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Hi all!

Just a quick clarification on this year's Themed Premieres Vid Show, Creation.

We want to take as broad a view of the theme as possible, so for example, both destruction and decay can be encompassed as part of the creation (and creative!) process. Hopefully this will make for an exciting range of vids! This means you can make a vid with a creation or creative theme, the ciiiiiiiiircle of life, decay, destruction, rebirth, and more we haven't thought of! We can't wait to see what you come up with, and really can't stress enough how much we encourage you to think outside the box, so long as you can link your idea back to the box somehow. (If you are worried whether an idea fits the brief, feel free to drop a member of the concom a line, or chat it over with fellow vidders.)

teyla

Hello VidUKon Attendees!

As announced in our recent programming comms, we’re trying something a little bit different this year with the traditional VidUKon vidding workshop. In this post, you'll get all essential information on the new format. At the end, there will be a link to a sign-up form for anyone who'd like to join the Frankenvid fun.

( What’s the traditional VidUKon vidding workshop? )

( How will it work this year? )

( On Choosing Your Own Sources )

( On Defaulting and Pinch Hits )

( Timeline & Sign-up Form )

alwaystheocean

With the con just three months away, we’re preparing for a weekend jam-packed with vids, panels, activities and socialising! The full schedule will be released closer to the con, but we can now share some news about what you can expect to find in it.

First of all, vidshows! Our vidshows for this year will be:

2013 Retrospective (such_heights)
Antagonism (fray_adjacent) (This year's themed submission show following on from last year's Blorbo!)
A Moment In The Sun (evewithanapple)
Embodiment (frayadjacent)
Eurovision (condnsdmlk)
Festivids (findmeinthealps)
How do you love? Like a fist, like a knife (nu_breed)
In the spotlight (findmeinthealps)
Kick Drum Beating in My Chest Again (FairestCat)
Premieres (charloween)
Vidders Choice (brokenmnemonic)

Look out soon for VJs calling for vid suggestions and possibly premieres.

We’ll also have panels including:

Anatomy of a Vid
Aspects of Aspect Ratio
Women Behind the Camera
Year in Vidding

A major update - this year we’re trying something new with the group vidding workshop! The workshop is a big part of the VidUKon experience, but our new hybrid format presents some additional challenges compared to a fully offline or fully online workshop.

So this year, we’re taking the workshop back online, moving it to a pre-con challenge with a longer timeframe, and making some other changes that we hope will retain the chaotic spirit of the workshop while making both running it and participating in it a bit simpler. Watch this space for more detail soon.

And finally, we’ve chosen a theme for this year’s vidder-submitted themed show! The theme is Antagonism. Whether it’s nemeses, enemies to lovers, villains or feuds, we want your vids all about hostility, rivalry, contention and opposition.

More details coming soon on exactly how to submit. The deadline will be May 6. Premieres are particularly encouraged but back-catalogue vids are very welcome too.

Here’s those deadlines again:

May 1 - Vidder’s Choice submissions
May 6 - Premieres submissions, Antagonism submissions, deadline for in-person registration
May 25 - deadline for online registration if you would like a physical conbook or Premieres memory stick
June 9-11 - con weekend!

alwaystheocean

Programming suggestions for VidUKon 2023 are now open! We will be accepting submissions until February 25th 2023.

Please submit your content suggestions, whether for shows, panels, or something else, in this handy dandy google form. Most fields are not mandatory, so if you only have a vid show idea but not a panel or vice versa, that’s fine. Multiple ideas, if you have them, are encouraged, but please be advised that in the (very likely) event of more programming than hours in the con weekend, we will probably only accept one programming item per person. (We do ask that if you have multiple ideas, please submit them individually, just to make our lives a bit easier.)

We’re looking for your ideas for vid shows and panels you’d like to run, and if you have an idea for something new that’s not quite either of those things, we’d love to hear that too.

