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[renenet]

Thanks so much to everyone who has responded to the call for programming suggestions post I made almost two weeks ago. We have another week before the April 10th deadline to suggest vidshows and panels and volunteer to run them. (See my original post for details

Comments

[pipsqueaky]

I'd like to see a Discussion/Craft panel on audio editing. How to do it (with maybe some brief mentions of software), why/when to do it, how to identify which parts of a song are necessary and which parts can go. And maybe also touch on mixing multiple pieces of audio together.

I don't remember if there was a vidshow like this in recent years, but a "Pimp My Fandom" show - like, universe/recruiter vids for smaller or little-known fandoms - might be cool.

[heresluck]

I would love to see a panel on audio editing (and would happily mod or co-mod).

And I like the idea of a recruiter show for smaller fandoms. (Vidshow without SGA or BtVS vids! The mind boggles!) It does raise the question of how to define both "small" and "fandom"; could such a definition include shows that are well-known but seldom vidded, like Homicide? What about movies, which (aside from LotR and Serenity and possibly Pirates of the Caribbean) don't usually have fandoms per se?

[laurashapiro]

There was a Movie Fandoms vidshow one year. To prevent overlap, it might be cool to restrict a Smaller Fandoms vidshow to just TV fandoms.

[heresluck]

Good point; though of course there's also been a Recruiter Vids vidshow ('02) and for that matter an Ensemble Cast vidshow ('03).

Top-of-My-Head Vidshow Suggestions

[laurashapiro]

ANIME: again, please!

and/or

OTHER COMMUNITIES: vids from communities outside what VVC attendees might think of as the vidding mainstream, that show different aesthetic values. Farscape, La Femme Nikita, Xena, and the huge world of anime vidding all evolved their own vidding styles independently of what we've been doing for 30 years. It'd be cool to see what else is out there, too.

GOLDEN OLDIES: classic vids to classic fandoms (Star Trek TOS, S&H, Pros, anything pre-digital)

ENSEMBLE VIDS: celebrating group dynamics

META VIDS: vids that comment on a show, on fandom, or on vidding

Re: Top-of-My-Head Vidshow Suggestions

[heresluck]

I especially like the Ensemble vidshow suggestion. Meta could be a lot of fun, too, if there are enough out there to make up a show! (Of course we could always just watch "Walking on the Ground" a few extra times -- I don't think anyone would mind...)

Re: Top-of-My-Head Vidshow Suggestions

[laurashapiro]

I sure wouldn't mind!

I hope there are enough meta vids to make a show. If there aren't now, I happen to know there will be at least one more for next year's con. (:

Two more

[laurashapiro]

NEWBIES THAT ROCK: Vids you haven't seen yet by promising new vidders you haven't met yet.

Relatedly --

MY FIRST VID: A collection of the first vids made by today's BNVs.

Yes, there are BNVs. And you're one of them. Oh, you are so. Shuddup. Take it like a man. :p

Re: Two more

[katie_m]

MY FIRST VID: A collection of the first vids made by today's BNVs.

Ooh, I like that, though there's obvious potential for disaster when it comes to agreeing on who to include.

What about first vid and most recent vid? I just went through a massive downloading spree over at heres_luck's, and it was really fascinating--and, I think, instructional--to watch her vidding evolve over time.

Re: Two more

[laurashapiro]

Well, vidshows aren't programmed by committee -- the VJ picks her selections herself. So it might not be *that* much drama. (:

I like the first/most recent idea, too, but I'm more keen on a showcase: a single vidder, selections from her entire body of work in chronological order. Maybe paired with a panel where she talks about her evolution from vid to vid.

We've talked about doing this in the past, but so far it hasn't happened. Hmmm...

Re: Two more

[par_avion]

I think showcase turned into SR -- which was awesome, but not the original idea. I like the idea of showcase as a vidshow with talking in between. I think a show + panel would be overkill.

And I do like the idea of including other vids not by the vidder -- such as the first vid she saw, or that made her want to vid, or that significantly influenced her style or a particular vid.

[heresluck]

Vidshow suggestion: Symbols and metaphors.

Panel suggestion: Genre and audience. How do vidders cue viewers as to what sort of vid they're watching (analytical, emotional, mood piece, ensemble, narrative, etc.), even or maybe especially when the vid is doing more than one of those things? What cues to viewers look for to help them make sense of what they're seeing?

::re-reads comment before posting::

Um. Possibly this was written by an English major. ::facepalm::

[theamyrlin]

I like the short vid idea. A LOT!