Vidders, Vid- Wanters: Together For a Good Cause

[sisabet]

This could be great or at the very least interesting, which is also great and sometimes better:

The basic idea of the vid auction is this: a vidder puts up an offer to make a vid to order, with whatever conditions she feels are appropriate -- e.g., listing what fandoms she'll work in, how the song will be chosen (both parties should be happy with the song, but beyond that, either one can be responsible for coming up with suggestions), how much input the bidder gets to have into clip choices -- and then we hold an online auction, with the proceeds to go to the con.


http://www.livejournal.com/community/vividcon/9598.html

I get a lot of emails, although not as many as I used to, with vid ideas - and I consider all of them, but rarely ever have I made a requested vid. I think "Closer" might be the only one. I've also been on the other side where I have wanted a vid made and I have wanted a particular vidder to do it and I have harped and begged and groveled until it was done (Thanks Wendy!!)

This is like taking out the strong-arming and replacing it with bidding. And I am getting good a bidding with all my eBay experience and all. I won a book over there.

Comments

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I have a great new vid idea, but I'm afraid mentioning it would shut down the whole concept. For some reason, vidders never seem to like my nifty notions. (No, this is not the one to do a Lorne vid to the Yanamano Indians signing "It's not easy being green." This is a whole new nifty notion.)

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Oh please share. I love your ideas and don't feel bad if I can't make them happen. I rarely even get my ideas vidded.

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

I never take my vid ideas seriously, and neither should anyone else. But I wondered why I hadn't seen Gunn done to Gilbert & Sullivan yet. How about the Mikado's song?

My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time --
To let the punishment fit the crime,
The punishment fit the crime.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Also - YOUR ICON!!!

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

Hee! That was Kes and Monkey. One of my bosses at work told me my opinions were ridiculous, which made me so furious I went off and wrote slash. Me!!! And then my fandom friends made me icons so I could laugh about it. I love fandom.

I made this icon myself though.