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SENDING VIDEOS
1. How do I send my video?
2. What are tags?
3. What are contest tags?
4. Can I send my video to more than one contest at the same time? How do I do?
5. What is the maximum running time of my video?
6. Why some of the published videos in the website have more than 63 seconds, if, according to the terms and rules, this is the maximum running time?
7. What video formats are accepted?
8. What is the maximum size accepted for the video file?
9. I have sent a video and it has not been published on the website. What should I do?
10. My video takes too long to be sent. What should I do?
USING THIRD PART IMAGES AND/OR MUSIC IN THE VIDEOS
11. If I include the name of the song and the name of the band that plays it, can I use the song?
12. How do I know if I can use a song in my video?
13. How do I know if I can use an image in my video?
14. I have received an email saying that my video cannot have pirated content. What should I do?
RATING AND EVALUTATION
15. How are the videos selected?
16. How do I know if my video was selected?
17. If my video is not selected, can it still be seen it on the website?
18. What is the difference between the grades shown with stars and the votes shown with clocks?
AWARDS
19. How do I know if my video won an award?
20. How does the Festival select the awarded videos?
21. What is the meaning of the golden and the silver watches that show up in the thumbnails of some videos?
ONE MINUTE FESTIVAL CHANNELS
22. What are channels?
23. Can I have a channel in the One Minute Festival?
24. Why does the same video have different marks in different countries or channels?
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS
25. How can I send videos from DVDs, Mini-DV, Hi-8, HDV and other formats which are not accepted?
26. How can I save my video in high definition if I receive an email asking me to do so?
27. How can I decrease the size of my video file?
SENDING VIDEOS
To send a video, you must first register in the website. After registration, just click on send video and follow the steps indicated by the website. You have to choose at least one Contest and respect the limit of 7 (Contest and Editorial) tags allowed per video.
Tag is the same as keyword. It is a way of organizing and categorizing videos through words and expressions so that it is possible to find and search the videos more easily. To find more information access http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_%28metadata%29
In the One Minute Festival, tags are also used to indicate a theme proposed by the Festival, which is usually associated to a money award. For instance, if you want to run for the award for best Animation, you should add the Contest Tag 'animation' to your video. All awards available at the moment you send the video are featured at step 3 of the sending the video procedure. If you don't know what a tag is, read 'What is a tag?' above.
4. Can I send my video to more than one contest at the same time? How do I do?
Yes, you just need to choose more than one contest tag when you're submitting your video, as long as you respect the limit of tags allowed per video. The curatorial team may exclude some of your tags if they consider that they are not compatible with the video.
5. What is the maximum running time of my video?
It can be up to 63 seconds, including the title and the credits. If it is a Nanominute, it can be up to 11 seconds, including the title and the credits.
The videos that are longer than 63 seconds are older, the rules of the One Minute Festival was different and accepted videos longer than 63 seconds. According to the current rules, the One Minute Festival Brazil does not accept videos that are longer than this anymore.
7. What video formats are accepted?
The video formats we accept now are MPEG, AVI, MOV, WMV, 3GP and FLV. To find out more about what these formats mean, access http://wikepedia.com and search for each one of these terms (for instance, search for 'mpeg').
8. What is the maximum size accepted for the video file?
We accept files up to 100MB.
9. I have sent a video and it has not been published on the website. What should I do?
If after 10 days your video is still not on the website, please send an email to contact@minuteplanet.com informing the date you've sent the video, the name of the file and your email address. Please verify if you have not used songs or images without the appropriate authorizations.
10. My video takes too long to be sent. What should I do?
The time to send the video depends on several factors, mainly the size of the video file and the speed of your Internet connection. If the video is taking too long to upload, try reducing its size by compressing it. Just be careful not to compress the image too much, making it lose too much quality. To find out more about video compression, access http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_compression
USING THIRD PART IMAGES AND/OR MUSIC IN THE VIDEOS
11. If I include the name of the song and the name of the band that plays it, can I use the song?
Not necessarily. Read 'How do I know if I can use a song in my video?' and 'How do I know if I can use an image in my video?' below to see a detailed answer.
