Narutoforums Third AMV Competition

[MechaTC]

Originally Posted by Valur

Naruto AMV Competition

Judges: (subject to change)
-Valur
-MechaTC
-Mageofdeath

(Possibly considering a public vote decider – depending on how many people will actually vote)

Rules:

1. AMV can be any anime you want.
2. Must be made for the contest. No pre-made videos allowed
3. Videos must be uploaded to a website and ready for judging by the deadline.
4. No Collaborations

Apart from these few standard rules, its an open-ended competition. Any wacky ideas will be accepted. Action, drama, funny..whatever! Just make it interesting, unique and high quality (easier said than done) and you could win.

There are no timelimits or file size limits (Within reason of course).

I work in a different timezone (Australia) so I’ll have to decide on a deadline based on your silly American time ;)

You can create more than one entry if you want to.

Entry:

Post in this thread with /signed to apply for the competition.

!!! Cutoff for entry will be February 15th !!!

You can start making your video now. Only the entries have a deadline so far.

After 15th of February no more entries will be accepted. The videos will be due sometime mid-March.

Contestants (so far):

Prizes:

Consider this contest another award for your name or to get your name out into the AMV community. Winners will also have their names posted in a forum wide announcement along with links to their videos.

Notes:

The winners will be posted on the forums and you can attach the award to your vid on AMV.org. Everyone knows vids that win awards are 1000X more likely to be downloaded.

A couple of good hosting options are;

http://www.rapidshare.de
http://www.animemusicvideos.org

Again, the video must be made for the contest and not premiere (Be released to the public) before the end of the competition.

Suggestions:

If anyone has any suggestions for the competition, let MechaTC know.

RULES MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DURING THE SIGNUP PERIOD

Handy Tips - What we're looking for

We want some top quality vids for this comp. So i thought i'd help you guys out with some common problems found in vids. Ofcourse, some of you may not need any of this info... but it could help :

Quality

Vid's that look good generally do better. Its a psychological thing i think...

If your vid looks blocky and the colour is dull.. then you may have a problem.

Take a look at Fra-Chan's naruto vid... GREAT quality. No little block artifacts and no little black seams down the sides. Thats the sort of thing we're looking for.

If you're not entirely sure how to do this.. go to the AMV.org site and go to the guides section. Plenty of info there.

I think the DivX logo issue fits in here...

BEFORE you encode your vid in DivX go to the DivX config in the start menu and look for the disable icon button. DO IT!

1. Encode the video only ONCE... no encoding in WMM then again in VDub.. No no no.. Quality = bad
2. Remove the DivX logo
3. Clip out all the little black lines or seams on your vid. Make it pretty
4. SUBTITLES - REMOVE THEM!!! Unless of course they are vital to ur vid. And don't go using that as an excuse cos u dont know how to remove them

Sound

You're song has to fit the theme of the vid. It could be just a random song with random fighting... but unless you tug on our heartstrings or stir our adrenaline... your vid won't stand out.

Quality is important here too... Make sure you get the highest quality sound. If you're getting your song off a CD.. make sure its in WAV format. This is general easier to edit as well.. so thats a BIG plus. Less crashes in Premiere... Also if you work with the wav.. and it is a wav until the final encoding.. it will most likely sound better.

Generally just use an MP3 codec using, 41000hz, 192kbps, Stereo.

The "Lame MP3" codec is the one i use..

If you work with your sound this way.. it will general sound crisp and nice on the ears. Remember.. you're file sizes are allowed to be <100Mb. If you need over that than you're encoding wrong. You're song doesn't take up much space.. so don't worry about encoding it.. go for TOP quality.

(BTW.. you should easily get a good quality vid in around 50-60MB)


Originality

This isn't that important in my opinion. WAIT dont shoot me! let me explain! .

It can be original in that it is the first good vid of its theme

Eg. Sasuke or Naruto... WE've seen hundreds. But if it's good.. it get originality because lets face it.. most of these themed vids aren't good. THEREFORE making it original.

Presentation

This may seem a little weird.. but how you present you're vid is actually important..

