Ok,
if you watched the announcement video, then you are in the right
place for the first ever Unagi Observe AMV Contest!!! And as
promised, here are the rules:
DATES:
August 5, 2016 –
by 11:59pm. That is for any of you sending your AMV to me via email.
If you are sending via mail (see below), make sure the postmark is by
August 5th, 2015.
September 5, 2016 –
The winners will be announced,
and their AMV's posted.
September 12, 2016 –
It is my sincere hope that the
prizes will all be mailed by this date.
HOW
TO GET YOUR AMV TO ME:
Mediafire – For
the time being, this is the best way to get your files to me. Send me
a link for the download, along with the other pertinent information,
in an email to me at theunagiobserver@hotmail.com
. If for some reason I cannot download it, I will email you back.
Email – Not
preferred, but if you have to, ok. The email address is
theunagiobserver@hotmail.com
. Keep in mind that there is a 25MB limit to what you can send me.
Depending upon how many (if any) AMV's I get will determine if I can
piece your AMV together if you send it in different pieces. If you
do this, please understand that I am relying on you to tell me the
correct order of the pieces. If you don't tell me, I'l do my best,
but you have yourself to blame if I do it wrong...and if I have too
many AMV's I won't do it and tell you via email
Mail – If
all else fails; send me an email at theunagiobserver@hotmail.com
to let me know you can't send It to me any other way. I will give
you a mailing address, but the AMV HAS to
be postmarked August 5, 2016. I would suggest to you to place
tracking on it if you wish to know if I received it or not. I will
not respond to inquiries asking if I have received it yet or not.
I
will notify you via email when I receive your AMV. If there are any
complications with being able to download, or to upload your AMV. If
I need more information from you, or your AMV doesn't comply with the
rules, you will notified ASAP.
NOTE:
I WILL NOT RETURN YOUR AMV TO YOU SO MAKE A COPY FOR YOURSELF!!!!
INFORMATION
NEEDED TO COME WITH THE AMV:
In your email to me, I
need the following information:
First and Last Name
Address (in case you
win, I need to send your stuff to you)
Email address
Name you wish to go by
online, or
Studio Name
AMV Name
List of anime used
Song title and artist
Mediafire link (so I may
download)
If your information is
incomplete, I will notify you via email.
DA
RULES, DA RULES:
Simultaneous
submissions are fine with me. But check with other contests to make
sure it is OK.
NO
subtitles.
Unless, YOU write them...sparingly...
NO
watermarks.
Some editing software, like Divix, puts watermarks on videos you
make. Sorry, you will be disqualified if that shows up.
NO
American
or Japanese voice actors can be heard in your AMV. None. You may do a
dub, but there cannot be any voice actors heard on the AMV. It's
copyright/actor thing. If it's there, you are disqualified.
NO
live
action...at all!!!!
You
may NOT
have
the majority of your AMV dubbed. A few seconds here and there is
fine...but that's it. Otherwise, disqualified at my judgement.
This
contest doesn't have categories. But I am looking for music videos,
only...no fansubs/dubs, no trailer videos...just straight up AMV's.
NO
HENTAI!!!!! Fan
service is fine as long as there is no nudity, but no hentai,
tentacle rape...you get the idea. Immediate disqualification.
Be
mindful of the violence. While my channels are geared for otaku who
are past their tweens and up, I still have, from time to time,
younger viewers. I'm not saying there can't be violence, just make
sure it isn't gratuitous and violence for its own sake. If it is too
much for me (and that takes a lot), then it will be disqualified.
Ideally,
keep your AMV to 100MB. If it is over, that is fine, but if YouTube
won't allow me to publish your AMV if you should win, I would like to
post it on my blogger sites, and they have a 100MB limit.
10
minute run-time. Anything over that gets disqualified.
FORMATS:
Since
this will be all online, I will not quibble too much over ratios. But
the AMV's MUST
be
in one of the following formats: mpeg, mp4 or wmv.
DISC
FORMATS:
Alright, if I tell you to mail it to me and I give you the address, I
need the disc to be formatted so that I can download from the disc in
one of the three formats from above. Do NOT make it into a DVD!!! And
again, I will not be returning the disc to you, so you are
responsible for making a copy to keep for yourself.
DO NOT USE CLIPS FROM
THE AMV'S OF OTHERS, NOR PLAGERIZE!!!
Any music may be used by
you. However, YouTube may have some issues with it, which may require
me to post it on my blogs should you be a winner.
SLIDESHOWS
WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED!!
It has to be anime. No
Airbender, no Clone Wars, no Samurai Jack...it has to be established
as anime. The production company can be non-Japanese, but it has to
be considered anime.
JUDGING:
I and a friend will be
judging among a list of criteria.
Music/Anime Fit –
Does the song fit the anime?
Does the anime fit the song?
Music – Any
style of music is fine. Seriously, it does...just to give you an
idea, quite a few of my mixes will have both punk and opera on it.
But, if the song sucks....
ALL
NARUTO AMV'S THAT USE LINKIN PARK'S MUSIC WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE
DISQUALIFIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anime – You
will not be judged on what you use, but how you use it. With the
above exception.
Technical –
The better crafted your AMV is, the better you will do. Make good use
of editing tools. If it looks like crap, well...what's the point?
GOOD
LUCK!!!
I hope that this
actually works out!! If it does, then good luck to you and on
September 5th, the winners will be announced.
Oh, and one last
thing...if any of you dare send my a My Little Pony video...I will
reach through the internet and punch you in the neck. A lot.
