
Any way I can give out my tickets to someone else?
Not if you're not there to sit with them. That just opens up the floodgates to a whole new way to abuse the system :-/Castor Troy wrote:I actually won't be attending the con, even though my confirmation says I was![]()
Any way I can give out my tickets to someone else?
You do not need any for digital submissions. The purpose of black leader is to eliminate tracking errors and rainbow effects caused by weak flying erase heads in VCRs. In fact, last year I made room for an extra entry by trimming black area from submissions so that each had a max of 1 second.Scintilla wrote:I don't see anything in the rules about blank leaders before/after for CD/DVD or FTP submissions. Do we not need any?
I beg to differ, sir. I think Otakon is missing out on some good videos with so short a time limit. For example, it broke my heart that my "Signal to Noise" video was far, far too long to be entered at Otakon (for the record, it's 7:16). It won the Grand Prize at AX, but no one at Otakon has seen it, because of the length restriction. And the rule against previous winners competing wouldn't have applied, because it didn't exist at the time.VicBond007 wrote:7:30 is no longer a music video. That's a whole concert.
I'm not sure how the AX contest is run, but everything else that is "fan voted" has a time limit because in order for the fans to vote accurately, they have to sit through all of the entries, and there actually needs to be competition. If everyone who makes finals sent us a 7 minute video, that's only room for 17 videos in the contest, or 3 (and change) per category. At that point we might as well give out "Attaboy Plaques" like you got in 2nd grade for showing up to the mandatory school spelling bee since every video would place in their category.MisterFurious wrote: I beg to differ, sir. I think Otakon is missing out on some good videos with so short a time limit. For example, it broke my heart that my "Signal to Noise" video was far, far too long to be entered at Otakon (for the record, it's 7:16). It won the Grand Prize at AX, but no one at Otakon has seen it, because of the length restriction. And the rule against previous winners competing wouldn't have applied, because it didn't exist at the time.
The point is, you shouldn't pigeonhole videos and stifle creators' creativity because their video falls within certain guidelines. Should we start prohibiting Naruto videos because there are too many of them?
Just a thought...
VicBond007 wrote:If it takes you longer than 6 minutes to get your point across, then you're better suited for a job in Congress, not video editing.
lmao... you have a point there but then again, i think it differs on the video and the intentions of the editor. The video I wanted to enter (the one in question... 7 1/2 minutes) is more of an experience then anything else. Was never meant to get a point across but show the viewer what they are missing or give them a refresher if they are already familiar with the content.VicBond007 wrote:If it takes you longer than 6 minutes to get your point across, then you're better suited for a job in Congress, not video editing.
Hmmmmmmmm. I had this idea for "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" that has been simmering on my brain's back burner........VicBond007 wrote:
If it takes you longer than 6 minutes to get your point across, then you're better suited for a job in Congress, not video editing.