KUMORICON 2009 AMV Contest - TWO WEEKS 'til Deadline!

[theDarkSite]

Past years' panels have used the rules as guidelines rather than OBEY OR DIE strictness.
Example: Duration limit 4:40, but if yours is 4:55 and the judges find it entertaining, they've tended to let it slide in. They once passed a 6min AMV, because they felt that the 'story' really took that long to tell, plus one comment was 'Wow - 5 min into this thing and I felt like it had only gone two minutes!" In other words, the intensity of the work held their attention throughout, so they selected it.

That means that you can try even that your AMV is over 5 minutes

[Geirr]

That means that you can try even that your AMV is over 5 minutes

Actually, YES.

You can always TRY anything.

Whether it gets PICKED is up to the judges. If a story or theme, or the lyrics of the song make you feel you MUST go long, them make your best judgement. Holding the audience on the edge of their seat for 5min 40sec works. Just imagine them exhaling after it finishes, and saying a collective 'Whoa, that was INCREDIBLE' and no one was looking at their watch.

If on the other hand, two minutes into the AMV, people are whipping to writstwatches and texting, and thinking 'Oh, no, it's not even HALF-OVER yet...' well that's 'Duration not so much, pleeeez,' and the judges may not select that entry.

[Kyssifur]

In this case, I'll enter the contest.

[Geirr]

In this case, I'll enter the contest.

Well WELCOME!
And I just got an entry from someone in Győr too!

- GLL

[Kyssifur]

I guess he's Yashiro

btw... if you don't keep the rules strictly with us, I can ONLY enter with my .org style AMV, because I have problems with my computer, and I cannot render anything in acceptable quality. I mean I can make the conditions of the video encoding, but it's too rough and completely worse to watch. From this independently, I exceed the time limit anyway. Reading the previous posts I think those 20 sec doesn't matter what I'd be able to cut from the vid's end. And you just hit it, I'm around 05:40

[RolltheStampede]

Hmmm interesting categories and i might be able to make a road trip to the Con.

[CorpseGoddess]

Is there a creation date limit for vids?

[Geirr]

Is there a creation date limit for vids?

No.
(Note: very old vids may be *small*, like 320 x 252's from the 1990s, so they mey have trouble because of video quality, but not age of creation alone.)

It also doesn't matter what other conventions, screenings, or awards your AMVs have won, if they have never before *shown* at previous Kumoricon events.

So - LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT !!!

[thundercatlord]

vids sent!

[RolltheStampede]

mine too