Otaku Fest [last February, sa U.P.]

[teH_tHirD]

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human na ang christmas break... mobalik na mi by monday.

[ladyren]

yehey!

good luck!

[Hidan]

Updates unya ig human ninyo meeting. Thanks!

[newmoonmaiden]

Sorry for the late response.

Otaku Fest is ON Feb2 (Unless something big and bad happens)

And here's all we're leaking for now:

Contest mechanics and info

Photography:

1.)The competition is open to all interested individuals. Registration is at the venue itself.
2.)Photographs taken must be from the event itself, of any theme (i.e. Portrait, Human Interest, etc)
3.)Photographs are to be submitted on or before 2:30 PM of February 2. 5r size*
4.)Photographers may submit a maximum of 3 entries.
5.)Criteria for judging are:
50% content
50% composition

Original Character Design:

1.)The competition is open to all interested individuals.
2.)Any medium can be used (digital, traditional, or mixed)
3.)Entries should be submitted in soft and hardcopy A4 sized, on or before January 30, 2008 12 midnight to upotaku@gmail.com as a JPEG file for softcopy, and upon registration in a short brown manila envelope for the hardcopy.
4.)Softcopy entries must indicate the following information:
Name of artist; age; contact details (email address&alternate email address {optional}, cp number); medium used; and a short essay about their character. Hardcopy entries must not have signatures, or any identification of the artist.
5.)Entries will be displayed in a designated area in the venue.
6.)Top 3 entries may be used for future purposes for the organization.
7.)Criteria for judging are as follows:
40% character concept
20% originality
20% creativity
20% technique

Cosplay:
1.)Contestants will go against each other in a battle for who is the best copycat through skits, monologues, or short presentations. For the individual category, a performance must run for a minimum of 30 seconds to a maximum of 1 minute. For the group category, a performance must run from a minimum of 3 minutes, to a maximum of 5 minutes.
2.)Characters portrayed must come from any published work (i.e. books, movies, tv). Original characters are automatically disqualified
3.)Contestants must pre-register by emailing upotaku@gmail.com with the following information on or before January 26, 2008:
a.) individual: Name of contestant; age; contact details (email address&alternate email
address {optional}, cp number); character portrayed and title from which character comes from.
b.) group: Name of group; Name of members with ages and names of characters portrayed; contact details (email address&alternate email
address {optional}, cp number); title from which characters come from
4.)For costumes and props, there must be no real flames, no real weapons, liquid, or anything that may harm or affect the performance and safety of other contestants.
5.)Contestants must be prepared to be in contest grounds from parade (10 am) to contest proper (1 pm) and in character as judges will be stationed around campus grounds.
6.)Tapes/CDs (for presentations with audio input) must be submitted to the cosplay committee headed by Chrisma
7.)Criteria for Judging will be as follows:
40% Attire(Accuracy, Craftsmanship, Creativity)
30% Stage Performance (Stage Presence, Projection)
20% Dialogue (In-Character Dialogue, Delivery)
10% Audience Impact

everything else is indefinite. Go figure.
We'll keep you posted. Hopefully, by the end of this week, makahatag na mis tshirt designs for those of you who'd like to order before the event, as well as price (registration) and prize lists.

[newmoonmaiden]

Clarification: Otaku Fest is NOT limited to Anime fans. Comic book fans are more than welcome (Powerbooks might put up a booth), Cosplayers may come as their favorite movie characters, etc etc. I'm prolly dressing up as one of The Endless from Neil Gaiman's graphic novel myself.

[Hidan]

Thanks for the updates. We'll spread the word.

[psyccaliente]

yesh! at last! TY au pipz! *saves file* aw if only naa printer><... ilista nlng ko ni YY

what do u mean by "medium used" sa group preregistration?

[newmoonmaiden]

@psyccaliente, whoops >.<

edited that. Wala nay labot ang medium used sa cosplay.

[psyccaliente]

ae LOLz and wa lgi payment sa cosplay...?

and ang contact details buh... kung group kailangan na naa contact sa tanan members? or pde ra 1 contact number fot all?

[newmoonmaiden]

mas preferrable kung complete ang details sa kada tawo. As I said earlier, and details na wala pa diha, dili pa finalized.