1. File Name - make it something good like [Valur] Into the Darkness - The Fall of the Uchiha.avi This may seem a little weird. But it just looks more professional than darkness.avi
2. Opening - Make it catchy, funny, cool... whatever. Just make you're vid look professional.
3. Closing - Again.. we wanna see credit.. cos we wanna see the name of the AWESOME song! YEAH! Make it original.. again.. look at FraChan's ending :D very kool with the dog thingy of Kakashi
4. If you remove subtitles... go for the Letterbox effect. Find out how much you removed from the bottom.. about 60 pixels (whatever) then add about 60 pixel thick black strips up the top and bottom. You can do this in VDub easily in the RESIZE filter. Just play around with it.

The rest...

Example of judging:

Video A

Originality: 6/10 + reason/comment
Visual Quality: 8/10 + reason/comment
Audio: 10/10 + reason/comment
Action Sync: 8/10 + reason/comment
Lip Sync/Effects/Special Effects (combined category for our purposes): 7/10 + reason/comment
Effort: 9/10 + reason/comment
Re-view-ability: 7/10 + reason/comment
Overall: 8/10 + reason/comment

Total: 63/80 Points

The judges will judge you just like on amv.org

Oh and btw.. if we decide to use public votes, the scores won't be taken using the forum polling system.. so no rigging the elections Mr. Bush.

I think thats EVERYTHING... *phew* Now get to work!

Third Competition is open for entry. Sign up below

Entrants:
Valdens
ManyLemons - DQ'd videos premiered before the contest was started.
DiZ
Silv
Nightforce

[Valdens]

just because i can, ill enter, posting the thread to an amv i just made

http://forums.narutofan.com/showthread.php?t=79229

i am ready to lose

[R_Lee86]

Didnt you read the directions? It says you have to make one just for the contest, you cant enter a pre-made one.

[MechaTC]

You're right R_Lee86. Sorry Valdens. We give you a month to make one if you really want to enter.

[Valdens]

no, by just made, i meant just made for the competiton. i saw the thread and decided to make it.

[ManyLemons]

1 made 2 for this.....

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/memb...o.php?v=105737

note this is the frist one i made

and this is the a revamped one i made

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/memb...fo.php?v=89573


i whould like to enter both but if i cant >.< well i guess the top one

[Avgac]

i'm in. =)

[Silv]

Are you allowed to enter more than one? (I've read it a few times, but it doesn't say... and if it does, then i'm just really stupid -_-;;)

[MechaTC]

If you're willing to make more than one video...go right ahead.

Wow, this is going pretty nicely. Thanks for entering guys...hopefully we'll get more than 3 entries this time.

Deadline for entry is Feb 15th. Those who are entered, start on your videos.

[Nightforce]

Yeah a contest! I will enter too! =)

[MechaTC]

great! get a workin' on that video then :D

[Blind Itachi]

I want to be some kind of judge... the one that votes for the sake of the people!... you know, I'm a regular AMV watcher... so...

[MechaTC]

I'm sorry. judges have already been chosen for this one ^_^; maybe the next one.

[Nightforce]

I've finished my AMV yesterday!

Nightforce - Sick of my life
http://negator.ath.cx/Downloads/Nigh...0my%20Life.wmv

[MechaTC]

Originally Posted by Nightforce

I've finished my AMV yesterday!

http://negator.ath.cx/Downloads/Nigh...0my%20Life.wmv

great!!! I'll download it now. Judging time is listed in the rules.

[Avgac]

Mine is ready as well and it should be up soon

[MechaTC]

Originally Posted by DiZ

Mine is ready as well and it should be up soon

Nice, looking forward to it.

[Avgac]

Ok, here it is

The third wave

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/memb...o.php?v=107029

Anime : samurai champloo
music : pain - the third wave

[MechaTC]

Originally Posted by DiZ

Ok, here it is

The third wave

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/memb...o.php?v=107029

Anime : samurai champloo
music : pain - the third wave

downloading now

[Valdens]

wow, with amvs containing actual anime clips, mine stands no chance lol