Club Vivid 2014 Signups

if you wish to make a brand new vid to premiere at this year's Vividcon Club Vivid, here is where you sign up

Club Vivid vids are to be submitted by:

    Friday, April 25th!!

You have two months but that is going to fly by so start now!

All club vivid premieres must have their song approved before being submitted. Approval is usually an easy "yes" - to sign up for a song I need to know the following:

1) Song, Artist and version if appropriate
2) A link to the song where I can hear it (such as youtube or spotify) if such a link exists
3) Vidder(s) name
4) (optional) Intended fandom(s)

Your song of choice has to be approved - either for appropriateness for the dance party or to see if anyone else wanted the same song. Song choice is on a first come first served basis. You can comment or you can email me (ian at absolutedestiny dot org). All comments are screened until the song choice is confirmed. I then delete the comments once they are added to the list, just so I can keep track of which ones I've approved. Please make one post per song claim and be patient for a reply. Sometimes LJ eats the comment notification email so if it's been a couple days either email me or comment again.

Only new vids will be accepted for premieres, of course, but closer to the event we will have a suggestions page for people to recommend older vids for us to show at the party.

Those of you who are new to vvc and new to club vivid, the idea is pretty simple - people make vids to danceable music and we dance to these vids and a bunch of fan favourites at the con and it's awesome fun. It's a VJ'd show and we set aside around 2 and 1/3 hours of vid time to brand new vids by vidders. Anyone can submit vids to be shown and they will be selected according to the following priorities:

1) attending vidders first choice vid (or VJ choice if no preference)

2) a small selection of the VJ's preferred not-yet-chosen vids, as required for balance of music or fandoms. These are selected from any as yet unchosen premieres.

3) supporting members first choice vid

4) everyone else's 1st choice submissions

5) attending members 2nd choice followed by supporting, then non-member etc until all vids are chosen or there's no time left.

Vidders whose vids arent picked for the live show will be asked if they want to submit to a different premieres show or just be included on the dvd. This is of course only a problem if we get a ton of vids (this has happened before but it's not the norm)


My general advice for song choice is:

1) 3 to 5 minute vids are ideal length for club vivid vids but honestly any length is possible and it depends from song to song

2) Long beatless breaks in songs and slow openings can be accommodated but they make placing the vid in the mix harder as they can break up the flow.

3) Slow dance has never really gone down well at club vivid, alas. Nor has country but I think there's exceptions that could break that rule. If it's fun, it can be a blast at club vivid.

4) Please please please find a good quality source for your audio as it will really help people enjoy the vid more. If you need help with this, ask.

5) Feel free to add credits after the music but note that they may be edited out when mixed for the live show. They will be intact on the dvd. MTV-style credits are of course totally fine too.

6) Any footage is good footage for club vivid. Seriously, people have danced to Bambi in previous years and loved it.


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