Anime Music Video Contest

Anime Music Videos are fan-made music videos made from clips from their favorite anime shows, set to music. The contest will be screened in front of a live audience where the winners of the contest will be announced.

Download Printable Rules and Registration Form in .PDF here.

Categories

  • Action
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance

Rules & Guidelines

  1. All entries must be original content made by the entrant(s).
  2. Videos will be judged on Theme, Editing Quality, Originality, and General Entertainment.
  3. All videos should be anime based in their visual content. Avoid mainstream American content such as Disney or Dreamworks. Video game sequences are allowed, so long as they are anime based. (Final Fantasy, Legend of Dragoon, etc.) Please, no live action videos.
  4. All videos must be put on to a viewable format (no low grade/quality video). DVDs may be used as storage media only; please no encoded DVDs. Acceptable formats include:
    • DivX
    • XviD
    • AVI
    • Windows Media
    • MPEG (all formats)
  5. All entries must be received by Friday, October 2, 2009.
  6. Limit no more than 3 videos per entrant, and no more than 2 videos in a specific category.
  7. Only hard copies will be accepted. Please download and print out the registration form and mail your entry in on a CD or DVD.
  8. All judges rulings are final.

Tips

  1. Keep it Short. A brief, entertaining video is more likely to be screened and enjoyed than an epic marathon. If it's more than five minutes long, it's much less likely to be played.
  2. Keep it Neat. The fewer subtitles and other editing artifacts, the better.
  3. Keep it Clean. Try to aim for PG-13 or under. A little risque humor here and there, or the occasional bit of profanity is one thing, but keep in mind that this is a public screening, not Hentai Fest.
  4. Keep it Focused. Your video should stand on its own as much as possible. Vanity plates and credits are fine in moderation, but they shouldn't overshadow the video or be too long.

    5. Keeping these things in mind will give your video a much better chance of being screened on Saturday!

If you have any questions, please contact the AMV director.