Vidding on LJ
Updated: June 27, 2011
This is a list of all the vidding-related LiveJournal communities I've found. Let me know if I've missed any. The single-fandom communities (where you can post your vid) are listed alphabetically by show/movie. The more general or tech comms, or comms with other purposes, are alphabetical by community name.
The two largest comms that are general/all-fandoms:
vidding
fan_vids
and the rest:
General, Tech, Genre, All Fandoms, or Other Miscellaneous:
altvidding
amv (anime)
amvs_anon (anime)
a_m_v_s (anime)
amv_spotlight (anime music video fan recs)
ao3vidders (a vidder's auction in support of OTW's AO3 project)
artword
bigscreenvids (movies)
booktrailers
boysnboys_vids (for m/m slash vids)
cherryb_mep (Multi-Editor Projects - MEP)
comics_vids (based on comic books)
depp_vids (Johnny Depp vids)
diyvideo
dreaming_ncolor (for vids about characters of color)
fandomvideos
fanfic_and_vids (connecting fanfiction & vids)
fanvidders
fanvideo_las (prompt challenge/competition, all fandoms)
fanvidrants
femmefanvid
festivids (a rare fandom vidding exchange, modeled after yuletide)
ink_vids (animated fandoms. ETA: I've been told this comm is dead)
iphonevidding
mac_vidding_101
multividious (multi-fandom, crossovers)
novel_bigbang (collaborative project between artists and original writers)
opensourcekiss
ru_fanvids (Russian vidding comm)
sff_vidding (for SciFi & Fantasy)
socalvids (for vidders living in southern California area)
strangefandom (Introducing people to new fandoms through fanvids)
sweetcharityho (the LJ for Sweet Charity, a fannish auction for charity that includes vidders)
taboo_kabuki (Fanvid discussion for Non-vidders)
tagged_fanvids
the_reel (vid reviews)
tv_fanvids
veni_vidi_vids (newsletter)
vid_commentary
vid_critics
vid_the_grid
vidbites (vidlets/mini-vids)
vidchallenge
vidder_weekly (newsletter)
viddersnet
viddersnyc (NYC area)
vidding_archive
vidding_elite
vidding_tech (technical aspects)
viddingcommnews (for any fan video vidding community on Livejournal or the internet to announce events and news for their sites)
viddingnewbies (a place for newbie vidders to ask questions, etc.)
viddingresource
vidfinders (for locating specific vids)
vidforbitches
vidness
vidrequest
vidship_dare
vidsongs (for suggesting songs & concepts)
vidvent (feedback challenge)
wemakevideos
xover_fanvids (crossover vids)
xover_graphics (crossover vids)
Fandom-Specific (Not For Vid Announcements):
bsgvidrecs (Battlestar Galactica vid recs)
dw_tw_vidsdaily (Whoverse video recs--some fanvids, some other types.)
heroes_lvms (Heroes Fanvid Rumble, formerly Heroes Last Video Maker Standing, a vid competition/challenge)
heroes_sceneit (Heroes vidding resource)
merlin_sceneit (Merlin vidding resource)
sg_vids_recs (Stargate vid recs)
shellyawards (Farscape vid awards)
spn_sceneit (Supernatural vidding resource)
spn_vidstofics (pairing Supernatural vids & fanfiction)
spnvidrecs (Supernatural vid recs)
the_kawoosher (LJ for the Stargate vidding forum, Kawoosh)
trekvidrecs (Star Trek vid recs)
twilightvidawds (Twilight video awards)
vm_videobetas (Veronica Mars vid betas)
weheartoverlays (Resource/help for creating scenes for The Sims game)
whedon_sceneit (Vidding resource for Joss Whedon shows)
Fandom-Specific (Vid Posting/Announcements):
title format: X-Files, The
*N'Sync - songvids
Avatar: The Last Airbender - avatar_vids
Alice (Syfy miniseries) - alicevids
Angel / Buffy the Vampire Slayer - atsbtvs_fanvids
Angel / Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Firefly (Joss Whedon shows) - jossversecinema
Batman - batvids
Battlestar Galactica (new series) / Caprica - galactica_vids
Blood Ties - tuned_moonlight (Also for Moonlight)
Bones - bonesfanvids, bones_videos, bonesvids
Boondock Saints, The - bds_media
Charmed - charmed_vids
Closer, The - thecloser_arts
CSI - csimv
Daily Show, The / Colbert Report, The - tds_videos
Dante's Cove - dantescove_art
Dead Like Me - dlm_fanfiction
Dexter - dextervids
Doctor Who - dwfanvids, elevenvids (11th Doctor era)
Doctor Who (classic series) - oldskoolvids
Dollhouse - dollhousevideos
Due South - ds_music_videos
Eureka - eureka_vids
Farscape - farscapevidders
Firefly / Serenity - fireflywaves
