Would you participate in Pixar Planet’s first ever Fan Video Creation Contest?
- Absolutely!
- Maybe!
- I don’t think so!
I’m thinking of doing an exclusive Pixar Planet Fan Video creation contest. But before I make it official, I would need to know how many would participate and a what a possible prize would be.
The reason why I am thinking of starting a Fan Video Creation Contest is to make use of the Pixar Planet Usergroup and invite people who are in the group to participate in this contest.
I’d be interested, but I’ve never really made videos before, and have no clue how to. Nonetheless, I’d love to try it out!
If you want, I or thedriveintheatre can teach you. Just drop a PM.
Neat idea, TSS! Haven’t made a fan video in a while… and never made a Pixar fan video before. I say it’s about time I do! I’d participate. 
I would participate, but I usually forget about my videos. ^^; Never good in a contest, huh?
I think that’s a great idea!! 
Sounds fun. I might participate once the prizes, due dates, rules, and categories are settled. I can’t do it if the due dates are too soon though- I’m multitasking on a lot right now and am not sure when I can finish my Pixar videos. But it’s worth a shot.
Well, I guess for people to participate, I guess I need to explain the details.
The First Pixar Planet Fan Video Contest
Rules
- All participants MUST be in the Videos Usergroup
- All fan videos must have a Pixar reference in it. Other movies, TV Shows, music, etc may be used as long as one Pixar movie or short is feautred in the video.
- A participant may compete in any/every category/subcategory, but is only limited to only one video per category.
Categories
Recut
- Movie Trailer: The best. well editted, flawlessly stuctured theatrical trailer or teaser trailer.
- TV Promo: The best. well editted, flawlessly stuctured commerical for a TV series or miniseries.
- Story: A well editted video that tells a clear story.
- Mash-Up/Experimental: A video, not on the line of a music video, that expresses an artistic impression.
Music Video
- Lyric Matching: A music video that matches the clips with the lyrics of the music.
- Story Based: A music video with a story telling theme.
- Character Based: A music video with the music and clips centered around a single characters.
- Overview: A tribute music video.
Special Awards
- Most Original: The most creative, most innovative and most original video.
- Best Use of Effects: Title says it all, the use of effects in creative ways without disrupting the flow of the video.
- Best Editting: Flawless editting with little to no bumps.
- Best Recut Video: Best Video in the Recut Category
- Best Music Video: Best Video in the Music Video Category
- Best Overall Video: The best in show.
Video Editting Tips
Reccomended
- Clear audio quality: both music and/or sound is audible and clear.
- Be bold, explore new things. Be brave to experiment
- Use of transitions to make video flow, not choppy transitions.
- organization
Not Reccomended
- Repetition of clips
- Dizzying effects or too much effects to a point where it becomes distracting.
- use of too long clips
- Too much clips with characters standing and talking with little action.
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Tell me what you all think of it so far? I’m not going to reveal the themes just yet. But to give everyone a heads up, the contest starts on the last day of Augest.
Sounds great!
Just a question: If we uploaded and shared a video before the end of August, are we allowed to submit those when the contest begins?
Yes you are. But how coincidental it would be if the video you shared/submitted actually fit the theme of this contest.
TDIT: I editted the categories. Mash-ups are allowed. They fit in the Recut Category now.
Quick question to all who plan to participate in this contest.
A while ago, I said that this contest would run for a two month span. I am considering that two months to submit one or two videos might be too long. But you also have to factor that with school starting again for the majority of us, that would mean our lives would get incredibly busy.
What do you all think? Should you all have one or two months to work on this contest?
So do you all want this contest to run one month or two months?
Well, I would love to do a music video. I have a song and footage in mind, but it’s for Up, and thus I have 2 issues: I can’t get the footage, and spoilers. I’m gonna have to opt out on this one, but I’d love to see some great fan vids! As for the contest lasting 1 or 2 months, I really have no clue what to say,… I think 1 month would be plenty, but I’ve never really done video work.
Sorry,…
Well, I had an amazing WALL-E music vid in the works a couple months back, but 1) I didn’t have a lot of time to work on it, because my mom was always using the computer it was on, and 2) that same computer crashed and we lost everything - including my unfinished video. I’m going to have to completely re-download a copy of WALL-E onto the computer in a file my video editing program can read, and start all over again. There’s no way that video would be done in a month - with school starting back up, my sibs are gonna need that comp, and I don’t have my own MacBook to work on it myself! 
And, not to be tooting my own horn, that music vid was sick. Like, I was super freakin’ proud of how it was turning out. It was intense, the timing was precise… aughhh everything was perfect…
But trust me - I would have totally entered this contest if it weren’t for the crappy situation I’m in. 
little chef
Well, I’m not really sure. I think 1 month would be good for some people, and we also get to go into different themes quicker, but some people (including me) might need extra time. 'Cause this summer, I thought I would be able to finish a load of videos with my spare time. I told classmates to look out for my videos over the summer. I was wrong (and also a little embarrassed) because even with all this time, I haven’t gotten a single video uploaded on YouTube yet. Me and my laziness…and my urge to multitask while being lazy…sigh.
I suppose I vote 2 months.
little_chef_eva09: Oh, that’s terrible! The computer crash is like the virtual version of natural disasters. I kinda know how you feel, because I HATE it when I work hard and long on something and accidentally didn’t save it and it gets deleted, but I guess that’s not much compared to a computer crash wiping out everything uncontrollably. I’m so sorry- what happened to your hard work wasn’t fair. 
Hopefully, you can remember the order of clips to the music you chose, including effects and transitions. You could jot down notes on what you remember to help. I’m sure you can get the timing right again. I know it’ll take a lot more work and maybe stress you out a bit, but if you set your mind to it and persevere, you can show 'em who’s boss (well, you know what I mean by that)! 
Aw, why not give it a go, ffdude1906? Nothing to it… Windows Movie Maker and iMovie are really easy to learn, it’s just a matter of how precise you can cut the footage and match it to the lyrics/dialogue to state your intent. All my fan vids were made using iMovie, nothing fancy, heheh. I really want to learn the more fancy ones like Final Cut or Sony Vegas when I have the time, though.
Aw, man, I feel ya pain, little_chef. My external WD hard disk (who I christened “Wall-E”, laugh out loud) crashed last year and I lost all my previous files from years ago overnight. Had to reformat the thing, cos’ it refused to be recognise by XP and it was not formatted to work with Mac (Now it works with both, using the FAT32 system or something). Thank goodness I had my all my fanvid iMovie project files on my Maxtor “Eve” disk! You can never have too many backups!
WIth regards to TSS’ query, I also vote two months. The next few months, in fact, I will be very busy, so I’ll pop here less often to cram for my final year project. I’ll make whatever time I can for my ‘fandom’, but no promises.
Well, the vid I WANNA make isn’t really an option at the moment, I’ll have to wait for Up to get to DVD first, I can’t get the footage until then. Besides that, I haven’t really thought about doing a video. Once I can though, expect a nice vid to come your way, I think the song will go nicely with what I intend to put to it.
I chose the ‘Abso-freakin’-lutely’ option (although some of the more cheekier of you lot might argue there was no such option, only ‘Absolutely!’).
