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Back popular demand, we're happy to announce the return of the PMX AMV Contest. Amaze your friends by showcasing your anime video editing skills! Entertain others with your brand of storytelling!
Video categories will be:
Action, Comedy, and Drama.
Prizes awarded for:
Best of Show: AMV with the highest total votes. $200 (Voted on by PMX AMV Attendees.)
Best Action: AMV with the highest total votes in the Action category. $100 (Voted on by the audience)
Best Comedy: AMV with the highest total votes in the Comedy category. $100 (Voted on by the audience)
Best Drama: AMV with the highest total votes in the Drama category. $100 (Voted on by the audience)
PMX Staff Pick: AMV with the highest total votes among PMX staffers. PMX Goodies
Additional prizes may be added later and may not be currently list above.
PMX 2012 Anime Music Video Contest Rules
1. Each submission will be limited to a maximum length of 6 minutes. Any submission that exceeds the maximum time allowed will be subject to disqualification.
2. Submissions with excessive nudity, offensive language, and/or extreme graphic violence may be disqualified at the AMV Coordinator's discretion.
3. Anime Music Video submissions may be submitted in the following digital formats.
Video Formats/ Codecs Accepted:
Recommended file type: QuickTime
Also accepted: MP4, AVI, MPG2
Recommended compression: h.264 at 1500 kbps or better
Recommended resolution: 720x480 or higher
HD entries will be accepted, but will be scaled down to standard definition.
4. Music videos sent in by mail will only be accepted if submitted on CD-R/RW, DVD-/+ R or DVD-/+RW Media only. Tape format (i.e. VHS, SVHS, and SVHS-ET) will NOT be accepted.
5. A total of five (5) Anime Music Video Contest entries will be permitted per group, studio, team, or person. Contestants wanting to participate in multiple groups, studios, teams, and/or as an individual party will be allowed to enter a MAXIMUM of five (5) videos. Any further submissions will be disqualified.
6. Only two submissions per group/studio/person will be permitted to progress on to the finals.
7. Video intros and exits must be free of any and all text not directly related to the video content itself. Do not include studio bumpers, video credits or any lead-in/lead-out. Doing so will be grounds for disqualification.
8. Entries must be predominantly anime and/or video game footage. The audio portion must be primarily music. Excessive use of live action sequences and/or narration/dialog may be grounds for disqualification.
9. Poor quality video and/or audio submissions will be rejected.
10. PMX reserves the right to reject any video based on our discretion.
11. Submitted media cannot be returned. PMX is not responsible for lost or damaged media.
12. Contest winners that are attending PMX will have their prize(s) presented to them at the convention. Prizes for contest winners (U.S. Residents) not in attendance may have their prizes mailed to them. PMX WILL NOT mail prizes to addresses outside the United States.
13. All mailed entries must be submitted with the PMX AMV Entry Form.
Submission form will be required for your entry(s). Access entry forms here.
Entries can be submitted via snail mail or by online submission. For online submissions, use this form to submit an email request for a temporary FTP upload account. Don't forget to upload an AMV Contest entry form for each video. All mailed entries must be received (NOT post marked), by October 21, 2012 in order to be eligible for entry. All online submissions must be uploaded by no later than 5:00 pm PST on October 21, 2012.
Submit your entry to the following address:
Pacific Media Expo
c/o Chow Suchintamai
ATTN: AMV
8626 Gullo Avenue
Panorama City, CA 91402
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