AMVNews.ru holds the seventh thematic contest of Level Up series. The main idea behind the contest is to join forces of pro and novice music video creators and make them work in pairs. Partners exchange experience, and novice gains new skills in video making from his/her "elder" teammate, thus increasing his/her level drastically. As the previous contests (2009, 2011,  2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015) showed, this concept draws much interest of creators as well as of viewers' audience.

Thе contest is opened for pairs of AMV makers, Pro (experienced and acknowledged creator) + Novice (a beginner without significant achievements). A team’s goal is to create a small AMV through joint efforts, with the assumption that Pro doesn’t do editing and does not work on effects but does what he/she can to support the Novice technically.

Novice’s duties include: project settings adjustment, clips cutting, making of effects, AMV encoding.

Pro’s duties include: thinking the AMV concept over together with Novice, software using advice, advice on effects making, help in searhing for sources, beta testing, advice on video encoding, video upload and filling in the site form.

Contest schedule

1) Registation of pairs till June 15th, 2016
2) Submission of videos from July 10st till August 1st, 2016

- English rules
- Contestant registration (+ list of participants)

Tout commença par un tableau signé, Mashiron. Par la suite l'homme rencontra une jeune fille blonde, Et eu un coup de foudre pour elle. Étant curieux il a voulu en savoir plus sur elle, (Oui c'un psychopathe) et découvrit que c'est la même personne qui a peint la peinture. Cette fille s'appelle donc Mashiron. Il réussie enfin à sortir avec elle, mais au moment de passer à l'acte, refuse et se fait complètement larguer. Quelque temps plus tard dans les périodes de noël, il décide de lui donner rendez-vous. Contre toute attente elle était au rendez-vous. Mais le bonheur n'est que de courte durer. En rentrant chez lui il retrouva une lettre de mashiron qui lui expliqua sont départ pour l'Angleterre.Dégouter il alla voir sont meilleur ami, qui lui aida à lui remettre les idées en place à coup de point. Jusqu’au moment du coup de file disant qu'elle était en route pour l'aéroport. Prenant ses couilles sur sa tête il alla à l'aéroport,à vélo, comme un chuck norris de temps moderne! Et la retrouva dans ses bras! Tout est bien qui fini bien, aucun mort n'a était fait. Même kenny est encore en vie.
ET IL FINIRENT HEUREUX, ET EURENT BEAUCOUP DE SAL GOSSES.

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Author: Flow
Anime: Sakurasou no pet na kanojo
Music: Kate Havnevik - Mouth 2 Mouth

Author's comment: Fan-made anime music video of The Boy and the Beast to Laura Palmer by Bastille.

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Author: Rider4Z
Anime: Bakemono no ko
Music: Bastille - Laura Palmer

Good news everyone! Big Contest 2016 deadline extended till the 1st of May! As usual, by numerous and heart-wrenching demands to administration)

Победитель конкурса AMV Greece Iron Chef: Who Da Bo$$

Author's comment: The moral of this video is... NEVER GIVE UP EVEN WHEN YOU SHOULD AND BELIEVE ME I KNOW.


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Author: Azexous
Anime: Boku dake ga inai machi
Music: Mutemath - Remain
Awards: 1 место на AMV Greece IC: Who Da Bo$$

So this was my video for the Souls Team Iron Cheff XII. After 2 days of pure hate and 1,5 days of editing I managed to finish it. But the glory of the idea has my teamcaptain JadeCharm :D Without her I would have probably droped the whole thing xD Will see if I come back next year again...

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Author: Noss
Anime: Fullmetal Panic - Fumoffu
Music: Blink 182 - First Date

Author's comment: Bon enfin trouvé un moyen d'upload mon clip (merci Fayçal t bo). Pour l'amv en lui-même j'ai juste essayé de faire un truc un peu plus original de ce qu'on a l'habitude de voir dans des clips Tokyo Ghoul.. rien de plus! Enjoyeruuuuuu~

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Author: Luciole
Anime: Tokyo Ghoul
Music: Syberian Beast - WIEN, Tha Trickaz - East vs West

Mono no aware is the Japanese term for the awareness of impermanence (also known as mujou) which is one of the three marks of existence in Buddhism. It expresses the notion that all of conditioned existence, without exception, is transient. Most of the video expresses this concept but the other two marks can be pinpointed as well. Dukkha translates to unsatisfactoriness (and is represented in the video by the phrase "You realize you are not special") and anatta to non-selfhood ("as you begin to lose your characteristics one by one").

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Author: waisehell
Anime: Synecdoche, New York (narration), Kyousougiga, Steins; Gate, Monogatari, Hourou Musuko, 5 cm per second, Kotonoha no Niwa, Durarara X2, Shinsekai Yori, Aoi Bungaku, Mouryou no Hako, Uchuu Kyoudai, Berserk Trilogy, Tokyo Ghoul, Ergo Proxy, Code Geass, The Animatrix, Monster, Jin-Roh, Waltz with Bashir, Phantom Requiem for the Phantom, Death Note, Shigurui, Gangsta, Karas, Tekkon Kinkreet, Planetes, Tetsuwan Birdy Decode, Kamisama no Memochou, Bakemono no Ko, Kyoukai no Kanata, Guilty Crown
Music: If Anything Happens To The Cat - Jessamine

Это был IC от французов,  команда Road to DADADA Syndrome, и в итоге все закончилось Free Time Fest(ом). На IC я, к сожалению, не смог допилить клип как хотел, поэтому его пришлось допиливать уже после ;3 Отдельное спасибо : Vovan Koperativ, Engine of Death, LunaticDelusionHD, Guts, SleepWalker, Aska Rlueh и всем другим, кого я запамятовал, без вас этой работы бы не было

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Author: Fox114
Anime: Musaigen no Phantom World, Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R, Koukaku no Pandora: Ghost Urn, Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o!, Dagashi Kashi, Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen, Shimoseka, Gakusen toshi asterisk, Taimadou Gakuen 35 Shiken Shoutai, Yuru Yuri San Hai!
Music: Krewella - Somewhere to Run, The Qemists - Anger (feat. Kenta Koie of Crossfaith)
Awards: Лучший AMV клип на фестивале FreeTime Fest 2016

RadicalDreamer - Count from zero	zhulkatala - My waifu is REAL	KSANDR - The Escapists
AMV-X - Warrior Inside	Strat - Enemies	Dm1try[A] - Adept

Summary statistics for AMVs in Exam section for given period:
Number of releases: 49
Average rating: 2.96
Number of comments: 250 (~5.1 comments per video)
Number of votes: 1126 (~23 votes per video)
Moved to the front page as a result of voting: 6 (~11 %)

Dear creators and audience, do not forget to visit our Exam section where novice authors are waiting for your advice. There you can also vote for best videos which in your opinion shoud be moved to the front page.