The Movie Vault Presents - The Best Damn Movie Comp Period

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TheMovieVault.net, in partnership with NationVoice Communications and BFG Technologies is proud to announce ‘The Best Damn Movie Comp Period’. Best Damn is more than just a single event, the bigger picture will allow for a series of four rounds of competition, each round will have different criteria, and may be available to different types of games. Each round will get progressively better, raising the bar and the prize pot.

For the first round of Best Damn the total prize purse is $5,000 in cash and prizes. This round will be open to only three games, and we strongly encourage film makers to participate. The winners from each round will be invited to participate in a winner takes all grand final, to be held sometime next year. So without dragging on without scratching the surface, here are the initial details for round one, of The Best Damn Movie Comp Period.

Round One Details
Games: Counter-Strike:Source, Counter-Strike, Call of Duty 4
Start Date: Now
Deadline: 11:59pm CST, August 14th 2008
Upload: Secured Private FTP (Details provided at a later date)
Eligibility: Worldwide (International)

1st Place Prize:
$1,500 Cash Provided by NationVoice Communications
BFG Tech 8800 GTX 768MB PCIe Video Card - Retail
BFG Tech 1000 Watt Power Supply w/ LLW - Retail

2nd Place Prize:
$750.00 Cash Provided by NationVoice Communications
BFG Tech 8800 GTS 640MB PCIe Video Card - Retail
BFG Tech 800 Watt Power Supply w/ LLW - Retail

3rd Place Prize:
$250.00 Cash Provided by NationVoice Communications
BFG Tech 8800 GTS 320MB PCIe Video Card - Retail

4th Place Prize:
BFG Tech 8600 GTS 512MB PCIe Video Card - Retail

Bonus - Best Competition Introduction
$500.00 Cash Provided by The Movie Vault

Round One Rules
0.1 Video Length
All entries must be at least three minutes in length, we will not enforce a maximum movie length in order to ensure limitless creativity from producers.

0.2 Video Introduction
All entries must include a minimum of 20 second long ‘competition introduction’ which will showcase the event, themovievault.net, our main sponsor NationVoice Communications, and our secondary sponsor BFG Technologies. More details regarding the competition introduction will be provided later this week. Rather than produce a mandatory intro, we will be offering producer the chance to produce their own unique competition introduction which will need to meet our guidelines.

An additional bonus cash prize of $500.00 will be awarded to the movie with the best competition introduction, the winner of this award will be selected by our sponsors.

0.3 Video Production
All entries must include the following basic requirements in order to be elgible. Competition Intro, Video Intro, Frag/Content Sequence, Detailed Credits including programs, players, and soundtrack.

0.4 Video Codec, Quality, Resolution
In order to meet our strict requirements for VaultHD, all entries must provide a High Definition, 1280x720p x264/265, h264 final render. All entries may provide additional quality renders, utilizing different codecs as well. More information including tools and guides will be included later this week.

0.5 Video Pre-Release and Exclusivity
All entries are required to remain exclusive to TheMovieVault.net for 48 hours once voting has begun. Any movie ‘leaked’ by the producers prior to the deadline or polls being open, will be disqualified from the competition. In order to ensure equal promotions for all entries, we will strictly enforce this policy. Once polls have opened and 48 hours have passed, videos may be uploaded, streamed, promoted whichever way the producer chooses.

0.6 Video Trailers and Promotions
Trailers are strongly encouraged, trailers should include a release date of Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 ‘only at themovievault.net’. Additionally cross promoting the event in trailers is also encouraged, as to provide the widest range of users to vote for the winners later on.

0.7 Competition Finalists
The top 10 finalists will be selected by a panel of non participating movie producers, The Movie Vault admin's and staff, and participating sponsors. All entries will be made available for download, however only ‘Vault Worthy’ entries are guaranteed a place within The Movie Vault. Once the top 10 finalists have been selected, public voting will begin. The winners will be voted on by the viewers, in a secured ballot similar to that used for the 2008 Counter-Strike:Source Movie Awards.

0.8 Voting, Winners and Prize Delivery
Voting will begin on August 23rd 2008, and will be open until Sunday, September 14th 2008. Winners will be selected by the viewers base upon the results of the official ballots, winners will then be announced on Saturday, September 20th 2008. Prizes will then be distributed to the winners no later than October 20th, 2008.

More information will be released later this week including the official homepage of the event, introduction guidelines, logo/media kits, film pre-registration, and more. Stay tuned to TheMovieVault.net for more updates as they are announced.

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