Call For Submission: "A Moment In The Sun" For Vidukon 2023

[evewithanapple]

Vidukon approaches, and this year I'm curating a vidshow!

A Moment In The Sun: Minor Characters Take Centre Stage

The theme of this vidshow is fairly self-explanatory: vids about minor characters who don't get a ton of love or attention in canon. What constitutes a "minor character" is up to your discretion; generally, think characters who don't have a dedicated storyline of their own, or don't get much solo screentime. Think Grace in Interview With The Vampire or Evelyn in Our Flag Means Death. Obviously the line between "minor character" and "supporting character" can be blurry; it can also be challenging to vid for characters without a ton of screentime, but that's the fun of it! Comment below to submit any vids you think might fit the theme, by yourself or others. If a vid ends up making the rough cut, I will contact the vidder to make sure I have access to a copy. Rec freely, and have fun!

Comments

[pi]

Sandalwoodbox did a series of 3 vids for Nirvana in Fire which all strongly fit this theme I think:

Blackbirds by sandalwoodbox is a vid for Cai Quan and Shen Zhui who are ministers in the Court (they're named and have dialogue lines but their plots revolve around the main characters/political machinations). https://archiveofourown.org/works/35037592

Jiang Zuo Hill by sandalwoodbox is about the household/retainers of one of the main characters. https://archiveofourown.org/works/34858714

9 to 5 by sandalwoodbox might be too far into background character territory as this is a vid looking at background/minor characters/extras, the every-day people trying to live their lives while main characters and plot happen around them https://archiveofourown.org/works/34682788

[sandalwoodbox]

I'm really excited about this show idea! This kind of vid is my jam! <3 I uh relatedly also have two other vids that might work well for it:

I'll Be There For You, which is a reframing of Dear Missy to look like a show about the side characters: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44596909

Too Darn Hot, which is a Piragua Guy/Mr. Softee vid for In The Heights. https://archiveofourown.org/works/36734821

[streussal]

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Deep Red Bells by chaila. For an unnamed character who gets 1 line and appears in like 3 episodes. The actress gets across so much with so little (and so does the vidder).

I will probably come back to this.

[pi]

For self-recs, I made a vid for Yuna in Semantic Error who I think qualifies by the definition you list: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43541080, she doesn't have a dedicated storyline of her own and doesn't get any solo screentime always in the context of the main characters/friendsgroup but it's also basically movie-length and as the 'supportive best friend of main character in romcom' structure she is a supporting character, but in time/plotline she's a minor character, though this is partly because of the length of the source, the just don't have time for character work beyond the two main characters' romance really.

Would you be interested in premieres? I've clipped for a vid for Jaeyi from Beyond Evil (she has her own stuff going on to some degree but it's tied in with the serial murder plot that's the focus for the main characters). I haven't decided on a song yet, but if you'd be up for a premiere that'd be good encouragement to make a decision an make the vid! If so, it'd be great to know by what deadline you'd want the vid.

[evewithanapple]

I would LOVE to include premiers! I'll set the due date for May 6th, since that's the deadline for premiers submissions overall.

[pi]

\o/ It turns out having very limited footage makes putting a vid together fast, so I now have a complete first draft and should definitely have a final draft before May 6th. Since I have a draft, let me know if you want it for placing purposes as you put together the show (obviously it might tighten up or shift around with beta but the structure/tone is there).

[pi]

I have a final draft of the vid. How would you like me to get it to you? I have it uploaded to google drive but don't want to link you publicly since it's a premiere. Let me know what would work best. Thanks!

[aurumcalendula]

I think my vid Wicked Ones might fit? It's about Du Pusa and Qiao Luohan from Word of Honor.

[seekingferret]

This is one of my favorite minor character vids, about Astrid from Fringe: https://rhoboat.dreamwidth.org/159965.html

[extrapenguin]

On the self-rec front, I made Shadows Crawling, a vid for Li Qian from Guardian. She's at the center of the first two episodes' case, then drops out of the narrative for the rest of the 40-episode series save for a few very brief appearances toward the end.

Continuing in Guardian, I like Get the party started (sandalwoodbox), which ships a secondary character with a minor antagonist.

I like The Adventure (se42), a Star Wars sequels vid about BB-8.

[tafadhali]

Ooh, excited for this! I love character study vids and am always impressed when people turn their attention to a less-focused-on character. I think most of the recs I have might be not quite minor enough, but here are a few vids I have liked:

Get Me Bodied by anoel (The Fifth Element, Ruby Rhod)
A Bad Dream by sdwolfpup (Hard Core Logo, John Oxenberger the bass player)
Home by seekingferret (Space Sweepers, Bubs)
Learn to Let Go by BeatriceEagle (TNG, Ro Laren)
Landsailor by skygiants (A:tLA, Jinora)
Sway by cosmic_llin (Huge, Alistair) (who is almost definitely too big a part of the ensemble but this vid is so lovely)

[tafadhali]

Oh, and I was also pretty fascinated by this one I came across when I was looking for vids for a latinx characters in sci fi show: Deep Red Bells by chaila, about "Unnamed Latina Woman" in The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

[kuwdora]

Oh!! I made a vid about Istredd, a tertiary character from The Witcher Netflix! You can check out the vid here.