Lego Marvel Super Heroes Video Contest

No Boddy

Can't say I'm super impressed with my first experience with Tongal. AudioSocket services were excellent but I had to re-dub it all out prior to public release.

6:30PM Nov 13, 2012

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I think many people on Tongal has a portfolio to show. my portfolio has been made with all my YOUTUBE videos. Next week I need to show My portoflio to a potential customer. and the LEGO avengers is my No 2 Best video I've made. So I how can I do to ???...When can we upload Our videos?

9:00AM Nov 03, 2012

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	Remington McElhaney Upload it as a private video and share it that way. Or say "screw it" and do what you want. Youtube is filled with hundreds of Lego stop motion videos without Lego's direct consent. 1:05PM Nov 03, 2012 Reply
	Remington McElhaney I haven't been able to find the place in the terms where we signed away the rights to our videos in return for 0 compensation and I'm not even sure that's legal.. 1:07PM Nov 03, 2012 Reply
	Remington McElhaney I would love to hear an actual explanation of the rules/terms of submitting a video on Tongal, instead of just the vague "Please don't post your videos on Youtube" with no explanation or date given. 1:07PM Nov 03, 2012 Reply
	Remington McElhaney If you used content from Audiosocket, I would say you are at Tongal's mercy, or you should remove it. Because as of right now you don't have the rights to use it. 1:20PM Nov 03, 2012 Reply
	Caleb Light-Wills @Remington McElhaney Guys, it's not about "being at Tongal's mercy," it's about respecting the sponsor's wishes and abiding by the contest guidelines. Simply put, the sponsor is not confortable having the videos shared or publicly displayed. 9:27AM Nov 05, 2012 Reply
	Remington McElhaney @Caleb Light-Wills "Simply put, the sponsor is not confortable having the videos shared or publicly displayed." Will time change that? 9:39AM Nov 05, 2012 Reply
	Taylor Armstrong @Caleb Light-Wills I'm confused about how the whole premise of every single LEGO contest has been to encourage Brick-filmmaking, but LEGO now isn't comfortable with that? A large niche of their consumers love LEGO because it is a medium within their means to produce stories and films. 9:58AM Nov 05, 2012 Reply
	Taylor Armstrong @Caleb Light-Wills But now the LEGO stance is discomfort? Discomfort with their customers loving their product and inspiring each other? My entry didn't win, but I know its good enough to at least have some kid say "whoa, that was cool. I'm going to try that." That kid would turn to his Lego's. 10:00AM Nov 05, 2012 Reply
	Caleb Light-Wills @Taylor Armstrong It has to do with the specific IP that was made available as part of this project, i.e., all the Marvel characters, etc. 10:00AM Nov 05, 2012 Reply
	Taylor Armstrong @Caleb Light-Wills You guys have a new "What does LEGO mean to you" contest. Feel free to enter your own punchline here. Its laughable how bogus I feel about them now. 10:01AM Nov 05, 2012 Reply
	Alexander Blake @Taylor Armstrong I really don't think it has anything to do with LEGO, I think it's honestly Tongal more than LEGO. I think LEGO isn't responding to Tongal because they're honestly not concerned anymore at this point with this project as they've already moved on to others. 4:47PM Nov 05, 2012 Reply
	Alexander Blake @Taylor Armstrong Also, should you upload your video to YouTube, what is LEGO or Tongal going to do? I do not profit off my videos, and parody is legal in all aspects that aren't slanderous, and for all purposes LEGO Avengers videos are not only parodies of LEGOs as toys, but also of the Avengers 4:49PM Nov 05, 2012 Reply
	Alexander Blake @Taylor Armstrong Now, the rules of Tongal do state that your entry is only for use on Tongal as Caleb notified me of via e-mail...HOWEVER, should you change even a single millisecond of your video, your video is no longer the same as your entry and therefore they are two separate entities. 4:50PM Nov 05, 2012 Reply
	Alexander Blake @Taylor Armstrong I don't really see how a "Directors Cut" if you will of anyones videos would give Tongal, or LEGO, the permission to prevent anyone from posting these videos. 4:53PM Nov 05, 2012 Reply
	Alexander Blake I hope my speaking out against this matter doesn't prevent put a negative opinion on me and ultimately let LEGO immediately disqualify any future entries I may have, however if it does, that's a reflection on Tongal and LEGO more than myself. 4:54PM Nov 05, 2012 Reply
	Nathan Stougard @Remington McElhaney Why are they not letting us release are videos. It's not like they're going on a DVD release like the DC ones. 12:42PM Nov 06, 2012 Reply
	Remington McElhaney @Caleb Light-Wills The specific IP? You mean the Lego's I purchased at my local Walmart? 6:44PM Nov 06, 2012 Reply

