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04/11/2010 19:53:34

rgrove
rgrove
Posts: 39 		Hi Everyone!

Just wanted to reiterate Vince's post on the current competition co-produced by the Expo and Muvizu. Some great prizes are being offered for the top 5 videos submitted (Grand Prize: Sony Vegas Pro 10) on the theme of "Holiday Hell". You can cover any holiday you like (including obscure ones like "Sandwich Day" and "National Indian Pudding Day"), but they have to be stories of holidays gone horribly wrong!

The Deadline is midnight Dec 10th. You'll need to post your movies here at muvizu.com and then send the link to the Expo in order to enter the competition. The Expo email is

expo@machiniplex.com

And here's the Expo announcement with more details. Remember, get your videos in by Dec 10th and they must be stories on the theme of "Holiday Hell". If you have any questions contact me at the above email address or post them here! Have fun!

Muvizu is pleased to announce a machinima film compeition co-produced with the MachinExpo 2010 gang . Being the new kids on the block, we’re relieved that the choice of prizes and the whole judging process are also being handled by the Expo organisers. Thanks especially to Ricky on this count.
Anyhow, this is the deal: we’d like entrants to submit a video, of any length but animated in Muvizu, on the general theme of “Holiday Hell” (any holiday is acceptable). What was the worst holiday you’ve ever had? Well, make a film in Muivizu about it!
Clips may be post-processed and effects added using whatever software you fancy, but we are interested in entrants trying to showcase what can be done in Muvizu – the more you push its limits the better. We’d love to see your experiments. Combine live-action with Muvizu, silhouette animation, abstract animation, David Lynch-style films; anything you can imagine!
$2,000+ in Prizes will be offered and, boy, are they swell:

Grand Prize = Sony Vegas Pro 10Runner Up Prizes (4) =Entrants should register as Muvizu members at www.muvizu.com, which will allow us to contact you, and post their submission – or submissions, we don’t mind how many times you enter – under their account on our site. They should also send the urls of submitted work to the MachinExpo team at expo@machiniplex.com.
Videos must be original, unpublished works containing only material that you have created, or which is copyright-free; this applies to all images, audio tracks, music, embedded video files, dialogue and any other assets that you include in your submissions.
You must be at least 13 years old to enter the competition in your own right, but if you are a dependent member of a Muvizu gatekeeper account, your gatekeeper may submit an entry or entries on behalf of you or your group.
The judges’ decision is final, and no cash or alternative prizes are available.




Entries for the competition must be published on the Muvizu site and the film link sent to the Expo by midnight GMT on December 10.

…psssst! Hey, kid, come here a minute:
if you stop by the Muvizu Second Life booth during the Expo on Nov 20th, 21st, there will be a special content pack for the Holiday Hell Muvizu contest. Remember: only those who stop by the Muvizu booth will have access to this custom content. Stay tuned here and at Muvizu.com for the link to the Muvizu booth in Second Life.
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18/11/2010 23:01:15

dwino
dwino
Posts: 56 		Is there a limit on the number of entries by one person?
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19/11/2010 10:57:15

glasgowjim
glasgowjim
Posts: 698 		Hi dwino,

Their website http://machiniplex.net/expo/2010/11/01/muvizu-film-competition-co-produced-with-the-expo-great-prizes-dec-10-deadline/

Has the full T&C's including:

"Entrants should register as Muvizu members at www.muvizu.com, which will allow us to contact you, and post their submission – or submissions, we don’t mind how many times you enter – under their account on our site. They should also send the urls of submitted work to the MachinExpo team at expo@machiniplex.com."

So feel free to enter 1 or 1,000,000 entries

Take care,
-Jim.
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19/11/2010 17:15:59

rgrove
rgrove
Posts: 39 		thanks, jim. I've been on last minute Expo biz.



I would caution filmmakers against the 1,000,000 entries as I'll be processing them. hehehe.




