AMV Contest

These are the official rules for the AnimeWorld Indy AMV contest. Please read these rules
carefully, failure to follow the rules may result in your video entry/entries being
disqualified.

The contest host will be responsible for organizing and operating the contest
and will be the final judge of rules compliance. If you have any questions, please fill out the AMV Contest Questions Form here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEk5N0I3QXQ0eUNWMko1NzM3ckljZlE6MQ

ALL ENTRY MUST COMPLETE THIS SUBMISSION FORM
AnimeWorld Expos AMV Contest Entry Form:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHRpb1ZyQWlYMUNTeEtmdjZMNzJpTWc6MQ#gid=0

Content:
Video entries should consist of video footage at least 75% in the
Japanese style, a.k.a. “Anime” or “Toku Sentai” and an audio track 8 minutes or less. Videos that do
not qualify can be presented for exhibition but will be not eligible to receive an award
from the judges.

Bumpers (titles, credits, studio logos) are discouraged, but not banned. The total
length of any bumper, before and/or after the video cannot be in excess of 10 seconds.

Bumper length will be added to the video length in considering the 8 minute time
limit. All videos will have title cards before and after presentation during the contest.
Do not use corporate trademarks, movie studio logos or “Movie Rating” images that
would imply that your video was created or approved by a real company with real
lawyers.

Videos must be viewable by a general audience to be eligible for a judged award; that
means a PG-13 rating at most. Please especially avoid scenes of sex, drugs, or alcohol
use among characters that appear to be underage.

DO NOT USE SUBTITLED SOURCE FOOTAGE unless the subtitle is part of your
video. You will not be allowed in the judged contest.

Awards:
Judged awards will be given for Best in the categories of Drama, Romance, Comedy, Dance/Fun, Action, and/or Trailer. CATEGORIES MAY BE EDITED AND/OR COMBINED BASED ON NUMBER OF ENTRIES. There will also be an Audience Favorite, which will be determined at the con through voting.

Eligibility:
You must be pre-registered as an AnimeWorld Indy attendee to participate in this contest.
The person submitting the video must have directly been responsible for the creation
of the video.

Number of submissions:
We will accept up to 3 entries from each contestant. Additional entries may be
submitted for exhibition (they will not be judged). If you submit more than one video,
please rank the videos in the unfortunate event that we have to limit the contest due to
a large number of entries.

Additional:
The Host of the AnimeWorld Indy AMV contest reserves the right to reject any video for any reason, including, but not limited to: content, video quality, video content, sound quality and time constraints. The decisions of the Host is final.

Submission Requirements:
Please read the following carefully. It is important to both parties to get the best
possible presentation of your video for both judging and viewing by the other AnimeWorld Indy
attendees.

All Contestants must submit their contestant and entry information via the
contest web page (This includes mailed entries.)

DIGITAL SUBMISSION
All videos should be encoded at a minimum resolution of 352×240 with at
least 23.98 frames per second. 720×480 with 29.97 fps is strongly
recommended. Maximum resolution is 1920×1080 at 29.97 fps

The contest and judging uses 4×3 (not widescreen) aspect ratio. If you submit
in 16×9, it will be converted to 4×3 by letterboxing.

Videos may be submitted on CD-R, DVD+-R/W, or via YouTube upload.

CD or DVD media should only include AVI, MOV, and/or MPG files and
accompanying text files. DO NOT AUTHOR A VIDEO DVD OR CD.

Each submission which is received will be confirmed via email. If you do not
receive a confirmation email within 5 days, please fill out the AMV Contest Questions Form here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEk5N0I3QXQ0eUNWMko1NzM3ckljZlE6MQ

FINAL WARNING
All videos will be mixed down to standard definition DVD with MPEG-2 4×3 aspect ratio
for display to the judges and presentation during the AnimeWorld Indy AMV
contest. Submitting your video in that format is your best control over
how your video will look, please consider it.

UPLOAD SUBMISSIONS
Because of technical advancements it is now possible to get high definition h.264 videos from the youtube service. Because of this, digital submissions uploaded to youtube can now be accepted.

If you chose to upload your video to youtube, simply put the link to it in the entry form. You may set it to private if you wish, we will take the highest quality version available.

Entries must be uploaded completely by  June 6, 2012.

MAILED CONTEST ENTRIES
Entries must be mailed in suitable packaging to:

AnimeWorld Indy AMV Contest
C/O Erica Berglund
The UPS Store #6160
2038 FORD PKWY
SAINT PAUL, MN 55116-1931

Allowed Formats:
DV Tape
Thumb Drive
Hard drive
DVD (burned as data)
CD (burned as data)

Additional Requirements for DV Tape:
They must be NTSC or HDV standard.
They must start with ten seconds of silent, black footage, there must be an
additional ten seconds of silent, black footage between each video submission,
and there must be ten seconds of silent, black footage after the final video.
See “Mailed Contest Entries” for mailing requirements and deadlines.

Entries must be postmarked by  May 30, 2012. Entries must be physically marked
on the outside of the media with the submitter’s name and email address. Make
sure it is clear that the entry information you submitted on the contest website
clearly identifies which file/tape pos/etc is on your media.

ANYTHING MAILED WILL NOT BE RETURNED. I KEEPS IT!

CONFIRMATION
You will receive an email confirming that your video has arrived/been uploaded
and can be viewed, at the latest, 3 days after the submission deadline. If you have
not received an email by that time, please fill out the AMV Contest Questions Form here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEk5N0I3QXQ0eUNWMko1NzM3ckljZlE6MQ. I will make every reasonable effort to allow you to participate in the contest.

THE HOST AND ANIMEWORLD INDY CANNOT AND WILL NOT
BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST MAIL, FAILED SERVERS, OR OTHER
ACTS OF A PERVERSE UNIVERSE. SUBMIT EARLY AND GET
CONFIRMATION!

Follow Us On

Featured Video

Chii Sakurabi

Sponsors