Sakura-Con 2008 AMV Contest (1 Month Warning)

Seijin_Dinger · Post by **Seijin_Dinger** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:01 am

Well the Emails from my AMV Address were being caught by my Spam Filter...
As Most the questions (All answered now) were asking for the Rules I will be posting them

Sakura-Con 2008
Anime Music Video / Original Animation
Contest Rules

The Contest:
The Sakura-Con Anime Music Video / Original Animation Contest gives fans a chance to showcase their audio and video editing talents. This contest is open to anyone from amateur to professional, and is separated into two main types of video editing:
--Anime Music Videos (AMVs) are created by combining video footage from any Japanese animation show, movie, or video game and synchronizing it to music.
--Original Video Animations (OVAs) are original works created using any type of animation; 2D cel animation, 3D computer animation, stop motion, or anything else the creator imagines.

The Competition:
The 2008 Competition will be broken into two separate levels of showing:
--General Exhibition: This category is designed for those who wish to showcase their work outside of competition.
--General Competition: These videos compete against each other in respective categories. The winners will be decided by an audience vote.

Staff: As the contest is voted upon by the audience, and the screening process is anonymous, staff are eligible for all levels of competition.

OVA Contest: For the OVA Contest to be held, there must be a minimum of three (3) OVAs from different entrants that pass the screening panel.
Exhibition: Entrants who have submitted videos to the Exhibition level of competition are not eligible to submit to the General Competition level, and vice versa.

The Categories:
Listed below are the categories that entered videos can compete in.

Judges Awards:
-Best Technical (Both)
-Judges Award (Both)

Audience Popular Vote:
-Action/Adventure (AMVs Only)
-Drama/Romance (AMVs Only)
-Comedy/Parody (AMVs Only)
-Offbeat (AMVs Only)
-Trailer/Commercial (AMVs Only)
-Best Animation (OVAs Only)

-Best of Show (Either AMV or OVA)
-Most Artistic (Either AMV or OVA)

The Rules:
1: Each Entry will be limited to a maximum length of seven (7) minutes. Trailers/Commercials will have a maximum length of three (3) minutes. This is an absolute limit. No exceptions will be made.
2: Only three (3) entries will be accepted per individual.
3: Entries may only be submitted in the following formats, and must conform with the National Television System Committee or NTSC standards of 29.97 frames per second, and be no smaller than 640X480.

Acceptable Digital Media Formats:
AVI: HuffYUV, Uncompressed, AVI DV, MPEG-4 (DivX/Xvid)
MPEG: MPEG-2, MPEG-1.
Audio: A bit rate of no lower than 44,100 (44.1k) Dual Channel, Stereo

Unacceptable Formats (Disqualification)
Windows Media Video: WMV
Real Media: RM, RAM, RA, etc
Authored DVD: (When you make it play as a video DVD in a DVD Player. You are still able to submit the files as a Data DVD)

4: Please do not include any bumpers or slates for your entries, and keep your intros and exits free of any text that does not relate to the video itself. This means no intro or exit text overlays, bugs, watermarks or similar graphics. Specifically designed titles containing your name, the video name and category/number will be generated for each video. This is to maintain a professional uniform look throughout the contest.
5: All videos will be screened by a panel of judges to best fit the video to an appropriate category. The screening process is to help determine cuts so that the final playlist runs to a two (2) hour time block. For those interested, I have included a link to the <a href="screeners_guidelines.php">Screener’s Policies</a>.
6: If a video or audio error occurs while the master play list is being compiled the entrant will be informed so that a re-encoded video can be sent back in. This is to ensure that errors are taken care of in advance. The cut off date for re-submission will be February 28, 2008.
7: Entries may be disqualified if deemed inappropriate for a general audience. Entries containing excessive nudity, graphic sexual content, gratuitous violence and excessive foul language may be disqualified. As a general guideline, all entries should fall within a MPAA rating of PG-13 or lower. (For more information see <a href="http://www.mpaa.org/movieratings/" target="_blank">http://www.mpaa.org/movieratings/</a>).
8: Anime Music Videos must contain a minimum of 80% footage from Japanese Animation or Japanese Video Game Footage while Original Video Animations must contain a minimum of 80% original animated footage.
9: Anime Music Video must contain a minimum of 75% footage set to music. Any that fails to meet this minimum can be disqualified. Original Video Animations may use any form of audio for their soundtrack.
10: An entry number must accompany each submission. The entry number is generated and attached to your video information when you submit online. This number must be written on the physical media if sending a CD or DVD, or as part of the file name if submitting via FTP.
11: All entries must be received by Wednesday February 28, 2008. Please note that this means physically received and not postmarked. Entries may also be turned in until the January General Staff meeting. Sakura-Con is not responsible for entries delayed or lost in the mail. Please mail submissions to:

Sakura-Con 2006 AMV/OVA Contest
c/o Tom Allmendinger
9226 Fruitland Ave E
Puyallup, WA 98371

ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AT THE CONVENTION, NOR WILL ENTRIES BE ACCEPTED IN PERSON AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS.