Paul Hollingsworth

Is there any updated info for when we can post on YouTube? Is there a date we can expect some info?

11:29AM Oct 25, 2012

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Steven Wells,

Adam Dc,

Triston McGrady,

Will Martinko,

Nathan Stougard,

Laurance Hiller,

Benjamin Reyes,

Zach Boivin,

Humberto Kam,

Taylor Armstrong

The contest has come and gone, can't see why we'd be any sort of priority anymore. I've accepted its a lost cause.

6:41PM Nov 02, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

Guys, please keep your videos off of YouTube while LEGO is in the process of sorting out approvals and distribution. Thanks for your cooperation.

6:40PM Oct 16, 2012

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Taylor Armstrong

What does this mean? Approvals and distribution potential even for losing videos too?

11:32PM Oct 16, 2012

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Will Martinko

When will we be able too???

12:25PM Oct 19, 2012

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Will Martinko

When do we get to upload our videos to YouTube? I thought we were supposed to find out on October 15th.

1:56PM Oct 16, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

Please keep your videos off of YouTube while LEGO is in the process of sorting out approvals and distribution. Thanks for your cooperation.

6:40PM Oct 16, 2012

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Paul Hollingsworth

What is the official word about publishing our entries onto our own YouTube channels? If we used AudioSocket for the contest, did Tongal acquire the licenses?

11:26AM Oct 15, 2012

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Will Martinko,

Laurance Hiller,

Triston McGrady,

Taylor Armstrong,

Lain Mejia,

Benjamin Reyes

Nicholas McVay

Why can't we watch the videos?

5:39PM Oct 02, 2012

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Nathan Stougard,

Taylor Armstrong

Steven Wells

Huff, didn't win again... :(

4:12PM Oct 01, 2012

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Jonathan Delgado

Grant Powderly

When will we be able to see all the submissions?

4:07PM Oct 01, 2012

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Nathan Stougard,

Benjamin Reyes,

Taylor Armstrong,

Adam Dc,

Triston McGrady,

Kris Theorin,

No Boddy

Grant Jones

When will we be given permission to post our entries on YouTube?

3:09PM Oct 01, 2012

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Nathan Stougard,

Will Martinko

	Caleb Light-Wills We'll have an answer for you on this by October 15th 3:26PM Oct 01, 2012 Reply
	Grant Jones @Caleb Light-Wills Even for contestants who did not win? 3:43PM Oct 01, 2012 Reply
	Caleb Light-Wills @Grant Jones Especially for contestants who did not win :) 3:53PM Oct 01, 2012 Reply
	Grant Jones @Caleb Light-Wills Not to play the devil's advocate but why is this so? 3:58PM Oct 01, 2012 Reply
	Grant Jones @Caleb Light-Wills Not to play the devil's advocate but why is this so? 3:58PM Oct 01, 2012 Reply
	Alexander Blake @Grant Jones Also wondering this. Is there going to be a consolation prize for non-winners? Otherwise if I just take out the AudioSocket music I should have free rights to do with my video what I please. 5:18PM Oct 01, 2012 Reply
	Nathan Stougard @Alexander Blake I agree 5:21PM Oct 01, 2012 Reply
	Alexander Blake @Nathan Stougard I'm thinking maybe October 14th is the cut off for winners to accept their prizes and in the event they dont all accept one of us may be the runner up who fills their spot? 6:03PM Oct 01, 2012 Reply
	Taylor Armstrong @Alexander Blake We should start a YouTube channel for all us losers and call it "B-Sides" 8:19PM Oct 01, 2012 Reply
	Caleb Light-Wills @Alexander Blake Hey Alex, everyone who submitted should have received their LEGOLAND coupon. If you did not, let me know. 5:51PM Oct 02, 2012 Reply
	Grant Jones @Caleb Light-Wills It would be nice to have some reasoning as to why we can not post our submissions elsewhere? (Sorry for the bother, I'm just very excited to post this video for others to see). 6:06PM Oct 02, 2012 Reply
	Alexander Blake @Caleb Light-Wills Got it thanks, except it's only good for a kid...and i'm 21. I have no kids and i'm too old to use it on myself. Thanks LEGO! Also, you can get the same coupon on a Wendys bag or any LEGO Magazine ever. I'd rather of had a LEGO store coupon. 6:16PM Oct 02, 2012 Reply
	Alexander Blake @Grant Jones Yes still waiting to hear why. I'm getting a little antsy. LEGO clearly doesn't have interest in my video so why is Tongal still forbidding us from posting them on the outside? I mean...it's not like I can get disqualified...I already lost. 6:17PM Oct 02, 2012 Reply
	Nathan Stougard @Caleb Light-Wills I alredy get one every to LEGO Club issues. (and the subscription is free) 9:52PM Oct 02, 2012 Reply

