Bandom Big Bang 2015, otherwise known as ch-ch-changes!

[bbb_mod]

Okay, so one of the things that glitteryv and I have been tossing around is the idea of opening up bandombigbang to other fanworks. In the past, the focus of creative fanworks was fixed on writing. But now, other forms of creative fanworks have become fannishly mainstream, and Luce and I are excited about bringing those fanworks to the Bandom Big Bang.



What Luce and I are looking at is having creators come up with primary and complementary fanworks. Some examples of a more open big bang we've looked at are the Losers BB and the due South/C6D BB.

Basically, you sign up to create a primary fanwork, and someone chooses your fanwork as a basis for creating a complementary fanwork. Primary fanworks can be fic, art, vid, podfic, mixes and complementary fanworks can be fic, art, vid, podfic, mixes. Sorta like smushing together a big bang and a reverse big bang (if you don't know what a reverse big bang is, there was one for bandom a couple of years ago : bandomreversebb.)

Instead of three waves, there would be two. Wave One would have higher requirements than Wave Two. A rough schedule would look something like this:

Wave One

primary creator signs up (fic, art, vid, podfic, mixes)
checkpoint(s)
primary rough draft due

compliment creator signs up
claiming for compliment creators (fic, art, vid, podfic, mixes)
checkpoint(s)

final primary draft due
compliment rough draft due

final fanworks due

Wave Two

primary creator signs up (fic, art, vid, podfic, mixes)
checkpoint(s)
primary rough draft due

compliment creator signs up
claiming for compliment creators (fic, art, vid, podfic, mixes)
checkpoint(s)

final primary draft due
compliment rough draft due

final fanworks due

We'd love to hear what you think. Comments are open, anon is enabled. Please note that we haven't hammered out all of the details yet, so this is a good time to ask questions and suggest things.

If you could signal boost, especially on Tumblr (Tumblr link) or deviantArt, in the podfic or vidding communities, and any place else you think would be helpful, that'd be great as well. We're really hoping to pull in more creators in different mediums.

If you have any other feedback about how this year's challenge went, feel free to leave that as well.

If you're not comfortable leaving comments that are publicly viewable, please email us at bandombigbang at gmail dot com.

We hope you'll be just as enthusiastic as we are over the proposed changes.

-Luce and Aka

Comments

[rubytuesday5681]

I LOVE this idea!!!

[bbb_mod]

<3! Help spread the word!

[owlhooots]

I think this is a wonderful idea! And will surely feel a lot more inclusive for all the various talents people have to offer :D

[bbb_mod]

We love inclusiveness!

[heyhoolou]

I think it sounds incredible! A brilliant idea, I'm getting excited about it already :D

[bbb_mod]

Awesome! Spread the word!

[mournful_optimist]

This has been my first big bang of any sort, and I really enjoyed it. That said, I like the ideas you're describing here. My question is: would it be allowed to make a complimentary fanwork of the same type as the primary (a wave 2 fic inspired by a wave 1 fic, a mix inspired by a mix, etc)?

[bbb_mod]

Excellent question! And the answer is: we haven't decided. What is your opinion?

[sylvaine]

Yes! I'd love if you could make complimentary fanworks of the same type!

[bbb_mod]

Noted. :)

[mournful_optimist]

I think it would be great to be given the option, maybe with a few guidelines on avoiding too much overlap in style/content between the works.

[bbb_mod]

It's something we're looking into. Thanks for your input. :)

[smokerings]

yes yes yes yes
(altho now this makes me wanna do TWO sign ups for wave one – both as a writer and a mixer, hehehe)

[bbb_mod]

And we will do nothing to discourage your mad urges!

[pennyplainknits]

This is a fab idea, but how are you defining Art? Because I know in the past we've had cross stitch and jewellery as the 'art' so would fan crafts be welcome too?

[bbb_mod]

We are trying for inclusiveness, so 'art' is going to include traditional arts, digital arts, crafts of all sorts, and whatever else you want to try.

[sylvaine]

This sounds like it'd make modding the challenge a lot more complicated, but it also sounds like you guys have thought it through extensively already, so I say YES this is a fab idea :D

[bbb_mod]

It's an idea that we've been mulling over for some time. ;)

[wenchpixie]

This sounds wonderfully inclusive, I love it :)

[bbb_mod]

Yays! Thanks for letting us know. :)

[truthismusic]

This sounds like an excellent idea and I'm on board!

[bbb_mod]

Glad to have you here! Thank you for letting us know what you think. :)

[turlough]

I like your suggestion a lot! (I loved bandomreversebb and have always hoped someone would revive it.)

It would have to mean some pretty big changes in the scheduling though. The "second phase" will need just as much time as the first if you expect people to finish writing a BB lenght story.

[bbb_mod]

We loved BRBB too.

As for changes, yes, there are things Aka and I are looking as far as logistics are concerned. The purpose of this post was to gauge everyone's level of interest. We're going to hammer out the details and put up a detailed post in the near-ish future.

Thanks for commenting. :)

[anatsuno]

\o/! I wish all Big Bangs worked like this. AWESOME.

[bbb_mod]

:D! Thanks.

Changes

[fisa_is_your_friend]

I totally love this idea! I got to ReverseBB after it had already happened, and missed that experience. I think this would be a cool way to get both. I will definitely repost this on my Tumblr and DA. This will be a huge hit!

Re: Changes

[bbb_mod]

Hooray! We feel this will be a fun opportunity for everyone. Thank you for your input and the signal boosting. :)

[sperrywink]

I like it!

[bbb_mod]

Cool! Thank you for giving us your input. :)

[doctor_jasley]

This seems like an interesting way to spice things up. I'm down for it :):):):)

Though, do you think you'll have a cap on how many times someone can signup to submit something for the primary waves?

Also, will the period of time between wave deadlines for primary rough drafts of media be spanned apart because this year I found it impossible to focus on a wave three story because wave one got expanded so by the time I had everything edited and shiny for final drafts I found myself with only 5ish days to try and get anything rough draft presentable for wave three and that was impossible.

And, I wonder, will you guys have an option where the primary creator(s)(because I assume you'll continue to allow co-labs between writers...and maybe colab between primary creators for mixes/art/vids/podfic also?) can opt out of receiving certain types of complimentary media? Like say if someone submits a mix and doesn't want a complimentary mix is that possible? Because What if someone is writing a fic to be submitted for Primary and it's closed world and they wouldn't want anyone else to write in that universe?

(I'm sorry for asking a million and fifty questions...but I'm super curious and impatient I guess for the post you guys will be putting up soonish talking more indepth about the changes)

[bbb_mod]

We really haven't hammered out the details as of yet. This post was mainly to gauge the interest levels in the idea of expanding the Big Bang. As soon as we have more concrete details, we will let you know.

[designations]

Sounds great! I'm looking forward to it, honestly, it seems like it would definitely draw quite a few more people in that way. c: And it sounds fun!