Coming soon: Dime in the Jukebox fest! Also a question about vids

[minutia_r]

Hello, everyone!

So, back in July, we discussed holding a more casual fest in this space, partly as a run-up to the exchange, to help people brainstorm and find more music to request and offer when it comes around, but mostly because more music-based fanworks are always better.

And now I can announce: the Dime in the Jukebox Fest will be opening for prompts and fills right here on this community on Feb 15th!

There will be more detailed rules posted at the time, but the basic idea is, leave prompts in the form of a song, and, optionally, a short phrase; fill prompts with any sort of fanwork your heart desires.

And now for the question about vids:

In the Jukebox Exchange, gifts have been required to be only about the requested song(s), with no crossovers with other fandoms allowed. Basically the idea was that the focus should be on the songs, and that people should be able to enjoy the stories and art with no other knowledge than having listened to them. And that is still going to be the rule going forward for the Dime in the Jukebox Fest. However, we're considering making an exception for fanvids, so that if anyone wants to fill a prompt with a fanvid for the prompted song, they can make it for any fandom they like.

There are a few reasons for this:

1) It's very hard to make basically an original works fanvid (although if anyone wants to make one, we'd love to see it!)

2) The nature of the medium means that there will be a certain amount of focus on the song and interpreting the song, regardless of the fandom the vid is for

3) Since vidding is a very labor-intensive medium, we don't expect people to post so many vids that they will significantly change the tone of the fest, and

4) Some people expressed interest.

So we decided to throw the question to the community: what do you think? Should we allow fanvids for outside fandoms for the Dime in the Jukebox fest? Leave a comment with your thoughts!

Comments

[minoanmiss]

I think you should for the reasons listed above.

[kiraly]

Exciting! I don't personally have much interest in vids but I think it's fine to allow fanvids for this, it doesn't seem like it'll be a large enough percentage of what people create to make it an issue.

[(Anonymous)]

It sounds like a potentially fun idea. I think it's nice to go a little freer when it's a prompt fest format rather than an exchange format.

[el_staplador]

No objections here!

[(Anonymous)]

Yes for the fest but I would be hesitant for it in an exchange format, only because it may not be a fandom your recipient is familiar with. I do think it is fine for the prompt fest and enthusiastically endorse it there, though!