29.97fps, and then check out that guide that ChronoWraith linked in the encoding section of the rules.


Which I just happen to have written.

[CodeZTM]

MPEG2?

That's weird.. O-o'

But I guess I'll give it a try. ^_^

*gets NERV ready*

[Autraya]

-720x480, if your video is different aspect ratio please letterbox it. (this is not vital as I will do the letterboxing for you if need be, but it would make things move much smoother if you do, also in the case of overflow, properly setup videos may get first preference if time constraints are too tight.)
-29.97 fps, progressive

sooo you aren't allowing square pix, and everything must be 0.9 4:3 and NTSC... well well too bad for the rest of the world -_- and anyone from a country using PAL

Last I checked, rules like that were pretty standard for North American conventions. I don't think I've ever submitted to a con that allowed 25fps or anamorphic widescreen video.

It's not hard to do the conversion yourself; use one of any number of AVISynth built-in functions to convert to 29.97fps, and then check out that guide that ChronoWraith linked in the encoding section of the rules.


Which I just happen to have written.

forgive me if I think that sounds like steriotypical American arrogance :\ not your comments but it being standard... there are many con's I've sent stuff to that say things like
fps from 23.976
AR 640X480 or larger
Which allows for standard PAL and a variety of formats.
Also I can convert to NTSC and often do (before I edit) for MEPs but it's my understanding that increasing PAL 25fps to 29.970 will screw up the timing/audio since the huffyuvs are sitting completed on my drive. Is this incorrect?