Submissions are open for Vidder's Choice!
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vidukon_cardiffVidder's choice is open for submissions for 2024! Submit your vid by the end of the day on April 1st, 2024.
VidUKon has grown a lot in the last few years, and since 2020, Vidders Choice -- a show where anyone registered for the con can submit one vid from their back catalogue -- has grown massively into our biggest show, from roughly an hour-long show prior to 2020 to 3-4 hours long. We adore this, but it does present a bit of a challenge for the in-person portion of the con, where the seats aren't quite as comfy as at home.
We're trying out a new approach this year. When you submit a vid to Vidder's Choice, you will now have the option to submit to either a fully virtual show on Thursday night (around 9 or 10 PM British Summer Time), or you can select the usual hybrid show which will be on Friday evening, likely around 7 PM UK time. You can also indicate no preference if either is fine with you. We can't promise that everyone's preference will be accomodated, but we will do our best! If there are more people who choose the hybrid show than we have time for, then we will prioritise in-person attendees and people who don't have vids showing in other shows in the con. We don't have strict time limits on the fully virtual show, so the reverse is unlikely to be true.
Additionally, please only submit vids under 4 minutes long.
When you submit your vid in Conline, you will indicate your preference using the "Priority" field:
1: No preference
2: Fully virtual Thursday night show
3: Hybrid Friday evening show
The priority field was designed for a different purpose, so please ignore the "1 is most important" text, and leave the "conditionals" box blank.
Full Instructions
First, register for VidUKon 2024 and ensure you are logged into Conline. Go to your VidUKon Conline Dashboard and click on "Registration", then click on the "Submit Videos" tab.
Submit the vid details in Conline by clicking on "Add Video" next to Vidder's Choice:
DETAILS: Type the name of the vid in "Video". If the vid has been shown before in a con that uses Conline, it will appear as an option. If not, you will need to click to add it to the database and follow the instructions there. Write a short description that will appear in the con programme. Premieres are not allowed in Vidder's Choice, so don't tick that box!
WARNINGS: Please warn for the following: Animal Harm; Auditory Triggers; Blackface/Brownface/Redface/Yellowface; Blood/Gore [significant amounts]; Depictions of Colonialism/Imperialism; Depictions of Police; Genocide, Holocaust and/or Nazi Imagery; Fast cuts (more frequent than about 8 frames); Flashing/Flickering/Strobing lights; Incest; Queerphobia; Racism; Physical Triggers [anything that doesn't fall under fast cuts or flashing lights, additional descriptions are welcome!], Self-harm; Sexual violence; Suicide; Transphobia. Please warn for depictions of things even if the vid is critical of them, e.g. a vid that is critical of racism and includes depictions of racist violence should warn for racism. You may add additional warnings not noted here. Please try to keep the text brief if possible.
PRIORITY: use the numerical field to indicate your preference for: (1) no preference; (2) the fully virtual Thursday night show; (3) the hybrid Friday evening show. Ignore the "1 is most important" text -- this field was created for a different purpose than we are using it for. Leave "Conditionals" blank.
STREAMING: We will create our own streaming links from the vid file you upload; however the submission form requires that one of these be entered, so please enter a link to any youtube video in the first field. Concom will later replace this with the correct link. Upload subtitles if you have them.
UPLOAD: follow the link to the mega upload form and upload your vid file. Make sure your file name includes vidder name, vid title, show you're submitting to (Vidders Choice), and the date of upload. Leave the "upload link" field blank.
VidUKon has grown a lot in the last few years, and since 2020, Vidders Choice -- a show where anyone registered for the con can submit one vid from their back catalogue -- has grown massively into our biggest show, from roughly an hour-long show prior to 2020 to 3-4 hours long. We adore this, but it does present a bit of a challenge for the in-person portion of the con, where the seats aren't quite as comfy as at home.
We're trying out a new approach this year. When you submit a vid to Vidder's Choice, you will now have the option to submit to either a fully virtual show on Thursday night (around 9 or 10 PM British Summer Time), or you can select the usual hybrid show which will be on Friday evening, likely around 7 PM UK time. You can also indicate no preference if either is fine with you. We can't promise that everyone's preference will be accomodated, but we will do our best! If there are more people who choose the hybrid show than we have time for, then we will prioritise in-person attendees and people who don't have vids showing in other shows in the con. We don't have strict time limits on the fully virtual show, so the reverse is unlikely to be true.
Additionally, please only submit vids under 4 minutes long.
When you submit your vid in Conline, you will indicate your preference using the "Priority" field:
1: No preference
2: Fully virtual Thursday night show
3: Hybrid Friday evening show
The priority field was designed for a different purpose, so please ignore the "1 is most important" text, and leave the "conditionals" box blank.
Full Instructions
First, register for VidUKon 2024 and ensure you are logged into Conline. Go to your VidUKon Conline Dashboard and click on "Registration", then click on the "Submit Videos" tab.
Submit the vid details in Conline by clicking on "Add Video" next to Vidder's Choice:
DETAILS: Type the name of the vid in "Video". If the vid has been shown before in a con that uses Conline, it will appear as an option. If not, you will need to click to add it to the database and follow the instructions there. Write a short description that will appear in the con programme. Premieres are not allowed in Vidder's Choice, so don't tick that box!
WARNINGS: Please warn for the following: Animal Harm; Auditory Triggers; Blackface/Brownface/Redface/Yellowface; Blood/Gore [significant amounts]; Depictions of Colonialism/Imperialism; Depictions of Police; Genocide, Holocaust and/or Nazi Imagery; Fast cuts (more frequent than about 8 frames); Flashing/Flickering/Strobing lights; Incest; Queerphobia; Racism; Physical Triggers [anything that doesn't fall under fast cuts or flashing lights, additional descriptions are welcome!], Self-harm; Sexual violence; Suicide; Transphobia. Please warn for depictions of things even if the vid is critical of them, e.g. a vid that is critical of racism and includes depictions of racist violence should warn for racism. You may add additional warnings not noted here. Please try to keep the text brief if possible.
PRIORITY: use the numerical field to indicate your preference for: (1) no preference; (2) the fully virtual Thursday night show; (3) the hybrid Friday evening show. Ignore the "1 is most important" text -- this field was created for a different purpose than we are using it for. Leave "Conditionals" blank.
STREAMING: We will create our own streaming links from the vid file you upload; however the submission form requires that one of these be entered, so please enter a link to any youtube video in the first field. Concom will later replace this with the correct link. Upload subtitles if you have them.
UPLOAD: follow the link to the mega upload form and upload your vid file. Make sure your file name includes vidder name, vid title, show you're submitting to (Vidders Choice), and the date of upload. Leave the "upload link" field blank.
