You'll have to use some sort of compression. Your editing software probably gives you a selection of codecs with some quality settings that can be lowered to give you smaller file sizes. You'll likely need to adjust them through trial and error until the film is under the limit. If I were Goliathan (I'm not, of course) I would amend the rules to allow members to upload unlisted Youtube videos and email the link instead of an entire file, since most people here use Youtube anyway. I don't know how he feels about that idea, though.

Upload hosts
Upload your film to MediaFire.com, it's simple to do, you don't even need an account. Just upload and send the link in an e-mail. Other file hosting sites are acceptable, as long as the link isn't public.
Alternatively, upload your entry to YouTube. However, instead of setting the privacy as "Public", change it to "Unlisted". This means that the only way to watch the film is if you have the link. Send the link in an e-mail afterwards.

Goliathan wrote:

Ok guys I found a spot where I can get on the Internet. Judging will be based on the ratings of various elements if the film like cinematography, story, animation ect. Basically the same as the directory. Judges will rate each film on each aspect on a score of 1-10. Whoever has the highest overall rating is the winner. Prizes are currently up in the air I am having some difficulty finding a sponsor. If you know someone who would want to sponsor the contest, or would like to donate prizes shoot me a PM.

I think it would be better if the judges just arranged the films in a list of most favorite to least favorite, and then averaged them out between those ratings.

Squash wrote:

If you run Windows, you can just right click the file and hit "properties". Divide the size of the file in megabytes by the length in minutes. If you get a number less than ten, you're good to go.

I checked my last film, wich was 2 minutes long and 82,7 mb large, how do I get it beneath 10mb?

Sorry if I'm a little dumb here...

If we upload our videos to youtube, do the videos still have to follow the rule 10MB per minute (thats what I thought it was) sorry if I've missed anything out in the rules.