AMD Minimovie Contest signups closed

Posted by Steven dfb Leunens on 2009-12-21 11:05:57
With signups now closed, we are three registrations shy of 300, closing in at a stunning 297 registrations for this AMD Minimovie Contest. Participants now have until January 17th to finish their movie after which they have ten days to upload their movie on our database. The winner will be known on February the 5th and will walk away with a new AMD Phenom™ II X4 940 3GHz Socket AM2 processor worth a cool €130. Not only that but everyone in the top five will receive that amazing price. With 297 registrations, we will undoubtfully see many of them drop out due to different reasons, and should you be unable to finish your movie in time please let us know so we can remove you from the list.

The official list of registrations can be downloaded here (.xls)
* If you are a participant and some of the information on this Excel sheet is missing please let our Cinema Manager Armin (inFo) know the remaining details.

Official intro


Furthermore we are also proud to release our intro for this contest, made by Agour. This intro has to be included as the first footage of every movie, and can be downloaded by clicking here.

Prizes     
1st : AMD Phenom™ II X4 940 3GHz Socket AM2 (RRP €130) + honorary spot in TEK9Cinema
2nd: AMD Phenom™ II X4 940 3GHz Socket AM2 (RRP €130)
3rd: AMD Phenom™ II X4 940 3GHz Socket AM2 (RRP €130)
4th: AMD Phenom™ II X4 940 3GHz Socket AM2 (RRP €130)
5th: AMD Phenom™ II X4 940 3GHz Socket AM2 (RRP €130)

Time schedule
Signup Period:  Dec 3rd 2009 – Dec 18th 2009
Producing Period: Dec 3rd 2009 – Jan 17th 2010
Uploading Period: Jan 7th 2010 – Jan 17th 2010
Voting Period:  Jan 22nd 2010 – Jan 31st 2010
Winner Announced: Feb 5th 2010

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Sign ups are now CLOSED!

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Technical specifications


Processor
Model
OPN Tray
Core Speed (MHz)
Wattage
CMOS
Socket
Black Edition

AMD Phenom™ II X4
940
HDZ940XCJ4DGI
3000
125 W
45nm SOI
AM2+
Yes

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57 comments

32 months ago
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I'm in !
Glad that you made .xls list . I will try to finish it before deadline. Good luck to all of you ppl !

So many movies gonna be here, I wonder what MW2 moviemakers will show .
32 months ago
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probably nothing I think =p
32 months ago
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Yea, GL all.
32 months ago
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Some familiar faces.

Going to be hard entering top5.

gl everyone.
32 months ago
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Agree ;p
32 months ago
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What's the song played in the intro? Something from Black Sun Empire maybe?
32 months ago
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GL all
32 months ago
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I hope we'll see some nice movies !
32 months ago
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I need to change the name of my movie + the person starring in it...
32 months ago
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email to steven[a-t]heavenmedia.com :D
32 months ago
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Gl ))
32 months ago
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I'm in !

oohooo :D gl and hf :D:D:D
32 months ago
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Best of luck to everyone. I expect to see some very creative and amazing movies created.
32 months ago
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looking forward to tf2
32 months ago
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quake movies for the win!
32 months ago
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+1
32 months ago
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I'm in :DD gl everyone, will be very very hard entering top5, from 300 moviemakers lol ^_^
32 months ago
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me to :)
32 months ago
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I hope for some luck, and I wish luck and good experience to other contestants!

btw Merry Christmas and Happy New Year lads! =)
32 months ago
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got a two questions concerning the contest movies:

1. is a pixel aspect ratio of 2.35 (1055x450) accepted?
2. 1:30 the lenght of fragpart or the length of intro+fragpart+outro?

thats it for now ;) hope to get some answers because im really confused about the length...
32 months ago
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2. 1:30 is the max length for the frag part. Your intro and outro can be however long you like, but for such a short movie, it should only be about 20-30 seconds. The whole movie could be 10 minutes long if you so wish, as long as the frag part itself is at least 1:00 but no longer than 1:30. Meaning you can have a 7 minute intro and outro, but its not recommended. I'd say shoot for 2:00-3:00 minutes total w/ intro, frags, and outro.

