Rules
1. All TV and/or movie vids are accepted, including AMVs, trailers, actor appreciation vids and vids using original and/or external video footage.
However, judges' decisions will involve a high level of thematic analysis. Please take this into consideration when selecting your submission, and note that judges' knowledge of the source is likely to play into our decisions. If we don't know your source, then we may not be able to access your narrative and themes on a significant level. On a less important technical note, we might not be able to tell what was inherently in source and what was vidder input.
For a list of fandoms that the judges are familiar with, please check the section on judging.
2. The video you enter must be your own, and must have premiered during 2008. "Premiere" means when the vid was first released for public download online, or when it was first shown at a convention/vidshow/other public event, whichever is the earlier.
The general rule for reduxed/remastered vids is that it must have significantly changed from the original in terms of clip choice and execution; judges will exercise their discretion in determining a vid's eligibility under these circumstances.
3. A vidder may enter one video only for each annual round. Collaborations are permitted, however none of the vidders involved in the collaborations can enter another video for the round.
4. We accept explicit language and content. For the sake of any viewers out there who are sensitive to such material, we would appreciate a brief warning in the vid description.
5. We accept the following file types, zipped or unzipped: .avi (any codec), .wmv, .rm (including any associated Real Media file types), .mpg, .mov, .divx, .mp4. If you wish to enter another file type, please check with us first.
6. Please keep file sizes to 80MB or less. We will exercise a degree of leniency with this rule, but we will not accept any entry that is significantly over the size limit. Smaller resolutions/lower bitrates will not affect our judging.
7. You may use any file hosting site to submit your video, but we must be able to download it. Streaming video sites (e.g. YouTube, Imeem) will not be accepted.
8. If you have your own site, please link back to us.
9. If we discover clip theft, the vid will be disqualified and the reason publicised. In cases of doubt, as a matter of policy we will ask the vidder for written confirmation that s/he has used original footage.
10. We will accept a link to accompanying vidder notes or audio commentary if you deem it appropriate. However, please note that we will take narrative transparency into account; if your vid can't make sense unless you elaborate heavily on it elsewhere, it probably will not score highly in respect of an effective and elegant narrative.