Lain Mejia

I was trying to check my video on : "My Tongal - My Submissions" but I cant see my video. it says "This submission is private"...anyone with the same situation?

5:53PM Sep 28, 2012

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Benjamin Reyes

Caleb Light-Wills

Submissions have been made private

6:03PM Sep 28, 2012

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Erik Rydow

why did the date change to october 1st?

9:32PM Sep 27, 2012

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Remington McElhaney

Great question! That's a little frustrating...

9:40PM Sep 27, 2012

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Alexander Blake

@Remington McElhaney
We're all obviously so good we made it hard to decide!

9:41AM Sep 28, 2012

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Lain Mejia

In "My Submissions"... The status of my video is "Screening"...are they screening the videos to the public???...if so, can we see them?

8:44AM Sep 15, 2012

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Erin Fredman

Not yet. We'll let you know when.

11:58AM Sep 15, 2012

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Erik Andersson

I got a mail that said that I successfully uploaded a video to the contest,but I can't see it anywhere? How do a watch my own submission on tongal?

7:40AM Sep 15, 2012

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Remington McElhaney

If you go to "My Tongal" and then click on "My Submissions" then under past submissions you should see it

9:08AM Sep 15, 2012

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Erik Andersson

@Remington McElhaney
great thanks!

9:25AM Sep 15, 2012

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T.c Chiu

Hey, what's happened to your system? It's 7:27am, 15th September in Taiwan, but it shows the submissions has ended. Your system is wrong!

4:28PM Sep 14, 2012

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Remington McElhaney

Or it ended on the 14th like it said it would

7:26PM Sep 14, 2012

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T.c Chiu

It only showed the deadline is 12:00 noon, 15th Sep, 2012.

11:23PM Sep 14, 2012

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Daniel Wu

@T.c Chiu
I had exactly the same problem! I'm in the UK, and it said the deadline was 11pm on the 14th. But when I checked at 6:00pm, it said the contest had ended and I wasn't able to submit! I sent Caleb Light-Willis an email...I really hope we can get an explanation, I spent a lot of time on it..

3:06AM Sep 15, 2012

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Zach Boivin

When will we be able to post our videos to YouTube? 90 days?

12:49PM Sep 14, 2012

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Adam Dc,

Nicholas McVay,

Nathan Stougard

Caleb Light-Wills

Hi Everyone, we're currently experiencing an issue with the video converter. So long as you submitted your video by the deadline, we have it and are working to make it playable on the site.

9:26AM Sep 14, 2012

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Remington McElhaney

Okay great! I was worried about that

9:30AM Sep 14, 2012

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Daniel Wu

Darn! I missed the deadline! Was just about finished too... :( I'm really confused, all along it said that the deadline would 11pm (I'm in the UK) but now it's saying that submissions are over - it's only 6pm now... Was there a change, or am I just wrong?

