VividCon 2010 Panels Concrit Mods: Lydia and jarrow Description: Get constructive criticism on your vids!  Vids must be submitted ahead of time, and will be made available online so people who are interested in attending the panel can view them and make some notes. This panel will differ from Vid Review in that it will be explicitly for the benefit of the vidders. Defining Viddability Mod: dragonchic Description: This panel will delve into what exactly makes a source "viddable." What are the primary factors used to determine viddability in terms of both aesthetics or narrative content and how might their relative importance vary between projects? What are some tricks for dealing with source that presents challenges in either area, such as a lack of dramatic movement or a confusing narrative structure? And how large a consideration should a source's inherent viddability play in deciding whether to attempt a vid anyways? In Soviet Russia, Vid Edits You Mod: hollywoodgrrl Description: Step into this panel and you'll enter Film School 101. You'll be introduced to Sergei Eisenstein, Lev Kuleshov, and the history of Soviet Montage Theory. Then we'll move onto looking at practical examples of these theories in film, followed by a close analysis of a vid or two which masters them. The point is to show that whether we do it consciously or subconsciously, our instincts as vidders come from a very specific and legitimate place. Discussion will follow. Motion Mod: cherryice Description: An aesthetics panel on motion and movement, including approaches and techniques. At what point can we differentiate motion and movement used stylistically from that which is incorporated into the fabric of the narrative? We'll look at using smaller, unobtrusive movement to create continuity and unify a vid versus the use of larger 'impact' moment at musical or narrative crescendos, flowing movement versus the deliberately jarring, and creating internal rhythms as a compliment or counterpoint to music and storytelling. Paging Dr. Vidder: Fixing Shows Through Vidding Mod: millylicious Description: This panel will involve discussions on the reworking of show narratives, highlighting underlying logics the show has failed to properly deliver, expanding on set facts to better put in perspective/make sense of a character's actions, etc. The various means this can be/has been achieved, the audience response and the motivations would also be discussed. Race and Representation in Vidding (paired with vidshow) Mods: talitha78 and Deepa D. Description: Visual markers of racial, ethnic and cultural identity are inscribed on the bodies vidders use to tell their stories. What are the political and social implications of the choices that vidders make? What narratives of resistance and subversion can be told, and what stereotypes and oppressions get perpetuated? How do the racial and cultural dynamics within fandom affect vidding and its creators? How can we analyse vids through anti-racist, anti-orientalist, post-colonial, and subaltern studies lenses?   From a vidder's technical standpoint: what are the editorial and creative issues you need to take into consideration when vidding characters of color? What implication does music and song choice have? Is there a different approach when you're vidding a character not of your own cultural/ethnic background, and what guidelines or mental reminders have proven useful to you? Structure Redux Mod: Dualbunny Description: A larger scale re-imagining of the Structure panel I presented a couple of years ago, this time with multiple panelists, and I would be willing to moderate, organize, and collect participants. I'm thinking no more than five panelists, but it'll depend on the response to my requests, as I'd like to have a variety of vidding styles represented.   Ideally I'd like to cover topics such as each participant's personal structure "crutches" or favorite structuring tips, their preferences regarding song structure and how it affects their vids (and possibly song choice in respect to that), what structural things they notice most in watching other vidders' vids (which would allow for discussion on which things vidders do that possibly *don't* get noticed), as well as how to branch out and try new techniques. I'd also like to work in chances for audience participation with each topic, or minimum, a question period at the end. Teaching With Vids Mod: Blacksquirrel Description: Come hear about the moderator's experiences as a college professor who has been putting together a vidshow to go along with her classes for the last couple of years. Learn "how I thought about organizing a vidshow for academic purposes and how I incorporate a vidshow within my courses." Town Hall on Vidding & Visibility Mod: Speranza Description: Continuing our conversation about the pros and cons--personal, political, fannish, and legal--of the increased visibility of vidding. Please come and share your views and experiences over the past year. Vid Reading Practicum Mods: here's luck and renenet Description: Practicum: an exercise involving practical experience as well as theoretical study. Two vid watchers--one familiar with a vid's source material, the other not--lead a roomful of participants in watching and discussing a pre-selected vid in detail. (a.k.a. a live, interactive, vid-reading episode of the here's luck and renenet show™.) Vidding As Choreography Mod: Deepa D. Description: While vids have been described as 'visual essays' and narratives that literary methods of analysis can be applied to, the fundamental characteristic of vidding is arranging bodies, whether in motion or stillness, to music. This is also one of the fundamental definitions of dance, and in their approach to their art, vidders are at least as close to cinematic choreographers, as to directors. The choreographic techniques found in vidding can be compared with both the narrative dance traditions of Bharatanatyam and Ballet, and the abstract post-modern dance and movement theatre aesthetics. Critical lenses from dance studies can prove a useful frame in analysing vids, and understanding how movement is infused with meaning. We will look at examples of vids, both ones that use what is traditionally called 'dance' and otherwise, to see how the discourse around dance can be applied to vidding.