Sci-fest - The Prizes and Rules

We have our ways. we have our ways. :) We discovered the cheaters in the last contest and will uncover them again if they appear. Prize winners may need to verify rules compliance by the methods of our choice.

macgregor said:
They finally said that you can do whatever you want, but Jarred will crop every shortfilm to 16:9. So yes you can go up to 2.35.

MY question is: How do you know for sure that all shorts were done with a dvx100? Anything shot with a XL2 or FX1 will look very similar when CC is applied. So....?
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We have our ways. we have our ways.
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The winners must cut off a piece of their camera and send it to Barry by registered mail. He will inspect the sacrifice and if it is deemed to have come from an actual DVX, then you will recieve your prize. :laugh:
 
I have a question..Will a DVX modded with Andromeda be accepted?

Since the HVX is part of the contest, I think it would be only fair...:laugh:
 
I'd think Andromeda would be fine, as would a 35mm adapter too. But Macgregor, if "Similo" is your Sci-Fest entry, you can't have that banner promoting it...
 
Zander said:
I really want to win best sound. I would love to own a skycrane!
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I'm PRETTY sure that it reads BEST STUNT DESIGN, though that font is a little hard to read ... I can see the Skycrane being more associated with stunts than sounds, as the angle, etc. will help with those kinds of shots.

As far as the Q on 35mm adapters, I sure HOPE they're accepted, as there's nothing that states otherwise, and I'm looking to purchase a couple of them for our short!
 
Barry_S said:
I assume you're not entering that film in Scifest, because you've already violated the contest rules about promotion.

"Until the voting is complete and closed, filmmakers may not promote their films on DVXUser or *any* external web site, or use any other means of promotion."
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That, and those pics are from April, so that entry is not eligible, anyway.
 
ProfBear said:
I'm confused about what to submit entries as.
Do you want a DVD of the film, plus an .AVI or .MOV file of it?
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The .wmv or .mov is so everyone can watch and vote online. Then you can send your entry in on dvd to be put on the Official Sci-Fest DVD w/ everyone's entry.
 
This time around I may get everyone to send an actual DVD with mpeg stream on it for the DVD.. so everyone makes it because nobody seemed to send AVI's properly. Then I will just rip the DVD for the Sci-Fest DVD. I am just scared people wont make anamorphic mpg's properly, but if so It just wont play on the DVD anamorphic.

That file is sent in the mail, to us for the DVD, it is also where we get your address from for the free shirt to get sent to, and is basically your entry ticket.

The WMV you will upload, and that is for the viewing online.
 
I have a problem...wen i finish the movie..and mail it to you...i cant burn DVDs on my computer.

Would it be possible to jus burn an uncompressed .avi to a regular CD?

and if i decide to..which maybe not....send an AC-3 audio file with the movie?
 
blckhawk542 said:
I have a problem...wen i finish the movie..and mail it to you...i cant burn DVDs on my computer.

Would it be possible to jus burn an uncompressed .avi to a regular CD?

and if i decide to..which maybe not....send an AC-3 audio file with the movie?
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This is one of the massive problems I need to resolve.. is that as simple as it is to ask for one file from people, for some reason it just wont happen. You should be able to export a mpg file from your NLE, but if you dont know how I think we are going to try and make some tutorials on the top NLE's to get people conformed.
 
With 60 or 80 or 100 or 200 possible entries coming this time around, I think there's got to be some hard and fast compliance with some rules. "If you can't submit it in the proper format, you don't get in" -- something like that. Either that or just seriously limit the whole DVD experience, maybe limit it to the top 20 vote-getters (assuming that they submit the file in the proper format). It's too much work for Jarred to do for free, I think the responsibility has to be on the contestants themselves to make sure that they send the files in the right format, by the deadline.
 
I can submit in any format...wat format is best suited then? MPEG rite?
Then ill jus render it an mpeg for DVD in Vegas...but then the Audio is gonna be separate.

im jus saying..i cant burn a DVD..so you cant jus like rip it..

i can only do like a regular CD but with the video file on there...which should be really easy to copy the video from there to your drive.
...im kinda confused..and i think im confusing a few of you too..
 
blackhawk, there's no way you'll be able to fit an uncompressed AVI onto a CD ... WAY too large of a file. You MIGHT be able to squeeze a decent MPEG2 onto it, with a separate AC3 file. No need to "burn" as in author the DVD ... just place the file on it, which will make it easier for Jarred to pull off, whether you have it on CD or DVD. DVD, in this case, would just allow you more room for a better/less compressed file.
 
yes... a decent encoded mpeg2 file should be about 270mb at 6 minutes.. good for most Cd-r's. I dont know if its just cause you dont have a DVD burner or not.

Anyways, for anyone that screws up, the FTP corrections done will be alot less painful at that size than the AVI DV 1GB files last time.
 
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