9:57AM Sep 14, 2012

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Remington McElhaney

@Daniel Wu
It always said September 14th at 9am PST for me. I'm not sure what that converts to in UK time

7:27PM Sep 14, 2012

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Jesse Jaremczak

is there a file size limit?

6:04AM Sep 14, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

2GB, but if you're format is correct, it should be nowhere near that large

8:22AM Sep 14, 2012

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Nicholas McVay

How long does it take for our video to convert?

5:24AM Sep 14, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

It should convert within 30 mins

8:21AM Sep 14, 2012

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Erik Rydow

im almost done done

10:55AM Sep 13, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

Erik Andersson

Me too! Just waiting for the last sound & music edit!

1:18AM Sep 14, 2012

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Nathan Stougard

I'm done but I had to settle for lower quality battle scenes because some frames where curupted. :(

1:54AM Sep 14, 2012

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Nicholas McVay

@Nathan Stougard
I'm done with my entry too.

4:28AM Sep 14, 2012

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Nicholas McVay

Are you able to put your Logo at the end?

5:27AM Sep 13, 2012

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Nathan Stougard

Caleb Light-Wills

Like your personal logo?

10:04AM Sep 13, 2012

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Nicholas McVay

@Caleb Light-Wills
Yeah

4:53PM Sep 13, 2012

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Erik Rydow

it says it ends 6:00em what time is that and what does em mean

8:20AM Sep 12, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

The deadline is set to whatever timezone you are in. So, in California, the deadline is Noon PT.

8:48AM Sep 12, 2012

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Lain Mejia

At the end of the short...do we need to put any bumper or invitation to lego website?

7:05AM Sep 12, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

No, you do not need to

8:47AM Sep 12, 2012

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Erik Rydow

@Caleb Light-Wills
but we can right?

11:16AM Sep 13, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

@Erik Rydow
Sure

11:30AM Sep 13, 2012

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Remington McElhaney

Will we be able to view the submissions once the video phase is over and the judging is happening?

11:53PM Sep 11, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

You will be able to view the submissions after the winners are announced

8:47AM Sep 12, 2012

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T.c Chiu

Do I have to show all the characters in the video? Only some of them would be OK?

1:27PM Sep 10, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

Only some are okay

1:30PM Sep 10, 2012

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Grant Powderly

After September 14 when will we get the results back and how?

9:43AM Sep 08, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

winners will be announced publicly two weeks after the deadline

1:31PM Sep 10, 2012

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Lain Mejia

Is ok to create a 3d animation?. I already have the 3d models. I just want to make sure, so i can star doing the scenes and rendering.

9:03PM Aug 30, 2012

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	Caleb Light-Wills Absolutely! 9:07PM Aug 30, 2012 Reply
	Taylor Armstrong just out of curiousity, by "already have the 3d models" do you mean you've done the modeling yourself? Or scored a rig from somewhere? 9:48PM Sep 03, 2012 Reply
	Lain Mejia @Taylor Armstrong I made the modeling myself all of them, including Hulk (new version). 5:27AM Sep 04, 2012 Reply
	Erik Andersson @Lain Mejia Looking forward seeing it! Did you make the laboratory and all the aircrafts aswell? 2:14AM Sep 05, 2012 Reply
	Lain Mejia @Erik Andersson Hi erik....no..I did not made the Laboratory and the Aircrafts. maybe I will use them but in 2d. 11:46AM Sep 05, 2012 Reply
	Jonathan Delgado @Lain Mejia Im pretty new at this, so just to be sure, Im assuming, due to the fact that 3D models can play a role in this contest, so can Comic book style LEGOs and or Stop-Motion? 5:39PM Sep 11, 2012 Reply
	Lain Mejia @Jonathan Delgado hey jonatan...Im new on this too...the right person to answer your question is : Caleb Light-wills 9:38PM Sep 11, 2012 Reply
	Taylor Armstrong @Jonathan Delgado What do you mean by Comic book style LEGOs? Pretty sure that as long as its animated, you're all good. Ends in a day and a half though, so get to it! This has been a lot of fun. 8:40PM Sep 12, 2012 Reply

Jet Legaspi

I just want to ask if this contest is available to other countries?

