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ficinabox2021-07-27 01:27 am
Medium Nomination Post
Medium Nomination Post
Links:- Tagset
- Medium Rulesets
- *Animatics
- *Board Game
- The Bookshelf Limbo' style book preview
- *Card Game
- *Conspiracy Board (Simpler Art/Comic Rules version left in!)
- *fate/Stay Night (visual novel) style Heroic Spirit status screen
- *In-Universe Social Media (Simpler Art/Comic Rules version left in)
- In-Universe Wedding Reception Menu
- Shopping list
- *Tabletop Campaign
- *Translation notes
- *Translation notes: In-Universe translation notes
- Typeface Design
- Untitled Goose Style To-Do List
Nominating
Nomination is how you add things to the tagset! Mediums aren't matchable via Ao3, but participants can opt into mediums other than fanfiction and then if you're someone who wishes to match on one of those mediums you'll be able to email us (ficinaboxmod@gmail.com) or contact us via a google form (to be posted later).
This post is where you should nominate any mediums you want added to the tagset!
If you're nominating a medium where the equivalent needs to be discussed you should only nominate if you are someone who intends to create the medium within the exchange. If it's a new length opt-in, another form of something already in the tagset, or something that fits easily into the Rulesets anyone can nominate.
When nominating a medium, please include the following categories:
There is an example (and by example I mean a real medium the mods are nominating) below for reference!
Other Info
Almost all tags from last year were imported into this year's tagset. Those excluded were because they required unique rules and weren't posted last year, with some of them being potentially out of scope of the exchange upon further reflection. The following tags were excluded (those with stars are potentially out of scope):All of these can be renominated by someone who intends to create them, including those which may be out of scope! Those with stars will need further discussion (either due to scope issues or due to the addition of templates and the rulesets possibly changing how they should be equated), those without can be renominated directly. If the list style mediums are renominated I have a draft of a ruleset for those.
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Medium: Gifset
Ruleset(s): Unique Rules
Unique Rules: I think it would make sense to have a distinct ruleset for graphic edits/manips separate from the Art category, and if that were the case I suggest including A Softer World-style edits in the graphic edits/manips category. For gifsets specifically, I would suggest a minimum of ten gifs without colouring/image edits, or six gifs with colouring/image edits.
What is it: A set of moving images curated from canon to focus on a character, actor, pairing, or theme. The images can stand alone with no supporting text or visual flourishes, or contain overlaid text to embellish, clarify or generally enhance the gifset's theme. They are often sharpened, coloured and cropped to enhance coherence in the set, rather than simple replications of clips from canon.
Other Info: I'd be delighted to hear from other gifmakers with respect to minimums, especially if people feel they should differ for large vs small gifs - large gifs are generally 540px in width and displayed one per row, while small gifs are 268 px in width and displayed two per row. There are also effort considerations for text/animations that are timed or precisely placed, rather than simply overlaid.
Examples:
Gifset with no overlaid text and minimal colour enhancement, widescreen gifs (540px width).
Gifset with no overlaid text and minimal colour enhancement, small gifs (268px width).
Gifsets with overlaid text and plenty of sharpening and colour enhancement, widescreen gifs (540px width), example 1 example 2 example 3.
Gifsets with overlaid text and minimal colour edits for consistency, small gifs (268px width), example 1 example 2
Gifset with overlaid text, colour edits and high-effort timing/text placement, small gifs (268px width).
Finally, a gifset that features small gifs and minimal colouring, but took a lot of effort due to the tracking of the overlaid emoji: link. I think it's safe to say this super high level of effort would generally be an outlier and can be left out of consideration when deciding minimums, but in the interests of full information, it is indeed possible for gifsets to take this level of effort to create.
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My thoughts is to have the two minimums/equivalents
1 - Giftsets comprised of gifs that have been only minimally edited (color/sharpening only, simple text, etc) that tell an AU, juxtapose images and quotes to hit emotional beats, juxtapose images to point out parallels, ect: minimum of 10 gifs
2 - The more obviously edited gifsets (text with timing or placement, gifs with transitions, collages, ect): minimum of 6 gifs
I'm not sure if what I mean is clear, so please let me know if it isn't and I'll try to reword! I want to make sure that I'll be able to tell with a quick check that they're edited or otherwise transformative without any familiarity with the canon or source medium, but I don't want to focus just on text as an indicator of that since there are a lot of obvious non-text-based ways to edit gifs. It think wording it in a way that's clear to any gifmakers will be really important with this one, since I'm drawing a line that might not be otherwise intutive.
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I think your idea makes sense. To clarify, by 'minimum' I meant 'equivalent to 1k words', I hope that's your intended meaning as well!
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I'll be adding it as
Tagset tag: Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Gifset
Ruleset:
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