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Contest Stop motion prizes! Fairyland! NingNing! DollClans! Deadline extended to Sunday night

Jan 21, 2015

    1. Asian Doll Stop Motion Film Festival
      Doll North, May 22-24
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      PRIZES to be awarded!
      1st place--Little Fee Shue (With a fullset provided by DollNorth!)
      2nd place--NingNing Doll (With a fullset provided by DollNorth!)
      3rd place--$100 Doll Clans gift certificate

      And....to help out those of you just seeing this announcement, or just now motivated to enter....

      DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED to May 17, Midnight, EST. So you have the whole weekend to work!
      We are also accepting existing stop motions--stuff you've already made--so long as it abides by the rules below! (Which means, if you've made something for the festival, and kept it under wraps, feel free to share it with the world!)

      Already read the rules? Here's the ((SUBMISSION LINK))

      Fellow Den Mates! I am super happy to announce that I will be heading up a stop motion film festival at Anime North/Doll North this year!

      Aaaaand:
      You do not have to attend Doll North to enter your work in the festival! Of course, we'd LOVE to have you, so if you're coming, snatch up some tickets quickly, because there aren't many left!
      Yes! There will be a dolly prize for audience favorite! (TBD once we know what sponsors are sending).

      Please have some fun with your dollies and submit some great films for a chance to bring home a new addition to your doll family!

      Basic Rules:
      1. Length: 1-5 Minutes, *including* your credits. These are strict parameters!

      2. Accepted File Formats: .avi and .mov
      These are the *only* accepted file formats for the competition.

      3. Submission window: April 1 through April 30 *NOW MAY 17* (Midnight, EST).
      We will provide a submission link on April 1, and no films will be accepted after Midnight EST April 30*NOW MAY 15*.

      4. Accepted Dolls: At least ONE doll from Doll North's sanctioned doll list must appear in your film. (See list below)
      And, to honor the many sponsors and donors to the convention & festival, we will automatically disqualify any films containing recast/fake/bootleg dolls.

      • Asian Ball-Jointed Dolls (Resin and Vinyl)
      • Non-Asian Ball-Jointed Dolls
      • Pullip Dolls
      • Blythe Dolls
      • Monster High Dolls/Ever After High
      • Momoko Dolls
      • Dollfie Dream Dolls
      • Obitsu Dolls
      • Azone Dolls
      5. Accepted Music: You must, I repeat *MUST* have a license to play whatever music is on your film.
      An "I found it on the Internet so it must be okay" is NOT okay. Using copyrighted music will result in an automatic disqualification. You will be asked for your license/copyright information during the submission process.

      6. Accepted Content: Keep it classy. There will be young people at the event. We reserve the right to refuse any film which may be offensive to parents of said young people ;)

      7. No blabbing :) No progress pictures, reports, blogs, vlogs, or chats. And especially no campaign posters asking people to vote for your film. The festival won't be anonymous, as people will recognize your dolls, but discussing and or sharing your work in any way before the festival will result in automatic disqualification. (THIS RULE NO LONGER APPLIES. However, soliciting votes for your piece will result in disqualification.)

      8. If there are too many submissions to play during the allotted time, we will appoint a panel of independent filmmakers to choose which films will be shown at the festival.

      9. We will not be providing technical assistance.

      10. The rules may need to be amended as questions arise.

      To ask questions      :
      please do so on the festival announcement video .

      To keep up-to-date with rules and prize announcements and general festival info:
      Keep an eye out at my YouTube channel, as I announce everything there first :)

      And there's the
      DOLL NORTH DISCUSSION THREAD
      for all things chatty :)
       
      #1 MissEmily, Jan 21, 2015
    2. Wow! This is very interesting! I'm currently studying Animation so I'm really delighted to see the mixture of Stop Motion Animation and dolls.

      Does it really have to have music in it?
       
      #2 ANIME GIRL, Jan 21, 2015
    3. No, it doesn't have to have music. But if you use music, you need to be sure you have permission to use the music.
       
      #3 MissEmily, Jan 22, 2015
    4. Oh my goodness, I am so excited for this! I adore, adore, adore Stop Motion animation. I am so glad I got my ticket now, this is splendid news!
       
      #4 Squeek of the North, Jan 22, 2015
    5. This sounds like an amazing event, I can't wait to see the contestant's videos. Will they be able to post them after the competition?
       
      #5 Frizzgig, Jan 22, 2015
    6. Hello, friends! Since this is a news post, let's move the discussion to the Doll North thread :)
       
      #6 MissEmily, Jan 22, 2015
    7. The Submission Form is live!

      For the official announcement, go here :)
       
      #7 MissEmily, Apr 4, 2015
    8. Deadline extended to May 15, Midnight EST.
      Also accepting existing stop motion films, so long as they abide by the rules!
       
      #8 MissEmily, May 6, 2015
    9. Prizes announced: Fairlyand! NingNing! Doll Clans!
      Deadline has been extended until Sunday night! (May 17, Midnight, EST)
       
      #9 MissEmily, May 13, 2015