As ever, we welcome programming ideas from first-time VJs and panellists as well as from veterans - if you’d like to give it a try but you’re not sure where to start, please get in touch! We’re happy to chat it through with you. You’re also very welcome to VJ as a pair or a group.

As the con has grown, so has the number of programming submissions. In the likely event that we have too many programme items to choose from, we will emphasise items that form a coherent and complementary programme, as well as trying to give new VJs and panellists a chance to shine.

We will endeavour to let submitters know whether their item has been selected as soon as possible after the deadline, to allow plenty of time to prepare.

Premieres

As usual, we are seeking brand new, never-before-seen vids for our Saturday night Premieres show.

Anyone with a VidUKon 2023 membership, whether online or Cardiff, can submit a vid. Vids can be any fandom, theme, or style, and there is no minimum level of experience required.

The only requirement is that the vid be completely new, showing for the first time at the con. This means that once you submit it to us, you cannot release it online or show it at any other convention until after the Premieres show on Saturday night of the con. After that you can release the vid as usual. We also ask for one vid for Premieres per vidder.

The deadline for Premieres submissions is May 6th. More information on submitting your vid will be provided nearer the time.

Themed Submission Vidshow

Following the success of last year’s themed submission vidshow, Blorbo From My Show, we’re doing another one! Premieres are encouraged but vids from your back catalogue are welcome.

The theme for this year is yet to be chosen - the concom will be making a decision shortly, but in the meantime we welcome suggestions from the floor! Please comment on this post if you have an idea for a theme.

Vidders Choice

Vidders with a VIdUKon 2023 membership can also submit one of their back-catalogue vids for the Vidder’s Choice show, as in previous years. The deadline for Vidder’s Choice is May 1st, so start having a think about which of your vids you’d like to show off this year!

frayadjacent

We are excited to announce that registration for VidUKon 2022 is officially open!

You can register as attending in-person (£55) or for the virtual (£15) VidUKon. Like the last two years, Virtual VidUKon will have full vidshows on ConLine with Discord chat and access to panels, and at least one member of ConCom will be attending virtually. Anyone who registers for the in-person con can also access the virtual con, e.g. from their hotel room. We are fully committed to making this a hybrid event.

A bit more info -- please read this before registering.

Here are our COVID-19 policy, our harassment policy, and our FAQ.
Please note that as part of our COVID policy, we have a in-person cap of 30 attendees, which until recently was the upper limit permitted by Wales. If permitted and requested we might raise this cap to 35, but no higher. For reference, pre-pandemic we usually had around 30 in-person attendees (31 in 2019).
The deadline for in-person registration is 7 May.
We are seeking volunteer moderators for the virtual con. Mods will have their virtual registration fee waived. If you are interested in modding, please hold off on registering and get in touch with us by emailing vidukon@gmail.com. If you've already registered but would like to mod, please let us know.
Registration includes the option to express interest in joining the quiz and the vidding workshop. This is not binding, and if you like you will have the option of requesting teammates on the vidding workshop later on.
Payment is included in registration -- if you don't get a payment page then it could be your adblocker.
In-person attendees will be able to reserve rooms at the Futures Inn hotel in Cardiff (the usual venue) at a reduced rate -- watch this space.
Remember that the call for programming is out! Send us your ideas for vidshows, panels, and other fun con content. - If you have any questions, please contact us at vidukon@gmail.com.

(If you're not logged in to conline, you might need to log in and then return to that link to register.)

If you register as an online attendee and wish to receive a programme etc, please send us your mailing address here.

alwaystheocean

Hello lovely Vidukon attendees! :D

We come seeking volunteers to help us make the con magical.

We are seeking:

a) Volunteers to help moderate the Discord on con weekend. We are still hammering out details but the idea would be to take a shift of X number of hours, maybe with a buddy (numbers allowing), and with a designated concom member to contact to escalate issues to. We will also provide you with training and a clear moderator pack of guidelines.

b) Volunteers to “drive” for the group vidding workshop. This would entail being the designated actual vidder for your group, so you’d be the one whose software would be used. You would have the choice to either have a mix of people you know and are new to you in your group, only people you know, or random, whatever would be most fun for you. We will also be taking time zones into consideration in matching.