12:57PM Aug 26, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

It is!

2:09PM Aug 26, 2012

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Nathan Stougard

on the last commets by alexzander blake no on the first (that was for LEGO city) I agree with the second comment.

3:46PM Aug 25, 2012

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	Alexander Blake LEGO is LEGO in my opinion. If they don't want Lego minifigures shooting guns in the City, I don't see why they would want it in a Super Hero world either. I think the main point is that LEGOs should never spill blood, and that's about the only thing guns can do if you dont use them to hit. 8:21PM Aug 26, 2012 Reply
	Nathan Stougard I agree that their should be no gore. 10:34AM Aug 27, 2012 Reply
	Nathan Stougard this won a lego contest: http://youtu.be/FZHA txJDhMk 10:36AM Aug 27, 2012 Reply
	No Boddy Given the young demographic of the audience violence should be cartoon level. Hulk doesn't need a gun, hulk smash! 5:47PM Aug 28, 2012 Reply

Will Martinko

Can we use Brickarms Weapons?

3:13PM Aug 24, 2012

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Alexander Blake

LEGO Minifigures carry guns but they only ever hit people with them, they never shoot them.

10:50AM Aug 25, 2012

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Alexander Blake

Also I HIGHLY doubt LEGO wants to see you using items that aren't made by them. That's like using MEGA Bloks in a LEGO contest.

10:51AM Aug 25, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

It would be okay to have them used as props in the films, yes. I would, however, warn that BrickArms is not sponsored by LEGO in any way, and their products may escalate the violence of the stop-motion films to the point where we cannot approve them.

2:10PM Aug 26, 2012

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Benjamin Reyes

Hey I was just wondering if there were any grants or special promotions to help with the cost of obtaining the minifigures. Or does anyone know of a cheaper method of obtaining them?

11:43AM Aug 24, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

Are you referring to the Marvel products?

1:44PM Aug 24, 2012

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Benjamin Reyes

@Caleb Light-Wills
yes sorry the Marvel LEGO products

3:58PM Aug 24, 2012

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Zach Boivin

@Benjamin Reyes
Bricklink.com

11:18AM Aug 30, 2012

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Grant Jones

Is music downloaded from http://freeplaymusic .com/ allowed to be used in a project? (Sorry for all the questions I just really don"t want to get disqualified.)


	Freeplay Music, Highest Quality Broadcast Production Music Library, Free Mp3 Music Download, See Terms Of Use, Country,Hip Hop,Rap,Techno,Song with Lyrics,etc.

8:19AM Aug 17, 2012

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	Alexander Blake You can use any music as long as you own the rights or it's royalty free music (meaning anyone can use it for free, as long as credit is given) 6:18AM Aug 20, 2012 Reply
	Rav Chandra If you read the terms and conditions on the site it says you must pay for a license if you are entering in a competition :( 1:44AM Aug 21, 2012 Reply
	Daniel Wu @Alexander Blake So this includes sounds licensed under Creative Commons' 'Attribution' license, right? (Sorry, just want to be sure...) 11:12PM Aug 21, 2012 Reply
	Alexander Blake @Daniel Wu I don't work for Tongal so i'm only assuming, but I would think so yes. Considering Caleb commented on a newer question I posted and never came here to correct me or anyone else in this post, i'm assuming we're correct. 6:19AM Aug 22, 2012 Reply
	No Boddy Tongal allows you to download from AudioSocket for free! (see overview details). There is a lot of fantastic music there. 4:35PM Aug 27, 2012 Reply

Daniel Wu

I noticed that at the end of all the videos from the winning Hero Factory and Lego City videos there would be a short Lego logo or advert for www.lego.com and games. Is this added by Lego afterwards, or do all submitted videos need something like this? Sorry, I'm new to Tongal and kind of confused..

11:53PM Aug 16, 2012

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Alexander Blake

Nope this was one of the first questions I asked. You dont have to reference LEGO at all.

6:22AM Aug 17, 2012

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Grant Powderly

Two questions. 1) we can't use scores from inside the marvel universe, correct? 2) Can we use one of the old Spiderman minifigures in the film?

