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A canon video may be an exploration of character or pairing, as long as the game's canon is present and focus' on that one game/series alone. A good canon video will not only portray the canon justly, but will do so in unique ways whilst still adhering to editing conventions of originality, creativity, high quality, and smooth flow. Effects, voices or added enhancements will not only serve to create an overall style and feel, but to hook the viewer and portray the creator's interpretation of the canon. A strong entry will justify his/her choices for editing in a specific way in the relation to canon.

What is canon?
• The original body of work.
• That which the author intended.
• That which refers to the official storyline.
• A pairing that is heavily promoted or suggested.
• Refers to all videos which centre around characters from the same game.
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• Your entry must be at least 1:00 minute, no less.
• You /must/ state in the description how & why your video adheres to the canon. This will affect a significant portion of your overall mark. See below for examples.
• Your entry must focus on one universe's canon - multifandoms are not allowed, whilst the content may strictly be canon the overall video is multifandom. In order to quality as a canon video - your video must centre around one universe's/series' canon, i.e FF8's canon or FF13/13-2's Canon etc.
• Your entry can focus on pairings or character study as long as the canon is portrayed.
• Your entry must be your own work.
• All editing programs are accepted, your entries will be judged on your skill, not your program.
• Voice acting/audio FX allowed.
• Minor extra FX allowed. (i.e. Short related animations or artworks that relate to and enhance your video)

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• All entries must be in by 23:59 31st December 2012.
• Editors may enter more than one category.
• Editors may enter the same video to more than one category.
• Editors may NOT enter more than one video per category.
• The Editor and Studio Of The Year Awards are done via a nomination process. See the individual videos for more information.
• Only gaming footage allowed. No entries containing any other footage allowed.
• Judges may enter and be nominated for awards. But they will not be able to judge their own entries.
• Contestants may create new GMVs if they wish, but are reminded that entries must have been created in 2012 and posted by the deadline.
• No verbal abuse, etc. to any other entry or judge will be permitted. Any such acts will lead to disqualification.
• Please report any abuse to a Head Judge who can deal with this appropriately.
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Example of Rule #2:
http://seeraai.deviantart.com/art/Rul...

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