If either or both of these sounds like fun to you, please get in touch via this Google form! (If you’ve already been in touch with us about Discord modding you don’t need to contact us twice.)

vidukonnews

With VidUKon only a few months away, we have a few pieces of news to share!

First of all, we’ve come to the decision that this year’s con will, like last year, be online only. Although the vaccine programme in the UK is proceeding well, it’s still not at all clear whether large gatherings will be safe for everyone by June, and even less certain how easy it will be for our attendees from mainland Europe to make their way to Cardiff. Rather than wait to make a last-minute decision, we have decided to run an all-online con again this year. All being well, in 2022 we will run a hybrid con, both in-person and online, so that as many people as possible can enjoy it.

Online con memberships for this year will shortly go on sale at £10 each. Memberships will be available right up until the con weekend. We’re also pleased to announce that this year we are offering a number of online scholarships - if you would like to attend the virtual con but you are unable to afford the membership cost, please get in touch with us at vidukon [at] gmail [dot] com to find out more about this. (You do not need to disclose anything about your personal circumstances in order to qualify for an online scholarship.)

We will also shortly be putting out a call for content suggestions for this year’s con. If you’d like to VJ a vidshow, run a panel, or if you have another idea, watch this space for more information!

As always, we’ll be looking for brand new, never-before-seen vids for our Premieres show. This year’s Premieres deadline is Sunday 9 May - stay tuned nearer the time to find out how to send us your vids!

We hope to see you all online on June 11-13!

vidukonnews

Hello everyone!

With the con exactly three months away, now seems like a good time to share a roundup of some important dates and other information.

Attending and Supporting Memberships:

Attending memberships are still on sale. For the low, low price of £39.99, you can attend this year’s fabulous convention in glamorous Cardiff! Get your tickets soon though, as the price rises to £49.99 on April 13. After that, you have a month remaining to buy tickets before bookings end on May 13. (Bear in mind while booking that tickets for the Saturday night dinner are £18.99, and you may wish to pay for this at the same time!)

If you’re attending the convention, bear in mind that programming begins on Friday afternoon - you’re welcome to arrive at any time that works for you, but if you have the chance to arrive earlier there will be some slightly more casual programming from around lunchtime on the Friday.

Supporting memberships are on sale until May 31. A supporting membership of the convention gets you real-time streaming access to the virtual con, a downloadable copy of the Premieres DVD, the opportunity to showcase any one of your backlist vids in the Vidder’s Choice show, and the warm fuzzy feeling of supporting the con! All of this will set you back £15.99.

For either option, just go to the site to register: http://www.vidukon.co.uk/

Room Bookings:

Hotel rooms are available at the con rate until 15 April. You can have up to four people in a room, although once you have more than two people, each additional person adds a small extra amount to the overall price. Take a look at this post for more information or to find a roommate: https://vidukon-cardiff.dreamwidth.org/32993.html

Scholarship:

The VidUKon scholarship is still open for nominations (very much including self-nominations) of European fans who are Non-UK-resident, have not been to the con in the past, and would like to attend.

All nominations (European, UK and international) will close on Sunday April 1 and the scholarship will be awarded by April 9 to allow the recipient sufficient time to make travel arrangements. If there has been no interest from international fans by the March 19 the scholarship will be made available to UK residents. Take a look here for more information: http://www.vidukon.co.uk/convention/scholarship

Premieres and Vidder’s Choice:

The deadline for submitting vids to both Premieres and Vidder’s Choice is the end of May 14, which is a Monday. You will be able to upload your vids for both shows on the VidUKon site from the beginning of May - we’ll let you know when!

All vidders, regardless of attendance/support of the con, are invited to submit premieres. A premiere is a vid that hasn't been shown in any previous convention or event and has not been released online prior the con. It will be shown for the first time ever at the Premieres show on Saturday night at the con.