3:57PM Aug 16, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

Yes on both counts

4:04PM Aug 16, 2012

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Remington McElhaney

I'm still slightly confused. It seems like Caleb and James are saying different things. There's a comment (From James) below saying the scores from the Avengers movie are fair game, but now Caleb is saying they should be avoided.

Could we get some kind of official ruling on this one?

Thanks

1:22PM Aug 16, 2012

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	Jesse Jaremczak agreed, I asked this a while ago, and got an answer, however that does not seem to be holding true. An official ruling would be appreciated. 1:29PM Aug 16, 2012 Reply
	Caleb Light-Wills Hi guys, just to clarify: drawing inspiration from and/or creating something inline with an existing piece of content from within the Marvel world is fine, but using actual actor's voices, musical scores, shots, etc. directly from the film/show etc. should be avoided. Thanks. 1:36PM Aug 16, 2012 Reply
	Alexander Blake @Caleb Light-Wills This is really kind of sad at this point. I really tried to clarify this on the 9th and I was told that it was fair game to use the scores from the soundtrack, now we can only draw inspiration from those scores and basically have to recreate them ourselves? 8:06PM Aug 16, 2012 Reply
	Jesse Jaremczak @Alexander Blake i have to agree, I asked this in the most clear manner i thought possible, in hopes to avoid exactly this. And I would like to add "should be avoided" is not a term of clarity that people are looking for. Is "should be avoided" going to get me disqualified? "yes" or "no"? 9:36AM Aug 17, 2012 Reply
	Remington McElhaney @Caleb Light-Wills Copying and pasting your previous statement didn't really clear up my confusion. I get that's what your saying, but could we get James to weigh in? Since he was the one saying it was okay? Caleb's answer seems a little vague and contradictory to what was previously said. 6:41PM Aug 17, 2012 Reply
	Caleb Light-Wills @Remington McElhaney Hey guys, unfortunately, we were under the impression that using the score would be fine. However, upon closer examination it was determined that this would adversely effect how and where the videos could be shown. Therefore, it is in everyone's best interest to refrain. 12:03PM Aug 20, 2012 Reply
	Remington McElhaney @Caleb Light-Wills Thanks for the clarification! 10:10PM Aug 22, 2012 Reply

Grant Jones

Sounds from Audiomicro.com and Freesound.org are fair game correct?

11:09AM Aug 16, 2012

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Daniel Wu

Are we allowed to use music and sound FX assets from Apple iMovie in our video? I did some searching on the internet about Apple's usage policy; what I understand is that as a user of iMovie I'm entitled to use the sound and music included in the program. I'm not sure though, correct me if I'm wrong

3:20AM Aug 16, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

yes, you can also use music from our music partner on this project, Audiosocket.

8:38AM Aug 16, 2012

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Grant Jones

NEED THIS ANSWERED ASAP. Do I have permission to use sound FX from the IRON MAN movie itself?

2:59PM Aug 15, 2012

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	Caleb Light-Wills You should probably stay away from that. 8:38AM Aug 16, 2012 Reply
	Grant Jones @Caleb Light-Wills But music from the movie is fair play right? 9:16AM Aug 16, 2012 Reply
	Caleb Light-Wills @Grant Jones I would avoid that too 9:52AM Aug 16, 2012 Reply
	Caleb Light-Wills @Grant Jones just to clarify: drawing inspiration from and/or creating something inline with an existing piece of content from within the Marvel world is fine, but using actual actor's voices, musical scores, shots, etc. directly from the film/show etc. should be avoided. Thanks. 9:53AM Aug 16, 2012 Reply

Humberto Kam

One more question, can assets from the lego city project be used? Specifically I'm thinking of skylines, clouds and other backgrounds. thanks.

10:02PM Aug 14, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

Sure

8:37AM Aug 16, 2012

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Grant Powderly

I no this questions have been answered, but I'm new to this and I just want to make sure. We can use music from the Avengers motion picture soundtrack since its owned by marvel, correct.

