Self-Introduction Video 3 Guidelines

Why do you want to be a U.S. Army All-American?

VIDEO INTENT: To give additional insight to the applicants’ accomplishments, speaking ability, and personality

IDENTIFICATION: Announce your full name, high school, city, state, and instrument.

• Up to 1 Minute Self-Introduction: Immediately following your identification, provide a brief statement telling the committee why you deserve to be a 2012 All-American. Anything in excess of 1 minute (including your identification) will not be considered.
• Adjudication: Judges will consider applicants’ accomplishments, speaking ability, and personality

VIDEO UPLOAD: Go to http://aamb.opusevent.com and click "New User" to create your application and upload your audition videos.

Video Production Tips

Video Format: Flash (.flv) is the easiest and recommended video format for audition upload (see conversion ideas below)
Other Acceptable Video Formats: wmv, avi, mov, mpg, mpeg and mp4

File size restriction for uploading video: Video compression rates should be roughly 9 seconds per 1 MB. If your file is larger than 100 MB, then you should open it in your video editing software and export it to a new, compressed file with one of the accepted formats and a higher compression setting.

Some Sites to convert a video file to Flash (.flv) – (for your convenience, following are only a few resources available for video conversion. MENC does not endorse or warrant any products or information on these Web sites)

1. http://media-convert.com/ – Free site – no download necessary
2. http://download.cnet.com – free site to convert or compress
3. Upload your video to YouTube - then go to http://keepvid.com and download as Flash file (.flv)