The Vidder’s Choice show is open to anyone with an attending or supporting membership for this year. We invite you to submit absolutely any vid from your back catalogue, as long as it has been posted online or shown at a con previously.

TL;DR:

March 19 - scholarship opens to UK residents if no international fans have come forward

April 1 - scholarship nominations close

April 13 - attending memberships rise in price

April 15 - last day to book hotel rooms at the con rate

May 13 - attending memberships close

May 14 - upload deadline for Premieres and Vidder’s Choice

May 31 - supporting memberships close

June 15-17 - VidUKon!

Hoping to see you at the con, either virtually or IRL!

vidukonnews

Registration for Vidukon 2018 is now open!

The convention will take place on the 15th, 16th and 17th of June 2018, at the Future Inn Hotel, Cardiff Bay.

If you book in the early registration period, between now and December 28, you can take advantage of our festive discount. To use the discount, just go to the Registration page on the Vidukon site (http://www.vidukon.co.uk/convention/registration), and use the discount code FESTIVE17. This will get you a 5% saving on the £39.99 attending membership.

If you’re thinking of attending but you’re not sure the con is for you, you can view some of the vidshows and panels from last year, as well as the programme, here: http://www.vidukon.co.uk/convention/vidukon-2017. (Click on the title of each programme item to see the vids or more information.)

vidukonnews

Greetings everyone!

Preparations for Vidukon 2018 are in full swing. 2018’s convention will take place on the 15th, 16th and 17th of June, at the Future Inn Hotel, Cardiff Bay.

As usual, there’ll be a festive discount available for those who want to get their attending registrations nice and early. Early registration is open from December 22 until December 28. Using the discount code FESTIVE17, you’ll be able to get a 5% discount on the £39.99 attending membership between these dates.

If you’re interested in making a vidshow, running a panel, or organising other content we haven’t yet thought of, now is the time to get thinking about it! Vidshow and panel submissions are now open. Vidshow and panel submissions will remain open until the end of March 5. Look out for more detailed information and an ideas post soon.

Scholarship applications/nominations are also now open for European applicants outside the UK. The VidUKon Scholarship is funded by donations and intended to offer support to one fan who is Non-UK-resident, has not been to the con in the past and would like to attend. For more information, or to nominate yourself or somebody else (self-nominations are encouraged!), take a look here:

http://www.vidukon.co.uk/convention/scholarship

All nominations (European, UK & international) will close on Sunday April 1 and the scholarship will be awarded by April 9 to allow the recipient sufficient time to make travel arrangements. If there has been no interest from international fans by the March 19 the scholarship will be made available to UK residents.

Keep an eye out in the next few weeks for announcements about the auction, room bookings, and more.

vidukonnews

The schedule for Vidukon 2017 is now live!

http://www.vidukon.co.uk/convention/schedule

… We've got vidshows and panels galore, not to mention activities and social events. Have a look at what's on this year, and come and join us on the 16th of June!

vidukonnews

Hello everyone!

There's a lot going on over the next couple of weeks, so i thought it would be a good time to push out a general update.

First things first...

Accommodation

Currently, there are still 3 rooms available for the Friday night, 2 for the Saturday night, and 6 for the Sunday night. The hold on these rooms ends on the 16th of April, after which the hotel prices tend to go up pretty steadily the closer you get to the con. Don't forget, we have a roomies thread on dreamwidth and on LJ, both of which include the reminder that it's best to talk to the Reservations desk about booking - make sure you mention it's for VidUKon. I booked my room earlier today, and the staff were very friendly - don't be afraid to ring.

Thread on DW: http://vidukon-cardiff.dreamwidth.org/29285.html
Thread on LJ: http://vidukon.livejournal.com/59073.html

Memberships

Don't forget - the cost of an attending membership goes up on the 15th of April. If you're hesitating about coming, this is close enough to the day the rooms get released back for general purchase by Muggles, so it may be worth grabbing your membership and your room booking at the same time...