8:08PM Aug 14, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

You should probably stay away from that

8:37AM Aug 16, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

Hi guys, just to clarify: drawing inspiration from and/or creating something inline with an existing piece of content from within the DC universe is fine, but using actual actor's voices, musical scores, shots, etc. directly from the film/show etc. should be avoided. Thanks.

11:34AM Aug 13, 2012

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Humberto Kam

If the earlier info that we could use movie scores was reversed/incorrect, could you offer something through audiosocket? Could you get us the sound files for the music included in the Lego iPhone app? Any suggestions on free or cheap scores? Thanks

10:11PM Aug 14, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

@Humberto Kam
Audiosocket will be added to this project.

8:37AM Aug 16, 2012

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Humberto Kam

@Caleb Light-Wills
Awesome. Audio socket was great when I used them for my last project! Thank you for adding it. And thanks for the response on my question about Lego city assets

5:50PM Aug 16, 2012

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Jam Pot

Two questions:
1) Can we use the Alan Silvestri score for the Avengers movie?
2) Can I enter this AND the DC LEGO contest?
Many thanks, and sorry if I've asked dupe questions - I'm kind of in a rush right now and haven't been able to look through the page. Thanks!

10:04AM Aug 13, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

1) This should be avoided 2) Yes

11:34AM Aug 13, 2012

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Jam Pot

Are you sure about 1? Sorry to be a pain, but I went down the page and other people have been saying that it's okay...

4:03AM Aug 14, 2012

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Will Martinko

Are we allowed to make custom figures for our video such as a custom Whiplash or a Custom Red Skull?

3:45PM Aug 08, 2012

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James DeJulio

sure!

5:45PM Aug 10, 2012

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Benny Grimaudo

Can we upload the finished product to YouTube?

2:30PM Aug 08, 2012

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James DeJulio

that would get you disqualified, sorry

5:44PM Aug 10, 2012

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Benny Grimaudo

@James DeJulio what about if we have permission from the LEGO company? Or is it still a no?

6:18AM Aug 11, 2012

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James DeJulio

@Benny Grimaudo when the competition is over and the winners get announced, and LEGO gives you permission, then ok.

6:35AM Aug 11, 2012

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Humberto Kam

Is there a bumper requirement for these videos? Thanks!

5:11PM Aug 02, 2012

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	Benny Grimaudo What do you mean by "bumper"? 2:43PM Aug 08, 2012 Reply
	Humberto Kam @Benny Grimaudo A screen at the end that for example has the Lego logo and says "for more go to Lego.com" 4:00PM Aug 08, 2012 Reply
	Benny Grimaudo @Humberto Kam Oh, I am not sure yet but I believe you don't have to. 5:23AM Aug 09, 2012 Reply
	James DeJulio no 5:44PM Aug 10, 2012 Reply

Grant Jones

If I take a screenshot of the LEGO website do I have permission to use it in my video (Not as a part of the story)?

2:22PM Aug 01, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

That should be fine

6:00PM Aug 02, 2012

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Grant Jones

See my* video once I've* submitted?

7:59AM Aug 01, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

No, they will not.

8:07AM Aug 01, 2012

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Grant Jones

@Caleb Light-Wills
Great, thanks!

8:59AM Aug 01, 2012

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Grant Jones

Will other contestants be able to see your video once you've submitted it?

7:55AM Aug 01, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

Only after the winners are announced.

5:46PM Aug 10, 2012

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No Boddy

Before I spend the time editing the sound scape I though it prudent to ask if audio from http://www.freesound .org is acceptable to use.


	Freesound: collaborative database of creative-commons licensed sound for musicians and sound lovers. Have you freed your sound today?

8:32PM Jul 31, 2012

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Jesse Jaremczak

OK. I know this question has been asked many times (especially in the DC message board).
But I CAN use, say for example, music from one of the recent xmen movies?

