Muvipix Commercial Contest

[Chuck Engels]

Ok, the time has come

Your mission, if you decide to accept it, is to create a 30 second commerical for Muvipix.com
You will also need to provide a 15 second trimmed down version of the same commercial.

Be sure to make your commercial show what Muvipix is all about and what the community is like here.

RULES:
Muvipix Commercial Contest Enteries will need to provide us with a 30 second commercial
and a 15 second trimmed down version.

You can use any products, graphics, and software as long as nothing is copyrighted.

You cannot use any copyrighted music in this contest at all
Create your own music, use music from Muvipix, or use only royalty and license free music.

The commercials produced and entered into this contest will become the sole possession of Muvipix.com
By entering this contest you surrender all rights to your Muvipix commercial production to Muvipix.com

The prizes will be: One - Audition CS3 ($350 USD Value) Grand Prize, and One - 1 year Muvipix subscription (or a $50 USD Amazon eGiftcard) Second Place Prize/People's Choice Winner.

Uploading and voting will be identical to the 2008 Video Contest

Please provide the file at 320 x 240 in either WMV or FLV format.
Please have a 720 x 480 export of the file available if requested.

The second prize will go to the People's Choice Winner .
The grand prize will be selected by Founders and Moderators, taking into account the People's Choice Favorites.

We will open the contest for entry uploads on July 1st and take entries until July 31.
Judging will start on August 4th and continue until August 31st.
Winners will be announced on September 6th

Any questions please let us know.
Have fun everyone, this should be a good one

[momoffduty]

Sounds like a challenge, can't wait to see what everyone comes up with. The 30sec & 15 sec versions, guess that means edited and not time change. Too bad, the time remapping would have come in handy. And, the music thing will be a challenge, maybe Ron can produce special requests (just kidding).

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

I'm not sure that I'll find time to enter this as Mrs Twosheds and I are about to move to Sicily for a year so our lives will be a little disrupted for the next six or so weeks as we transport ourselves and our 'stuff' across Europe. But, just a thought, can the muvipix logo be placed somewhere on the muvipix site so that entrants can download it for use?

[Chuck Engels]

The Logo contest logos would be really great to use, they are available in the gallery

[tiny]

The Logo contest logos would be really great to use, they are available in the gallery

lol. Good thing I read this, because I was going to point out the whole lack of logo for the site.

[Bob]

Chuck, what frame size(s) should we be using for this? Is it completely wide open or do you have a desired target size?

[Chuck Engels]

320 x 240 for the contest but we would like you to also be able to provide a larger resolution, like 720 x 480 or something that we could resize to whatever we may need. We will probably only want that from the top few so just submit the small file and hang on to the larger one just in case

[Bob]

Thanks Chuck, that's good to know. A number of members have software that could create a native 320 x 240 project. After Effects, for example, has a web video 320x240 preset for compositions. Now we know that users using that type of software need to design for SD and render to web video size.

[cfernan]

I wish I had the talent to submit an entry! But I had to let you guys know that by being a member I have learned so much from you and really appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge and insight. Thank you for providing a forum in which sharing is the objective.

[Chuck Engels]

Thanks cfernan, glad you are enjoying the site and learning. That is what this is all about

[Paul LS]

Can widescreen format be used for the commercial contest?

[Chuck Engels]

I would probably prefer widescreen but it doesn't matter, either way is fine

[Ron]

The Album is now ready for uploads. It's named "muvipix Commercial Contest".

Reminder: Once you upload the video, no one (including the contributor) will be able to view the video until voting commences (August 4, 2008).

Thanks for your contribution and Good Luck to all!!

[momoffduty]

Royalty free music questions: Can music from here and shockwave be used? Anything special needs to be done at shockwave? At Shockwave, there are mass market & standard license. Do I need one of these? If music comes from a private author, do you need the permission in hard copy signed? If their web site gives permission, do you still need a written okay?

[Paul LS]

Good point Cheryl, I have approached a photographer to use one of his photos in the commercial and he has given me written permission in an email. He was happy for me to place a small acknowledgement (photo by ...) in the corner of the clip with the photo.

Another point, does the WMV have to be 320x240???... a widescreen WMV looks pretty small at this resolution with the black bars top and bottom. Can you support small resolution widescreen files?