You can buy your registration by going to the con site; it should be listed in the panel on the left, although you'll need to create an account to buy a membership.

Scholarships

The scholarship is still available - the deadline for nominations is the 1st of April. More detail is available in the threads on the scholarship, but we're keen to see as many nominations as you're willing to make - this is our chance to bring someone to the con who wouldn't otherwise get the chance to attend. The post contains all the detail on priorities, donations and the like. Please give it a read!

Thead on DW: http://vidukon-cardiff.dreamwidth.org/30049.html
Thread on LJ: http://vidukon.livejournal.com/59459.html

Boardgames

There are times at the con generally used for chilling out, and our programming on the Friday begins with informal vidwatching and entertainment. One of the suggestions made was that it might be fun to play some boardgames and cardgames as a way of helping people get to know each other. Is this something you're interested in? If you are, drop me a comment on LJ/DW or ping the con twitter account (@vidukon) to let me know - or to make suggestions.

vidukonnews

Do you live in a land far, far away? Would you like to attend the con but lack the necessary funds to make it happen? There might be help available!

Even though the con is held in the UK we like to think of it as an European event. We’ve had attendees from France, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Russia in the past, but through the scholarship, we hope to enable more people from abroad to attend in future. The VidUKon Scholarship is funded by donations and intended to offer support to one fan that is a Non-UK resident, has not been to the con in the past and would like to attend.

The scholarship includes:

- Attending membership for the con
- Accommodation for 2 nights (Friday & Saturday) on the basis of 2 sharing a room at the con hotel (if you are unable to find anybody to share those funds will be made available to you to book alternative accommodation)
- Saturday dinner ticket

If there is more than one applicant eligible for the scholarship preference will be given first to those who have contributed to the con in the past (made Premiere vids, hosted vid shows or run panels) and then to those living the farthest away (since their travel costs are bound to be higher). We are happy to provide help with getting a UK visa if required - please contact Amnisias for details.

Applicants from the UK and outside Europe will be considered if there are no European applicants. Our definition of Europe is loose and includes all of Russia and Turkey as well as Israel (yes, we do take our lead from the Eurovision Song Contest, why do you ask?). The concom reserves the right to make the final decision if there is more than one applicant meeting all the criteria.

Self-nominations are strongly encouraged; or you might want to nominate somebody else you know who meets the criteria and would like to attend. Either way, the way to go is to complete the form down below, if you have any further questions please feel free to contact amnisias@hotmail.com who'll be happy to help. All nominations (European, UK & international) will close on Saturday the 1st of April 2017 and the scholarship will be awarded by the 9th of April 2017 to allow the recipient sufficient time to make travel arrangements. If there has been no interest from international fans by the 1st of April 2017 the scholarship will be availlable to UK residents.

The scholarship fund is kept separate from con expenses and will not be used to cover them under any circumstances. Any extra funds will either be used towards travel expenses for this year's recipient or saved for the following year's scholarship fund. In the event that the con stops running any remaining funds will be donated to an international charity organisation.

nemonclature

Finalise your ideas now! Only a week left 'till submissions close! (March 6th).

Show ideas here and panel ideas here. Ideas post here.

vidukonnews

Roomies For VidUKon

These posts have two purposes; firstly, to help people arrange their rooms for VidUKon, and secondly, to help them find roommates to share with if they're so inclined. The posts are on both Livejournal and DreamWidth, so please make sure to post on both if you're looking for a roomie.

Booking Your Room

Here are the current room rates:

Friday - £94.00 B&B single and £104.00 B&B double or twin
Saturday - £119.00 B&B single or £129.00 B&B double or twin

If you want to have more than 2 people in a room, make sure to check the rate when you're booking.

There are currently 10 rooms being held for the con; these rooms are only being held until 16 April. If you book later than that, you're fighting to get a booking at the regular room rates, whatever they are. Rates tend to go up sharply, particularly if there's an event on in Cardiff, so don't delay.

