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Posts: 37 (03/31/08 02:51 PM) Moderator |
I'd just like to remind everyone that the deadline is tomorrow, so get your videos in the mail!
We are accepting online submissions until midnight tomorrow (that is 12:00am April 2). Mailed submissions must be postmarked by tomorrow (April 1). Good luck, everyone! |
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Posts: 47 (03/31/08 03:01 PM) |
wow, this came up faster then I thought... I better hurry up and finish my video!
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Posts: 44 (04/01/08 10:48 AM) |
Yep, crazy fast. I just have the last 10 seconds and then rendering, but that's still cutting it close. I was hoping to get a challange as well, but just
didn't have time this year.
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Posts: 45 (04/01/08 11:00 PM) |
Send.. that was cutting it close!
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Posts: 48 (04/02/08 12:03 AM) |
I JUST sent my email, my clock said 11:59 when the email went out with link and pdf attachment... so hopefully it got
to them within the 60 seconds I had...
Note to self... don't cut it so close next year! |
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Posts: 51 (04/02/08 12:47 AM) |
Well, my video has been sent away. Let's hope there are no issues with the email, and knowing my luck, there will be a delivery error or some such.
Best of luck to everyone who entered this year. I eagerly await to see what some of you came up with this year. 
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Posts: 7 (04/12/08 05:03 PM) |
\o/ Yeah anime north video competition time ... I look forward to all the good stuff again this year.
See y'all there. |
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Posts: 51 (04/13/08 11:45 PM) |
wonder how many people entered this year
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04/16/08 05:23 PM.
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Posts: 38 (04/17/08 03:17 PM) Moderator |
We received 54 competitive entries.
Challenge: 10 Novice: 14 Open: 30 Novice is waay down. I wonder if this is the start of a trend or a blip. Disqualified videos will not be shown. Videos ruled ineligible to compete will be shown in the Exhibition block, which will run earlier Friday evening. |
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Posts: 53 (04/17/08 10:17 PM) |
Can we inquire as to how many videos ended up getting DQ'd? Could that be the reason Novice is so low this time around?
I am actually rather surprised at the numbers for Novice. We had nearly the same amount in Novice and Open last year. I would be curious why the numbers dropped so much, it's not like the rules changed oh so much as to force people to either DQ or not get a video made. I know that I moved up to Open this year, so that at least accounts for one less Novice entry based on last years contestants.
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Posts: 39 (04/18/08 12:42 PM) Moderator |
I don't think I'm going to release that info at this time.
As for the Novice situation: I have a few theories. Three people moved up to Open. Many new video creators may be by-passing the con circuit by posting their videos online. Last year, we had 8 DQ's and it was announced publically. Perhaps it discouraged some novices this year. I'd be curious to hear what other people think. |
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Posts: 2 (05/04/08 12:40 PM) |
yay my video qualified
anyhow good luck to all those who entered |
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Posts: 47 (05/05/08 01:58 PM) |
This might just be the trend. If I'm remembering correctly last year Novie and Open were about equal, but the year before that Novice had WAY more videos
that open. It'd be interesting to compare numbers over the last 4-5 years.
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Posts: 41 (05/06/08 04:28 PM) Moderator |
You're correct. In 2005 and 2006, Novice greatly outnumbered Open. Last year it was about equal. Can we inquire as to how many videos ended up getting DQ'd? Could that be the reason Novice is so low this time around? I understood your question to mean that you were wondering whether Novice people were being discouraged from entering because of the DQ policy, which is a possibility. There were 8 DQ's in 2007. Looking again, I see that it might also be interpreted to mean that the difference might be due to Novice videos being DQ'd this year. That is not the case. The totals given reflect total submissions received, not the number that qualified. I'm not releasing that number. Challenge entries doubled this year. Open stayed about the same. Novice was halved. It is important to stress that though the DQ policy might be contributing to scaring away novices, that is only one hypothesis for the drop and not all DQ's come from that category. Exhibitions can also be DQ'd by the way (although none were this year ~_^). Does anyone else have any theories about this possible trend of declining Novice entries? |
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Posts: 54 (05/06/08 11:45 PM) |
Well, I suppose one theory could be judging. I have heard some complaints about judging at AN, heck, I'll be the first to admit I've seen some videos
win that in my opinion, shouldn't have, and some videos make finalists that again, in my opinion shouldn't have. While I continue to enter, it could be
that some people just aren't willing to keep trying, they could feel its not worth it.
Could also have to do with several of the same people winning each year, again makes newcomers feel like their chances aren't that good. I suppose another might be with the rules and this forum. We had someone each year, for the past 3 years I think, have issues with the rule and complain about them here. This could, and I sincerely hope this isn't the case, discourage some people, this is very unlikely, but hey, it's always possible. Then there was the, rather awkward wording of the rules, or more to the point, the accepted and non-accepted formats and codecs, could easily have confused people. Or they may have spent all their time making a video, only to find out what they made it in isn't allowed and didn't know how or didn't have time to convert it to another format(unlikely, but, not implausible) It could just be that people didn't come up with good ideas, I know I left it to the last minute to get my video finished because I couldn't come up with an idea I liked enough to edit, then when I finally did, I honestly didn't think I had the time to finish it. Honestly, I'm going with the "didn't have time/ideas" as the most likely of causes. I'm sure it is actually going to be a bunch of various things that combined into a bigger one. Like not enough ideas, a few scared off by competition, some with issues with judges, stir it all together and you could easily lose a good number of videos that way.
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Posts: 43 (05/20/08 10:13 PM) Moderator |
THREE MORE DAYS UNTIL WE FIND OUT WHO WINS!!!
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