Welcome to NCS AMV CONTEST – winter edition 2018! The NCS contest is now back! This time the contest final will be streamed during the convention Närcon vinter 2018! Everyone will be able to participate and compete against each other to win awesome prizes and glory. Be sure to read the rules before you enter the contest!
-RULES-
• You have to be the creator of the AMV! • One AMV / editor OR group. You can’t enter with a mep AND a solo amv. • Your AMV have to be between 2 to 5 minutes long. Not more, not less. #LessIsMore • The majority of your AMV must contain japanese anime or animated film, or fitting sequences from tv/pc games. • Your video cannot contain 18+ material such as porn and violence! Bloody action scenes and echi are of course accepted content to use, but think about how you use it! • Your AMV should not have been released before the convention takes place! It has to be exclusive. • AMV,GMV,MMV, MEP and Collabs are allowed. #everybody, get in here! • The quality of your video and sound is important since your amv will be on a big screen in front of a big audience! We recommend that you use at least: 480p, 720p or 1080p. This is not a must, but the judges love good quality. • Max filesize is 500mb! • Allowed codecs and source format: - Video codec: x264, Xvid, vidx - Audio: minimum - 44,100hz, 128kbps. We recommend: 48,000hz, 320 kbps. - Format: mp4, mkv, wmv, mov • Your video cannot contain any fanmade subtitles or original credits from the source you’re using! (for example: visible kanji in an anime opening will not be accepted). It’s the same with tv logos. This cannot be visible in your amv.
-INFORMATION-
• This year prizes will be given to first, second and third place in overalI rank, and of course we also have a prize for the audience choice! • News for this contest is that you can participate in a special category with your amv. The categories are: - Drama/romance - Horror/psyche - Fun - Dance/Upbeat - Action/sport This means that you will get a placement in both your category and in the overall rank.
• The judges will deside on 20 amvs that will be presented at Närcon vinter 2018! You will be contacted before the final about this. • Every amv sent to the contest will be ranked by the judges! So even if you don’t make it to the final you will still receive a rank. • The final will be streamed on youtube feb, 22, at 22.00 GMT+1 HERE • The prize ceremony will be streamed on February, 27 at 20.00 GMT+1 on the same channel as the contest! • You will be able to vote on your favorite amv with the Närcon App! You can find it in the google playstore or HERE • After the prize ceremony winners will be contacted on email and ranklists will be released on this forum!
• Upload your amv and send your dl to: ncscontest@gmail.com before february, 10, 23.59 GMT+1. EXTENSION: FEB, 15TH • This is the following information we need from you: - Your editor name/names. - Your email address. - Sources used in the amv - Which category you wanna compete in. - DL to your video/amv. - If you’re sending a MEP please select one member for us to contact. • Please name your file: category_editorname_amvname. If you don’t know category, just leave it blank and the judges will place your video in a category • Video sent after the deadline will not get accepted. Videos that don’t follow the rules will also not get accepted. So before you send your amv please make sure you follow the rules • Next step for you is to add the NCS discord server HERE
-JUDGES!-
Questions?
If you have any questions pls don’t hesitate to send it to:ncscontest@gmail.com. You can also join our NCS discord chatt and ask your (#)questions.
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Skydean Sora to Kasai
Messages : 4776 Date d'inscription : 05/04/2009 Age : 32 Localisation : Montrouge
Yeah we know! We got a "go" from the con pretty late , and the con is alot smaller than the summer version of it. so we thought we would give it a chance to see if people would join anyway But if you want more time to edit you should totally join NCS summer! we will be able to release information about that contest earlier!
SpeedQueenGK Touriste
Messages : 9 Date d'inscription : 22/05/2017 Age : 32 Localisation : Sweden
Sujet: NCS AMV CONTEST 2018 -Winter Edition- 
Lun 22 Jan - 19:58
But if you want more time to edit you should totally join NCS summer! we will be able to release information about that contest earlier! 