Sometimes the staff can get confused about what rate to book you at. We strongly recommend speaking to the Reservations department to arrange your room, not Reception. The reservations people are much more clued up, and should know what you're talking about if you say that you want to book one of the rooms reserved for VidUKon.

Finding a Roomie

In theory, finding a roomie should be simple - ask for one in a comment here, another kind soul spots your post and shouts "Yay!" and you work things out. However, to help with that, the con twitter will keep reminding people that someone's looking for a roomie, if there's a comment here saying that someone is looking. Hopefully, everything will be ... simples.

vidukonnews

VidUKon 2017 Auction Is Live!

The VidUKon 2017 auction is up and running, and the bids are already fast and frantic. Five lovely, wonderful people have volunteered to make one vid each for us, to help raise money for things like some speakers, so that we can avoid having to rely on the hotel's sound system, which is sounding about as old, creaky and cranky as I do.

The auction is running until 8pm GMT on the 29th of January, so there's roughly three days of bidding to go. We can't thank the lovely auction volunteers enough, but hopefully they know just how much we appreciate what they're doing! If you'd like to bid on one or more of the vidders, or even if you'd just like to watch everyone else fighting over them, here's the link to use: http://www.vidukon.co.uk/convention/auction

Without further ado, let me introduce our lovely vidders... more information is available on the auction page, but this should give you an idea of the amazing things you could be in line to see if you win an auction...

Frith: known for making rich, layered vids, Frith really brings home a strong narrative and excellent characterisation through exquisite and effective clip choice. A natural storyteller, her vids are complex, thoughtful works that you'll be pondering for a long time afterwards. If you're lucky enough to win her auction, not only will you love your vid, but you'll be amazed at her knack for using lyrics to draw out elements of the story she's telling...

isagel: powerful emotions are always a huge part of isagel's vids; often celebrating tiny fandoms and encompassing a range of relationships and sexuality, her work can be brutal even as it exalts those characters she vids. Perhaps the vidder in the auction most likely to be able to vid the tiny show you love that no-one else has ever heard of, isagel's work encompasses not just movies and tv but also computer games, from the gorgeously painted to the remarkably abstract, and every vid is a joy to watch... even as the characters tear your heart out...

jagwriter78: if it were possible to summarise jagwriter in a single word, that word would be "passion". There's no other way to describe someone who can love a show so much that they make dozens upon dozens of vids for a show they love, and each one is better than the one before. With an amazing eye for pacing and a fierce love of her shows, jagwriter is an amazing vidder with an eye for the dramatic, the evocative, and the hilarious. Ever wanted to see Richard Castle as Elvis? Jagwriter's your vidder. Jagwriter's vids display her fierce love for the things she vids, and it's glorious to behold!

cosmic_llin: have you ever seen one of the VidUKon shows, watched a Star Trek vid, and been overwhelmed with feelings? There's a 90% chance that was llin reaching out through your monitor to leave you feeling wonderful. As adept with comedy as she is with drama, llin channels emotion like no-one else, and she could do that for you - if you're lucky enough to win her in the auction! Note: VidUKon cannot be held responsible if you end up crying tears of joy. You have been warned.

LithiumDoll: the dark queen of VidUKon, the great and terrible one who rules us all, and all who know her shall love her and despair, for she is glorious... and in our auction! Combining exquisite timing and editing with a tremendous sense of character, movement and physicality, her vids are gripping, entertaining and unafraid to take a walk on the dark side.

vidukonnews

Auctions!

We're running the VidUKon auction again! The auction has a been a big success for the previous two years, and we're hoping that with the help of some lovely volunteers, it can be again. Thanks to past auctions, we've been able to do things like buy our own projector - freeing us from the unreliable hotel projector - provide more tea and coffee, provide nicer food, provide a USB copy of the library, confirm the hotel for the next two cons rather than just one, and give donations to charity. That's all thanks to you - the people who volunteered to be auctioned, and the people who bid on those auctions!

