AMV contest form

[Superios]

If you look, you'll all notice there is a new catefory this year...I think you'll like it.

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OTAKON 2004 * ANIME MUSIC VIDEO SCREENINGS & CONTEST * SUBMISSION FORM

Please print your information clearly (we actually do need it all).

Submitter's Contact Information
(For groups, add additional "Real Name" lines as necessary.)

Real Name: _____________________________________________________________

Street Address: ________________________________________________________

City: _______________________________ State/Province: __________________

Zip/Postal Code: ___________________ Country: _________________________

Evening (or Weekend) Phone Number: _____ -- _____ -- _______

Complete E-mail Address (Only one e-mail address per person):
(For groups, add additional "E-mail" lines as necessary.)

E-mail: ________________________________________________________________

(__) Please e-mail me/us group status reports on the contest.

(__) Please e-mail me/us about attending pre-con evaluation screenings.

TITLE SLATE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR ANIME MUSIC VIDEO...

Music/Song Title (required): ___________________________________________

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Artist (required): _____________________________________________________

Album (if you know it): ________________________________________________

Video Footage (as many as possible, in the order they first appear):

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Name or Pseudonym (as you'd like it to appear in our credits on-screen):

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Title of Video (optional; only if it's different from the song title):

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SUGGESTED SCREENING CATEGORY...

With what one group of videos would your submission fit in best in the
general screenings? {Some illustrative keywords follow each category}

|__| Romantic/Sentimental {Love, Affection, Nostalgia, Heartbreak}

|__| Serious/Dramatic {Character Study, Grand Scale, Abstractions}

|__| Action {Personal Conflict, Fast, Dark, Heavy, Adrenaline}

|__| Upbeat/Rhythm {Dance, Lighter Action, Fun but not Funny}

|__| Humorous/Satirical {Funny, Silly, Teasing, Making Light Of}

|__| Artistic/Technical {Beautiful videos not easily placed into other categories}

(__) Uncertain or Clueless: please choose one for me

(NOTE: If your submission is selected as a contest finalist, it may
compete in a category other than the one you picked.)

Date AMV Completed (at least approximately): ______ / ______ / ________

|__| Non-Competing Submission: (__) Prior Winner (__) Staffer/Con Guest

AUTHORIZATIONS
(For groups, add additional "Signature" lines as necessary.)

I/We hereby certify that the Anime Music Video I/We have submitted is
my/our own work, or that I am an authorized agent of a third party
entering on behalf of said party.

Signature: _____________________________________ Date: _____________

I/We grant OTAKON permission to show my/our Anime Music Video, and to
copy it for distribution with the stipulation that no fee is to be
charged for the copies.

Signature: _____________________________________ Date: _____________

Submissions received after Saturday, April 24, 2004 cannot be accepted.(This has been overwritten on1/19/2004 by Geoff Beebe, please refer to the Otakon AMV contest rules for the revision)
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[dwchang]

Although I am very glad that "artistic and technical" have been added to the Otakon awards, I have one suggestion.

Why not keep the original 5 categories and make all videos eligible for "Technical" and "Artistic" awards? That's how most contests do it and to be honest, you're going to be disqualifying a lot of great videos that are "artistic" or "technically astounding" in other categories. Namely, I imagine quite a few of the technical videos will be in action while a number of "artistic" in the drama or romance categories.

Please take that into consideration. It wouldn't require that much changing to make them seperate awards outside the categories and all videos qualifying. Either way, I'm glad to see the addition of these.

[BogoSort]

I'm going to have to agree with DW on this one. I think that most creators would argue that the artistic/technical merits of a video transcend a simple genre classification. Adding those awards as a side item in addition to the regular ones would definately be a welcome addition. But to force videos to compete in that area alone seems nonsensical.

[Vlad G Pohnert]

I had to agree with the otrhers on this one, I always thought the Otakon catagoires were quite fine. I don't really see technical/artistic as a stand alone catagory since any video can be artistic ands/or technical. I have to agree that it should be an award by itself rather than a catagory, otherwise how are you going to group a say, for example, great pure action video that is extreamly well done technically? Just have an additional award for techincal and or artistic merit.

Vlad