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The Colorless AMV Contest! (Recruiting Judges!)

  1. #31847 • 2012-07-02 02:08:13 * • n1xx said:

    Announcement

    Greetings to all! It's been a long while, has it not?

    This announcement will specifically focus on the current round's deadline and give a few specifications about the new and upcoming badges for winners, participants and judges!

    Three Weeks Left!

    There are approximately three weeks left before the deadline for submission of the fourth round! As a result, please do not hesitate to share your ideas or ask for tips, amongst the video-editing and watcher community.

    For all editors who would love to participate, but have a blank in ideas to apply, I invite members of the community, whether they be editors or not, to possibly share what kind of AMV they would love to see come to life. All ideas are welcome, as long as they are related to the Forbidden Relationship theme and respect the rules. :]

    Badge Distribution

    Winners and Participants of Round 2 should have received their badges within the last hour. Furthermore, the equivalent, for the third round, should also be ready and distributed soon!

    There is also additional good news for our judges! Badges specifically made for those who have spent hours writing evaluations for our past submissions, will be rightfully handed out, as soon as they will be ready. Please look forward to it!

    @Rommel175 I hope you will be able to participate this time, as well! I always look forward to the originality of your videos. :D

    Also, it would indeed be a shame if you did not submit an entry, considering that your proposed theme was elected for this round~

  3. #31949 • 2012-07-03 06:30:22 • Rommel175 said:

    @n1xx WARBLE GARBLE WAAAHHHH!! mine? an unorthodox love is what i said...it left a more open ended understanding of the word, less easy to define, and therefore an easier to encapsulate theme. FORBIDDEN is far more precise, it's far more strict, and has been done so many times before, and therefore originality will suffer> which is the entire reason why I'm having so much trouble I've had three, only three ideas. two were impossible due to the INSANE amount of footage, and episodes to dig through, and the other one i'm working off of, but i'm not happy with.

    this one will be my entry, but it's...not me, it lacks a few things, and i won't be amazed if or when i lose. So if anyone is expecting anything from me, lower your expectations. I'm sorry

  4. #31951 • 2012-07-03 06:42:11 • n1xx said:

    @kosukechan It would indeed be pleasant to view a new AMV made by you! I really, really enjoyed your submission in the last round~! :3

    @Rommel175 In all actuality, the theme has gained more flexibility, due to a user's request, a few posts back:

    Forbidden Love: This choice is simply considered as a sub-category of love, in its many forms. While this theme does include a romantic aspect, it can also be applied to friendships as well. Its main focus is the idea of a taboo relationship. Perfect examples are incest and relationships between adults and minors. One may also freely add homosexual couples to this theme, since it is still a very debated subject, even up to this day. Of course, in what concerns forbidden friendships, many focus possibilities exist, amongst these are rival families, prejudice and bad influences. For more information concerning the friendship aspect, here is a very useful link supplied by @InsaneBoredGame. Please keep in mind that the content of the AMVs must remain of a safe-for-work level and that it can be ecchi, at most. Of course, editors are welcome to censor some scenes themselves, with the help of video-editing software.

    Furthermore, if ever you do happen to come across ideas that call out more to you, and that don't require as much footage as your two initial ones, please don't hesitate to ask if they could be accepted as submissions for this round. In fact, sometimes we tend to think that we understand a certain theme, but then realize that we can overlap certain events with it and actually come up with quite an original idea. ;]

  5. #31985 • 2012-07-03 17:39:10 * • Rommel175 said:

    And the third one is a bust. i can't obtain files for Revolutionary Girl Utena...d@&n

    edit: @n1xx. that's my point.

    Forbidden=Dark/Negative-Unorthodox=Quirky/Different

    I have ideas that work with unorthodox, but are not forbidden. Forbidden is far too cut and dry.

  6. #32025 • 2012-07-04 05:53:27 * • n1xx said:

    @Rommel175 I have managed to find the entire collection of files of the complete series. You should receive a more detailed private-message on the subject, shortly. ;]

    Forbidden=Dark/Negative-Unorthodox=Quirky/Different

    The perceptions change from where you are standing. Often, what is seen as different may make others uncomfortable, thus provoking negative and repulsive thoughts at the situation.