Final Fantasy - ff_vids
Final Fantasy / Kingdom Hearts - squeenix_vids
Friday Night Lights - fridaynightvids
Friends - friendsfanworks
Glee - gleevids
Good Wife, The - tgw_fanworks
Greys Anatomy - greys_video, greys_fanmix
Harry Potter - accio_vids, hp_envision, hp_fanflicks, hp_fanvids, hp_music_videos, hpblokes_videos, dramione_vids (Draco/Hermione)
Hawaii Five-0 - h5o_vidders
Heroes - heroes_vids, sylar_vids
Horatio Hornblower - hornblower_vids
House - housevids, house_md_vids
Inside, The - the_inside_vids
LazyTown - lazyvids
Legend of the Seeker - seeker_vids
Life on Mars / Ashes to Ashes - gentlydoesit
Lost - lost_vids
Merlin (2008) - merlin_vids
Moonlight - tuned_moonlight (Also for Blood Ties)
NCIS - ncis_vids
Nikita - nikita_vids
Numb3rs - numb3rs_fanvids
Office, The (US & UK) - office_fanworks
One Tree Hill - othmusicvideos
Prison Break - pb_vids
Professionals, The - pros_vid
Queer As Folk - qafvids
Robin Hood (2006) - robinhoodvids
Sherlock Holmes (any version) - sherlock_vids
Skins - skinsvids
Smallville - sv_vids, ll_fanvid (Lex/Lana), clois_vids (Clark/Lois)
Star Wars - sw_fanvids
Stargate Atlantis - atlantis_vids
Stargate SG-1 - stargatevids
Stargate Universe - sguvids
Starsky & Hutch - zebra3_vids
Supernatural - supernaturalvid, sn_vids, wincest_vids, spn_vidstofics (pairing vids & fic)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - scc_vids
Terminator (entire franchise: movies + The Sarah Connor Chronicles) - terminator_vids, terminator_art
Titan Teens - titan_mvs
Torchwood - torchwood_files
Tutors, The - thetudors_media
Twilight - twilight_videos
Vampire Diaries, The - vdiariesvids
Veronica Mars - neptune_video
West Wing, The - tww_vids
White Collar - wc_fanworks
Women's Murder Club - wmc_visuals
X-Files, The - xf_fanfilm
Xena - xena_vids
Conventions:
vividcon
vidukon
escapade_con
bascon
vidukon
easternmediacon
connexions
For more cons that contain vid shows, look here.
ETA: The fabulous par_avion has compiled a wonderful list of vid-producing comms (not just ones solely identified as vid comms!) over here. Check it out!
This is a list of all the vidding-related LiveJournal communities I've found. Let me know if I've missed any. The single-fandom communities (where you can post your vid) are listed alphabetically by show/movie. The more general or tech comms, or comms with other purposes, are alphabetical by community name.
The two largest comms that are general/all-fandoms:
vidding
fan_vids
and the rest:
General, Tech, Genre, All Fandoms, or Other Miscellaneous:
altvidding
amv (anime)
amvs_anon (anime)
a_m_v_s (anime)
amv_spotlight (anime music video fan recs)
ao3vidders (a vidder's auction in support of OTW's AO3 project)
artword
bigscreenvids (movies)
booktrailers
boysnboys_vids (for m/m slash vids)
cherryb_mep (Multi-Editor Projects - MEP)
comics_vids (based on comic books)
depp_vids (Johnny Depp vids)
diyvideo
dreaming_ncolor (for vids about characters of color)
fandomvideos
fanfic_and_vids (connecting fanfiction & vids)
fanvidders
fanvideo_las (prompt challenge/competition, all fandoms)
fanvidrants
femmefanvid
festivids (a rare fandom vidding exchange, modeled after yuletide)
ink_vids (animated fandoms. ETA: I've been told this comm is dead)
iphonevidding
mac_vidding_101
multividious (multi-fandom, crossovers)
novel_bigbang (collaborative project between artists and original writers)
opensourcekiss
ru_fanvids (Russian vidding comm)
sff_vidding (for SciFi & Fantasy)
socalvids (for vidders living in southern California area)
strangefandom (Introducing people to new fandoms through fanvids)
sweetcharityho (the LJ for Sweet Charity, a fannish auction for charity that includes vidders)
taboo_kabuki (Fanvid discussion for Non-vidders)
tagged_fanvids
the_reel (vid reviews)
tv_fanvids
veni_vidi_vids (newsletter)
vid_commentary
vid_critics
vid_the_grid
vidbites (vidlets/mini-vids)
vidchallenge
vidder_weekly (newsletter)
viddersnet
viddersnyc (NYC area)
vidding_archive
vidding_elite
vidding_tech (technical aspects)
viddingcommnews (for any fan video vidding community on Livejournal or the internet to announce events and news for their sites)
viddingnewbies (a place for newbie vidders to ask questions, etc.)