12. How do I know if I can use a song in my video?
According to Brazilian and international law, songs have two different kinds of copyrights: the author rights (i.e. the right of those who have written the song) and the right to use the track (i.e. the right of those who have recorded the song). In order to use the song in your video, you must clear both rights.
But there are several options for you to find songs to your video. For instance:
A. In myspace.com, you can listen to lots of songs directly at the author's page. There are more than 75 million bands registered at the website. This way, you can get in touch directly with the author or the band and ask for the authorizations to use both the song and the track in your video.
B. There are many songs which are considered to be in public domain, i.e. you don?t need to clear the rights with the authors of the song anymore to use the song. This is the case of classical music, many American songs composed before 1922, among others. Nevertheless, you still need the authorization from the band or the orchestra that recorded the song. To find out more about songs in public domains, access http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
C. Nowadays, there are many different types of licenses that allow you to use songs for free. This is the case of songs licensed though Creative Commons - attribution (by), which requires you to simply quote who wrote and recorded the song. Remember that in the One Minute Festival we need the license for the commercial exploitation of your video. Therefore, it is not enough to use songs with a license for non-commercial use. To find out more about Creative Commons, access http://www.creativecommons.org/
To find songs with this kind of license you can access http://search.creativecommons.org/ and check the 'Search for works I can use for commercial purposes' box or search for them in the main search engines, like google.com e o yahoo.com.
D. There are songs which are called Royalty-Free songs. You can find them in compilations (in CD or DVD) and websites. The songs can cost as little as US$ 10, already including all copyrights. Most of the time, you only need to buy the songs once to use them in different works. An example of a website with songs of this kind is http://www.uniquetracks.com/. But there are hundreds of these websites. Just search for Royalty-free music or Royalty-free songs. Remember, however, to read the type of license offered carefully before buying the songs!
E. A final option - much more creative and fun - is to ask for friends to make a song for you or put a band together and make your sountrack.
To find out more about copyrights in general, access http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyrights
More links where you can find music in public domain or royalty free:
http://www.soundsnap.com/
http://www.musopen.com/
http://www.openmusicarchive.org/
http://www.publicdomain2ten.com/
http://music2ten.com/
http://superfan2010.com/
http://subverse2ten.com/
http://din2ten.com/
http://mkk2ten.com/
http://unclesamurai2ten.com/
http://survivaloakland2ten.com/
http://www.goingware.com/tips/legal-downloads.html#websites
13. How do I know if I can use an image in my video?
To use still pictures or moving images made by another person, you must have their written consent. If you do not have it, you cannot use the images. Therefore, make your own images or ask an authorization to the person who has made them. Nowadays, there are many different types of licenses that allow you to use images for free. This is the case of images licensed though Creative Commons - attribution (by), which requires you to simply quote who made the images. Remember that in the One Minute Festival we need the license for the commercial exploitation of your video. Therefore, it is not enough to use images with a license for non-commercial use. Also, do not forget to ask for the written consent of the actors or whoever appeared in your video. This is to ensure that nobody will complain of being part of the movie once it starts to be shown on the Internet and elsewhere!
To find out more about Creative Commons, access http://www.creativecommons.org/
To find songs with this kind of license you can access http://search.creativecommons.org/ and check the "Search for works I can use for commercial purposes" box or search for them in the main search engines, like google.com e o yahoo.com.
To find out more about copyrights in general access http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyrights.
14. I have received an email saying that my video cannot have pirated content. What should I do?
If you have received an email saying that your video might contain pirated material, follow the instructions in the email or see ' How do I know if I can use a song in my video?' and ' How do I know if I can use an image in my video?' above.
RATING AND EVALUTATION
15. How are the videos selected?
The video selection process is made by the One Minute Festival curatorial team. Each video is evaluated by at least 7 people.
First, a minimum of 5 junior curators (usually university students) watch the videos and give grades from 0 to 10. They also make a small comment and inform if the video has any copyrights infringements.
If the grades they give are similar, for example, 4 junior curators give a 9 and one gives a 10, the video is automatically published with grade 9.
If three junior curators give a 9 and two give very different grades (e.g. 2 and 3), the video is sent to the senior curators for evaluation. The senior curators follow the same procedure. If they cannot come to an agreement either, the video is sent to the chief curator, who decides the final grade based on the whole process of evaluation.
