FanWorks 2021 Schedule

So you want to make a vid. You have show/character/idea in mind but no song and no clue where to start. In this panel we will discuss the questions you can ask yourself to jumpstart the your search for your vidsong. From there we'll use your answers to show some effective methods for discovering music with the right tone (and maybe even lyrics) for your potential vid.

It's easy to focus solely on characters when we make a vid, but the world in which they live can be just as important. Whether it's minimal use of establishing shots or a vid in which the background takes the forefront, how can vids best utilize shots of scenery -- oceans, mountains, cityscapes, etc. -- to add visual interest and symbolic or emotional depth to our understanding of the character or situation? What about other elements of setting such as long corridors, vast halls, and rooms either luxurious or stark? We'll explore some examples and discuss what setting can do for a vid and what works well.

Music is an important part of vidding, but how does a well-crafted song shape our vidding choices? How do the elements that lift our emotions and make us want to put a song on repeat interact with visual clips to form a unified creative work? We'll talk about rhythm, structure, and more, and how we use these to express ourselves through vidding.

Have you ever submitted a vid to a con and wondered how the VJ decided where to place it in the vidshow? We'll look at some of this year's vidder-submitted shows - Premieres, Year in Vids, and Vidder's Choice - and discuss their structure, flow, and the mechanics of putting together a vidshow when the vids have already been chosen for you.