viddingresource
vidfinders (for locating specific vids)
vidforbitches
vidness
vidrequest
vidship_dare
vidsongs (for suggesting songs & concepts)
vidvent (feedback challenge)
wemakevideos
xover_fanvids (crossover vids)
xover_graphics (crossover vids)
Fandom-Specific (Not For Vid Announcements):
bsgvidrecs (Battlestar Galactica vid recs)
dw_tw_vidsdaily (Whoverse video recs--some fanvids, some other types.)
heroes_lvms (Heroes Fanvid Rumble, formerly Heroes Last Video Maker Standing, a vid competition/challenge)
heroes_sceneit (Heroes vidding resource)
merlin_sceneit (Merlin vidding resource)
sg_vids_recs (Stargate vid recs)
shellyawards (Farscape vid awards)
spn_sceneit (Supernatural vidding resource)
spn_vidstofics (pairing Supernatural vids & fanfiction)
spnvidrecs (Supernatural vid recs)
the_kawoosher (LJ for the Stargate vidding forum, Kawoosh)
trekvidrecs (Star Trek vid recs)
twilightvidawds (Twilight video awards)
vm_videobetas (Veronica Mars vid betas)
weheartoverlays (Resource/help for creating scenes for The Sims game)
whedon_sceneit (Vidding resource for Joss Whedon shows)
Fandom-Specific (Vid Posting/Announcements):
title format: X-Files, The
*N'Sync - songvids
Avatar: The Last Airbender - avatar_vids
Alice (Syfy miniseries) - alicevids
Angel / Buffy the Vampire Slayer - atsbtvs_fanvids
Angel / Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Firefly (Joss Whedon shows) - jossversecinema
Batman - batvids
Battlestar Galactica (new series) / Caprica - galactica_vids
Blood Ties - tuned_moonlight (Also for Moonlight)
Bones - bonesfanvids, bones_videos, bonesvids
Boondock Saints, The - bds_media
Charmed - charmed_vids
Closer, The - thecloser_arts
CSI - csimv
Daily Show, The / Colbert Report, The - tds_videos
Dante's Cove - dantescove_art
Dead Like Me - dlm_fanfiction
Dexter - dextervids
Doctor Who - dwfanvids, elevenvids (11th Doctor era)
Doctor Who (classic series) - oldskoolvids
Dollhouse - dollhousevideos
Due South - ds_music_videos
Eureka - eureka_vids
Farscape - farscapevidders
Firefly / Serenity - fireflywaves
Final Fantasy - ff_vids
Final Fantasy / Kingdom Hearts - squeenix_vids
Friday Night Lights - fridaynightvids
Friends - friendsfanworks
Glee - gleevids
Good Wife, The - tgw_fanworks
Greys Anatomy - greys_video, greys_fanmix
Harry Potter - accio_vids, hp_envision, hp_fanflicks, hp_fanvids, hp_music_videos, hpblokes_videos, dramione_vids (Draco/Hermione)
Hawaii Five-0 - h5o_vidders
Heroes - heroes_vids, sylar_vids
Horatio Hornblower - hornblower_vids
House - housevids, house_md_vids
Inside, The - the_inside_vids
LazyTown - lazyvids
Legend of the Seeker - seeker_vids
Life on Mars / Ashes to Ashes - gentlydoesit
Lost - lost_vids
Merlin (2008) - merlin_vids
Moonlight - tuned_moonlight (Also for Blood Ties)
NCIS - ncis_vids
Nikita - nikita_vids
Numb3rs - numb3rs_fanvids
Office, The (US & UK) - office_fanworks
One Tree Hill - othmusicvideos
Prison Break - pb_vids
Professionals, The - pros_vid
Queer As Folk - qafvids
Robin Hood (2006) - robinhoodvids
Sherlock Holmes (any version) - sherlock_vids
Skins - skinsvids
Smallville - sv_vids, ll_fanvid (Lex/Lana), clois_vids (Clark/Lois)
Star Wars - sw_fanvids
Stargate Atlantis - atlantis_vids
Stargate SG-1 - stargatevids
Stargate Universe - sguvids
Starsky & Hutch - zebra3_vids
Supernatural - supernaturalvid, sn_vids, wincest_vids, spn_vidstofics (pairing vids & fic)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - scc_vids
Terminator (entire franchise: movies + The Sarah Connor Chronicles) - terminator_vids, terminator_art
Titan Teens - titan_mvs
Torchwood - torchwood_files
Tutors, The - thetudors_media
Twilight - twilight_videos
Vampire Diaries, The - vdiariesvids
Veronica Mars - neptune_video
West Wing, The - tww_vids
White Collar - wc_fanworks
Women's Murder Club - wmc_visuals
X-Files, The - xf_fanfilm
Xena - xena_vids
Conventions:
vividcon
vidukon
escapade_con
bascon
vidukon
easternmediacon
connexions
For more cons that contain vid shows, look here.
ETA: The fabulous par_avion has compiled a wonderful list of vid-producing comms (not just ones solely identified as vid comms!) over here. Check it out!