What does the auction involve? Basically, lovely people volunteer to make a vid for the person who submits the highest bid for that person. That the vid will be about is agreed after the auction, but the people being auctioned usually suggest things they'd like to vid, shows and fandoms they'd be happy to vid for, and so on. Enthusiastic people then bid on the auction, the vids are made, the con gets extra stuff, money goes to charity, and amazing bidders get lovely vids.

You don't need to be an amazing or experienced vidder to volunteer to be auctioned! We've had a range of vidders from the relatively inexperienced to the very well-known and accomplished, and every single person has been bid on multiple times. By volunteering to be auctioned, you help the con out immensely, and you get to make a vid that will delight the person who won your auction, and there's a pretty good chance you'll get extra jelly beans at the con too,if you're attending.

What Do We Want To Do?

There are several things we'd like to do this year, which the auction can help with. We'd like to get our own speakers for the con; as you may have heard, the hotel sound system is... erratic. Whilst there's one person who has fun trying to work out what's causing the high-pitched whine each year, we moved across to using speakers borrowed from one of the ConCom, but we'd like to get the con its own speakers - hopefully with things like longer cables, so that we can give everyone a better audio experience to go with the great vid experience.

We'd also like to be able to provide more tea and coffee again, and nicer food. Last year, we had a quiz with prizes, the prizes being donated privately by one of the ConCom; we'd like to be able to add prizes from the con as a whole, too. One of the con attendees has generously helped out by acting as a kind of con taxi for years, ferrying people around, providing lifts, and going on emergency runs when something catches fire or we find that we're missing something. They've always done that out of pocket each year, but this year we'd really like to try and contribute to their vehicle hire and running around costs. And, last but not least, we'd like to be able to donate more to charity.

Those aren't a hard limit or list of goals, though - if there are other things you think it'd be good for the con to do/have that could be auction stretch goals, please do let us know - both years the auction has run, we've raised more than expected, which is a measure of how lovely all of our bidders (you) are!

What Are The Timelines?

The site is open for people to signup as an auction victim... I mean, volunteer ... right now. It'll be open until the evening of the 22nd (UK time), and then auction bidding will start. Auction vids can be shown at the con (and we love it when they are) but they aren't a guaranteed part of a show - we tend to show them during/after Premieres, but we don't demand that vids be shown. This tends to mean that for those vids that are shown, the deadline for submissions is a bit later than others - particularly if the vid doesn't need to be listed in the conbook or form a part of the Premieres DVD. The aim is for it to be a nice thing for those involved, and being shown at the con is a completely and totally optional thing - so there's no stress if the vid doesn't make it into a show. We want it to be a fun experience for all involved.

So, please, consider signing up to be auctioned off. Think about how happy you'll be making the person who wins your auction, and how much you'll be doing for the con! Plus, remember that we love you for signing up or joining in, and are willing to bribe people with jelly beans.

Signup is through the con website - go to http://www.vidukon.co.uk and log in, and you should see an auction signup option in the panel on the left. If you are signing up, thank you - you're wonderful. Please don't be scared to sign up - some signups have been people who've never been auctioned off before, and hopefully they'll be willing to tell you that it isn't terrifying :)

nemonclature

We're now open for programming ideas! The good, the crazy, the weird, the wonderful...

As ever, we're particularly in need of panel ideas, also panel/vidshow combos are great, and if you'd like to try a workshop or different format, make a suggestion, brainstorm and make it happen! Priority will be given to attending members, but supporting members can put together vidshows for us as well.

Veteran VJs are welcome and so are first-timers - if you'd like to put a vidshow together but don't know where to start, get in touch and we'll be happy to help. Want to brainstorm? Get feedback on your ideas or suggest them for someone else to pick up in the comments on this post or the LJ mirror at

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~~Deadline is 5th June!~~ DEADLINE is MARCH 6th.