Hey, Muvizu maniacs: start sending me your films!
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20/11/2010 02:09:02

dwino
dwino
Posts: 56 		Thanks!



But I have to say, some of their language is a bit confusing: "under their account on our site"




What in Holiday Hell does that mean? Can you please spell out the steps as you understand them?
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20/11/2010 04:45:51

rgrove
rgrove
Posts: 39 		Sure thing.



Muvizu wants you to register and upload your film to this site. Once you have done that you send me the link at expo@machiniplex.com




Holiday Hell refers to holidays (Thanksgiving, Halloween, Christmas, Veteran's Day...any holiday) that simply was a disaster for you. Instead of everything working right, everything goes horribly wrong. You can base it on an event in your own life or make up a holiday hell of your own imagination (the Christmas tree you bought was haunted....The kids all get measles on Halloween...Christmas day is the first day of the robot takeover)....get the idea?




Hope this helps
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20/11/2010 09:29:44

dwino
dwino
Posts: 56 		Thanks for listing the steps to enter. I got what Holiday Hell was...I was kind of being silly and trying to play on words, similar to "what in the hell..."
But back to the steps to enter...are you and more importantly Muvizu sure that's a good idea?
Uploading a movie here on the site does not seem to be a quick turn around and sometimes doesn't seem to take at all. Or so the forums say. If people are trying to make the midnight deadline they should be able to control it a bit better than using the upload feature on this site, and praying they will get a link to take.
Just my thoughts, cheers.
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20/11/2010 09:55:52

glasgowjim
glasgowjim
Posts: 698 		Hi Dwino,

Any video that is uploaded via Muvizu.com will appear on your YouTube account pretty much instantaneously, so if you upload via our site and then go to your "My Videos" section on YouTube you will be able to get a link from there.

The problem with some videos taking a while to show up on our system doesn't affect the YouTube hosting .

Take care,
-Jim.
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27/11/2010 18:12:59

zsOverman
zsOverman
Posts: 1 		The correct email address, by the way, is: expo@machiniplex.net (not .com)
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17/12/2010 06:00:32

rgrove
rgrove
Posts: 39 		The MachinExpo and Muvizu would like to thank everyone for their interest in the "Holiday Hell" film contest. Although we didn't get as many entries as we'd hoped (probably due to the holidays), we do have a winning film we'd like to announce:

"Close Up" by Rollo.



We liked how well the film was shot along with the strangeness of the story. Rollo uses Muvizu well, especially in the rendering department. Congratulations to Rollo! We'll be sending Rollo a brand-new copy of Sony Vegas Pro 10, the digital video editing package, for his winning entry.


Also, Muvizu and the MachinExpo plan on hosting another competition in the spring, so stay tuned for the details.


edited by Jamie on 17/12/2010
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17/12/2010 09:48:56

JamieMuvizu staff
Jamie
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Posts: 609 		Congratulations Rollo! Very nicely done video - hope your holidays are better than the ones in the video.

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Direct, don't animate!
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17/12/2010 10:37:04

glasgowjim
glasgowjim
Posts: 698 		Congrats Rollo!
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17/12/2010 11:22:34

mystoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
mysto
Posts: 471 		Congratulations Rollo! Nice work!
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17/12/2010 13:25:53

jonbezMuvizu mogulExperimental user
jonbez
Posts: 201 		congratz Great video
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17/12/2010 18:39:23

ziggy72Muvizu mogulExperimental user
ziggy72
Posts: 1988 		It is a great video, and a worthy winner. Nice one.

(I was going to enter a movie too, but halfway through I realised I'd written a monster that would take months to realise, and then I realised I'd misunderstood the competition's intent anyway- they meant holidays as in Christmas, Easter, etc, not the vacations I had envisaged - do'h!! Still going to make it though. At some point.)
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19/12/2010 02:15:50

inlimbo
inlimbo
Posts: 70 		Thank you very much. I appreciate your comments.
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