City of Heroes Film Festival Contest

City of Heroes Launches Film Festival Online game players vie for prizes in comedy and action short film contest For players who believe their City of Heroes character is ready for their close-up, the City of Heroes Film Festival Contest is the place to be and be seen. The contest starts today and ends on midnight (Central Time) on Monday Sept. 20. The contest invites City of Heroes subscribers to create a short film of up to three minutes long using game footage, animation live action or whatever medium the player prefers. Contestants will have their entries judged in two categories: Best Action and Best Comedy. The winners of each category will receive a Sony DVD Handycam Camcorder, have their film included in the Special DVD Edition of City of Heroes being released during this year’s holiday season, and the winner’s City of Heroes character will be featured in an upcoming issue of the City of Heroes monthly comic book. Winners of the contest will be announced no later than Sept. 22. To qualify for the contest, each film submission can be no longer than 3 minutes long. Films must be submitted in Quicktime 640 x 480 format and codec suggestions are mpeg 4 or soreson 3. Audio should be 16-bit stereo sound, 22khz. Contestants may host the film on a website and submit a URL where it can be downloaded, or burn the movie to a CD and mail it to the NCsoft offices. Only one film per category, per person will be accepted, so contestants can enter one action and one comedy film. Contestants must be 13 years of age or older to participate and a legal resident of the United States (excluding the state of Rhoad Island) or Canada (excluding Quebec). No entries that infringe upon trademarked or copyrighted materials will be accepted. All participants must be current City of Heroes subscribers. For more information and complete rules of the contest, go to: http://www.cityofheroes.com/community/contests.html. At the following link are examples of unauthorized video clips created by City of Heroes players. (Because many of these use copyrighted music, they would not be elligible for entry into the contest.): http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=739305&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1#739305