edited 2009-12-21 22:07:10
32 months ago
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1. 2.4 Movie resolution and codec

All videos must be available in a 16:9 or 16:10 resolutions. This does not mean that the video has to be in 1280x720 or 1280x800 however it must be capable of scaling to either to either one of those.
32 months ago
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How do I download the intro ? :/
32 months ago
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2. To download the intro, where it says "click here", right click "click here" and select "Save link as," then save it to wherever you want.
32 months ago
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Got it,cheers
32 months ago
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ok now i got the length part.

but the resolution thing isnt clear enough. because 1055x450 is also capable of scaling to one of the given resolutions. if its not allowed ill just render it with black bars so im on the safe side ;)
32 months ago
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Well AFAIK, you can scale any resolution to another, its just that the quality is affected. Why not just record @ any one of the hd resolutions and set the AR to either 16:9/10?
32 months ago
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i am just asking myself what is not clear here.

we have set the allowed aspect-ratio to 1.6 and 1.78 and nothing else.
32 months ago
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Top 5 is already announced :

1. Mazarini
2. Acid
3. IP.Radio
4. Scheppi
5. Abbie

Something like this for sure.
But w/e GL every1 xD
32 months ago
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since the community voting only counts for 25% i highly doubt maza would win :)
32 months ago
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You know nothing about moviemaking ... Wait.. Just wait R88`eXXXtreme.

edited 2009-12-21 23:39:55
32 months ago
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Yea I know, but the whole community is a fanboi of mazarini, even if his movie fails, he probabaly will win because of his popularity among the community.
32 months ago
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i repeat:

community-vote = 25%
judge-vote = 75%

so he will most likely not win.
plus he said multiple times he won't even send in something...
32 months ago
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you obviously have no knowledge of cs/css moviemakers =/


theres no way the top5 will be made up solely of cod4 movies. if at all.
32 months ago
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you tell him paul.
32 months ago
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im sure v-tal will get in, with his movie :)

edited 2009-12-22 05:58:32
32 months ago
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1) im not attending 2) this comments, "mazarini will get fanboid" are retarded 3) show me some examples when it happened, you think beyond wasnt good enough to get 2nd place in last comp? or whats your problem
32 months ago
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It's going to be like this:
1. slize
2. Oui
3. hytex
4. TBA
5. TBA
32 months ago
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cool! gl guys ;)
32 months ago
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gl maza/acid/homax/scheppi/abbie! :D
32 months ago
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cheers <3
32 months ago
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GL everyone, looking forward for some creative cs/css movies like canvas :) its just 1:30 so should be enough time to make something amazing :)
32 months ago
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Canvas is amazing :) Great cams and flawless intro - probably the most creative i've ever seen !
32 months ago
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good luck to everyone :]
32 months ago
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stupid question:

When fragpart(1 : 30) begins?I have intro with no frags,then it smoothly passing to show you guy with gun running or shooting(3rd person view recorded in game),then he starts fragging(fps view).When fragpart begins?Then 3rd person view starts or first person?For me it is important to calculate the time of the movie.
32 months ago
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as soon as your intro ends and the ingame-footage begins.
32 months ago
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Good luck all)
32 months ago
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may I change the global intro? Coloursets, music etc ....
32 months ago
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no.
32 months ago
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yea idd, why not:S??

its just cool to change it. you still see the sponsers.

athorwise you need to watch the same 20sec. at all the 297 movies

calculate: 1. 2/3 hour watching the same 20sec.

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edited 2009-12-26 11:16:28
32 months ago
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-.-
32 months ago
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loleeek give a shot with this 1
32 months ago
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I`m in! :D GL ALL GUYS ;))
32 months ago
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gl
31 months ago
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what song is in this intro/?
name of it please...
31 months ago
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how can i leave this contest? i didn't have much time to finish my movie...
31 months ago
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just don't send movie...
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