Hello! Guy here!
Anyway here is a URL for the TEMPORARY rules page for the 2005 Kumoricon AMV contest:
http://www.ados.com/~guy1656/KumoriCon/2005-AMV.htmMy timeline from here on is as follows:
1) Shortly after New Year's I will 'freeze' the list of the top 15 over-used anime in AMV's This is used for the "New or Unseen" criterion in two of the four video categories.
2) The comment/suggestion period contiues till March. If a bunch of people feel that I'm doing one or more things TERRIBLY WRONG in setting forth the contest rules, we all have until March to bend and stretch the rules to fit what the majority of creators and our audience want.
3) I will begin accepting mail-in videos in March and have an in-my-hands cut-off date in early to mid-August. A panel of pre-screening judges (excluding me, for impartiality) will convene to make final decisions over what entries go where and (if we have too many for a category) then which ones get shown. Personally, my own interests vary, and it is VERY likely that I will show some of these videos which may not have made the final selection, as part of the (non-judged) AMV shows, if they seem like they would entertain the audience. LATE entries may be held over to the 2006 contest... (or not...)
Now, for help on AMV's, e-mail is the best way to reach me. However, as the contest coordinator, I promise to remain careful and not let my personal hints or correspondence be construed as some way of biasing the selection or judging processes. So I cannot and will not extend unfair or unseemly advantages, but I will be happy to explain the rules and category definitions in detail if anyone has questions, and also offer some basic hints to the extent that no creation or collaboration is involved on my part.
If this sounds anything other than neutral or impartial, please let me know. My primary mission is to put together an entertaining show, which is all about the creators and all for the audience. To do that it's helpful all around to enable people to use the tools they have to create their message - to constuct their dream, if you will. Above all, this is supposed to be FUN!
- G