AS Highlight Reel
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:02 pm
Folks,
First of all let me be crystal clear here -- this is in no way an "official" request. I have no special standing with Smith Micro (although I've worked with the product for five years now and manage the "other" Anime Studio forum). Smith Micro is aware of what I am doing and have been encouraging, though (more about this in a bit).
What we'd like to do is put together an Anime Studio Highlight reel, but not a typical industry reel that splices together bits and pieces from finished work. In this case we're looking for short vignettes on a single theme. When I saw "short" I mean typically between 15 and 90 seconds in length, although going over or under isn't "wrong". As a matter of fact, as long as you stick to the theme, there are no rules.
The theme is "Worst Vacations Throughout History", and each submission should start with a title card indicating year and location (so "A.D. 79, Vesuvius" would be one such card. If the location is part of the punchline you can leave it out, but you MUST include the year.
It's meant to be lighthearted so I would also keep that in mind, although serious entries will be considered. And as to consideration -- the final use of this MAY end up "official" (so Smith Micro may use this in promotional materials, on the website, or whatever). There may be more than one cut, depending on how many submissions and the quality of them. We (those of us overseeing this, and it's not just me :>) are striving to create something that shows all that AS can do, and this is your chance to be a part of it.
Output desired is HD/HDTV 720p (it's a preset on your project settings) and you can post your video to YouTube as long as the license type is set for Creative Commons (you can make the video public or private but if you make it private you need to share the link with me at the very least -- send a PM and I'll give you my email). Feel free to also embed a link in this thread if you like.
The idea is to have fun -- and let's show the "other" software companies that AS is capable of almost anything.
First of all let me be crystal clear here -- this is in no way an "official" request. I have no special standing with Smith Micro (although I've worked with the product for five years now and manage the "other" Anime Studio forum). Smith Micro is aware of what I am doing and have been encouraging, though (more about this in a bit).
What we'd like to do is put together an Anime Studio Highlight reel, but not a typical industry reel that splices together bits and pieces from finished work. In this case we're looking for short vignettes on a single theme. When I saw "short" I mean typically between 15 and 90 seconds in length, although going over or under isn't "wrong". As a matter of fact, as long as you stick to the theme, there are no rules.
The theme is "Worst Vacations Throughout History", and each submission should start with a title card indicating year and location (so "A.D. 79, Vesuvius" would be one such card. If the location is part of the punchline you can leave it out, but you MUST include the year.
It's meant to be lighthearted so I would also keep that in mind, although serious entries will be considered. And as to consideration -- the final use of this MAY end up "official" (so Smith Micro may use this in promotional materials, on the website, or whatever). There may be more than one cut, depending on how many submissions and the quality of them. We (those of us overseeing this, and it's not just me :>) are striving to create something that shows all that AS can do, and this is your chance to be a part of it.
Output desired is HD/HDTV 720p (it's a preset on your project settings) and you can post your video to YouTube as long as the license type is set for Creative Commons (you can make the video public or private but if you make it private you need to share the link with me at the very least -- send a PM and I'll give you my email). Feel free to also embed a link in this thread if you like.
The idea is to have fun -- and let's show the "other" software companies that AS is capable of almost anything.