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[Jemmz]

October 2011
Contest: “Genre Swap”
Deadline: November 2nd - extended

The Details
It’s the spooky month of October once again, folks, and this time we want you to make a horror trailer…but with a twist! We want you to take an upbeat, cheery movie or TV show - anything that is not considered scary - and turn it in to a terrifying horror! Turn Bridget Jones’ comical love-life in to a total scare-fest, make the loveable cast of Modern Family in to a terrifying group of serial killers, you can even turn light-hearted classics such as Disney’s Cinderella in to a full-blown horror!

Here is an excellent example of a re-cut trailer from YouTube, which presents the family film “Mary Poppins” as a chilling horror trailer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic

We’re asking you to attempt something just like this. Turn something that would usually make us smile in to something that makes us want to leap behind the sofa and hide! You can use anything from comedy to kid’s genre to fantasy, just as long as the show or movie you have selected has little or no horror aspect. Do not select any horror or horror comedies, for example, as this would already be considered scary enough and does not give you much of a challenge!

Please only select ONE fandom for your trailer. No crossovers between Back to the Future and Austin Powers, for example You may not use footage that is outside of your chosen TV show/movie, unless it’s title cards, but you may use outside audio to help sell your AU plot. It is up to you what you decide to do for this, just remember we are looking out for skilful vidders who can take something usually very up-beat or light-hearted and turn it in to a convincing horror trailer!

Good luck and have fun!! We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

The Rules

Specific Contest Rules:

• Make an original horror trailer out of a fandom that is NOT considered scary.
• -Running time should be no longer than 3 minutes. We suggest the 1 - 3 minute range.
• - No crossovers/outside footage and no multi-fandom vids, please.
• -The more creative, the better. Don't be afraid to take risks.
• -When entering your video on the Submit page, you MUST enter "October 2011 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 Rapidshare or Yousendit as your only hosting place.
• - If you're using Youtube as your primary link, please also provide us with an alternative link. Far too often, YT is either disabled or muted by the time the contest is ready to be judged. Mediafire, zshare and Megaupload are just a few of the sites out there that can be used as reliable backup links.
• - Keep in mind that however you choose to host your video, it must be available to be watched at least until after the deadline has passed. If we can not access your video at the time of judgment it will not be considered.
• - Have fun!

[Brooke]

This is going to be awesome.

[KajaM]

Looking forward to what you all will come up with
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[rbexter93]

Would it be okay to use Gossip Girl? Not particularly cheery but not a horror show either.
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[Jemmz]

Hey Becca! Since Gossip Girl isn't a scary show, like you said, that should be fine for the contest Good luck!

[tjmack1986]

I was wondering if like Psych (which has scary moments, but is considering a dramedy) or Pretty Little Liars (which is more of a suspense than scary show) would work? I have a couple other shows I'm thinking about, but these two are the front runners.

[Charlies_Innocence]

My question's pretty much the same as Tammy's - is it okay to use a drama show with scary/suspenseful elements? (Leverage, in my case.)
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[Aislynn]

Heya, Tammy and Elyse!

It's pretty much going to be up to y'all to make the call on what shows will or won't work for this. Like it says in the rules...

Jemmz wrote:

It is up to you what you decide to do for this, just remember we are looking out for skilful vidders who can take something usually very up-beat or light-hearted and turn it in to a convincing horror trailer!

So just think about your show and imagine it remade as a horror trailer. If that really isn't that big of a stretch from how the show normally looks/feels, then you'll probably want to pick a different show just because we'll be looking for convincing horror trailers from shows/movies that are very much NOT horror. (The Mary Poppins vid is a prime example of that. )

But we don't have a list of shows/movies/etc. that are banned from being used for this contest or anything. Just use your own best judgment on it what fandom you would be really shocked to see convincingly portrayed as a horror trailer and you'll be fine!

Good luck, we can hardly wait to see what everybody comes up with!

[Charlies_Innocence]

Thanks for the answer, Ais! ^_^
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[Brooke]

Could I get a few day extension?

[Aislynn]

Certainly, Brooke! How's Wednesday, Nov 2nd? That'll give you two more days but if you need a little more, just let us know!

New deadline: Nov 2nd

[Brooke]

That's great; thank you.