Anime Music Video Competition

Rules and Terms

1. All submissions must be received by April 1, 2005.
2. All submissions of music videos must be sent by one of the original author or authors.
3. All submissions of AMVs must be current.
4. All submissions must be in the following format -- MPEG1 or 2, 720x480 pixels, and 29.9 fps.
5. All submissions must have at least 5 seconds of black space before and after.
6. All submissions must be compatible with at least the most current version of DivX or Window Media Player.
7. Please do not include subtitled footage in your entry, it is distracting and may distract from the total video.
8. All submissions must be label with the author's name, the preferred genre of the video (genre specifics at the bottom), and the title of the video.
9. All submissions must be in the form of Recorded CDs or Recorded DVDs.
10. All submission media (the CDs) become property of I-CON.
11. I-CON reserves the non-exclusive right to duplicate the submission media for the purposes of archives and backups and for internal use.
12. I-CON reserves the right to retain the submission media, and to present and demonstrate the contents during the I-CON 24 convention and at any time thereafter.
13. All other rights of "ownership", including the right to distribute copies of the videos submitted, remain with the author or authors of the files.
14. I-CON assumes no responsibility for the inclusion of third-party materials within the submission. Legal responsibility for unauthorized use of copyrighted or trademarked materials within a submission is the sole responsibility of the author or authors of the submission.
15. Any submission whose author or authors are found to be offering copies of their submission for sale during the convention will be excluded, and further punitive action may be taken.
16. If a submission is chosen for presentation, the author, or one of the authors if there are more than one, must be in attendance at the I-CON 24 convention, or the submission will be excluded.
17. I-CON reserves the right to exclude any submission from presentation, depending on content. Any question of content that might be excluded, please email us at anime@iconsf.org.

Genres

• Romance - This video best employs both audio and visual aspects in order to create a romantic mood. The end result is a video that tugs at the heart strings and leaves feelings of happiness, sadness, or any others, but above all, a feeling of romance that the viewer experiences.
• Drama - Some videos are out there for the purposes of making you laugh, others are out there to give you an extra jolt of adrenaline, but there are also videos that will make you cry, or feel things you don't on an every day basis. Drama is an important part of what makes AMVs truly a form of art. This category is for videos that have captured a feeling or an emotion and conveyed it extremely well.
• Action - This video is adrenaline... excitement... suspense... This video is a roller-coaster ride. It might involve fighting, flying, playing tennis or anything you can think of - but if this video captivates you and gets your blood pumping then it is the best action video.
• Comedy - Comedy is possibly the most difficult genre to master. What is funny to one person may be just plain stupid to another. The Best Comedy award goes to the video which made the best jokes or comical situations - it's the video that made you laugh the most but it's also the video that made you laugh not just because of the song or anime used but of the clever way they are put together and presented.