Submit show ideas here and panel ideas here. Email me at nemo.no.man at gmail dot com if you have any questions!

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Hello everyone!

I hope that you're all having a marvelous holiday, be it with loved ones, loved pets, loved books, loved TV shows, or anything else that makes you happy. (There may or may not be Harry Potter movies playing in the background as I type this.)

In an effort to bring a little more good cheer to 2016, registrations for VidUKon 2017 have opened. We're in Cardiff again, and barring unforeseen disasters, we'll also be in Cardiff again next year, for anyone looking to plan ahead. Don't worry about foreseen disasters - in the event of the end of the world being accurately predicted, the con will still happen, but we'll include popcorn, zombie repellent and a small survival pack in the attendees pack...

Signup for attending and supporting memberships is through the site as per usual, and if you sign up before midnight GMT on New Years Eve, you can use the promo code FESTIVE16 to get 5% off the cost of your ticket.

There is a change between 2017 and 2016; we've had increasing numbers of Premieres DVDs go uncollected at the con, and during the feedback session at VidUKon 2016, the general feeling was that a downloadable copy would be of more use to people than physical media, and that for those who like having a physical media disc, having the show in a data format rather than formatted as an mpeg-2 format playable disc would be preferred. So, this year, the memberships will include a downloadable copy of the show by default, instead of a physical disc. You can still opt to get physical media of one kind or another - either a playable DVD, a playable USB stick, or a data DVD/data USB stick - but for a £3 surcharge. I hope that doesn't make the signup options more confusing - please do ask if you have any questions.

VirtUKon will return in 2017, and there's a good chance the evil quiz will too; it's too early to say if there'll be scones yet, but we always hold out hope!

So, I hope that you have a great holiday season, and I hope to see you all at the con - either in person, or virtually, whether you're a regular or a first-timer. Hopefully, this also means at least one good thing will happen in 2017...

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Hello everyone!

The VidUKon 2016 "Vidder's Choice" vidshow is open for submissions. Many of you will already probably have taken part in this show in the past, but just in case you aren't familiar with it, this is what Vidder's Choice is all about...

Vidder's Choice is a show that anyone either attending VidUKon or who has purchased a supporting membership can participate in. Vidder's Choice has become a regular Friday night feature, almost like an introduction from everyone involved in making the con successful. If you've purchased an attending or supporting membership, you can submit any one vid you've made into Vidder's Choice, and it'll get shown during the show. It can be pretty much any vid you've ever made - not only are obscure shows and films and fandoms eligble, they're actively encouraged. Old vids, new vids, odd vids, funny vids, sad vids, angsty vids, action vids, horror vids... no matter what it is, this is your chance to have it shown at the con, and if you're attending to get to enjoy seeing everyone else watch it - and, if you're really lucky, you get to watch the VJ's head explode from outside the splatter radius as they wrangle all of the vids into something resembling a playlist.

Other than the requirement that you be an attending or supporting member of the convention, there are just two restrictions you need to be aware of:

1. The vid must not be a premiering vid. We've got a show already for premiering vids; it's called Premieres, it's a Saturday night highlight, and we'd always love to have more vids to show in it, so if you have a premiering vid, please send it that way.

2. The vid has to be submitted by midnight GMT on 15 May 2016. Any later than that, and the ftp server is closed for uploads, so the opportunity is lost.

Uploading your vid is easy. Honest. Even I've managed to do it consistently for several years, and I've been known to try and insert my tie into a card reader by mistake. All you need to do is log into your account on the con website, and from the homepage, click on "Upload" in the menu on the lefthand side. Then, at the next screen, select the "Vidder's Choice or Premieres" option, hit "Next", and follow the onscreen instructions.

Anyone who has a supporting or attending membership in place by the upload deadline can submit a vid for Vidder's Choice, so if you're still thinking about attending or supporting, why not jump in? I'd love to see what you submit for the show...

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The Schedule Is Live! It Lives! It Lives!

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One week left! -- For Panel and Vidshow submissions

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