First of all, credits go to C_H_E_R_U_B1-1 for the idea itself.


Alright, this is simple. Recorded something cool? An incredible stunt? An epic crash? A funny glitch? Show it!

This might be a monthly contest, however I don't know whether a weekly contest would make sense. That's why I posted this poll.

The winner will get an award.  

It's not cleared who's gonna run the contest yet, but I would say let DEEZ run it.

As a judgement-concept I would suggest the following:

-A poll, in which everyone can vote for the best video. To prevent unfair judging, I would prefer the next method though:
-Three judges discuss what video is the best. Or...
-...the who runs it, judges it. Simple as that. In this case I'd say Deez.

Well Deez owns the forum, plus I consider him as a fair judge whose criticism is always constructive.

I would say no switching though. Before submitting a video, you have at least one and a half weeks, which is more than enough for recording multiple times and choosing the best one. Even for editing, it is really more than enough time.

So if you submit a video, be completely sure about it, that's what I would suggest.

We don't want something like this:

Day 1: "I'm gonna enter this video now."
Day 4: "Uh, I made a better one, ditch the other one and let this one in."
Day 6: "Today something totally epic happened and I recorded it, so ditch the previous video"
Day 8: "Please take my previously submitted video from the list, I had two cars glitched inside a 474 today and I even could walk around in it, and I recorded it."
Last day before deadline: "I've tethered a plane to one of these statues spread around Panau in mid-flight and then the statue head swept a 10 man army away, then suddenly an army chopper showed up and I gave the pilot a headshot while in stunt position using the sniper, and then while the chopper was going down, the statue head crashed into it and then the wreck of the chopper fell onto a propane tank, which caused an oil rig to explode. I've recorded all that, so I'd like to enter this video now instead of the other one"

That's why: No switching!

As for my PS3, I still want to fix it but I depend on my dad there as he's got the devices not me.  

I could most probably do it. Why not.

In case I'd run it, I would say the 24th is deadline, which is in 15 days.

You can publish straight to youtube if you like but it saves as MP4 I think. Which I don't think Windows Movie Maker supports for importing. I have a program that came with my capture card and it supports MP4, it's pretty bare bones for editing and really confusing to figure out.

Also, how much editing are we allowed? Are we gonna do one stunt or series of stunts or whatever? Or can I cram as much nonsense as I can into a video? 

I've got no editing software, and my harddrive on my ps3 is almost full 40 GB How large are the 30 sec clips u can record(haven't tried it).

And I want to change my HD, but I've read it's best to use a 5400 rpm one rather then a 7200 rpm one, has any of u replaced their HD?

lol a 30-sec-video I record on my PC has the size of 530 MB. And of course it tends to lag while video editing.

Well I know Camtasia Studio, which is uber decent, but a bit hardware hungry; it tends to lag a bit with HD videos when I edit them on my comp. It's the one I mostly use in conjunction with WMM (which is very decent for a free program, just to mention that). Camtasia Studio is 300 bucks.
 
Pinnacle Studio, 40$. It has some good presets and title effects, but tends to lag uber horribly. I don't use that atm and I can't recall whether it supported MP4, but it should.

Adobe After Effects, 600$. The hardware hungriest of all. Very slow, even on my PC, but a stunning program with stunningly awesome effects. You can either choose from hundreds of preset effects or create one yourself. Also very very hard to use.

Adobe Premiere Pro, I can't recall the prize, but I don't have that one. Some others I heard of but never used:
Ulead Studio, Virtual Dub (free), Free Video Dub (also free, supports MP4)

I actually thought of that. And was gonna announce the next theme before the end of the current comp.

You beat me to it with posting, but...

The next theme I would implement is "Anatomy of a Stunt" clips - Ever watched those compact, short stunt trailers by Eidos?
Like for example Mid-Air Sabotage or Tuk-Tuk Guided Missile?

Your turn now. Create one.

Of 15 points you would get
5 for content
10 for editing

Yes, editing is certainly more important on these. If you watch them you'll know why.