Narutoforums Fourth AMV Competition

[MechaTC]

Originally Posted by Valur

Naruto AMV Competition

Judges: (subject to change)
-moe
-MechaTC
-TenshiOni
-Valur
-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 May 15th !!!

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

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

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!

Fourth Competition is open for entry. Sign up below

Entrants:
Ssj3_goku
HebrewTaija
DiZ
kagebunshinnofootsu
that1kid
Kakihara
nyce456
Valdens
ZeroxBlade
badman
Tayuya
demented
Scorpio3.14
Nightforce
Sasuke1_2
Adoniteking
uP|iN|fLaM3z
NU-KazeKage
the 1 and only jj
Yorae

[Ssj3_Goku]

/signed

[HebrewTaija]

I'm entering. Kinda long delay there. My vid is already like 80% done (prepared it for general release and then didn't finish it), and it's going to be a long time before I have to turn it in. Well, I better work on formatting it.

[Avgac]

I'm in

1234

[kagebunshinnofootsu]

i guess ill enter tho there are still a few things i dont know how to do like remove div x logo and remove subtitles

and im still using windows movie maker ive seen what other amv programs can do so in that aspect dont think i stand much of a chance :$

also isnt it better to use youtube?

[MechaTC]

Originally Posted by kagebunshinnofootsu

i guess ill enter tho there are still a few things i dont know how to do like remove div x logo and remove subtitles

and im still using windows movie maker ive seen what other amv programs can do so in that aspect dont think i stand much of a chance :$

also isnt it better to use youtube?

youtube lowers the quality a lot. use http://www.rapidshare.de or http://www.uploading.com for your needs. They don't lower the quality.

[Ssj3_Goku]

Diz is joining? ummm i saw your last AMV diz was nice with the effects and all good choice but i do something differant than your normal amvs with just music and effects!

so it will be going up against you all! GET READY FOR A BATTLE IN JUNE!

[that1kid]

Count me in for this.

[Kaki]

Count me IN! I enter!

[nyce456]

I'm want to enter but how due I get the Divx logo off of my video?

[Kaki]

USE an eraser.......

I enter

[nyce456]

Thanx but I think I know what the problem is, I'm in.

[nyce456]

This my first time entering and I was wondering.... once I have finished with my video, can I post it on my amv.org account and post the link here for all to view?

[Ssj3_Goku]

did you guys read the rules at all?

[Valdens]

My video

Yeah, the link expires in 4 days, and i have Dial-up so....you mind re-uploading it Mecha? I'd Appreciate it.

[MechaTC]

Originally Posted by Valdens

My video

Yeah, the link expires in 4 days, and i have Dial-up so....you mind re-uploading it Mecha? I'd Appreciate it.

Got it.

everyone has been added to the list.

EDIT: and yes, you can upload your video to amv.org

[Valdens]

Any early thoughts on it? Pretty sure it my best yet.

[kagebunshinnofootsu]

all right heres finished version


Added most of what i wanted to added even with explination still cant figure how to get rid of logo and subs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Dlg2IKS7s

[the 1 and only jj]

i have ulead videostudio 9 and if any of you use that could you tell me how to remvoe the subbs.

[MechaTC]

Originally Posted by kagebunshinnofootsu

all right heres finished version


Added most of what i wanted to added even with explination still cant figure how to get rid of logo and subs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Dlg2IKS7s

can you please upload your video to rapidshare or uploading.com? The quality on youtube is pretty crappy.