Unicyclist Video Comp - Entry Thread

[Eroick]

Well, here is the kickoff of the Unicyclist Video Comp! This thread will provide you with the rules and tell you when the videos are due. This is THE thread to post in to submit your video! If you post into another thread, you will not be entered!

Without further ado,
The Rules!

Rules for the Unicyclist Video Compition:


1. Each person may only submit one video.
2. Judges may not submit videos.
3. Videos must contain only one rider (ie, cannot be a compilation video)
4. Videos must be your own creation
6. Your video must be in WMV or QuickTime format, or uploaded to YouTube, Google Video, or a simular website.
7. The video, including all clips, must have been created after January 1st, 2006.
8. The video must be less than 5 minutes 30 seconds and longer than 1 minute and 30 seconds.

To submit your video you must:
1. Give us your name and unicyclist username.
2. Identify yourself into one of the following skill levels: Novice, Itermediate, Expert and into one of these types: MUni, Trials, Street, Freestyle. Try your best to catagorize. If we do not agree, we will change it.
3. Give us a direct link to your video.
4. Release your video under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License (see here for details) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/. This basicly means that we can do anything with your video but use it for Commercial uses. Just trying to stay legal.
5. Agree that to the best of your knowledge, you have adheared to all the rules posted here.

Catagories and criteria (subject to change):

MUni:
Best Novice
Best Intermediate
Best Expert

Trials:
Best Novice
Best Intermediate
Best Expert

Street:
Best Novice
Best Intermediate
Best Expert
Biggest move (most spins, varials, flips, whatever in one trick)

Freestyle:
Best Novice
Best Intermediate
Best Expert

All:
Biggest bail (You know what we are talking about)
Entertainment (Make us laugh!)
Community's Favorite! (Chosen by the community based on what they like)

Sample Submission

Hi, My name is Eric, my Unicyclist username is Eroick. I catagorise this video into Intermediate Trials. The link is video.google.ca/path/to/movie/goes/here.

Woah, hope you got thru all of that.

Today is the 22nd of September. I have decided to make to due date December 1st! So, get your videos done and post in this thread!

Questions? PM me or ask away in this thread.

Thanks!

[iridemymuni]

Hey. i'm going to make a video. i've got some questions:

i'm not sure if i'm novice or intermediate, what's your definition between the two?

The video can only contain one rider, but can there be other people in the video aswell who aren't riding but are there for entertainment purposes?

can one video win more than one category?


cheers

[rabbithunter018]

Sweet, I have more time than I thought! I am definatly in. By the way, your link doesn't work.

[Jonny_Peacock]

first off im in for sure. but i havea few questions.

1)why do we have judges? why dont we let the people pick the winners since theyre the ones watching. let the people pick the winners on every category. and did we even ask anyone if they wanted judges, i mean thats unneccessary to me.

2)is everyone automatically entered into entertainment, biggest bail, and community favorite? because i know for sure id like to be in freestyle, but id also like to be in community favorite. i think everyone should automatically be entered into those three on top of whatever style they choose.

3) i think rule #4 up there is unneccessary. i dont feel the need to copyright my videos.

4) videos shouldnt be released under this thread when the due date comes. this is because this thread will no doubt get long, as there is alot of questions. what we need to do is pm all our links to our videos to eroick, and he'll post them all in one post so people will be able to see them all in one shot, no one is missed, and they wont have to search.

5) who needs 2 months to make avideo. id be up for any time in october, and im real busy so its manageable.

[unifreak7]

Two months for filming is a good amount of time, but I bit much I do agree. Since winter starts for us in about 2 weeks, haha, after this vid i'll only have about 2 weeks to do another one. But whatev... Should be good.

-Shaun Johanneson

[kris.lee]

I`ll make one

[manon1wheel]

[QUOTE=Eroick]

Street:
Best Novice
Best Intermediate
Best Expert
Biggest move (most spins, varials, flips, whatever in one trick)



[QUOTE]
i think we all know who is going to win this one :]

[kris.lee]

shaun cant win them all

[Eroick]

Originally Posted by iridemymuni

Hey. i'm going to make a video. i've got some questions:

i'm not sure if i'm novice or intermediate, what's your definition between the two?

The video can only contain one rider, but can there be other people in the video aswell who aren't riding but are there for entertainment purposes?

can one video win more than one category?

cheers

1. Define yourself. It might be changed. Just do your best.

2. Sure, only one rider but others can do whatever for some entertainment value.

3. Yes, if its that good.


The judging system is not final. Depending on the number of videos entered, there is a good chance that it will all be up to community vote. In which case, the judges will just get the videos together and make polls.

[Eroick]

[QUOTE=manon1wheel][QUOTE=Eroick]

Street:
Best Novice
Best Intermediate
Best Expert
Biggest move (most spins, varials, flips, whatever in one trick)

i think we all know who is going to win this one :]

Yeah, he can only win 2. And he is definatly expert

[rabbithunter018]

[QUOTE=Eroick][QUOTE=manon1wheel]

Originally Posted by Eroick

Street:
Best Novice
Best Intermediate
Best Expert
Biggest move (most spins, varials, flips, whatever in one trick)





Yeah, he can only win 2. And he is definatly expert

Is the Novice, intermeadiat, expert thing for video editing, or riding skill?

I was always under the impression that from begginer to expert, it goes, Novice, intermediat, expert.

[Eroick]

Its riding skill. I dont care about your flashy transitions that you put in with windows movie maker. I personally prefer simple cuts over stuff like star wipes. Look at professionally made movies, they never have fancy wipes.

[nickvb123]

i dont know if there is enough demand to have three categories per style. Maybe it should be cut back to just 2? If you have three categories there might also be some subjectivity to what each person calls intermediate etc.

[rabbithunter018]

Originally Posted by Eroick

Its riding skill. I dont care about your flashy transitions that you put in with windows movie maker. I personally prefer simple cuts over stuff like star wipes. Look at professionally made movies, they never have fancy wipes.

I didn't mean any transitions or anything, I meant videos like shauns, who always uses the right music, get the angles, has the equipment ect. you can definatly tell between a proffesional grade video and a homemade one.

You could split the catagories like this, Levels 1-4 to replace novice, 5-7 for intermeadtiate, and 8 to 10 for expert, or something like that. although, judges would be needed to preveiw the vid to determine if someone is trying to cherry-pick. Such as shaun entering novice or intermeadiate because he's never taken a levels test. That's just an example, I'm not saying he would do that, and I have no idea if he's taken skill level tests or not.

[Eroick]

Originally Posted by nickvb123

i dont know if there is enough demand to have three categories per style. Maybe it should be cut back to just 2? If you have three categories there might also be some subjectivity to what each person calls intermediate etc.

Well, thats why they are subject to change