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Jemmz · Council Member Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 21154

December 2009
Contest: The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Deadline: January 2nd - extended

The Details:

Christmas? Already? It really snuck up on us this year!

So, with that in mind, this months contest is based around the spirit of family and giving that we share at Christmas time

We want you to make a loving, family video to a Christmas song. You can use canon families, like Claire and Aaron, or make an AU family, for example, where Charlie and Hurley are brothers. Or, you could even make an ensemble video with all our losties celebrating the holiday.

They can be any sort of "family" you desire

Kate and Juliet with their children perhaps? We just want to feel the family love!

You can set it off-island or on-island or both, use characters from any season/flashback/flashforward, no matter how small their role, and you can use footage of the losties in their other projects if you wish

And as for the Christmas song, you can use an old Christmas Carol, or a cover if you like, or even a modern song! Happy or angsty, as long as it's directly about Christmas it's in! This list from good ol' wiki might be able to help you out.

We will be using a Claiming System this month, TWO vidders per song, so make sure to let us know which song you'll be using!

Have fun and Merry Christmas!

~~ CLAIMED SONGS ~~
"Merry Christmas Everybody" - Belle MacFarlane
"White Christmas" - cagedfreedom
"I'll Be Home For Christmas" - soapbubbles511
"Merry Frickin' Christmas" - SassyLostie2
"Christmas For Two" - AthenaAlexandria
"Winter Wonderland" - EMMALOUISE
"8 Days of Christmas" - Debbie
"The Christmas Song" - LanaLuthor
"Christmas Day" - littleton_pace
"Where Are You This Christmas" - MysticWondering
"Christmas Time is Here" - Uruviel
"Merry Christmas Everyone" - benlinusisagoodguy
"Maybe This Christmas" - SawyerLittleton
"Perfect Christmas" - mrgrace
"Spirit of Christmas Past" - Kaory
"It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" - sed112986
"Silent Night " - Kuliet4ever
"Happy X-Mas (War is Over)" - ciaimpala
"Last Christmas" - Im1oftheOceanic6 & Kastrato
"Deck The Halls" - Arendsdorf
"Grown-Up Christmas List" - Lostwithoutdom
"Carol of the Bells" - tjmack1986
"All I Want for Christmas (is you)" - eloramoon
"The Christians and The Pagans" - Kuliet4ever

No more claims for:
"Last Christmas"

The Rules

Specific Contest Rules:
• - Make a family Christmas video to a Christmas song.
• - Make sure you have claimed a Christmas song.
• - No trailers or crossovers with other fandoms.
• - Running time should be no longer than 5 minutes. We suggest the 3 - 5 minute range.
• - The more creative, the better. Don't be afraid to take risks.
• - When entering your video on the Submit page, you MUST enter "December 2009 contest submission" exactly in your vid's description.

General Contest Rules:

• -Contest submissions should be entered through the Submit page.
• -All regular submissions rules apply.
• -Only one entry per vidder.
• -Videos already submitted and RELEVANT can be submitted again, but we would rather see something fresh. (Please contact a CM if you wish to enter a previously-submitted video)
• -Please do not use Megaupload, Rapidshare or Yousendit as your only link to host your files.
• -Keep in mind that however you choose to host your video, it must be available for viewing at least until the end of the contest. If we can not access your video at the time of judgment it will not be considered.
• -Have fun!

Belle MacFarlane · Expert Vidder Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 7771

Ooo this one looks like fun

I have sooo many Christmas albums/songs on my iTunes, it's unbelievable. *runs to iTunes to claim a song*

I just thought of something... with the claiming system, are we claiming specific songs, including the artist? So if two people were already doing White Christmas by Connie Talbot, could a third person do the same song but by Frank Sinatra? Or are we claiming just the song and the artist doesn't matter?

MariaPurt · Expert Vidder Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 631

A couple weeks ago i started a vid with Gothic CHristmas by Within Temptation. But it's not too happy as you can guess. And it's a crossover with Heroes. Can that go for the contest or should i claim smth else?

Belle MacFarlane · Expert Vidder Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 7771

I found a song

can I claim "Merry Christmas Everybody" please

Aislynn · Council Member Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 35782

Belle MacFarlane wrote:

I just thought of something... with the claiming system, are we claiming specific songs, including the artist? So if two people were already doing White Christmas by Connie Talbot, could a third person do the same song but by Frank Sinatra? Or are we claiming just the song and the artist doesn't matter?

I'm fairly certain we meant just the song itself not the song and artist together but we'll talk it over and get back to you as soon as possible, Belle!

(And I'll add in your claimed song.

)

Maria, we asked for no crossovers (it's the third one down in the Specific Contest Rules

), so no, that wouldn't work for this particular contest. However, I'd love to see it as a regular vid so I hope you'll get the chance to finish it!

I love your Lost/Heroes crossovers!

cagedfreedom · Expert Vidder Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1855

I claim White Christmas by Bing Crosby

Does it have to be a happy theme?

Aislynn · Council Member Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 35782

Rosie, we asked for a loving, family videos based around the spirit of family and giving...

Jemmz wrote:

So, with that in mind, this months contest is based around the spirit of family and giving that we share at Christmas time

We want you to make a loving, family video to a Christmas song. You can use canon families, like Claire and Aaron, or make an AU family, for example, where Charlie and Hurley are brothers. Or, you could even make an ensemble video with all our losties celebrating the holiday.

They can be any sort of "family" you desire

Kate and Juliet with their children perhaps? We just want to feel the family love!

So that's pretty much up to you to interpret if you can do that with an unhappy theme.

I added you in to the list!

cagedfreedom · Expert Vidder Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1855

Well it will be 50-50 it will be like AU where it ends happy?

Can I get away with that? Pwetty pwease

Aislynn · Council Member Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 35782

AU is completely fine for this contest, so it's totally up to you on how to interpret the rest of it.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

cagedfreedom · Expert Vidder Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1855

Yayyy!!! Thanks Ais!

soapbubbles511 · Expert Vidder Joined: 03 Nov 2008 Posts: 8959

I want to claim "I'll Be Home for Christmas"

:fingers crossed for finishing something this month:

Aislynn · Council Member Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 35782

You're welcome, Rosie!

Added you in, Sarah! Here's hoping that inspiration will strike!

tjmack1986 · Expert Vidder Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 3436

I'd like to claim All I Want for Christmas is you---I do have a question though---say it's a Kate and Sawyer vid--do they have to have children--or can they just be happy together as a couple?

MariaPurt · Expert Vidder Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 631

Aislynn, oops... i missed that part. I just have too many contest/friends requests and my own projects to even think of starting smth new (and tht's why i tend to put more than 1 show into a Christmas vid LOL). Anyways, i hope to finish that thing by the New Year (our Christmas is on January 7th hehe).

And good luck with the contest, everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HobbitRockGod · Expert Vidder Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 16336

*contemplates possibilities of a Shoone Christmas* Hmm.....maybe?