fanworks | 2020 Sparkle Motion Vid Sign-ups are no longer open

With the change to an online con, and a shorter time slot for Sparkle Motion, we are not taking any premiering vids this year. Hope to see your new dance vids next time.

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We're having a dance party and we'd love to show your vids! Sign-ups are now open for vidders who wish to make premiering vids for the Sparkle Motion dance party at this year's FanWorks convention.

Sign-ups allow us to make sure we don't have two vids to the same song and also allow us to check the song to see if it's danceable. It's not likely that we'll reject your song choice but it's best to know now that we don't think it will work on the dancefloor than to find out after you made the vid.

The deadline for submitting Sparkle Motion vids is:

Sunday, June 7th at midnight EST!!

Vid submissions will open in spring but you should start making your vids now because time flies and also you could make more!

Song Approval

All Sparkle Motion premieres must have their song approved before being submitted - 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.

Remember, we also have a pre-approved song list this year so if you want to choose something from that you can. You still need to sign up with the form so that you can claim your song.

You can listen to this year's playlist here:

Spotify Playlist

open.spotify.com/playlist/0QCOXuIbxWJ9uTTDSdjpbS

Youtube Playlist (auto-generated)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsR4gjNy58U&list=PLyeY1OiSrIfGMkDHye7Jbvm54Ralq5FvB

To sign up for a song please fill out this google form. You can submit multiple requests but please let me know if a song isn't working out so I can let another vidder take it.

https://forms.gle/BkZqDPBPvEt82q2A9

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.

What is Sparkle Motion anyway?

It's the best party of the year, that's what. Those of you who attended Vividcon or TGIF/F will be familiar with the idea, it's a kinda like Club Vivid or Club Femslash. 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 hours of vid time to brand new vids by vidders.

As vids are edited together into a continuous dance mix, the start and end of your vid may be edited together with another vid. For premiering vids, I try and remove as little as possible but it depends a lot on the vid and the other vids in the show. However, we will have a re-watch show (with an online stream) that will show your vid in its full form so please submit the vid as you would have it released to the world.

Anyone can submit up to 2 vids (or 3 with collaboration) to be shown and they will be selected according to the following priorities:

attending vidders first choice vid (or VJ choice if no preference)
a small selection of the VJ's preferred not-yet-chosen premiering vids, as required for balance of music or fandoms.
digital members first choice vid (if not already chosen)
non-member 1st choice submissions
attending members 2nd choice followed by digital-only, then non-member etc until all vids are chosen or there's no time left.
We often get song requests that are harder to dance to but still fun and we sometimes, should they be hard to position in the show, give the vidder the option of moving their vid to another show which can often be a better venue for some vids. Vidders will be contacted ahead of time and asked if they are ok doing that. Your vid, your choice.

My general advice for Sparkle Motion vids is:

3 to 5 minute vids are the sweet spot for the dance floor. Vids or edits less than 2 minutes can feel like a tease but we can work with it if we have to.
Long beatless breaks in songs and slow build openings can be accommodated but they make placing the vid in the mix much much harder as they can break up the flow.
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, please ask.
People like to dance to songs they know but if the beat is good and the vid is to a fandom or fandoms people like then that song new might become their favorite.
Any footage is good footage for Sparkle Motion.
Slow dance is going to be a tough sell on the dance floor and while country music is very danceable there aren't a lot of danceable country music vids so the transition could be quite abrupt. Just something to keep in mind.
Feel free to add credits after the music but note that they may be edited out when mixed for the live show