I submitted to the Escapade vidshow again this year, which is only my second time taking part in a formal vidshow. I'm stupidly excited, especially given that I'm not even there
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If you are not going, I don't know whether I'd say submitting a vid is 'fun'. The biggest fun of VVC really is to get to meet people and to see the life reactions to the vids. I've done both, and if you have a vid showing and are not there it's a bit anti-climactic. The only thing with VVC is that there is the vid discussion the next day, and I think some people don't like that. It doens't really bother me much - firstly, there are more positive than negative comments, and frankly, some of the comments are rather random, subjective or just plain wrong (somebody commented on my vid last year that they were disappointed that I cut the most important part of the story, or some such nonesens, even though I'd used literally every clip and scene there was :P), but I just handwave those...
But you really should consider going in person (with or without premiere), that's were the real fun is to be had!
Thanks for your take on it -- that's pretty much how I was picturing it. I like vid discussion, so it's a sales point for me. :)
I really like the idea of attending, but it's at a bad time of year, and so expensive. I live in Australia, so I couldn't do it much cheaper than $3,500 (it would probably cost more).
Submitting without attending was something I really enjoyed the Escapade show last year -- I got to have several really good conversations with people online afterwards, both about my vid, and their vids.
Man, I DO KNOW that you are in Australia, but for some reason I keep forgetting. You totally need togehter with boppy and ash48 and Mr Anderson and get a on that AusVIdCon thing pronto!
Also, you can consider submitting a premiere for VidUKon this year, the dead line is end of March, though. Or you could vid a premiere for one of the vid shows, I'm still looking for vids showcasing European source & music (UK definition of Europe, e.g. mainland only) and I think isagel is looking for vids looking at faith from a non-wester/non-chrisitian perspective.
Australia is a strange alien place that slips many people's minds. :)
And yes, I'm seriously thinking about an Aussie vidcon; I'm hoping I have the energy to do a con again at some point, and that would be my project of choice.
As for VidUKon... probably can't make the end of March -- semester starts in a week, and we have Swancon over Easter, and I have a lecture on remix to write (\o/) for early April. That doesn't leave a lot of weekends free between now and then.
I do like the idea of VidUKon, though. I've been looking at the announcements with a fair bit of envy. I'll have a think and see if I get inspired with an idea that doesn't need a lot of sources or effects.
Vividcon was fun for me last year. I'm going this year too unless work is evil. It's more about who you hang out and what you do. I'm sure it's not for everybody, but you can make the experience what you want.
I usually tweet so I can totally spy on your vid depending on when it's scheduled. I go to all panels and no vidshows. It takes everything in me to sit still for premieres and vidshows, lol.
In my experience cons usually are more about who you hang with, but they are also a shared experience, and that's fun too.
And I'll totally take you up on the tweeting offer if I do submit -- thank you so much! I'm surprised you find vidshows hard to sit through, though. Is it because you like to watch things alone?
I have a horridly short attention span. Vidshows are very different from watching at home. I can't pause it and go pee or skip when I'm bored with a vid. I prefer panels because the play listings are put online and I can watch the list from home. I move around a lot and have problems sitting still, which I'm sure can distract other people. There are some vidshows that would be an experience to see, like the horror vidshow last year. Watching the vids would have been heightened by watching in a big dark room.
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But you really should consider going in person (with or without premiere), that's were the real fun is to be had!
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I really like the idea of attending, but it's at a bad time of year, and so expensive. I live in Australia, so I couldn't do it much cheaper than $3,500 (it would probably cost more).
Submitting without attending was something I really enjoyed the Escapade show last year -- I got to have several really good conversations with people online afterwards, both about my vid, and their vids.
Obviously the solution is an Aussie vidding con!
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Also, you can consider submitting a premiere for VidUKon this year, the dead line is end of March, though. Or you could vid a premiere for one of the vid shows, I'm still looking for vids showcasing European source & music (UK definition of Europe, e.g. mainland only) and I think isagel is looking for vids looking at faith from a non-wester/non-chrisitian perspective.
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And yes, I'm seriously thinking about an Aussie vidcon; I'm hoping I have the energy to do a con again at some point, and that would be my project of choice.
As for VidUKon... probably can't make the end of March -- semester starts in a week, and we have Swancon over Easter, and I have a lecture on remix to write (\o/) for early April. That doesn't leave a lot of weekends free between now and then.
I do like the idea of VidUKon, though. I've been looking at the announcements with a fair bit of envy. I'll have a think and see if I get inspired with an idea that doesn't need a lot of sources or effects.
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I usually tweet so I can totally spy on your vid depending on when it's scheduled. I go to all panels and no vidshows. It takes everything in me to sit still for premieres and vidshows, lol.
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And I'll totally take you up on the tweeting offer if I do submit -- thank you so much! I'm surprised you find vidshows hard to sit through, though. Is it because you like to watch things alone?
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