2008 IL2 Flight Sim Movies Competition

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General Rules

  • Each registered UBI Movie-Maker Forum member is allowed to enter only one movie.
  • The movies must not have been previously released.
  • Primary footage source must be from the IL2 game engine. You can use other supplementary sources as well, to include other games/sims, CGI, sound-FX, special-FX, etc.
  • Minimum movie duration of 3 minutes.
  • Maximum movie duration of 6 minutes.
  • Maximum movie file size of 100 Mb.
  • Closing date for entries: 15 July 2008
  • Closing date for voting: 31 July 2008
  • Publishing of voting results: 1 Aug 2008
  • Announcement of winners: 4 Aug 2008
  • The Competition Panel reserves the right to disqualify grossly sub-standard movies from the competition before being published on this forum as candidate movies. The Judging Panel will screen all submitted movies before being tabled and exercise this right if necessary. Movies with visible icons, HUD, on-line text, visible fraps logo, etc, will be disqualified.
  • At the conclusion of the Flight Sim Movie Competition, the five judges will provide, if they individually choose to do so, detailed critiques on the five Finalist movies, including suggestions if warranted on how to improve future productions. Such critiques will be made privately by PM to any/each of the five Finalists and also, with the concurrence and permission of the individual Finalist/Movie-maker, will be publicly released on the UBI Movie-Maker Forum for the possible benefit of other movie-makers and those who may wish to actively take on the challenge of movie-making in the future. No comments, positive or negative, detailed or general, will be made by judges on any individual movie accepted as a legitimate entry prior to conclusion of the competition.
  • The Competition Administrator and Panel Judges will be allowed to cast votes
  • The Competition Administrator and Panel Judges will not be allowed to enter the competition.
  • In the case of any disputes, the Administrator's decision will be final.

All entered movies will be indexed at the IL2 Movie Database website and the Winner will be specifically considered for placement with the Best of the Best at the FSM website.

You can enter by submitting your High Resolution movie to http://il2mdb.flightsimmachinima.com/submit-your-movie before midnight GMT, 15 July 2008. The entry should be in AVI or WMV format. This is the only entry route and the only acceptable formats. Movies posted at any other location or in other formats, such as in flash format at youtube.com, will not be considered.

Upon submitting your movie, you must also send a private message (PM) using the UBI Movie-Maker Forum to the Competition Administrator (Doolittle81) which will include the title of your movie.

The Administrator will regularly publish on the UBI Movie-Maker Forum in this thread containing a list of the people who have entered, along with their movie title.