12: All entries, regardless of their submission format, become the property of Sakura-Con and will not be returned to the creator. Please only send the best copy of the video you can and not your original masters.
13: Sakura-Con reserves the right to use any entry for display or promotional purposes. By submitting to Sakura-Con it is assumed to be cleared for use by the creator for this purpose.
14: The Special Events Manager’s and the AMV/OVA Contest Coordinator’s interpretation and implementation of the rules, and contest winners are final.
15: The Special Events Manager and AMV/OVA Contest Coordinator reserve the right to place an entry into a category they feel is more appropriate for the video to compete in.
16: Heckling of other entries will not be tolerated, and will be grounds for removal from the showing, as well as a strike against your badge. Entrants found encouraging or participating in heckling will be disqualified from the contest.
17: Entries must have been made during the time elapsed since the end of Sakura-Con 2007.
18: Entries that have won more than 2 awards at other conventions will not be eligible for an award at Sakura-Con.
19: People invited to judge the AMV Contest will not be eligible to enter the competition portion. Exhibition will still be open to these individuals.

All rules, prizes, and methods of judging for the Sakura-Con AMV/OVA are subject to change without prior warning. While we will attempt to keep everyone up to date via the Sakura-Con Website (<a href="http://www.sakuracon.org" target="_blank">http://www.sakuracon.org</a>) and the Sakura-Con Message Board (<a href="http://www.sakuracon.org/phpBB2" target="_blank">http://www.sakuracon.org/phpBB2</a>), these changes can occur at any time.

For all suggestions, comments and questions, please feel free to contact The Contest Coordinator via his Email Address (amv@sakuracon.org) or on the Sakura-Con Message Board (Optimus Prime)

Thank you for showing your interest in the 2008 Sakura-Con Anime Music Video and Original Animated Video Contest.

Tom Allmendinger
AMV/OVA Contest Coordinator
July 16, 2007

Org Profile · Post by **Vlad G Pohnert** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:50 am

Pwolf wrote:i was thinking about going to sakura con 08... we'll see how it goes but i probably wont be able to.

Pwolf

Your going to miss the larged sized AMV room... We got TONS of stuff planned... and to not be at the AMV contest.. Shame on you waffle...

Vlad

thundercatlord · Post by **thundercatlord** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:32 pm

I'll definitely be there. I had so much fun last year, especially going to the AMV lunch and talking about our videos. I've already submitted two AMVs for this year

Haven't decided if I'm going to work on a third one yet.

Pwolf · Post by **Pwolf** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:05 am

Vlad G Pohnert wrote:
Pwolf wrote:i was thinking about going to sakura con 08... we'll see how it goes but i probably wont be able to.

Pwolf
Your going to miss the larged sized AMV room... We got TONS of stuff planned... and to not be at the AMV contest.. Shame on you waffle...

Vlad

shush you! these things arn't free and nearby >.>

Pwolf

Seijin_Dinger · Post by **Seijin_Dinger** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:54 am

Pwolf wrote:
Vlad G Pohnert wrote:
Pwolf wrote:i was thinking about going to sakura con 08... we'll see how it goes but i probably wont be able to.

Pwolf
Your going to miss the larged sized AMV room... We got TONS of stuff planned... and to not be at the AMV contest.. Shame on you waffle...

Vlad
shush you! these things arn't free and nearby >.>

Pwolf

I think you might be preaching to the choir there Waffle

Seijin_Dinger · Post by **Seijin_Dinger** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:41 pm

Just reminding everone that there are only 2 months left to get entries in

Pwolf · Post by **Pwolf** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:12 pm

Any chance you can disable downloading from the FTP? I imagine some people might not want others to be able to download their videos from it.

Pwolf

Seijin_Dinger · Post by **Seijin_Dinger** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:51 am

I havent figurred that out yet BUT
I do have the download speed capped at 1kps and I keep the Server's Interface open (Im using filezilla) so when I notice someone downloading I boot them, and if they persist the IP is banned

also every week I move the uploaded files from the FTP Directory into the Directory I work out of for organising the files for screening so the uploaded files dont stay accessable to the server for too long

Douggie · Post by **Douggie** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:15 pm

You've got some wrong dates there:

Sakura-Con 2006 AMV/OVA Contest
c/o Tom Allmendinger
9226 Fruitland Ave E
Puyallup, WA 98371

And the rules at http://sakuracon.org/contests/amv/docum ... _rules.php show besides the previous mentioned also:

17: Entries must have been made during the time elapsed since the end of
Sakura-Con 2006

The first thing should be obvious, but the second can add some invalid entries for people who has only read the rules in the Sakura-con website.

Ojamajo_LimePie · Post by **Ojamajo_LimePie** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:13 pm

You know I'll be entering at least one AMV.