Music Video Contest - Art Contest
More Information coming soon. Cosplay and Art Contest coming soon.
Before You Submit Your Work:
The PortConMaine art show is open to all convention attendees, and awards will be given based on peer judgment by means of a ballot box. Due to the popularity of this contest, we must require that submissions are no bigger than tabloid size (11 x 17 inches). We have a limited space in which we can display people's work, and we also do not wish that anybody's work is overshadowed by the scale of another piece.
It is highly recommended that you make a reproduction of your work to display in the art contest, as the convention staff cannot patrol the art gallery at all times. We will try to be as careful with your work as we possibly can while displaying it. It may be necessary that the art staff use masking tape or 'sticky tack' to keep the artwork on the wall. While 'sticky tack' is nice to walls, it can soak through paper and leave a greasy residue where it has been applied.
Fan-art will be accepted, but we stress that all art work is original. This essentially means that the images must be hand drawn/crafted using either traditional media or digital media. The art staff will have zero tolerance for plagiarism. Entries will be disqualified if necessary.
Entries may not include pornographic imagery. When creating an entry, please be considerate of the "all-ages" nature of the convention itself. Art staff reserves the right to reject an entry due to inappropriate content.
Do not insult other artists by creating "joke" entries to the Art contest. This includes but is not limited to images that are clearly meant to be scribbles. Many people try very hard to create a piece to display at the Art contest, and it's not fair to belittle their hard work. The Art staff will not accept "joke" entries.
Convention Procedures:
The art contest will be judged by the attendees of the convention. Winners will be announced on the Gallery wall on Sunday of the convention. All entries must be recieved by Saturday Night for judging. It's best to get your piece in as soon as possible so it gets the most display time (and therefore more votes!)
We can only accept a maximum of 2 entry pieces per artist.
PM Archimer on the forums with any questions.
Music Video Contest - Entry Form
Here are the rules and submission guidelines for this year’s AMV contest.
Categories:
- Action
- Romance
- Drama
- Comedy
- Upbeat/other
Judges Awards:
- Best of show
- Technical Prowess
- Judges Favorite
Audience Choice:
- Explosion – This is the action award chosen by the fans for the best kicks, and explosions…and yeah sit on the edge of your seats action.
- Awwww! – Ya know those AMV’s that are just so romantic, and cute?
- Tearjerker – yeah…the drama award goes to this fan favorite
- “I Lol’d” – Enough said
- Best get up and move! – Yeah the best fun/upbeat/other video
Rules and such:
- 75% of submissions must be set to some kind of music.
- 75% of all submissions must be to an anime/video game/Japanese live action.
- AMV’s may be no shorter then 30 seconds and no longer then 6 minutes.
- Do not use Subtitles from a fansubbed, or a sub….you may use your own if you like providing they are appropriate for the video.
- DO NOT leave a watermark in your video…
- This means no TV logo’s personal logo’s. No intros, title screens, credits and such. All of this will be cut from your video, and replaced with the official intro by the AMV staff.
- All entries must be at a rating of PG-13. No excessive Nudity. No excessive violence.
- All submissions must be an original work created by the creator. No submitting someone else’s video and claiming to be that person.
- All videos must be made within the last 2 years.
- Creators may submit up to three videos if they so chose. This includes collaborations with other creators, and such and such and such.
Encoding and such:
- pixels of videos should be 720x480. The frame rate should be 29.97fps (i.e. NTSC)
- DO NOT SEND WMV or REALTIME files.
- Please encode all audio at 48000Khz.
Submission info:
-All creators must fill out an entry form and send it with the submission. Please fill this out completely.
- All Entries MUST be ELECTRONICALLY submitted by April 31st.
- DVD’s and CD’s may be mailed to:
If you wish to electronically send your submission or have any questions e-mail me at jenfuu@gmail.com Please include AMV contest somewhere in the subject.
Good luck Creators! I look forward to receiving your submissions.