8:08AM Jul 31, 2012

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	Caleb Light-Wills yes 8:59AM Jul 31, 2012 Reply
	Jesse Jaremczak @Caleb Light-Wills thanks, just had to recheck. but now how about this: In the Iron Man movie, AC/DC is on the soundtrack... is that song fair game? 12:16PM Jul 31, 2012 Reply
	Caleb Light-Wills @Jesse Jaremczak That doesn't work because it's 3rd party music. I.e., Marvel doesn't own / didn't create the song. 4:24PM Jul 31, 2012 Reply
	Jesse Jaremczak @Caleb Light-Wills got it. thank you for actually answering these questions. 10:01PM Jul 31, 2012 Reply

Michael Peeling

Does the video have to be stop-motion or computer animated or can we do our own thing? (Goes for DC too).

7:58PM Jul 26, 2012

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Kiel Milligan

Caleb Light-Wills

It can be any type of animation

8:48AM Jul 27, 2012

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No Boddy

Is the 3 minute (180 second) limit all inclusive? Do my opening titles and disclaimers/closing titles need to be within that time? An extra 10 seconds in stop motion is a long time.

5:44PM Jul 26, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

It is all inclusive

8:48AM Jul 27, 2012

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Benny Grimaudo

Do we have to use official figs only? Or could we use other figs like collectible minifigs.

4:59PM Jul 25, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

You can definitely use collectible minifigs!

6:09PM Jul 25, 2012

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Iain Campbell

Do we use a stop motion with actual lego bricks or computer animation, also is there an age restriction?

1:53AM Jul 20, 2012

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Ethan Olson

You can use both types of animation. According to the official rules, you have to be 13 years or older, or "the age as otherwise specified in a particular project's requirements on the Project Details Page."

9:33AM Jul 20, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

@Ethan Olson
thanks Eathan!

1:43PM Jul 20, 2012

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Charles Bonnycastle

Hi I was wondering when we enter who hosts the contest and how do we receive our prizes?

7:34PM Jul 17, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

If you win, you'll be notified via email.

8:38AM Jul 18, 2012

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Elijah Harry

Do we submit a pitch for this? If so, how?

12:39PM Jul 16, 2012

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Caleb Light-Wills

This project is straight to video, so no Pitches here.

12:40PM Jul 16, 2012

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Nathan Stougard

Can it have dialog?

9:16AM Jul 14, 2012

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Nathan Stougard

Caleb Light-Wills

Yes

10:04AM Jul 16, 2012

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When it says that winning videos must come with the editing sequence what does that mean

7:10AM Jul 13, 2012

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Nathan Stougard,

Ethan Olson

	Ethan Olson I would like to know that too, along with the rest of the requirements in that one paragraph. 11:42AM Jul 13, 2012 Reply
	Caleb Light-Wills @Ethan Olson An editing sequence is the actual timeline that your project was edited in. It is only required under certain circumstances. 10:05AM Jul 16, 2012 Reply
	Ethan Olson @Caleb Light-Wills I'm sorry, I still don't understand. Do you mean naming the program used to edit? 10:23AM Jul 16, 2012 Reply
	Bryan Howard @Ethan Olson I think he means providing the project file of your editing program. For example, if you were editing with Sony Vegas, you would provide the .veg file, which contains sequence and timeline date. 7:23PM Jul 16, 2012 Reply

Nathan Stougard

Do you think this TV spot by lego is the tone we are trying for: http://youtu.be/BYG4 wUlqiv4


LEGO Marvel Super Heroes - TV Short	This is the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes TV Short that played on Disney XD on 6-8-12.

9:14PM Jul 12, 2012

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Nathan Stougard

Caleb Light-Wills

That's definitely one direction you could take it, but why not try something new / different?

10:07AM Jul 16, 2012

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Shelby Pritchard

Am I able to make a custom Bruce Banner minifigure? Lego has not, and shows no signs of, making one. Or am I restricted to the licensed minifigures as they are, and only those that are already made? If so, then am I also restricted from putting the Tony Stark head on a body with a printed suit?

3:39PM Jul 12, 2012

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Humberto Kam

Zach Boivin

I think you should be fine making a custom figure, but I don't know if LEGO wants a figure they don't sell to be the star of the film. Know what I mean?

3:44PM Jul 12, 2012

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Josie K

I'm a little confused. Sorry, I'm new to Tongal. Is this project only a video phase project? No pitch or idea phase? Does that mean that anyone can submit a full video during this phase?

12:14PM Jul 12, 2012