In honor of our forum's 7th Anniversary, we are inviting our members to create videos using their Asian Ball-Jointed Dolls. The theme for this year's contests is "Me and My Shadow."
Description
Members are challenged to create a video using Asian Ball-Jointed Dolls. You may use any interpretation of "shadow" that you wish. If you choose an obscure reference, please be sure to include an explanation in the submission description.
This contest is open to all members (of all ability levels!) who are in good standing who have joined on or before June 30th, 2011. DoA staff may enter for exhibition purposes only - they may not compete for contest prizes, but they may share their work. Show us your very best!
How to Enter
We will provide a limited FTP upload for video submissions beginning in August; we will also accept some submissions via email. Please let us know what your inspiration was and what sculpt(s) you have featured in the video. You must include your DoA username with the entry.
Video Formats & Contest Rules
ENTRY FORM NOW AVAILABLE
HERE!
1) Each member may enter only ONE video. If multiple members work on a video as a team, the entry may only be submitted under the name of one member.
2) Videos must be at least 1.5 minutes in length, and may not exceed 10 minutes. The file format must be .AVI (acceptable codecs: Uncompressed, divX, Xvid), .MPG (acceptable codecs: MPEG), or .MP4 (acceptable codecs: MPEG4). Files must conform with the National Television System Committee or NTSC standards of 29.97 frames per second, and be no smaller than 480p and no larger than 720p. Files may not exceed 2 GB in size.
3) Videos may not violate copyright - that means that your video must either use footage and audio that is entirely of your own creation, or that any footage and audio used must be either public domain or licensed in such a way that derivative works are permitted (EG: Creative Commons Attribution/Share and Share-Alike, etc). The video itself may not contain credits (any credits/attributions that you wish/need to include should be sent with the video, as text, and will be checked for identifying information and included in the comments section of the video when it is uploaded by the contest organizer).
4) The video may not contain your name, username, email, watermark, or other personally identifying information.
5) Do not post this work elsewhere prior to completion of voting; doing so will remove your entry from the contest. As with previous contests, we wish for the entries to be anonymous in order to make voting more fair.
6) Entries may be made using stop-motion filming, still photo slideshows, live-action filming, or a combination of these. All entries must contain at least one on-topic doll - if off-topic dolls are used, they must not be the primary focus of the video and must be shown with on-topic dolls. Photo editing and minimal computer or hand-animation is permitted, but entries must feature dolls that are not computer or hand-drawn.
7) Entries must be received by 11:59 PM on August 20th, US Eastern Daylight Time.
Voting
Entries will be posted on DoA on August 24th for voting. Voting will run from August 24th to August 29th.
The winner will be decided by member vote via voting forms. In the event of a tie, Kiyakotari will cast the deciding vote.
Prizes
The creator of the entry with the most votes will receive a blank Dikadoll Finn (normal skin, pink), generously donated by Mint on Card.
http://www.denofangels.com/DoA5/finn.jpg
The second and third-place winners will receive forum upgrades to double PM inbox size!
All entrants will receive a graphic badge for their signatures.
Please note that the first place winner is responsible for postage.
CLARIFICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED THROUGHOUT THE THREAD
1. The creator of the video/person entering the video in the contest does not have to own all of the dolls featured in the video. However, each individual doll should appear in only one video. If multiple individuals in a group of friends want to make separate videos, then they will need to make sure that they are working separately, and that individual dolls being used are each shown in only one video.
2. If a participant has permission from the creator of copyright-protected source material (including both video and audio) to use that source material, then they will need to contact the Moderators via the Ask the Moderators subforum to show proof of this permission. If this can be proven, then it will be allowed under the "derivative works permitted" aspect of licensure (a license can be personal/limited, and does not have to be general, for it to be allowed).
3. Photos used in videos cannot have been posted elsewhere, as that would allow people to easily identify the video creator. Pictures that have been taken previously are allowed in the video, but only if they have not been shared publicly.
Description
Members are challenged to create a video using Asian Ball-Jointed Dolls. You may use any interpretation of "shadow" that you wish. If you choose an obscure reference, please be sure to include an explanation in the submission description.
This contest is open to all members (of all ability levels!) who are in good standing who have joined on or before June 30th, 2011. DoA staff may enter for exhibition purposes only - they may not compete for contest prizes, but they may share their work. Show us your very best!
How to Enter
We will provide a limited FTP upload for video submissions beginning in August; we will also accept some submissions via email. Please let us know what your inspiration was and what sculpt(s) you have featured in the video. You must include your DoA username with the entry.
Video Formats & Contest Rules
ENTRY FORM NOW AVAILABLE
HERE!
1) Each member may enter only ONE video. If multiple members work on a video as a team, the entry may only be submitted under the name of one member.
2) Videos must be at least 1.5 minutes in length, and may not exceed 10 minutes. The file format must be .AVI (acceptable codecs: Uncompressed, divX, Xvid), .MPG (acceptable codecs: MPEG), or .MP4 (acceptable codecs: MPEG4). Files must conform with the National Television System Committee or NTSC standards of 29.97 frames per second, and be no smaller than 480p and no larger than 720p. Files may not exceed 2 GB in size.
3) Videos may not violate copyright - that means that your video must either use footage and audio that is entirely of your own creation, or that any footage and audio used must be either public domain or licensed in such a way that derivative works are permitted (EG: Creative Commons Attribution/Share and Share-Alike, etc). The video itself may not contain credits (any credits/attributions that you wish/need to include should be sent with the video, as text, and will be checked for identifying information and included in the comments section of the video when it is uploaded by the contest organizer).
4) The video may not contain your name, username, email, watermark, or other personally identifying information.
5) Do not post this work elsewhere prior to completion of voting; doing so will remove your entry from the contest. As with previous contests, we wish for the entries to be anonymous in order to make voting more fair.
6) Entries may be made using stop-motion filming, still photo slideshows, live-action filming, or a combination of these. All entries must contain at least one on-topic doll - if off-topic dolls are used, they must not be the primary focus of the video and must be shown with on-topic dolls. Photo editing and minimal computer or hand-animation is permitted, but entries must feature dolls that are not computer or hand-drawn.
7) Entries must be received by 11:59 PM on August 20th, US Eastern Daylight Time.
Voting
Entries will be posted on DoA on August 24th for voting. Voting will run from August 24th to August 29th.
The winner will be decided by member vote via voting forms. In the event of a tie, Kiyakotari will cast the deciding vote.
Prizes
The creator of the entry with the most votes will receive a blank Dikadoll Finn (normal skin, pink), generously donated by Mint on Card.
http://www.denofangels.com/DoA5/finn.jpg
The second and third-place winners will receive forum upgrades to double PM inbox size!
All entrants will receive a graphic badge for their signatures.
Please note that the first place winner is responsible for postage.
CLARIFICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED THROUGHOUT THE THREAD
1. The creator of the video/person entering the video in the contest does not have to own all of the dolls featured in the video. However, each individual doll should appear in only one video. If multiple individuals in a group of friends want to make separate videos, then they will need to make sure that they are working separately, and that individual dolls being used are each shown in only one video.
2. If a participant has permission from the creator of copyright-protected source material (including both video and audio) to use that source material, then they will need to contact the Moderators via the Ask the Moderators subforum to show proof of this permission. If this can be proven, then it will be allowed under the "derivative works permitted" aspect of licensure (a license can be personal/limited, and does not have to be general, for it to be allowed).
3. Photos used in videos cannot have been posted elsewhere, as that would allow people to easily identify the video creator. Pictures that have been taken previously are allowed in the video, but only if they have not been shared publicly.
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