AO3 for Vidders

Vid Exchange Collection

Go. Watch. Flail. Repeat.

Please note that there are two vids that are still coming, so look for those tomorrow. I have talked with both vidders just today and they expect to have them up soon.

Thank you to all who participated and to our pinch hitter.
Vidder reveals will be next week (Friday).

So, the deadline is approaching. *meep*

September 30th (end of day your time)

Kudos to the vidders who have already submitted their vids!!!

Thank you to everyone who popped in with a quick note on my last post and letting me know your status. I'll check in with you after we get through the weekend.

If you haven't mentioned anything and I don't hear from you/see a vid posted, I'll send out a quick email in a couple days just to check in.

As always, please let me know if you're going to default so I can see if I can find a pinch hitter.

Feel free to leave a note about your vid, vid status, etc. Comments are screened, so you won't give anything away.

Hello!!
How's it going?

I was very excited to see that we already have two 'mystery works' in our exchange. WOO-HOO!!
*this is all very exciting*

DON'T PANIC!! There's still a month to go. :D

( beta stuff and ticky boxes )

Assignments
I've let AO3 do it's thing ((it's magical!!)) and when I cross-checked it, there were a couple cases where only one fandom was matchable - but everyone should have at least one.
-----That means that assignments have gone out and vid-plotting can commence. HUZZAH!!!

You should've been notified via AO3 and they seem to have it together but please do me a favor and let me know you've gotten the assignment. PM or email, leave a comment here saying I GOT IT (just don't say who you got) --- whatever is easiest. If you do NOT have an email with your assignment, please let me know!!!



Dear Vidder
Similar to most fic exchanges and festivids, participants are more than welcome to leave a link to a "Dear Vidder" letter in the comments. Dear Vidder letters are completely optional and are designed to give your vidder ideas of things you're interested in (examples). Just a reminder that your vidder does not have to use your suggestions, matching is on fandom only.

One of the things I find amazing at festivids is the amount of "treats" people make above and beyond the exchange. So why not do the same here? Feel free to browse the "Dear Vidder" letters. You do not have to be signed up for the exchange in order to make "treats", anyone and everyone is welcome.

Details about posting vids will be up in a couple of weeks (after VividCon, is anyone going?). In the meantime, if you have any questions, please let me know.

~ crossposted to livejournal

Just a reminder that Fandom Nominations (DW)/Fandom Nomincations (LJ) are open until July 20th.

Signups to participate in the exchange will begin July 21st!!


For those unfamiliar with AO3, I wanted to provide some useful links:

+ Fan Video and Multimedia includes several resources of interest to vidders, particularly how to embed a video on AO3
+ Collections and Challenges which contains a wall of text, but useful to explain the details of terms such as 'unrevealed' and 'anonymous'.
+ Tutorial: How to Sign up for a gift exchange
+ Tutorial: Posting a work to a challenge

One of the nice things about the AO3 Collection and Challenge is that the post is made by YOU and yet can remain anonymous for a short period of time for that warm-fuzzy anon period*.
After artist reveals, the post is STILL YOURS and any comments, hit counts, kudos, etc. remain in one place. Cool, huh?


If anyone does not have an AO3 account and would like to participate, please comment and we'll coordinate getting you an invite. :D


*Keep in mind that using your own YouTube account may give away your identity! You may mask your identity however you wish in your post and edit it after the exchange however you'd like. I will have a vimeo account available if participants would like to use it. Embeds will not be required, a working download link is sufficient.

crossposted to ao3vidders

*dusts off community*

Hello!

I was wondering what the interest would be in a multi-fandom vid exchange. I've wanted one for so long that contains some of the larger fandoms that I thought it might be best just to run one! :D

P.S. My intention is to use the AO3 challenge feature within the Collections to do matches and such - perhaps encouraging more vidders to archive there (?). So having an AO3 account would be pretty important. With the recent activity there, getting new accounts might be difficult. Thoughts?

Looking at the calendar of events, and if there is enough interest in an exchange, I would expect our schedule to be something like this:

Fandom nominations: July 10th - July 20th
Vidder Sign-Ups: July 21st - July 31st
Vids due: September 30th

( poll )

So, many of you already know about the Vidding Roadmap that is underway at OTW, right? In preparation of promoting things, they are hosting a multi-media contest (wallpapers, icons, buttons, even vids!)

The goal of the graphics is to promote multimedia transformative works in general--to create art about art, or vids about vids, or art about vidding or vids about artmaking or, well you get the idea. There'll be some tickybox type voting and there will be prizes and such--so if you're an artist or a vidder and support the OTW and want a Torrent of Your Own (streaming to come next!) you should make and submit something!

Details can be found here where they want your icons, your graphics, your remixed media...