Question 1

Is it necessary to use huge LED panel for virtual production? Do I need to have such equipment to join this contest?

Accepted Answer

LED Panel, together with video controller from renowned technology companies like Brompton Technology is an important and critical portion for making commercial-grade virtual production. AVHA however likes to also emphasize the significance of understanding all the indispensable steps during virtual production and the impact of such steps to each other.So, LED panel itself is not a must to join the contest.

Question 2

When does the enrollment start?  When will the contest start?

Accepted Answer

Official enrollment will start from Mid Feb 2025 and finish on Mid May.  
Official contest will start from Mid Feb 2025  and finish on Mid May.
All contestants can sign up at any time during the competition and must submit their entries by mid-May.

Question 3

How many members are allowed in each team?

Accepted Answer

Max. team members are five in each team.  Teachers, actors/actresses are not allowed to participate in the creation process unless they are a team member named during enrollment.  
Teachers can continue to act as coach but not suitable to operate, manipulate the software, hardware or contents used by contestants during the entire competition period.

Note that you are not allowed to change your team members once you receive registration confirmation from AVHA. In addition, one teacher can only provide guidance for one team.

Question 4

What are the necessary equipment to join the contest?

Accepted Answer

As school partners will need to prepare such equipment for student teams to join the contest, usually schools have PC with adequate computing/graphic power, capture card, a proper filming camera, green screen already.  We would like to remind schools need to have some sort of camera tracking device to make virtual production feasible.  We do recommend using such devices from Vive Mars, PTZ which supports Free D feature.  Or you can simply use iPhone 13 Pro above as tracking if you are using Camverse Studio.  AVHA does not recommend which game engine to use but usually Unreal and Unity are often named for such purpose.

Question 5

How can I be qualified to join this contest?

Accepted Answer

You will need to be a student registered in a school recognized by the education authority in your residing country at the time of enrollment.
You will need to fill in the teacher’s name/title who will be assisting and guiding you during the preparation and contest period.

You are eligible to enter if you meet the following requirements at time of entry: You must be  a high school student(K7 to K12) and submit a single entry as a team. You/your team must list a contest advisor (the advisor has to be a school teacher). You cannot change team members or advisors after the registration deadline.

Question 6

How will my creation be graded and when will the result come out?

Accepted Answer

Final result will still need to be decided by the international judge committee, to be chaired by Christopher Chen, Chairman of AVHA. Winners and how the award will be distributed is to be announced on Jun/17/2025 on AVHA website.

Question 7

Shoud I pay more attention to my picture quality or story?

Accepted Answer

To make decision on an important trade-off is often encountered in any kind of creation.  Nevertheless We would like to encourage young creative people to learn how to make decision during the process by using the newly emerging method called Virtual Production, this is also what you guys need to face in the career life to come later.

Question 8

Can I use virtual human instead of real people actors/actresses?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You will need to prepare such 3D models by yourself and drive such figures by equipment, hardware or software or AI, prepared by yourself or school partners.

Question 9

Where do I get virtual assets for my scenes?

Accepted Answer

Scene scouting is a traditional and also important process of film making; while in virtual production process, this part is mainly reflected in the selection of digital assets.  As long as it’s legally acquired or with legitimate permission, AVHA does not forbid using such assets from any industry online stores or you can also create such assets entirely by yourselves.

Question 10

How do I submit my creation?

Accepted Answer

You will need to finish the entire creation process and upload your video, with resolution lower than 4K and length longer than 2 min but shorter than 5 min, to YouTube or Bilibili.  Input such link to the submission form on AVHA designated area before the closing time. A backup mechanism of using email will also be announced in the CSSL.

Question 11

How many teams will be participating?

Accepted Answer

As this is the 1st such contest around the world, we will limit the participating teams to 100 from the schools around the world.

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