Vividcon/Programming
This is an overview of all the themed shows and panels held at Vividcon since its inception. For specifics on individual years, see VVC by Year.
Standard programming
Some Vividcon programming stays the same from year to year, with certain staples providing a framework for the con.
The con starts off every year with a "history of vidding" combined vidshow and panel, where early vids (or parts of vids) are shown and the moderator talks about them to place them in the context of vidding's history. The name and focus of this change as different moderators take over to showcase different parts of the history.
- Retrospective (2002)
- Retrospective (2003)
- Wayback Machine (2004)
- Wayback Machine (2005)
- Wayback Machine (2006)
- Geneaology of Vidding (2007)
- History of Vids 1980-84 (2008)
- History of Vids 1985-90 (2009)
In addition, there are several standard vidshows and panels held annually, with more being added now and then.
Vidshows
- Premieres, for vids that haven't been shown anywhere (since 2002)
- Nearly New, for vids that have premiered online or at other cons within the past year (since 2003)
- Challenge, a double-blind anonymous show based around a single theme (since 2003)
- Club Vivid, a four-hour dance party (originally three hours) (since 2003)
- Auction, to show the vids created to raise funds for the con (since 2004)
- Also Premiering, for premiering vids by non-attending vidders (since 2008)
Panels
- Vid Review, for the entire con to gather on Sunday morning and discuss the vids that premiered the night before (since 2003)
- In Depth Vid Review, for a more focused, detailed look at two to three of the vids that premiered on Saturday night (since 2005)
Themed programming
The themed programming changes from year to year, based on suggestions from the membership. While most panels and vidshows stand alone, others are paired together -- e.g., there may be a Comedy show paired with a Comedy panel, to discuss how and why those particular vids worked or didn't work. Some themes/topics are popular enough to be revisited in different years.
(There are more themed panels than themed shows in some years, because panels are shown opposite many of the "standard" vidshows.)
Note: These are not listed in the order they appeared in the programs; this is fairly random within years, and lists paired shows/panels together (instead of one following the other) for ease of sorting. (Click the buttons to the right of the column titles to sort the table in a different order.)
VVC Programming
| Year | Vidshows | Panels |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Experimental | Vidwatching 101 |
| 2002 | Constructed Reality | Aesthetics of Vidding |
| 2002 | Recruiter | Song Choice |
| 2002 | Character Study | Topics in Craft: Movement |
| 2002 | Comedy | Effective Comedy Vids |
| 2002 | Whitman's Sampler | Intro to Vidding/After Effects |
| 2002 | Multimedia | Reverse Q&A |
| 2002 | Viewer's Choice | Honor Among Thieves |
| 2002 | Topics in Craft: POV | |
| 2002 | Crossing Fannish Lines | |
| 2003 | Instrumental | Vidwatching 101 |
| 2003 | Rarely Vidded | Intro to Vidding |
| 2003 | Vidpairs | Aesthetics |
| 2003 | Character Study | Language of Vidding |
| 2003 | Comedy (paired) | Comedy (paired) |
| 2003 | Special Effects (paired) | Special Effects (paired) |
| 2003 | Narrative Vids (paired) | Narrative Vids (paired) |
| 2003 | Ensemble Cast | Professional Inspiration |
| 2003 | Con Vids | Song Choice |
| 2003 | Advanced Digital Effects | |
| 2003 | Vidding History | |
| 2003 | Director's Commentary | |
| 2004 | Audio Rarities | Language of Vidding |
| 2004 | No Effects | Master Class |
| 2004 | Saturday Morning Cartoons | Language of Music |
| 2004 | Retrospective | Song Choice |
| 2004 | Unexpected Levels | Giving Good Beta |
| 2004 | Movie Vids | VividSection |
| 2004 | World Domination | Aesthetics: Movement |
| 2004 | Illustrating Relationships (paired) | Illustrating Relationships (paired) |
| 2004 | Literalism vs. Metaphor (paired) | Literalism vs. Metaphor (paired) |
| 2004 | Breaking the Rules (paired) | Breaking the Rules (paired) |
| 2004 | How Did You Do That? | |
| 2004 | Connecting with the Audience | |
| 2005 | Action Vids (paired) | Action Vids (paired) |
| 2005 | Anime (paired) | Anime (paired) |
| 2005 | Character Study: Women | Encore, Encore!/Vidfan 101 |
| 2005 | Comedy | Betaing |
| 2005 | Showcase | Geneaology of Vidding |
| 2005 | Cops and Robbers | Craft: Mentoring |
| 2005 | High-Definition Theater | Craft: Using the Music |
| 2005 | Horror | Song Choice: Matching Song to Fandom |
| 2005 | Instrumentals | Eats Vids and Leaves! (Giving Feedback) |
| 2005 | Vidding History (paired) | Vidding History (paired) |
| 2005 | VividSection | |
| 2006 | Color Explosion (paired) | Color Explosion (paired) |
| 2006 | Spies Like Us | Titles |
| 2006 | Symbol & Metaphor | Music Fundamentals |
| 2006 | God, the Devil & Bob | Comedy |
| 2006 | Vid as Collage: Using Additional Source (paired) | Vid as Collage: Using Additional Source (paired) |
| 2006 | Novelty Songs & TV Themes | Great Transitions |
| 2006 | Digital Axes for Stone-Age TV (paired) | Digital Axes for Stone-Age TV (paired) |
| 2006 | Lord King Bad Vid | Professional Inspiration |
| 2006 | War is Hell | Audio Editing |
| 2006 | Pimp My (Small) Fandom | Special Effects |
| 2007 | Can't Live with 'Em... | Why Vid? |
| 2007 | Life, the Universe & Everything | Hip-Hop Vidding |
| 2007 | Saturday Morning Cartoons | Tech Panel of Doom (2 hours) |
| 2007 | Newbies Rock (paired) | Newbie Vidding (paired) |
| 2007 | Daughter of Experimental Vids (loosely paired) | How Vids Work: A Theoretical Framework (loosely paired) |
| 2007 | Movie Vids (paired) | Movie Vids (paired) |
| 2007 | Relationships Between Women | External Aesthetics |
| 2007 | Death & Dying | Vid Structure |
| 2007 | Best of Media West | Town Hall on Vidding and Visibility |
| 2007 | Live Action/Anime Vidpairs | Vividsection |
| 2008 | Joy | Collaborative Vidding |
| 2008 | Vids That Push the Envelope (paired) | What Do We Want from Vids Now? (paired) |
| 2008 | Action | Vidding/Writing Comparison |
| 2008 | Sense of Play | Color |
| 2008 | Ensemble Vids | The Two-Hour Kiss: After Effects (2 hours) |
| 2008 | Anime: a Pre-digital history | The Tao of Mac |
| 2008 | Second Bananas | I Suck |
| 2008 | Hip-Hop | How to Reinvent Yourself |
| 2008 | The End of the World | Town Hall on Vidding and Visibility |
| 2008 | Music Theory and Comp. |