Dear Festividder 2018

[absternr]

Thank you so much for making me a vid!!! You are awesome and I’m sure to love whatever you create. Obviously, you shouldn’t feel beholden to this to anything in this letter, but it’s here if you’re looking for direction!

I listen to all kinds of music and can enjoy a vid set to pretty much anything. If you're making a vid explicitly about POC or queer themes, it would be cool to use music by an artist of color and/or queer artist! I have no strong dislikes or DNWs, but things that I especially like include: found family, sibling relationships, femslash, relationships between women generally, worldbuilding/vids that explore the world and imagery of the source, meta vids, social justice.

Clue (1985) [SAFETY]: This movie is a childhood favorite of mine! It’s just such a fun, ridiculous mess of mystery tropes, and every actor’s performance is hilarious. I love the multiple endings and the recurring gags throughout each!

Dirty Computer - Janelle Monáe (Music Video) [SAFETY]: This album/film is SO BEAUTIFUL. I love the aesthetic, the queerness, and the sci-fi worldbuilding complete with rebellion against dystopia. And that ot3!!! A vid about the ot3, the sci-fi elements and/or the politics would be fantastic! If you’re feeling ambitious, I’m also a huge fan of Monáe’s previous Cindi Mayweather universe, and anything that connected Dirty Computer’s near future to Cindi Mayweather’s far future would be incredibly cool.

Ocean's 8 (2018) [SAFETY]: HEISTS ARE THE BEST. THESE WOMEN ARE ALSO THE BEST. I love them each individually and together. I’d be very into a friendship/found family ensemble vid, but I’m also here for literally any ship among the 8 so if you have one (or more) absolutely run with that! Also, hell yes to a vid featuring the mechanics of the heist itself. (The nomination doesn’t include the other Ocean’s movies, but I like them as well! A vid about Debbie’s relationship with her brother could be wonderful too.)

Now You See Me (Movies): As previously mentioned, heists!! They’re the best. These movies are a little terrible but in the best possible way: vaguely Robin Hood-y crime! stage magic! But maybe also real magic?! Sleight of hand as a combat style! Daniel Radcliffe is a cheesy villain in the second one! I love the weird crime family the four (or five…or six…) Horsemen have formed and I love the whole weird world of underground stage magic/potentially real magic/conspiracies/heists/secret societies that these movies have posited the existence of. Also, some of the magic visuals are incredibly fun.

Runaways (TV 2017): I’m a huge fan of the original Runaways comics (and the new ones by Rainbow Rowell!) and I’m really enjoying this adaptation so far! Nico/Karolina is super good, I love the choice to make Molly and Gert siblings and their relationship <3, and I’m very interested in the creepy tension of not being able to trust your parents. I’d welcome a vid exploring any of those things, an ensemble vid (especially one of the kids as a found family), an Alex or Nico character study, pretty much anything!

WNBA RPF: I love the whole wonderful queer WNBA community! My team is the Lynx and I would really appreciate a vid that included their amazing starting lineup of the past few years: Maya Moore, Lindsay Whalen, Seimone Augustus, Sylvia Fowles and Rebekkah Brunson. I’ve been following Lindsay Whalen since she was in college and I have a lot of feelings.