Videos that receive a grade below 2 are not selected to the festival, but are still published on the website and are eligible to the public vote award. Videos with grades between 3 and 10 are published and they compete for the awards they are registered in. Videos with grades 8, 9 and 10 are automatically featured in the website.
If the video has any problems with unauthorized use of music and/or images from third parties, the videomaker receives an email suggesting to change the copyrighted material or get a proper authorization.
16. How do I know if my video was selected?
After the video is evaluated by the selection committee, the author of the video receives a message saying if it was selected or not. On top of that, the grade that the video receives from the curators is informed next to the video on the website, after it is published.
17. If my video is not selected, can it still be seen it on the website?
All videos that are sent will be available on the website. The videos that are not selected will still be available for the popular vote contests. Your video will not be published if you have used songs or images without the proper authorizations or if it disrespects the Terms of Use and Service / One Minute Festival's Rules and Regulations.
18. What is the difference between the grades shown with stars and the votes shown with clocks?
The votes shown with stars correspond to the public votes. The grade shown with clocks corresponds to the average grade of the curators of the Festival, reached after the video evaluation process, as described above 'How does the Festival select the awarded videos?'.
AWARDS
19. How do I know if my video won an award?
The awards are announced on the website and through messages to all registered users. The messages are sent via email and/or through the message central at the registered user page, depending on your configuration.
20. How does the Festival select the awarded videos?
The videos are analyzed by the selection committee and the festival curators, which includes members in different states and countries. There are several stages of selection, from pirated content to the analysis of the subject and execution of the video. The evaluation process results in a grade that is expressed through the little clocks that appear next to the video on the website. The winning videos are those with higher grades in each contest.
The golden watch indicates that the video was the winner of a contest. If you click on the video, you can see in the "details" tab which contest it has won.
The silver watch indicates that the video has received an honorable mention in one of the contests. If you click on the video, you can see in the "details" tab for which contest it has received the mention.
ONE MINUTE FESTIVAL CHANNELS
Channels are exclusive spaces for partners of the One Minute Festival. For instance, an university can have channel in the website to promote e receive videos from its own One Minute contest. Therefore, the evaluation of the videos is made by a team from the university, which will choose the best works according to its own criteria. The videos that arrive through the channels are later evaluated by the One Minute Festival, thus being also published in the main website.
23. Can I have a channel in the One Minute Festival?
Institutions can have a channel at the One Minute website. To create the channel of your institution, access the contact page and choose the option 'Channel in the One Minute Festival'.
24. Why does the same video have different marks in different countries or channels?
As explained in 'What are channels?', the videos selection process in different channels is normally made by different curatorial teams, following different criteria. This may also occur with videos that are evaluated by different countries on the website. The selection process is independent in each country, and varies according to the culture and the criteria established by each curatorial team.
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS
25. How can I send videos from DVDs, Mini-DV, Hi-8, HDV and other formats which are not accepted?
You will have to convert your video to one of the accepted formats. There are lots of software available on the Internet to make this conversion. Just be careful not to compress the image too much, making it lose too much quality. To find out more about video compression, access http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_compression
26. How can I save my video in high definition if I receive an email asking me to do so?
To save your vídeo in high definition, you can use MOV (DV compression) or MPEG-2 (vídeo bitrate 6000 or higher and audio bitrate 128kbps or higher), size 720x480 or 640x480 (it doesn't matter if it's 4:3 or 16:9, the important thing is to keep the height at 480 pixels). To send the video, just follow the link sent by email.
27. How can I decrease the size of my video file?
Some video formats such as .mov or .mpg result in a video file that is bigger than 100MB, which is the limit size for files on our website. To decrease the size of your video, you can convert it to .avi or mp4 or just compress the file, which means that the quality the video is approximately the same, but they are much smaller (10MB ou 15MB).
Here are two suggestions of softwares to convert and compress the files:
- For MAC users, there's (you can download it at http://flvcrunch.awardspace.us/)
- For WINDOWS users, there's Alive Video Converter (you can download it at http://www.alivemedia.net/videoconverter.htm?gclid=COfNxojnhpYCFSMgDQodkRAJEw)
