Zenkaikon AMV Contest

Here talented editors get to display their skills and anxious anime fans are treated to unique videos combining Japanese animation and (more or less) favorite tunes. Have an AMV you'd like to show off? Please read the rules thoroughly before submitting.

Deadline for Contest Submissions: ***September 17, 2008***

If you have any general or technical questions, please contact .

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GENERAL AMV CONTEST PARTICIPATION INFORMATION

This year, we will divide AMVs into Competing Videos and non-Competing videos. Only Competing Videos will be shown in the Zenkaikon AMV Contest, and only those videos will be eligible for prizes. Not all AMVs submitted to the contest will be shown during the contest. Submitted AMVs will be rated and categorized into genres during a closed screening by pre-selected judges. The highest rated videos for each genre will be shown during the Zenkaikon AMV Contest. You may submit videos that have competed in other contests, but they will be placed in the non-competing, General AMV Screening. All non-Competing videos will be shown during the General Screening, along with any AMVs submitted to the contest, but did not make it to the contest.

You may only submit an AMV of your own creation. You may only submit an AMV that has NOT participated in any AMV Contests. You may submit videos that have been submitted to other conventions and/or shown during general screenings. We will be accepting up to two (2) AMV submissions per individual or collective group of editors. AMVs submissions may NOT be slightly different versions from one another using the same song. Only one (1) of two (2) videos submitted by an individual or collective group of editors will be shown during the AMV Contest.

All AMV submissions will be pre-screened for content and audio/video quality. Follow a general PG-13 content guideline for audio/video content. Video containing any sort of logos, watermarks, fan-sub subtitles, corporate subtitles, or any other graphic or lettering not specifically of your own creation will be disqualified. Audio containing any U.S. commercially produced dubbed voice-overs will be disqualified.

VIDEO/AUDIO INFORMATION

The duration of all AMVs must be between 30 seconds and 360 seconds long. Please start your video with one (1) second of silent black leader and end with one (1) second of black footer. No NOT include any other bumper or credits of any kind. A standard title screen will be placed at the beginning and end of every AMV during the screening.

We are only accepting digital formats. All videos will be converted to MPEG-2 files, scaled to 720x480 resolution, and converted to frame rate 29.97 fps NTSC "drop frame" for playback on a DVD. If your video is NOT submitted in this format, the quality of your video will most likely degrade when converted.

If you cannot send an MPEG-2, please send Uncompressed, HuffYUV, or Lagarith encoded .avi's. Please do NOT send Quick Time, Real Media, WMV, or similar formats. If there are technical flaws with your video file, or if we simply cannot play your video, you may be contacted before Zenkaikon to re-submit in a different format if there is sufficient time before the deadline.

SENDING IN YOUR AMVS

You will receive a notification, upon receiving your submission.

Option 1 of 2

Please send the CD or DVD containing your AMV(s) to:

Zenkaikon AMV Screening
615 Downingtown Pike
Apt. 55
West Chester, PA 19380

Please label your submission with your name, mailing address, and telephone number. We need to be able to contact you if we have received your disc, but cannot play it.

We will NOT be using your CD, VCD, or DVD during Zenkaikon. Do not send in discs meant to be played back on DVD players. Do not mail in your only copy of your AMVs. You will not receive your discs back.

Please include a .txt file on your CD or DVD containing the following information for EACH of your AMVs:

1. Full Name(s) of all editors.
2. Pseudonym, Screen name, Alias, or Studio Name that all editors would like to go by.
3. E-mail address for primary contact.
4. List ALL Music Artists and Songs used for the AMV.
5. List ALL Anime used for the AMV.
6. Title of your AMV.
7. Approximate date of AMV completion.
8. Please note if any audio tracks, logos, graphics or lettering are of your intentional and original creation. Give a brief description of each.

Option 2 of 2

Please send an e-mail to (Subject: Zenkaikon AMV) containing the following information. Please fill out ALL items for EACH of your AMVs:

1. Full Name(s) of all editors.
2. Pseudonym, Screen name, Alias, or Studio Name that all editors would like to go by.
3. E-mail address for primary contact.
4. List ALL Music Artists and Songs used for the AMV.
5. List ALL Anime used for the AMV.
6. Title of your AMV.
7. Approximate date of AMV completion.
8. Please note if any audio tracks, logos, graphics or lettering are of your intentional and original creation. Give a brief description of each.
9. A link to where your AMVs can be downloaded. Please include any information necessary to download your file(s).

If you have any general or technical questions, please contact .