    In other words, different relationships overlap the theme perfectly, because it is but a question of perception. If ever you are still unsure about your ideas fitting the current theme, you may share them with me via private-message or within this thread, in order to get a final approval. :3

  7. #32116 • 2012-07-05 06:43:21 • Rommel175 said:

    (Opening sound-www.youtube.com/watch?v=93kBPeH1w8c&feature=g-u-u

    anime Higurashi

    Song Du Riechst so gut

    artist Rammstein

    just to let you all know, this does NOT count as my entry, just wanting so see who can see it, and if it stays up. enjoy

  8. #32127 • 2012-07-05 09:35:24 • n1xx said:

    @Rommel175 It felt as if I was watching a preview to a certain upcoming anime music video. If this does become related to your future entry, I can't wait to see how it will relate to this theme. :D

  10. #32190 • 2012-07-06 02:20:37 • kosuke said:

    Well, I managed to get this done in time. :'D

    Watch on Vimeo

    The AMV is based on the shoujo-ai anime Candy Boy, which revolves around the lives of twin sisters Kana and Yuki-- who are in love despite being related to one another.

  11. #32336 • 2012-07-07 18:28:22 • n1xx said:

    @kosukechan Your AMV is so sweetly paced and easy to watch, I love it! <3 This also reminds me that I've kept Candy Boy on my to-watch list for far too long! The appearance of a third girl during the mid-end parts of the video has piqued my curiosity and I shall proceed on discovering who she is, as fast as possible. :3

  17. #33032 • 2012-07-12 08:33:26 * • break said:

    i will sonn have time to get goign with my AMV already, however im facing the problems of, well, me only having the videosfiles i need in 10-bit. @n1xx suggested reencodign those, but sicne that would lead to loss of quality and would liekly take days too, i would be very thankful if someoen could lead me to a source to get raws or well-seeded torrents for raws for Kore ha Zombie desu ka and Sankarea, possibly also HOTD.

    oh, and sicne im here already, id liek to formally ask @n1xx for a longer deadline in the thread again^^ thanks

  18. #33037 • 2012-07-12 09:26:56 * • n1xx said:

    @break Concerning Sankarea and the second season of Kore wa Zombie Desu ka(...of the Dead), I have searched upon NyaaTorrents, which is generally a very renowned source for healthy anime RAWs, and have come across well-seeded torrents for both. Of course, the peers are not as many as you would find them on the day of an episode's release, but there are quite a few with 30-80 seeders.

    Now referring to High School of the Dead and the first season of Kore wa Zombie Desu ka, I strongly suggest acquiring pack-releases of these, on known websites, and simply stripping the subtitles out of the videos, by using simple encoding without any quality loss. Considering that both those series have been released since a year or two, RAWs for these are unfortunately not very well-seeded, which is why I recommend aiming for popular MKV packs and removing the subtitles afterwards. Furthermore, both of these are sure to only be in 8-bit.

    I unfortunately cannot supply direct links on the board, due to formally encouraging that the anime industry be supported as much as possible, in a legal manner. However, you are free to send me a private-message in regards to this, if ever you do feel the need to do so.

    About the deadline extension, I can confirm that it will in fact occur. It will be extended for a duration possibly between one to three weeks. Do not worry for the moment though, as it will be announced during the week of the 23rd of July, at the latest. ;>

  19. #33141 • 2012-07-13 08:57:00 • Rommel175 said:

    @break, you might like this...that little teaser i made for my AMV entry is for a German song, so I'm voicing a new story to coincide with the anime Higurashi. IN GERMAN!! it's pretty much an abridged AMV, and i'm doing this because my last 2 were impossible for you to see, and i like yur faceā™„

  20. #33213 • 2012-07-13 21:21:46 • break said:

    @n1xx eh thanks nyxx~ @Rommel 175 oh, you did that just for me? thanks~ and thanks for the compliment ;-) rammstein huh? if oyu wanna go for a german song for the "forbidden love/sex" theme, id recommend going with this song^^ it might be best suited for the incest theme though

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